https://i.imgur.com/5mRvYru.png?1
Guy got it slightly wrong and Mkhi was on the scoresheet.
The year of the Jeff though? With all the focus on AMN could he be the breakthrough star of this season?
Also, Unai's glasses :bow::bow:
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Guy got it slightly wrong and Mkhi was on the scoresheet.
The year of the Jeff though? With all the focus on AMN could he be the breakthrough star of this season?
Also, Unai's glasses :bow::bow:
Is that Leno doing the Daniel Bryan "Yes" salute?
Auba and Laca in the same team :cloud9: Emery seems to like those two together which bodes well, so glad we got rid of that prehistoric dinosaur, might see two goalscoring forwards in the 1st team at last.
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Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico
Yeah, I’m keen to find a way to fit both of thode two into our starting XI, especially now it looks like we’re keeping Perez on as cover - means we don’t have to be quite as sparing with how we use them across a long season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
It’s not just the direct goal threat either - Laca’s actually surprisingly good at hold-up play, and I’m hoping Auba will do that Henry thing where he drifts wide and gives us a shit-ton of pace down the flanks - something we’ll badly need with no tricky winger...
So could be something like.....
------------Leno------------
Bell----Mav---Sok---Monreal
----Torreira----Ramsey------
-------------Ozil-----------------
Miki--------Laca---------Auba
Something like that. I think Emery favours 4231, so I’m hoping he might go for...Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
——————Leno——————
Bell——Mav——Sok——Monreal
———Torreira——AMN———
Ozil / Miki—-Ramsey——Auba
——————Laca—————
(Although M-Niles starting ahead of Xhaka is probably too much to hope for!)
The way I see it working is Laca stays more or less central, Auba and Ozil / Miki have free(er) roles and go where the play takes them, and Ramsey either gets forward as an extra forward or drops back as a 3rd midfielder as needed. Maybe rotate Ramsey, Ozil and Mhiki on a 2-game-on, 1-game-off policy to keep Ramsey fit (and give Ozil plenty of holiday time).
As I was replying to Blink on the match post, the match against Boreham Wood, it's "lobsided". So Auba on the left is more forward then who ever's on the right, so he constantly cut inside and Lacazette moves in tandem with Auba. Ozil is slightly more inward to allow Bellerin to bomb forward. And he plays one at the base of midfield, so any of AMN, Ramsey and Ozil can potentially bomb forward.Quote:
Originally Posted by I am invisible
I prefer the 4231 and would love if AMN started the season. I have a heavy suspicion Emery won't though....
Maybe now it looks Laca is well a part of the plans....the wind might blow the wrong way and he might actually crack a smile.
"Laca, the next time you send it into Row Z, you're dropped"Quote:
Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico
Ozil has retired from international football. Alluded to racism and disrespect shown to him by the German media and fans.
Well that’s one way to alienate yourself for good. :rose:
Quite right too.
At least he's still universally loved by Arsenal fans.
Good on Mesut.
Yes he was shit for most of the World Cup but then so was basically the entire German team. For him to get scapegoated and singled out for Germany's failure was disgusting.
Hoping he's out to prove a point and that's reflected in his performances next season especially now we've got a competent manager who knows how to exploit that.
I do not blame him for quitting. He was singled out for criticism when the failure was the responsibility of the whole of the German squad.
Hopefully he quits Arsenal if we continue to scapegoat him enough. :pray:
I just came across a very interesting bit of information that might provide a different perspective to this. In September, UEFA will be deciding which country will host the 2024 European Championships. Apparently the choice is between Germany and Turkey.
http://keirradnedge.com/2018/07/22/ozil-quits/
What a baby. Grow some balls for God’s sake man.
Just to think, all he had to do was not have his photo taken with a repressive dictatorial president :doh:
He probably wouldn't be picked anyway based on his age and his performances for Germany.
So, SMatthews, what would have been your recommendation for him to do?
Personally, I do not think that he has anything more to prove with the German national team. The reality is that from now on, he will always be the scapegoat whenever the German team plays badly or has a bad result. As it is, a not insignificant number of Arsenal fans will be happy to see the back of him. I can only imagine the opprobrium that will be heaped on him should Jack Wilshere score the winning goal for West Ham against Arsenal.
That was idiotic, and he must have known it was going to blow up in his face. I don't agree with the way he's chosen to defend his actions there either - that would have been an easy one to hold his hands up to and just admit that it was a poor decision.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
(Although, having said that, I'm not sure what I would have done in Mesut's shoes, especially if I still had any extended family back in Turkey, or harboured any hopes of ever moving there in the future? Erdogan doesn't seem like the kind of person who you easily say no to.)
That being said, the treatment he's received from the German press and the DFB clearly goes way beyond just the photo - the knives have been out, sharpened and ready for him for years, IMO (probably stemming from some loud-mouth at Bayern who took a dislike to him at some point - they usually seem to control the tone of voice for everything in German football), and Özil has stupidly given them the perfect opening to legitimise their discomfort towards his Turkish heritage. Very hard not to agree with some of the points he makes, and that there's no racist and discriminatory undertones to it.
The backlash to this is going to be get really vicious and spiteful now, you watch.
Complete nonsense, pure self-pity. No German newspaper, website, no broadcaster has made Özil's Turkish roots responsible for the catastrophe of the national team. Invented by Özil to become a victim of racist injustice in the media. It's always the same with him. If you criticize him, everyone else is to blame, never himself. He has been photographed with a dictator and I know that many Turks here in Germany (in my circle of friends are some) were disappointed by Özil, almost shocked that he does not question the reality of this man in any way ! He also assumes that every German is a racist who dares to criticize him for his athletic achievements and for his inappropriate photo. Sorry that I judge so Ozil, but his self-importance is unbearable!
The clue is in my post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toronto Gooner
Always a mistake for footballers to get involved with politics or make any political statements, seeing as he's living in Germany you'd think he'd be awre of the issues and perhaps stay away from things like this.
Having done so he should have just dealt with the repercussions, retiring and then making comments on twitter was probably not the best move. In a way the guy at Bayern is right, we haven't seen the best of Ozil for years, I don't think he's been great in an Arsenal shirt, but that could also be due to the style of play.
Last time he was at his best was at Real, there's no doubt about his talent, but he needs to deliver more regularly and show what he can do, he'son big money for us now.
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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Exactly! I've noticed the same damn thing. Most of his chances comes from crosses and cutbacks. He rarely plays a passes that cuts open the defence and gets our strikers one on one with the keeper.Quote:
"His 35 million follower boys, who of course do not exist in the real world, all think that he has played excellently if he plays a cross pass."
Ozil can fuck off. I've had enough of his half arsed, part time bullshit.
He says he's only treated as a German when he plays well - I think he can also only consider himself an Arsenal player when he turns up and puts a shift in.
We should definitely be selling him this window IMO, I can't stand him anymore.
We're top of the league on the BBC Premier League table :scarf:
Emery :bow:
Aardvark United :pal:
What a classless c**t. What he's saying isn't necessarily untrue but the way he said it is pathetic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
But it's about time Ozil stepped up. Wenger's gone and we have top quality strikers for him to supply so there can't be any more excuses.
Read Ozil's statement and what he has said about the press wouldn't surprise me. It's nothing new. But not sure what to make of his actions. Whether it's brave, self centered or a deflection tactic, I haven't quite decided yet. But I can't say I feel much sympathy for him because he's been playing like shit for ages. It was only a matter of time before the German's started criticising his performances and commitment. It always leads down this path when people can't explain why talented players play like shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
The Bayern chap is talking shit. Most of the German players who flopped were either current or past Bayern players. This is simply defection. Muller for instance ws complete gash all tournament.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power n Glory
Hoeness would know all about fraud...Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Over the last 3 years you've said the same about why Ozil isn't performing for Arsenal. The argument has always been 'well, he wasn't the worst player on the pitch'. He's hardly ever the best player either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Globalgunner
I said a year or two ago that most of Ozil's chance creation comes from crosses and cutbacks. The Bayern guy is right about that. Germany were shit overall. It's wrong for him to just single out Ozil, but Ozil always seems to find himself in these debates. Now it's with a totally different team that have nothing to do with Wenger or Arsenal. We'll see what he does with Unai. But I recall people saying he played well for Germany because of the quality around him. Goes to show a lot of people think he's been coasting for Germany as well.
Any how, on a constructive note, Ozil may be best suited to playing on the wing if his best weapon is his crosses and cutbacks. He'd play games out wide for Real and when he's on his game the boy can dribble. The number 10 position doesn't really exist in football anymore. Attacking midfielders are either being pushed wide if they have great dribbling skills and can score goals (Coutinho, De Bruyne) or getting played in deeper central roles (Cazorla, Modric). I don't think Unai plays with a number 10 so will be interesting to see how he uses Ozil.
You must have been following another poster for the last 3 years. The reason Arsenal have been crap since Ozil has been here is the same reason weve been crap before Ozil came here. That reason has since left the club. Germany cannot lay all their WC troubles at Ozils door. Low is fully responsible for that shit show.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power n Glory
I don't know what you're reading either if you think I said Arsenal have been shit because of Ozil. :doh: GW:rose:Quote:
Originally Posted by Globalgunner
Terrible news, Usmanov allegedly wanting to sell his share in the club, potentially that could mean Kroenke owning the whole club. What's clear is Kroenke won't invest, looking at our budget we've had about 60 odd million for Emery, some might say it's because he's a new manager (not sure I totally agree), Everton have spent 50 million on one player.
So we have a billionaire owner who basically sits there and makes money, all the others seem to invest even the guy at Everton (Usmanov could end up their and make them competitors for us).
https://news.sky.com/story/russian-b...-says-11446839
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Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Probably a little bit of all three, I suspect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power n Glory
I spent half of yesterday evening listening to German football experts and former players on the radio, and the opinion seemed to be fairly unanimous that he has been scapegoated and singled out for harsher criticism than the other players (pretty much going back to before the 2014 WC), and that the DFB have made a right pig's ear of a situation that they could have easily squashed weeks ago.
From what I've read from his statement, his main gripe seems to be 1) with this guy Reinhard Grindel, who actually voted against dual-nationalities in German parliament, and is on record as saying that Islamic culture has become too ingrained in German cities (so all in all a pretty piss-poor choice for President of the DFB), and 2) the fact that he is constantly referred to as German-Turkish in the press instead of just German (or, better yet, as Mesut Özil, as his nationality really shouldn't need to be referenced at all when writing about him in the context of his national team). I think that second point is one of those drip-drip things that sounds like it should be a minor irritation at best, but that gradually has an effect without anyone really noticing that it's happening? Every time he's referred to as German-Turkish it's essentially a little reminder that he's thought of as German, but not really German, and then when the poor performances and bad results inevitably happen, it probably seems like the rest of the German players have been distanced from him and all of the undesirable labels that he's been tagged with over the years (lazy, uncommitted, etc) - labels that are traditionally regarded as distinctly unGerman.
That's how I imagine it will feel to Özil anyway. Chuck in the abuse and the threats that he and his family have been receiving on social media, the way Grindel has fanned the flames of a situation that he should have been trying to contain, and the childish, contemptuous comments of someone extremely influential like Uli Hoeness, and you can at least understand why he maybe feels justified and validated in making these claims of scapegoating and discrimination.
Having said all of that, Özil also comes across as unnecessarily defensive and completely unwilling to admit fault when it comes to 'the photo', and I really don't understand that at all? Nor do I understand why he let it drag on for so long without a response? If he'd just worded an immediate apology and mumbled something about poor judgement, then it may not have satisfied everyone, but I'm also sure it would have been quickly forgotten and written off as just another example of a footballer doing something stupid (in a long history of footballers doing bloody stupid things). Instead, he's tried to defend the indefensible, and in doing so he's given weight to the counter argument that he can't handle criticism, and that he's just playing the race / discrimination card to deflect attention away from poor performances.
For me, 'the photo', Özil's performances on the pitch, and his claims of scapegoating and discrimination are 3 distinct issues, each worthy of their own debate, but unfortunately neither side seem able (or willing) to separate them when making their arguments. For what it's worth, I think he's been unbelievably stupid with the photo, that his performances have been 'meh' for some time, and that (on some level) he is probably hoping that his claims of discrimination will deflect attention from the issue of his form. However, I also think that there probably is some merit to his claims of discrimination and scapegoating too, even if he is also using it to deflect - I don't think the two counter-accusations have to be mutually exclusive.
Lot of rumours saying Henry is about to take over as Aston Villa manager. Oh dear.