Mark Tobias
Mr. Agreeable
While i agree with your sentiment I will point out that Wenger made it that way by constantly protecting Özil. Unai is more reluctant to fully cover for Özil and thus the narratives we receive are different.Özil has these spells of absence almost every single season and we have had these same exact discussions. Only difference being, we called Wenger weak for letting Özil have a break, but we call Unai Strong for dropping him.
You are correct though that it is in fact the same situation.