New season, same old Arsenal.
We have all seen this movie before and
frankly no-one should really be surprised at the ineffectual, powder-puff loss
to a disciplined, dangerous West Ham.
All pretty patterns but without a
cutting edge nor the added bite and grit required to be considered serious
contenders for the title, and just when it appeared Arsene Wenger had finally
addressed the long term problem of purchasing a goalkeeper he could rely on,
Petr Cech had a day to forget doing his best Wojech Szczesny impression.
I am already on record in stating they
will not have the pleasure of attending another title party whilst Wenger
remains responsible for the first team affairs and yet again one glaring piece
of evidence of the Frenchman’s consistent failure was the abject showing of
Mesut Ozil.
Surely the £42.4 million squandered by
the North London outfit for the German internationalist can now safely be
deemed the most worst purchase in Premier League?
In two seasons wearing red, the
26-year-old former Real Madrid man has contributed next to nothing.
His abject, ineffectual showings are an embarrassment with his all too very nonchalant on field persona an indicator of a total lack of care for the very punters forced to spend their hard earned wages for the ‘privilege’ of attending Arsenal matches these days.
Ozil’s ambling around the field is a
sad sight to see, while he has never been an all action, box to box buzzbomb in
the mould of a Paul Gascoigne, the Arsenal number 11 has all the attributes of
a match winner with an abundance of skill and creative vision in his locker and
yet only a tiny handful of his 49 appearances for the Gunners can be considered
to have been productive.
On Sunday he found himself completely
shut off from have any impact whatsoever by a 16-year-old debutant, of course
Reece Oxford is fully deserving of the heaps of credit aimed in his direction
but the fact Ozil was totally unable to make a dent, breaking free from the
shackles of the teenager is embarrassing to the extreme.
We all know that Arsenal are overloaded
with lightweight, midfielders intent on weaving intricate designs which
ultimately lead to nowhere but it is the attitude of some, in particular, Ozil
which infuriates the support.
His lack of passion and determination
on his part further detracts from the idea he has been worth even half of the
amount he was so ridiculously purchased for.
New season, same old Ozil.
Source: Metreo Sports
