Ozil - Do we need him?

[Power n Glory]

Tactically, what the heck do we do with Ozil under a different manager? Where does he play?

[Power n Glory]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38995112

"Bayern had 74% possession," said Sogut, who is Ozil's lawyer and representative. "How can someone in the No.10 position create chances if you don't have the ball?

"In these games people usually target a player who cost a lot of money and earns a lot of money - that is Mesut. But he can't be always be the scapegoat. That's not fair.

"Football is a team sport and Arsenal are not performing well as a team. Eleven players were on the pitch but Mesut was singled out for criticism. Was he the reason that Arsenal conceded five goals?

"It started before the match, throughout the week leading up to the game. People started discussing: 'Should he play? Should he be dropped?'.

"It was as if everyone knew Arsenal would not make it through and we needed a scapegoat. This is not right. You win as a team and you lose as a team."

'People say he has poor body language but that's how he is'

[fakeyank]

Tactically, what the heck do we do with Ozil under a different manager? Where does he play?

He will play on the Playstation

[mastermind84]

Ozil made 5 tackles yesterday

Coquelin made 0


This is Wengerball 2017

[Marc Overmars]

http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...at-real-madrid

Ozil

[Niall_Quinn]

http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...at-real-madrid

Ozil

I saw that earlier and was trying to figure out why he'd speak about that now. It plays straight into the narrative he's not giving full effort.

Is he looking to be hounded out? Victim ploy? Or is he pointing out he's been accused of that shit before but has proved his doubters wrong?

Don't know. Hard to tell at a club that is so fundamentally broken.

[Static]

I saw that earlier and was trying to figure out why he'd speak about that now. It plays straight into the narrative he's not giving full effort.

Is he looking to be hounded out? Victim ploy? Or is he pointing out he's been accused of that shit before but has proved his doubters wrong?

Don't know. Hard to tell at a club that is so fundamentally broken.

It was a part of his book.

[Power n Glory]

Any more confirmation needed on this guy?

[AFC Leveller]

There is no way Ozil deserves a new contract. IMO he lacks aggression and fight, he is easily brushed aside and is a passenger in most of the big games. how can he demand 300k a week when he is one of our underachieving players? IMO we should sell him and get a replacement. There are loads of attacking midfielders who would improve us.

The problem is Wenger sees him as some kind of saviour and someone we cant lose. Bollox, Ozil needs to go. How long can you realistically wait for him to come good and produce what he can on a regular basis? he onto his 4th season and has shown zero progress. I remember when Walcott held the club to ransom and was given 100k a week despite being an average player, this canot happen again with Ozil (i know he is a quality player but he doesnt produce enough, nowhere near enough).

[Niall_Quinn]

Careful. I have seen all the usual anti-Ozil stuff this morning. But the "Idiotic team selection by the moron Wenger" articles seem to be missing, along with the "Giroud, WTF" articles. Ozil was one of the better performers on Sunday, which is not to say he performed well, but when you have players like Giroud on the pitch and idiots like Wenger on the touchline it seems strange to be singling out players who at least got involved and have enough technical ability to kick a ball roughly towards a teammate.