Ozil - Do we need him?

[Power n Glory]

I'm not sure you have been watching us play. Drop deep and glance up for the runners? Are you kidding me? You could drop as deep as you wanted in this setup and grab your binoculars. All you'd see is the square ball. Nobody makes any runs. There are no players to hit. Nobody looks for the space in behind. Nobody plays with enough tempo to create that space in the first place. Nobody looks to beat a player, except Ox every now and again (and he gets benched for doing it). This is a one paced, unimaginative, plodding, sideways, negative shower of excrement manufactured by one man and one man alone. You can criticise Ozil all you want for not being able to transform a giant steaming turd into a gourmet serving, but without him we'd be even worse because we'd have one less player who can receive, hold and distribute a ball. Fabregas would fare no differently. Bergkamp would be a shocking waste in this team.

Bollocks. I see Ramsey trying to hit a Hollywood pass every so often but missing the target by a wide mark. If it's widely accepted that Wenger doesn't micro manage his players, then I don't get why a few players haven't struck up an understanding like previous teams. Theo makes runs all game. That's all he looks to do. Alexis does whatever the fuck he wants to do. He doesn't play the tip tappy shite and that goes right against the claim that Wenger instructs them all to do the same thing.

Heck, I’ve even seen Song and RVP strike up some sort of understanding that players in this team lack. It doesn’t have to save the day every single game but Ozil should be coming up with the goods enough so I’m not constantly questioning his ability.

[Niall_Quinn]

Bollocks. I see Ramsey trying to hit a Hollywood pass every so often but missing the target by a wide mark. If it's widely accepted that Wenger doesn't micro manage his players, then I don't get why a few players haven't struck up an understanding like previous teams. Theo makes runs all game. That's all he looks to do. Alexis does whatever the fuck he wants to do. He doesn't play the tip tappy shite and that goes right against the claim that Wenger instructs them all to do the same thing.

Heck, I’ve even seen Song and RVP strike up some sort of understanding that players in this team lack. It doesn’t have to save the day every single game but Ozil should be coming up with the goods enough so I’m not constantly questioning his ability.

That bit in bold is crazy. Theo runs to his defender all the time. And then he gets the ball with back to goal and lays it back. He consistently does the opposite of what he should be doing. I think even Wenger has got bored with him.

As for Ramsey, sure, he does the Roy of the Rovers stuff. For two reasons. One, because he routinely abandons his designated role. Two, because if he didn't get forward or provide some sort of outlet for Alexis and Ozil then nobody else is going to do it (assuming we have Ox playing as the fucking full back - OMFG, it's almost impossible to comprehend). Giroud's not going to do it, that's for sure.