Country: Norway
It was time to go.
I'd just shoot them, tbhÖzil was beyond finished for a while now but the victory laps some of the Edu lovers on here were taking in January were hilarious.
We’re basically paying him and a few others to play for other teams. Any DoF would be able to do that ffs, you could hire @rich 1990 tomorrow and he’d be able to pay other clubs to take our players.
The Özil situation was a mess for sure. I put the main blame on the player and his agent, but it could probably have been handled better by the various coaches. Main point is he was not able or willing to do what was asked of him and had to leave. As he refused to do that and given his contract size and his poor play it was never going end well.I'm fully convinced the start of the season would have been a lot better with Özil in the middle behind Lacazette, even if he had a bit part sub role.
The treatment of Özil ended up hurting us more than it did Özil if we are honest. Financially we suffered, in the press we suffered cause Özil exposed the club for the joke that it is, and on the pitch we suffered.
If you are smart, you'll see that Özil is essentially being paid to shut up, cause the club is just so bad and I am sure there is tons more he could share about the shenanigans at executive level.
Zero logic was applied here it has to be said. The only plus was ESR somehow emerged from all this at the start of the year.
As would playing him before Christmas have been. Guy was and is shot and cannot play in the PL. He has been for several years now. He signed the big contract with us and then retired. Our version of Bale...paying him almost his full wage until May to sit in the Fener treatment room is still an L.
The guy hadn't played competitive footballs in ages and made a handful of appearances and got injured, which at that age happens. Had he been more active would Fenerbache had seen a better Özil? Probably.Think his start in Turkey just shows how much he has fallen as a player and why he wouldn’t have been anything we can use. Honestly think objectively that this was apparent for quite some time.
To be fair I don't totally buy that. I'm not suggesting he was anywhere near the player he was but before lockdown last year in Arteta's first few months in the job you could tell Özil had bought in and he was playing well. United, Newcastle and West Ham are games that come to mind immediately.As would playing him before Christmas have been. Guy was and is shot and cannot play in the PL. He has been for several years now. He signed the big contract with us and then retired. Our version of Bale...
I must admit I have displayed plentiful glee. Cannot deny that for sure. But that is, at least from my standpoint, towards some very obtuse posters, you not among them, who were just so pro-Özil that it had turned into anti-Arsenal in my view.You guys got excited as if you were vindicated somehow? but it's only Arsenal are taking L's seeing as we're still paying for this and we're still sh*t Özil or no Özil.
Fair enough although I don’t agree. I think he was poor even before the lockdown. Like was posted above, the positive out of this is ESR. The rest was pure ****!To be fair I don't totally buy that. I'm not suggesting he was anywhere near the player he was but before lockdown last year in Arteta's first few months in the job you could tell Özil had bought in and he was playing well. United, Newcastle and West Ham are games that come to mind immediately.
Whatever happened during lockdown we'll probably never know but I think he'd have been continued to be used until his contract ran out by Arteta if the stuff during lockdown didn't occur.
That's cool everyone has opinions. Think it's inaccurate to say he was poor at that time, for me that was the best football we've played under Arteta. Was genuinely excited about what we may become at that point. Yeah glad to get ESR out of it though.Fair enough although I don’t agree. I think he was poor even before the lockdown. Like was posted above, the positive out of this is ESR. The rest was pure ****!
As would playing him before Christmas have been. Guy was and is shot and cannot play in the PL. He has been for several years now. He signed the big contract with us and then retired. Our version of Bale...
can't believe some compared Ødegaard to Özil after the match against West Ham.And finally an assist... albeit in a 1-2 loss, but still. Haven't watched a single Superlig game, but the players sure didn't look like they were running much. Maybe Özil has a future there...
Put into context, this was against a background of people constantly posting Özil was bigger than the club, he would flourish at any other club in the world with the right manager and most bizarrely many 'Arsenal fans' posted they were glad and it was highly amusing Arsenal were wasting their cash.The guy hadn't played competitive footballs in ages and made a handful of appearances and got injured, which at that age happens. Had he been more active would Fenerbache had seen a better Özil? Probably.
You guys got excited as if you were vindicated somehow? but it's only Arsenal are taking L's seeing as we're still paying for this and we're still sh*t Özil or no Özil.
Unfortunately not. Camping out here myself... Saw a new post and threw myself on it at once!So in the context of all the above its not really surprising if a few people have gloated a little bit, and theres really not that much gloating going on looking back at this thread.
Seems like a quality human being... not...Perez is such a disgusting human being, i want him out of the football world