Herd wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 9:13 am
You have proof he is a negative influence in the dressing room? And negative in what way? Creating a bad atmosphere? The only stuff I've seen in the media is that he is basically hero worshipped by the entire squad including the younger players. You have to remember our view of a player as spectators is often very different to a player's view. Also he appears to be the consumate professional in training so not sure how that is negative.
If you mean negative as in he might think Dick is not the man to lead Arsenal forward where is the proof of that? A couple of clips of him muttering after being subbed? And yet you would praise other players for exactly the same thing because they are "showing they care".
For me the only actual realistic negative things about Ozil are the ridiculous money we are paying him and the fact he is now well past his best which will no doubt lead to more inconsistent performances And yet he is still the best technical footballer and the only real world class "big name" at the biggest club in London.
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DB you would have to be blind not to see his negativity which oozes out of every pore he has when he is on the pitch ,behind the scenes there is no fucking doubt he's undermining Emery and stinking the place out .
Do I have 100 percent proof nailed ,of course not but normally if it's brown and smells like shit often it is a shit !
I don't have the contacts that I used to have inside at the club so I cannot say for sure ,but I know people who do have contacts , all say the same thing ,he is more or less in open rebellion against Emery !
So fuck him off best deal we can Turkey is the only option so provided its permanent then get him out !
On his day ,in a great team with galacticos around him he can be great ,world class even but he hasnt performed in our team on a consistent basis and that along with his shitty attitude is why NO top team in the world wants anything to do with him and our only option is to send him to Istanbul !
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I can see both sides of this argument and i agree with parts of both but whilst Ozil can be a lazy disinterested *word censored* at times is the negativity he may or may not be bringing into the team any where near as costly as people like Mustafi and Xhaka making mistakes game in game out, yet the media concentrate on his attitude but less so on costly mistakes by others.
The problem Ozil has apart from his attitude is he is often reliant on others to make him look good, he can put through as many passes as possible to put players into goal scoring positions but if they don't convert them then he's on a hiding to nothing. Lets be honest if he was getting 1 or 2 assists every game his attitude would be less of a problem but again he is dependant on people putting it in the net.
The problem as i see it is who do we replace him with if he went on loan, do we have someone more reliable with a better attitude to play that role?