{"id":841,"date":"2019-10-09T11:23:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T11:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uncensoredarsenal.com\/?p=841"},"modified":"2019-10-09T11:57:17","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T11:57:17","slug":"the-shameless-defamation-of-mesut-ozil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uncensoredarsenal.com\/index.php\/the-shameless-defamation-of-mesut-ozil\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shameless Defamation of Mesut Ozil"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00ae Wikimedia<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

The current slandering and defamation of Mesut Ozil is nothing short of disgraceful. Nobody at Arsenal comes anywhere close to his achievements; world cup winner, five times German player of the year and winner of a La Liga title. All Ozil has done since he came to Arsenal in 2013-14 was to help us win three FA cups after 10 trophyless years, bringing further luster and fame to Arsenal football club as the single greatest winner of the oldest and most revered cup competition in world football.<\/p>\n

Yet Unai Emery doesn\u2019t rate him. After 8 matches in the EPL, he was selected once and hauled off before the 70 minute marker after a dreadful team performance against Watford when our club was outshot 31 v 7 times. Most people have quickly forgotten that the offensive onslaught by one of the worst clubs in the league coincided with the last 23 minutes of the games when Ozil was left cooling his heels on the bench. Arsenal was unable to retain possession and Watford ran riot eventually scoring the equalizer.<\/p>\n

Talent vs graft<\/strong><\/p>\n

After such disastrously poor performances as Watford away and Aston Villa at home Martin Keown has the unmitigated gall to go on talk radio and spew the following nonsense:<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s disappointing that someone with that amount of talent can\u2019t find his way into an Arsenal team<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd again, that\u2019s about balance. That\u2019s about a player wanting to graft and show the other side of his game. Until he does that, he won\u2019t be in this new Arsenal team.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

What type of \u201chard graft\u201d does Martin Keown think is preferable for Arsenal football club. Maybe it is that of Guendouzi who, evidently, is Emery\u2019s favorite midfielder, having been a starter in every PL match this season. Last year, as a rookie, a young transferee from Ligue 2 in France, he was selected 33 times. His premier league record so far is 41 Appearances, 0 Goals and 1 Assist. In comparison, Mesut Ozil was selected 24 times, 5 Goals and 2 Assists. Despite limited appearances Ozil made an average of 1.9 key passes per game last year compared to \u00a00.9 for Guendouzi.<\/p>\n

Apparently what matters for Emery is that Guendouzi is a superior defensive player making more tackles, interceptions, blocks and clearances.<\/p>\n

It makes a lot of sense to select Guendouzi ahead of Ozil if the team is set up passively, afraid to take the game to the opposition as evident by the data. Arsenal is the 3rd<\/sup> worst team in the League in taking touches in its own third at 32%. Only two clubs are worse; Norwich and Villa at 37 and 35 percent respectively, both of whom are newly promoted and justifiably cautious in their approach.<\/p>\n

Conversely this Emery coached team is either afraid or unable to take the game to its opponents in their third of the field. Arsenal only touches the ball 28% of the time in the final third compared to Man City who are a whole 10 percentage points better and Liverpool at 33%.\u00a0 There is no need for an Ozil in such an Arsenal team; only grafters are welcome, as Martin Keown advocates.<\/p>\n

Playing like a Little Club<\/strong><\/p>\n

For a team, which since Emery arrived, has spent close to \u00a3200 million on transfers the quality of football being played by Arsenal is pathetic. Not only are we playing like a little club but like a newly promoted little club. Are we any different from Norwich? They would be skint if they lost Pukki who has scored six of their 10 goals except. Arguably Arsenal is in a similar position with Aubameyang who has scored seven of our 13 goals. The only difference between both clubs is we have a deeper bench of quality players.<\/p>\n

Yet we have pundits,bloggers and tweeters blaming Ozil for this pathetic state of affairs, not the manager who sets up the team to sit back after going 1-0 up against Bournemouth and be subject to an offensive onslaught. Excluded from the squad, was it Ozil who couldn’t cope with their “physicality and intensity\u201d of the Cherries? Emery can only get away with this nonsense because of people like Martin Keown.<\/p>\n

Additional Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ozil\u2019s EPL record at Arsenal speaks for itself:<\/p>\n

Appearances – 167<\/p>\n

Goals – 32<\/p>\n

Wins – 95<\/p>\n

Losses \u2013 35<\/p>\n

Team Play<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assists – 52<\/p>\n

Passes – 10,394<\/p>\n

Passes per match – 62.24<\/p>\n

Big chances created – 64<\/p>\n

Crosses – 763<\/p>\n

Cross accuracy % – 35%<\/p>\n

Through balls – 119<\/p>\n

Accurate long balls \u2013 258<\/p>\n

Attack<\/strong><\/p>\n

Goals – 32<\/p>\n

Goals per match – 0.19<\/p>\n

Headed goals – 4<\/p>\n

Goals with right foot – 4<\/p>\n

Goals with left foot – 24<\/p>\n

Penalties scored – 0<\/p>\n

Freekicks scored – 1<\/p>\n

Shots – 196<\/p>\n

Shots on target – 89<\/p>\n

Shooting accuracy % – 45%<\/p>\n

Hit woodwork – 7<\/p>\n

Big chances missed – 25<\/p>\n

Defence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tackles – 144<\/p>\n

Tackle success % – 71%<\/p>\n

Blocked shots – 54<\/p>\n

Interceptions – 70<\/p>\n

Clearances – 36<\/p>\n

Headed Clearance – 13<\/p>\n

Recoveries – 710<\/p>\n

Duels won – 577<\/p>\n

Duels lost – 681<\/p>\n

Successful 50\/50s – 235<\/p>\n

Aerial battles won – 27<\/p>\n

Aerial battles lost – 79<\/p>\n

Errors leading to goal \u2013 2<\/p>\n

Discipline<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yellow cards – 12<\/p>\n

Red cards – 0<\/p>\n

Fouls – 81<\/p>\n

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