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Thought he was going to end up being one of the greats during those early days
Thought he retired like 3 or 4 years ago
Thought he retired like 3 or 4 years ago
I'll happily oblige!Quality player in his early and mid career and but the latter part will be something to forget. Him and Sánchez made an average Arsenal team somewhat interesting.
I await the Arse fans 20 paragraph response to this
Stop thinking thenThought he was going to end up being one of the greats during those early days
Thought he retired like 3 or 4 years ago
I thought during that World Cup he would go on to be consistently elite for the next decade. He had a decent range of passing, a good shot from outside the box and good pace over short distances.that time he skinned Gareth Barry
These days football requires completely different kind of midfielders than the 2000-2015 era. No many teams are still using 4231 with a dedicated #10.I'll happily oblige!
An absolute joy to watch on his day, especially at Madrid. Don't think Arsenal ever really set up to get the best out him. We never got that top class striker with pace for him to feed balls to, (Giroud being a different type of player), or a top class holding midfielder/double pivot to balance him out.
Think he was unlucky in the mid to latter part of his career and suffered from the shift in football away from using number 10's, to 433 formation and high intensity pressing.
Carzola's injury mid way in the 2015-16 season really changed things I think. It made Ozil's ability to play in the final third now difficult because Arsenal lacked a player to be able to link the defense and attack like Carzola could. I thought it became quite noticable that Ozil started playing deeper in order to get the ball following Carzola because no other Arsenal player at the time could link up well. That greatly reduced his effectiveness and lead to the downfall of him and that Arsenal side.I'll happily oblige!
An absolute joy to watch on his day, especially at Madrid. Don't think Arsenal ever really set up to get the best out him. We never got that top class striker with pace for him to feed balls to, (Giroud being a different type of player), or a top class holding midfielder/double pivot to balance him out.
Think he was unlucky in the mid to latter part of his career and suffered from the shift in football away from using number 10's, to 433 formation and high intensity pressing.
He's always been one of my favourite players for this reason. For a team sport it's comprised almost entirely of greedy bastards as far as goals are concerned. Plus at his best he was an absolute genius.Type of guy who'd probably prefer to pass in front of an open goal than shoot himself
The guy was overly pampered under Wenger, and then paid very very handsomely for that privelage.Arsenal treated him like shit and didn’t get the best out of him. They could have challenged for a bit more than just FA Cups if they utilised him better.