Ozil - Do we need him?

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

It's not even a case of dislikes. It's about effectiveness. I dislike Giroud but I’m objective enough to say he has strengths that we don’t play to. With Ozil, how much more can we play to his strength? It goes back to needing to sign a top striker like Aubameyang or Griezmann which isn’t going to happen.

I think he's playing to our weaknesses rather than us playing to his strengths, the passes he's able to make considering the lack of space afforded to him by the slowness of our build up play is remarkable. If our build up play was quicker (which I think it would be by having Xhaka behind him as it means he receives the ball quicker affords him even more space, which if we employ pace on the flanks and a striker who can read the game) he would be phenomenal

If we a bit more direct going forward I've no doubt he'd be better still, but still think despite our limitations as a side the guy stands out more often than not. And really considering the amount of chaff we have in the side currently he is bottom of the pile when it comes to player problems.