CHOPS
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At least for the last 13 games!I don't really care about "nasty streaks" or whatever. Just show you're quality on the pitch and influence games like the alleged best attacking midfielder is supposed to do.
At least for the last 13 games!I don't really care about "nasty streaks" or whatever. Just show you're quality on the pitch and influence games like the alleged best attacking midfielder is supposed to do.
And here we have what is known as complete and utter dominationHe's 21 in two and a half weeks. Özil at 21 moved abroad and went to the biggest club in the world. He went onto establish himself as arguably the 2nd best player at the club and became a key player for a perennial Euros/World Cup contender. That takes more mental strength, unless playing for media darlings Tottenham and the England NT is more pressure than Real Madrid and Germany.
On top of that he moved abroad again to Arsenal, got critcised heavily in 2014 and still managed to come back the following year with one of the great PL seasons in terms of creativity. If he was weak as you say he is, he'd have left instead of sticking around to prove himself in England.
Not like we have had any one better on the other wing where CR7 played and Özil is consistently influential against regular teams below the big boys.Asking Özil top be a person he is not is just silly. It is up to the Manager to balance the team in terms of players with 'nasty streaks' etc. Silly debate. Ozi is class. He gets no help from his team mates in big games either. A lot easier to aim for CR7 than TW14! ..l..
No it can't but it can be argued that one has been used by his manager more efficiently than the other... IMO the difference this season.Alli has been miles better than Özil this season, can't be argued.
Alli has been miles better than Özil this season, can't be argued.
Yeah I don't get what people are getting so arsey over. Do people not think that Özil would be a better player if he added a bit of grit and aggression to what he currently has? That's essentially what he's saying, he never said that Alli is a better player than Özil.There is something to what Dixon is saying, Özil seems so flat in big games, I wouldn't call it nastiness though. Comparing him to Alli triggered a lot of people is part of the problem I feel.
We probably wont get to find out what the overriding issue with Özil is anyway unless he goes in the summer and we see him under a different manager.
Thank you @American_Gooner. This is what I wanted to say as soon as I read the post you replied to. Özil was a god playing for THE club where the pressure is insane, he left with his head held high and an immense reputation. Playing and regularly contributing in classico's with the best Barcelona I've seen in my lifetime. But yeah, Dele Alli. Like there is only one way to show mentality, and its the Dele Alli way.He's 21 in two and a half weeks. Özil at 21 moved abroad and went to the biggest club in the world. He went onto establish himself as arguably the 2nd best player at the club and became a key player for a perennial Euros/World Cup contender. That takes more mental strength, unless playing for media darlings Tottenham and the England NT is more pressure than Real Madrid and Germany.
On top of that he moved abroad again to Arsenal, got critcised heavily in 2014 and still managed to come back the following year with one of the great PL seasons in terms of creativity. If he was weak as you say he is, he'd have left instead of sticking around to prove himself in England.
He's 21 in two and a half weeks. Özil at 21 moved abroad and went to the biggest club in the world. He went onto establish himself as arguably the 2nd best player at the club and became a key player for a perennial Euros/World Cup contender. That takes more mental strength, unless playing for media darlings Tottenham and the England NT is more pressure than Real Madrid and Germany.
On top of that he moved abroad again to Arsenal, got critcised heavily in 2014 and still managed to come back the following year with one of the great PL seasons in terms of creativity. If he was weak as you say he is, he'd have left instead of sticking around to prove himself in England.