Name a current better passer than Özil.
There isn't one. However passing is only one facet of being a midfield player. When I speak about being the best in the world at a position I mean precisely that, rather than being the best at a particular skill. Messi isn't the best in the world at anything. Rather it's the combination of things that he's exceptional at that make him the best. The same is true for anyone who is the best at their position. Paul Scholes was a better passer than Zidane but only a lunatic would suggest that Scholes was the better player. Zidane did more to dictate the outcome of a match. He had more in his locker. There are more midfielders who have greater all around games than Özil than there are keepers who have greater all around games than Cech. This is no slight against Özil as you'll find I'm one of his greatest supporters here and have defended him since I began posting here before others came around.
Fair enough, but I think @Furious Styles put what I mean together well. Passing isn't just passing, Özil makes it his role by incorporating so much into it. He directs the attacks like no other player can.
I agree with you both that's he's brilliant and a wonderful passer of the ball. He directs attacks fantastically as well, I'm certainly not disputing that. I just feel that Cech performs to his full world class capability more consistently than Özil does. Again though, I don't think you can go wrong selecting Cech, Özil, Sanchez or Kos. I think it could also be argued that Coq is more important to us than all of the players mentioned since we haven't got a replacement of even similar quality. They're all fantastic though so it comes down to preference and opinion. I'm thankful that we're able to have this debate with such great players in the discussion. We've come a long way since the dark ages of Denilson and Andre Santos.
