I'm happy with the result and I'm glad we kept playing right up until the last second to achieve it. It makes the international break much more bearable.
As for the performance, I thought Burnley played a blinder. They were well organised and played the percentages well when it came to taking the limited attacking chances they had while maximising the opportunity when it presented itself.
This is a good win.
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Not sure if it was his worst......but I just thought Ozil was particularly bad in this game..........
He was really annoying me!
Re: Sherbert's comments from the previous page on tactics, tempo and breaking down oppositions, I strongly agree!
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Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Probably not his worst game but he rarely has a really poor game to be honest. He was just ineffective and that's my main gripe with him when it comes to these sort of occasions. When teams park the bus like that and he's racked up over 30 passes in the final third, I don't think he'll find he'll find that killer ball to win us the game unless it's a cross from a set piece or out wide.
If the play is compressed in the middle than he's going to be useless, what i think he's capable of doing is finding players on the flanks to stretch the defence
That said, no it shouldn't be necessary to have him in the side to beat Burnley.
Do we need a super player like Ozil to something that simple? It’s just a sideways pass out to an uncongested area. The majority of our players can do that if we’re playing deep in our opponents final third. It’s more dependent on our wingers staying wide and fullbacks pushing up. Plus, once it goes wide, we have the same problem of the ball having to be played back into that congested area where it’s likely to be blocked or we have nobody there to get on the end of it. Or even when we attempt to cut it back to the edge of the box, nobody shoots and the ball should be falling to the AM or CM in those moments.
Well like i just said we shouldn't need him to beat a team like Burnley, the difference is he can see a pass blindfold and it's about the weighting and timing of the pass to match the run of the player that he is unsurpassed at.
I think the opposite. We've always struggled against these sort of teams and whilst I think our style of play has been figured out and easily nullified by such teams, I fought signing a player like Ozil would enable us to open these teams up. That's not happening and it's a worry that it's still the case even without Giroud in the squad. I think he needs to take more risks with his passing if we're going to continue playing this way.
I'm delighted with the result but frustrated with the performance. Saying that we've been spoilt lately, we've been playing very well. Despite that I didn't think we were that bad on Sunday, we just never really got going and kind of huffed and puffed our way through the performance. Credit to Burnley though, they were extremely difficult to break down and very well organised, I honestly can't see them losing too many games at home if they continue to perform like that.
It was a big win for us on Sunday, this season is going to be tight from start to finish and we've no room for error even if we want to finish in the top 4.
Signs are looking good though, we have a very favourable fixture list for the next month or so, it's absolutely imperative we take maximum points from these games.
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