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Özil will be a key player under Emery. He'll take one look in training, realise he's by far the best footballer we have and persist with him from there..
See I remember a time before Wenger. Winning and playing slightly more dour football isn't as bad as people make out. The year around 93/94 were great to be an Arsenal fan even if we weren't challenging in the league much we won a league and fa cup double and a cup winners cup. I was only a kid at the time but it was enjoyable, people forget that with winning and finals etc comes excitement and entertainment, naturally for foremost people. We've been lucky to have had a period between 98 and 2005 where we won a lot of trophies playing good football and I wouldn't swap that for anything.Think it's not just the style, nor just the trophies. Under Wenger at least, and that's all I'm old enough to have seen, we've played beautiful football that is also winning football
Like every summer right. One day you might get what you want so badly.Got a feeling Mesut wont like this setup. I'm calling rumblings of discontent by November and gone next summer.
@celestis the confidence and maturity/intelligence he showed when he was breaking through, especially at his first start at camp nou, is enough for me to have faith in him.. Not surprised he caught the admiration of spanish coaches.. Most managers will love the skillset Iwobi has to offer, I can see Emery showing just as much faith in him as Wenger.
The player I would compare Ramsey to is Frank Lampard. Similar type of player with his coming in late and getting goals and also notoriously difficult to put into some systems with other players (see Englands trouble with him and Gerrard but Chelsea managed with him so it can work).
He needs to be the main man imo, legend has it thats the conclusion Emery has come to as well. He's all end product, hes a goal scorer, not really an assist merchant so the key is to keep him central and get him in those positions, that and his amazing stamina to get b2b. Putting Ramsey on the wing/putting Özil on the wing its all just a symptom of bad management and acquisition of personnel by Wenger, if it was up to him he would have had a team of no10s/attacking mids. Neither of them are naturally wide players, of course they could do a job but again its been tried with Ramsey and by doing these things you just unbalance the team imo. Suspect some hard choices will have to be made as you cant accommodate all these guys and keep a decent balance.
We shall see.
Özil is a great player, but where would he fit in Emery’s tactical system?People always banging on about Özil going to Turkey with GF. Why not talk about the most assists, most chances created while he’s been in England, playing through back injuries etc.
Emery will love Özil and Özil will probably relish playing for a manager who is going to make those around him pull their weight.
Marriage made in heaven.
@celestis the confidence and maturity/intelligence he showed when he was breaking through, especially at his first start at camp nou, is enough for me to have faith in him.. Not surprised he caught the admiration of spanish coaches.. Most managers will love the skillset Iwobi has to offer, I can see Emery showing just as much faith in him as Wenger.
At 10.Özil is a great player, but where would he fit in Emery’s tactical system?
@celestis the confidence and maturity/intelligence he showed when he was breaking through, especially at his first start at camp nou, is enough for me to have faith in him.. Not surprised he caught the admiration of spanish coaches.. Most managers will love the skillset Iwobi has to offer, I can see Emery showing just as much faith in him as Wenger.
Is there such a position in his formation?At 10.
Is there such a position in his formation?
Definitely, great shout for Iwobi. He has everything, but his composure when doing the final bit is horrific. He passes well everywhere, but in the final third, he dribbles well everywhere, he can occasionally shoot well, but his confidence is terrible. Could do bits next yearIwobi - This lad has so much natural/raw ability that it is amazing. Very few players are built with his ability to consume space on the ball. That is such an effective trait for an attacking midfielder, particularly in this league. His problems are mental - he doesn't realise the time he has, he is overzealous, he rushes the passes and he rushes his shots. He needs to realise that he has the skillset (strength, balance, speed) to make the game beat to his drum. He will improve under a manager who points this out to him.