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Nah. He got close but only managed 3 assists in the second half of the season.Didn't Ozil get the most assists in a PL season ever?
Nah. He got close but only managed 3 assists in the second half of the season.Didn't Ozil get the most assists in a PL season ever?
Ah, fair enough. Still clearly an impressive first half of the season, but then I suppose that's always been his problem.Nah. He got close but only managed 3 assists in the second half of the season.
Don't know, I think he had 8 goals and 20 assists. However, I rate it like this:Didn't Ozil get the most assists in a PL season ever?
He's gifted no doubt but I'm talking about putting a complete performance like Pogba did last night, he rarely if ever has that in his locker. As of now he's just a moments player. Pep has a lot of work to do with him.So he's good at crossing, passing and shooting. Basically all the attributes that make him an excellent CAM, which he is. Personally think he looks a tad off the pace fitness wise compared to some of the others, but he's a class act.
But a lot of that was down to poor finishing by other players, rather than Ozil fading.Ah, fair enough. Still clearly an impressive first half of the season, but then I suppose that's always been his problem.
Interesting to think how many players there are in the PL who would be so much better if there was a winter break. Ozil and Fabregas being prime examples.
Thought their defence was ropey and Stones looked a bit weak physically at times. As you said looked small and given the height of our team hopefully we capitalise on set pieces. One worrying thing was they attacked the flanks well and yesterday we looked a bit exposed on the flanks at times but Southampton never possessed the quality to hurt us.Watched the City match. They looked good. Lack a bit of height but pretty good.
The fact that people talk about Hazard as if the last 14 months never happened is even more cringeworthy.One of the most overrated players in the World. He's one of the best crossers of the ball in the World, fabulous passing range & strikes the ball as cleanly as anyone but the rest of his game is mediocre-poor & it gets exposed when he doesn't have tons of space to operate in.
The fact so many posters on here think he's anywhere near the likes of Ozil & Hazard makes me cringe.
Funny how people see the game differently. I thought the opposite of Stones. He was aggressive and won pretty much everything he went for, he's actually much more physical than I ever have him credit for. Looks the business so far in this system, without being massively tested granted.Thought their defence was ropey and Stones looked a bit weak physically at times. As you said looked small and given the height of our team hopefully we capitalise on set pieces. One worrying thing was they attacked the flanks well and yesterday we looked a bit exposed on the flanks at times but Southampton never possessed the quality to hurt us.
Not only that. He criticises KDB for being poor under pressure and then puts Özil on a higher level, a player whose biggest weakness is actually his tendency of being forced out of games by teams applying pressure in his areas.The fact that people talk about Hazard as if the last 14 months never happened is even more cringeworthy.
Thierry Henry (2002/03) Arsenal : 20 assists in 37 league gamesDidn't Ozil get the most assists in a PL season ever?
Fabregas in 14/15 and Ozil last year could have absolutely slaughtered the record if their train didn't run out of steam every single winter.Thierry Henry (2002/03) Arsenal : 20 assists in 37 league games
Mesut Özil (2015/16) Arsenal : 19 assists in 35 league games
Cesc Fàbregas (2007/08) Arsenal : 18 assists in 32 league games
Cesc Fàbregas (2014/15) Chelsea : 18 assists in 34 league games
As far as I know these are the top-4 assists in a season in the PL era.
Think he's a very good young player who needs to prove he can defend (think he will) and he could turn out to be a great buy. But right now he will saunter through games where it's pass pass pass as this is his strength but looked to me like he struggles with the defending (positionally and physicality) but these can be taught.Funny how people see the game differently. I thought the opposite of Stones. He was aggressive and won pretty much everything he went for, he's actually much more physical than I ever have him credit for. Looks the business so far in this system, without being massively tested granted.
For Ozil, his form might drop off a bit in second half of the season, but that's only one side of the problem. The other half was Arsenal forwards are wasteful and even useless at times. If Ozil was our no 10 last year (second half of the season, even out of form Rooney with his scoring ability might be able to help LVG wrap top 4.Fabregas in 14/15 and Ozil last year could have absolutely slaughtered the record if their train didn't run out of steam every single winter.
Beckham in 99/00 also with 18 in 31 league games.Thierry Henry (2002/03) Arsenal : 20 assists in 37 league games
Mesut Özil (2015/16) Arsenal : 19 assists in 35 league games
Cesc Fàbregas (2007/08) Arsenal : 18 assists in 32 league games
Cesc Fàbregas (2014/15) Chelsea : 18 assists in 34 league games
As far as I know these are the top-4 assists in a season in the PL era.
You're talking about 2 entirely different players here, a box to box midifelder and an attacking midifelder, De Bruyne is never going to win the ball back deep in his own half of the pitch and play a 40 yard pass. But he will get you a bag full of goals and assists. He is a terrific player and any team would be lucky to have him.He's gifted no doubt but I'm talking about putting a complete performance like Pogba did last night, he rarely if ever has that in his locker. As of now he's just a moments player. Pep has a lot of work to do with him.
I think his erratic passing & inability to play under pressure are two huge flaws in his game.
Pogba's great and all, but I'm talking about putting in a complete performance like Suarez did last night, he rarely if ever has that in his locker. As of now he's just a midfielder. Mourinho has a lot to do with him.He's gifted no doubt but I'm talking about putting a complete performance like Pogba did last night, he rarely if ever has that in his locker. As of now he's just a moments player. Pep has a lot of work to do with him.
I think his erratic passing & inability to play under pressure are two huge flaws in his game.
I count assists in the strict Opta definition, that brings Beckham to 15 for that season to my estimation. If taking into account wider rules he'd have 18 indeed or perhaps even 19.Beckham in 99/00 also with 18 in 31 league games.
Isn't he a Chelsea fan?Pogba's great and all, but I'm talking about putting in a complete performance like Suarez did last night, he rarely if ever has that in his locker. As of now he's just a midfielder. Mourinho has a lot to do with him.
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Vardy is considered a natural athlete?Is it just me, or does he have a touch of the Rooneys about his physique? Not that he isn't fit, but that because of how he's built (and possibly his metabolism, I don't know the first thing about sports science) it's always going to take him that bit longer to be 100%, and he'll never be a natural athlete like a Valencia or Vardy.
Does Vardy strike you as someone who spends plenty of time in the gym or ensuring his diet is perfect? I'd be pretty confident in guessing that he doesn't. It's fair to say he's something of a natural athlete, he's extremely pacey and has great stamina.Vardy is considered a natural athlete?
Fábregas had the same issues in Spain - probably even more so.Ah, fair enough. Still clearly an impressive first half of the season, but then I suppose that's always been his problem.
Interesting to think how many players there are in the PL who would be so much better if there was a winter break. Ozil and Fabregas being prime examples.
Yes, ask the Leicester fan on here, why do you think he only become the player he became jut last season? Strict diet, hard work in the gym (not necessarily weights) but a natural athlete he is not.Does Vardy strike you as someone who spends plenty of time in the gym or ensuring his diet is perfect? I'd be pretty confident in guessing that he doesn't. It's fair to say he's something of a natural athlete, he's extremely pacey and has great stamina.
I mean in terms of his body. He hardly looks like the fat sticks to him, does he? Whereas Rooney (as an example on the other end of the spectrum) drinks one pint and has to do a month of intensive training to work it off. He's probably never had much of a six pack, whereas Vardy's probably turned up when he was sixteen and hasn't gone away since. De Bruyne strikes me as more on the Rooney end of the scale, if not to the same degree.Vardy is considered a natural athlete?
Well if you're talking about their metabolism then yeah I agree with you, just wouldn't have thought Vardy could be described as a natural athlete, guess I took what you said too literal?I mean in terms of his body. He hardly looks like the fat sticks to him, does he? Whereas Rooney (as an example on the other end of the spectrum) drinks one pint and has to do a month of intensive training to work it off. He's probably never had much of a six pack, whereas Vardy's probably turned up when he was sixteen and hasn't gone away since. De Bruyne strikes me as more on the Rooney end of the scale, if not to the same degree.
De Bruyne looks exhausted after about 5 minutes of every game. He isn't though, he's just the most ginger person ever.De Bruyne strikes me as more on the Rooney end of the scale, if not to the same degree.
Fair enough.De Bruyne looks exhausted after about 5 minutes of every game. He isn't though, he's just the most ginger person ever.
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