Mesut Özil Thread (official!)

[Munchies]

I'll probably get slated for this but I haven't been that impressed with young Mesut lately. I didn't like his performance today and he wasn't great against Dortmund either.

I still love him though, he's a world class player and we have already seen a fair bit of quality from him.

Tbf to Mesuts, there hasn't been anything for him to pass to. Its too narrow right now, and teams get behind the ball without their being an outlay for him to pass too. Today he did play some terrible passes, but I guess that's understandable given that we played 3 games in over a week. The whole team was flat.

Having Walcott /Gnabry will be a massive boost for us.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

He's knackered. He's played every game.

Plus he's come from a pussy league like La Liga into an over-physical league like the Premiership. He needs rest but we can't give it to him yet.

He also hasn't had any runners to play through balls to. He's had to cut inside a lot and he's ineffective like that. When Theo's back we'll see him flourish.

[selassie]

It's still early days for him. Still adapting to a new team and surroundings.

He's not been outstanding, but he's not looked out of his depth either. His quality is evident. Lots more to come from him.

True, though worryingly he does seem to go missing in the BIG games, this is something that was talked about a lot at Real prior to him joining us. Time will tell, the quality is there and as you rightly said still lots more to come from him.

[Xhaka Can’t]

He had a poor game today, perhaps he may even be feeling some effects of the bug - pretty much the whole team seemed underpar today. But lets not set put to re-write his contribution to the team this season on the back of a bad day.

[Syn]

What were the 'big games' for Real Madrid? Barcelona and the CL knockouts? He has killed it in World Cups and European Championships for Germany. There is absolutely no issue with his mentality or ability. He's just finding it hard to adjust to the fitness levels required. He could do with being rested/benched for a few games, but that only becomes an option when Cazorla and one of Walcott/Podolski are available.

[BOBN]

I was assured by giddy fans he'd walk into the league and be its best player by a distance.

I look forward to the day.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Is he even shittier than Bergkamp?

[BOBN]

He's not been outstanding, but he's not looked out of his depth either. His quality is evident. Lots more to come from him.

Isnt it wonderful that a £40m player has not looked out of his depth

[Munchies]

'The reason he made the mistake, is because he shouldn't of been on the pitch in the first place ! he's knackered. '

Who remembers this ? Just remembered it randomly

But yeah, once our team is back, we'll have plenty of options to rest Mesut. Rosicky/Cazorla can play in his position. Put Ox/Pods on the left wing, Theo on the right.

[Ralpheroo72]

Im knackered, had to get up at 3am to watch. He was poor, and doesn't like defending that much. Still, Wenger is responsible, as there is no one for Ozil to pass to.