Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
AND?

The assist relies on the guy you pass to doing something with the ball. Ozil led Fabregas in passes in the final third and key passes - that's what we pay him to do isn't it? Now we need to work on the guys he's passing to NOT having a crappy first touch, NOT blasting it wide, NOT refusing to shoot in the first place. It's a team game, grabbing these single stats out of context and saying player x is better than player y has no validity. Ozil probably had 7 assists by this stage last season. But according to the media he was still shit. It's media hype, not reality. Nothing wrong with Ozil at all, everything wrong with how Wenger picks a team and strategy.
Ozil looks bored/disnterested and is barged off the ball way too easily. That is not the manager's fault, its down to the player to give a fuck and grow a pair.

playing him wide, yes that is Wenger being wenger but even when Cazorla went off Ozil still gave the ball away and just kept fucking up.