Mesut Özil Thread (official!)

[JonasTC]

... And that should tell you that the frustation was not specifically towards Özil, but i guess its hard to see if you dont like the guy

[Power n Glory]

Dude, his own coach mentioned Ozil by name and said he’s been singled out! What’s wrong with you? How can I argue against that?

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Dude, his own coach mentioned Ozil by name and said he’s been singled out! What’s wrong with you? How can I argue against that?

Yes but the key thing is that the boos from the crowd weren't directed specifically to Ozil or arose as a result of his own performance which by all accounts wasn't worse than any of his team mates.

He was singled out as he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. If it had been Gotze or Kroos subbed of at that particular moment for a defender then they would have been the target of the crowd's frustration and Bierhoof and Low would be defending them today. Really quite unfortunate as his confidence isn't already high at the moment.

[fakeyank]

Dude, his own coach mentioned Ozil by name and said he’s been singled out! What’s wrong with you? How can I argue against that?

Just remember who you are arguing with...

[Özim]

Yes but the key thing is that the boos from the crowd weren't directed specifically to Ozil or arose as a result of his own performance which by all accounts wasn't worse than any of his team mates.

He was singled out as he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. If it had been Gotze or Kroos subbed of at that particular moment for a defender then they would have been the target of the crowd's frustration and Bierhoof and Low would be defending them today. Really quite unfortunate as his confidence isn't already high at the moment.

If a player is subbed and gets booed it's directed at him, not saying they didn't want to boo other players, but if it happens when he's subbed it's because the crowd think he hasn't performed, if he'd played well in a poor German display he wouldn't have been booed.

[JonasTC]

That would have been correct, if it wasnt for them booing everybody at the end (Özil was subbed like 5-10min before that)

[Özim]

Not really they booed everyone at the end because they weren't happy with the performance, they booed Ozil because they weren't happy with his. If Ozil wasn't being booed they would have just waited until the end and not singled him out, clearly they weren't happy with how he performed.

I don't know if there were any other subs during the match, did they get booed as well?

[Power n Glory]

Yes but the key thing is that the boos from the crowd weren't directed specifically to Ozil or arose as a result of his own performance which by all accounts wasn't worse than any of his team mates.

He was singled out as he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. If it had been Gotze or Kroos subbed of at that particular moment for a defender then they would have been the target of the crowd's frustration and Bierhoof and Low would be defending them today. Really quite unfortunate as his confidence isn't already high at the moment.

Was Gotze booed off? He was subbed at the 83rd minute.

[Power n Glory]

If a player is subbed and gets booed it's directed at him, not saying they didn't want to boo other players, but if it happens when he's subbed it's because the crowd think he hasn't performed, if he'd played well in a poor German display he wouldn't have been booed.

True and I think some of his colleagues see it that way too. He probably wasn't the worst player on the field and I didn't look like it was a bad game.

[Özim]

True and I think some of his colleagues see it that way too. He probably wasn't the worst player on the field and I didn't look like it was a bad game.

They probably have high expectations of him, in the past when I've seen him he's been superb marauding up and down the wing, he's an important player for Germany.