Mesut Özil: Think This Might Be It For Me(sut)

[bingobob]

its great they got rid of five subs.

on Özil if he buys in then he would be world class. but the problem is Mesut does not buy in.

 

[Ivan the Gooner]

If he doesn't buy in then definitely sell, we could get a pack of six choc ice I reckon....

 

[Football Manager]

Maybe but if we’re losing/drawing and struggling to break a team down I’d rather see Mesut coming on to try something than throwing in Willock for example.

Özil is a good creator of the final pass in the final third. But that’s it.

He does not actively involved in the build up play. He is not a good creator of space/possession/team play in the midfield area to bring our team to the final third. He won’t create play/space or help overloading the midfield (what Nasri, Rosicky, Cazorla, Aouar are great at). And Özil is not technical enough to keep the ball in tight space.

Özil always plays it forward quickly (being “efficient”) rather than keeping possession and make a patient build up.

If we are losing the midfield possession battle, having Özil does not improve us. We are unable to bring the ball to the final third for him to shine. And Özil wouldn’t help a lot on keeping possession/bring the ball up to the final third.

Özil is just about his final ball. Does nothing and almost invisible in the build up. If we sub in Cazorla/Rosicky, our midfield linkage becomes much better, we are more calm in possession, the whole team suddenly plays better. You won’t get this with Özil.

 

[Football Manager]

Pretty ridiculous if you ask me. First of all they gave him that contract. Secondly, forcing him out isn’t going to work. And thirdly, if Mikel thinks there’s a usefull player in there, they’re also limiting his team selection.

Özil is not good enough so he is not playing. How are we going to utilise him? If our youngsters are better than him then why not playing our youngsters?

 

[Ivan the Gooner]

Suitable for the bench I suppose. He's an enigma for sure.

 

[tap-in]

They fecking voted against it? Ffs. Naturally it benefits top teams more but everyone benefits from playing more players in a game, youth get more chances. Damn, this sucks!

I get your point about youth but I prefer 3 subs, a manager can turn a game on its head by making the right sub at the right time, its a skill. With 5 it makes it far easier for the manager to have an effect.

 

[vantoure]

Özil to AM haters

 

[vantoure]

This guy just can't stop winning :trophy:
- Emery
- Raul
- China
- haters

 

[Tir Na Nog]

This guy just can't stop winning :trophy:
- Emery
- Raul
- China
- haters

He's football's grim reaper ffs. Line them up and he'll knock 'em all down and out last every single one of them.

 

[MikeVinna]

Özil is not good enough so he is not playing. How are we going to utilise him? If our youngsters are better than him then why not playing our youngsters?

You think Nelson/Willock are better options when we’re down a goal?

 

[Oxeki]

Why would you want to bring Özil from the bench?
Özil has never been an impact player you bring on from the bench to make things happen. Either you start him or you don't. And he there's no one he can displace from our starting XI currently.

Let him spend more time with his game console.

If Arteta is able to get Özil's head on straight and make him give us good consistent performances I'll be the happiest gooner, but we all know that's not gonna happen.

Even if he brings him into the team, all it will take is a decent performance in one game and his acolytes will spam AM with annoying posts such 'mesUT sILenCeS tHE hAtERs.' But then he goes mising in the rest games. We've all seen this play out countless times under multiple managers

 

[GDeep™]

What a weird thread. People are reaching and stretching, just to attack him. Pretty sad.

There is no interesting or credible discussion taking place here anyway, just tribal BS where you guys have picked your corner and will defend it like rabbid animals, no matter what.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

What a weird thread. People are reaching and stretching, just to attack him. Pretty sad.

There is no interesting or credible discussion taking place here anyway, just tribal BS where you guys have picked your corner and will defend it like rabbid animals, no matter what.

Agreed should be locked, no idea why it was reopened tbh.

 

[Football Manager]

Özil’s problem has always been his weaknesses on the pitch. Not related to anything else.

Why is that only Özil always being criticised for not defending, when most #10 in the world are not good at defending too?

This is because Özil’s main problem is not even in defending/tracking back. Other #10 would heavily involved in the build up phase, and create the difference in the final third phase. They do hell lots of other stuff when they are not defending. Özil would be invisible in defence and attack, just focus on the last pass in the final third. So if he doesn’t make those pass, he is absolutely nothing on the pitch.

I never rate players who can only operate well in one phase, but being a tactical liability in other phases.

For all of the above (including the last few posts), I am not talking about the “declining” Özil. I am taking about the Özil who he always was. From day one he was here, he has all these flaws in his game.

Why the Özil now is the same Özil as 5 years ago, but he is so useless in the current football world?

Because modern tactics has drastically changed, especially in the past 10 years. Despite possessing the same ability, his weaknesses are being magnified more and more as tactics developed over the years. As a result, he is more and more useless as a player, despite having the same passing and first touch ability.

In this tactically detail orientated era, Özil is a huge tactical liability. He can only operates well in one phase of the game (in the final third). And if our team are struggling to get into the final third, he won’t contribute to help our team progressing into this phase. His problem is far from just defending.

These weaknesses of Özil was always there. Even if todays Özil is the same Özil 5 years ago, he will still be out of Arteta’s plan.

Since tactics has started to become more and more complex in the early 2010, there will only be one fate of these kind of players.

(I'm not talking about other #10. Most of them have the dribbling ability and they always helping the team in general play, which makes them still very useful players in todays game. I'm talking about players who focus on just one phase of the game, failing to contribute in other phases.)

Some articles portraits Özil as a victim of traditional #10 in modern football. His fans like to make excuses for him: “It’s the player type that is not suitable anymore in modern football. It’s not Özil to be blamed.”

But this is just not true.

Özil is very different to most #10. Most #10 are not just final third players, they can dribble in tight space for fun, and they involved heavily in the general play. Özil is so unique/limited that he only has himself to blame for not making it in modern football.

Why was Özil so inconsistent even in his madrid/wenger’s days?

Özil was inconsistent for a reason. He is just like walcott. Their overall stats looks impressive, but they are **** if you actually watch their performance on the pitch. This inconsistency is a result of them being limited players.

The problem with them is that they detaches themselves from the build up phase. They just focus on the final assist/finish. Since they are not actively involved in the build up phase, we didn’t have numerical advantage and unable to create in the midfield. Kaka, Silva, kdb, iniesta, modric......they are all heavily involved in the build up phase to help maintain possession and create space in the midfield. Özil would make a simple pass and burst up to the final third, leaving his teammates Cazorla and others to build up.

If our other players are extremely capable/lucky enough to get through the build up phase with numerical disadvantage, then there will be the use of Özil/walcott in the final third (these are matches that they will look good and up their stats). But if not, they will look invisible for the whole match, because we can’t keep possession and unable to progress the ball up, this is why many of you think they are inconsistent.

What actually happened is, their lack of involvement in the build up, would hurt our team from progressing the ball up the pitch. Which limited their chance to shine in the final third. So at the end it’s their own fault for their inconsistency.

 

[krackpot]

oh damn!

these guys still writing paragraphs about a guy not in the team.

Proves that hate is more powerful than love.

 

[Gegen Pressing]

Özil : I don't press.
Özil: I can't play false #9.
Özil: I loved it here... But if an Istanbul club makes an offer I'll take it

 

[krackpot]

it's like they don't even hear anything else.

 

[TakeChillPill]

Özil wants football to be played on his terms. It's not possible if you want to win. Shame he's only 31 and when you look at the likes of auba, augero, Messi, Ronaldo, lewa, Silva all elite whilst still being in their 30s.

 

[krackpot]

you don't need to read the other posts, post something generic and move on

 

[Riou]

Özil wants football to be played on his terms. It's not possible if you want to win.