Quote Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory View Post
You say all this and mention Lampard but not too long ago said it's not Ozil's responsibility to score goals. He's the one player I can single out and say doesn't shoot enough or even attempt to get a shot on goal. Was just looking over his shot attempts over this month and it's like one shot a game if that. Also, I can't blame Wenger or the training on it because Wenger openly said he needs to score more goals.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1862/pre...ore-more-goals



But he replies with this.

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/foot...-a3160496.html
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It flies in the face of what the boss is telling him we need and what a player of his calibre should be producing hence the comparison to other top attacking midfielders. Certain attacking midfielders you wouldn't want to give too much space to on the edge of the box. Ozil doesn't seem like much of threat there. Mark the runners and players in front him tightly and I don't see him punishing the opposition for giving him shooting space.

Plenty of other guilty parties for the lack of goals but I'm pointing out Ozil today. Unlike Giroud who can't create space for himself to shoot or guys like Welbeck, Campbell, Walcott and Sanchez who just seem to lack the composure, technique or finesse on certain occasions, Ozil is the one player that has Hleb/Chamakh syndrome when in on goal.
You are a bit like Letters in that you are fixed with winning the argument instead of making the case. Is Ozil a natural goalscorer, does he score goals for club and country?. Everywhere he has been before Arsenal, it was not his job to score goals . Now suddenly at Arsenal it is his job to carry this team, make the goals...and score them. Yesterdays game and our season was certainly not ruined bacuse of Ozil. He will be the first on the German team sheet and not to score goals. Coaches who know what they are doing dont want him scoring the goals. No matter what Wenger says. Any goal from him should be considered a bonus not a baseline. WTF are Giroud, Walnutt and Welbeck in the team for then?