We’ve got Mezut Mezut Ozil on the wing…on the wing !

12 Replies

Firstly I will admit the starting 11 yesterday Vs Everton looked spot on, it looked fresh, exciting and full of attacking options, sadly that didn’t turn out to be the case. We almost set up like a counter attacking side against a team who have been perfecting this skill over the last year or so under Martinez.

Ozil out wide left does not work, it’s never worked in the past and won’t work in the future. Yes Ozil has played successfully in that role for Germany, but he has the worlds best left back behind him to cover.  Ozil like many a left midfielder Wenger has tried since he sold Pires (too soon) is bloody useless at tracking back, it’s just not his game, he loses his man at key moments and without even bothering to read the gutter press this morning I’m sure he’s blamed for Everton’s first goal.

The left midfield is fast becoming our graveyard position….

Reyes – Never the same after Neville kicked him

Arshavin – A number 10 played out wide where he lost interest and looked lazy

Gervinho – Lost all form once he came to us

Podolski – The most natural finisher we have (had) but like Ozil he can’t defend

Santi – Cuts inside too much, gives us no width

The problem is Wenger seems to like buying small tidy tippy tappy players who are versatile, when what he should be doing is identifying where we are weak and buying players to fit into that position. Round holes and square pegs springs to mind over and over again. There is little or no point buying £30mill plus players then not building a team around them, Ozil needs to play as a number 10, he needs runners around him, he needs no defensive duties in our box and then we will get the best out of him.

 

 

10 Reasons why we will beat Everton + my starting 11

4 Replies

squarepeg

1) The Germans are back, I don’t expect all of them to play 90mins but they could all get a run out of some kind today.

2) Diaby and Sanogo are fit, fit for what tho is the question.

3) Arteta is also missing, which means the end of the failed Arteta/Ramsey/Wilshere midfield 3 experiment.

4) The Ox and Campbell are fully fit and raring to go !

5) We can’t do much worse than than we did in this fixture last season when we got trounced 3-0

6) Since our first meeting in 1905 we have beaten Everton 99 times and they have only beaten us once in the last fifteen matches  (bbc sport)

7) Debuchy, yes its early to really be able to comment but he does look like hes slotted in effortlessly.

8) Everton are without their great English hope Ross Barkley.

9) Alexis, all the style all the tricks, he’s been wasted on the right without nobody on the end of his work.

10) Wenger Knows he must either sign a Striker, Def Mid and Cen Back or its round holes and square pegs again this season.

My Starting 11 (4-3-3) Chesney – Debuchy, Kos, BFG, Monreal – Flamini, Ramsey, Wilshere – Ox, Alexis, Campbell

COME ON THE ARSENAL !!!

 

 

Cesc v Ramsey v Sanchez v Ozil v Cazorla

36 Replies

So yesterdays blog, “4 Arsenal players better then Cesc Fabregas” on got a lot of people talking. One of the main talking points was my ‘selective stats’, with only a comparison to Aaron Ramsey having detailed stats. In the interest of fairness, below are the full stats for all players (swapping Cazorla for Walcott due to the laters lack of game time):

All PlayersRead into it what you will, but Aaron Ramsey by far and away is the stand out player, followed by Cazorla. Sanchez and Ozil appear behind Cesc, but Sanchez’s 19 league goals is the outstanding stat.

Now what if we created a league for the players to create a fair comparison as to who is better? With 5 points awarded for whoever has the highest stat for that category, 1 for whoever has the lowest stat. How would the table look?

League

Unsurprisingly, Ramsey is top.

Perhaps surprisingly, Cazorla is the 2nd best midfielder out of the group, highlighting that whilst he might not always be exceptional, he has a very consistent all round game – He was top 2 in 5 of the 9 categories. Sanchez and Cesc are tied for 3rd. Sanchez sits higher in the table as its an Arsenal blog.

Mesut Ozil comes in last place. Perhaps a bit surprising. However, he is just 1 point behind Sanchez and Cesc. And when you consider he is the only one who was playing in a new league, and, by many people’s opinion (not mine) was poor last season, to finish just 1 point behind 2 World Class talents is commendable.

So there you have it, proof, it needed, that Arsenal do not need Cesc.

Argument over, no further comment on the subject from met.

Keenos