Quote Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory View Post
Exactly. Which goes back to my last post about Cesc and how the team has been developed since the Invincible squad broke apart. The tippy tappy super possession style we complain about got old way before Ozil arrived and we’re still playing the same stuff and encountering the same problems. Mastermind is talking as if we’ve never played possession football before or had a team that could create chances. We used to create far more clear cut chances and waste a heck of a lot more.

As for the missing piece of the puzzle….that’s the 2% away from domination argument. We’ve heard that before. We’re a better team with Ozil but I think people go overboard with it.
Well my argument was that Cesc had the luxury of easing himself into a team that still had the Invincible influence all over it. Ozil is being measured as the guy who hasn't arrived and immediately transformed the club. It's not a valid comparison, the circumstances are so different. Cesc wasn't hailed as the saviour of the club when he stepped on the pitch. We didn't even know we needed a saviour back then. The road back now is torturous, made harder by the fact Wenger learns at such a slow rate (1 lesson per half decade).