Tir Na Nog
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Country: Ireland
I kind of wanted a new Cazorla thread to discuss the continuation of the fine form he's shown since around November/December this season in a slightly different role than usual. Now I did famously say in the old thread (I'm sure some will remember) that we should consider playing him in a deeper role and it was shot down by a lot of people (someone definitely agreed with me though). It was based on where he played for Malaga, traditionally he had always played wide or as a CAM for Spain/Villarreal beforehand however Pelligrini decided to use him in that role primarily based on the fact that Isco was their main attacking midfielder. It worked a treat for Malaga and is now starting to really work for Cazorla.
This is also a man who's now 3rd in line to the captaincy (after Arteta and Mertesacker) and has become the pace setter for the team and the controller of our midfield and I think he deserves a thread acknowledging this. Many had actually written him off towards the end of last season and many were open to even selling him last summer. However he's proven a lot of doubters wrong recently and being a fan of him since his seeing him in the Euros for Spain back in 2008, it's really pleasing to see it. He seems to be integral to the team again, you can almost see everyone he plays with enjoying playing with him, Ramsey, Monreal, Özil, etc. He does so much work and I feel even now it's under-appreciated. So I feel there needs to be a thread where we can show appreciation for this little genius. Hard to believe someone on here thought Lallana was better than him during the summer.
** it'd be nice if this didn't turn into a "team Özil vs team Cazorla" kinda thing.
This is also a man who's now 3rd in line to the captaincy (after Arteta and Mertesacker) and has become the pace setter for the team and the controller of our midfield and I think he deserves a thread acknowledging this. Many had actually written him off towards the end of last season and many were open to even selling him last summer. However he's proven a lot of doubters wrong recently and being a fan of him since his seeing him in the Euros for Spain back in 2008, it's really pleasing to see it. He seems to be integral to the team again, you can almost see everyone he plays with enjoying playing with him, Ramsey, Monreal, Özil, etc. He does so much work and I feel even now it's under-appreciated. So I feel there needs to be a thread where we can show appreciation for this little genius. Hard to believe someone on here thought Lallana was better than him during the summer.
** it'd be nice if this didn't turn into a "team Özil vs team Cazorla" kinda thing.
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