i just saw a really good tweet:

@TheFalseNein., 2h

I back Arteta, but he really buried himself by saying Özil wasn't playing for football reasons when the football is shite.

For me, Arteta's been so concerned with being the big man and having everyone prostrate themselves at his feet, he's ended up giving too much time to yes-men like Xhaka and not giving someone who is still a very talented player any kind of chance simply because he won't run around enough traffic cones.

if you're going to try to be the big boss you need the results to back it up, otherewise you're just an airbag