Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert wrote:

Just ditch the entire number 10 role at Arsenal altogether.

It hasn't given us any semblance of a midfield in years.

But he can only play the number 10 position.

I know this would be a controversial suggestion but sell him this summer. 

I personally don't buy it. If Santi can play in a two man midfield Mesut can play in a three. It's not rocket science, you just get in position and apply a bit of pressure.

Does Ozil even deserve a significsnt pay rise following his horrendous form of the last 4 months?

Sicario wrote:

Does Ozil even deserve a significsnt pay rise following his horrendous form of the last 4 months?

He started the season quite well actually, he had a good goal scoring run. He's gone off the boil the last 8 weeks I'll grant you

Ozil is replaceable and Sanchez isn't. I'd rather take his wage and give us to Alexis then have to see Sanchez leave. Problem is wenger live ozil for little reason.

Santi at a similar age made more contribution than ozil at AMC.

He's been poor all season. Scored a couple to mask his deficiencies but hasn't looked remotely like the player he was last season

Most top teams would take Ozil and get more out of him. If he came on the market he won't lack options.

Ozil reminds me a bit of Fabregas. Always disappears in the second had of the season yet his spot was guaranteed. He's now at Chelsea and warming the bench because they don't carry passengers no matter how big a name you are.

Ozil has this special AM role secured at arsenal yet why if he is so amazing has he not made that his role for Germany? There he is made to fit the system and plays left wing. Top top players like suarez moved a greatest ever Messi out if CF because that is where he is truly great there. Ozil is just a very good player who should be made to know his role rather than dictating it.

Sanchez on the other hand makes the difference wherever he is is. We'd be miles away without him.

General wrote:

Ozil reminds me a bit of Fabregas. Always disappears in the second had of the season yet his spot was guaranteed. He's now at Chelsea and warming the bench because they don't carry passengers no matter how big a name you are.

I honestly think that's not fair to Fabregas. I know it's not a popular opinion, but when Fab was fit he never let us down like Özil does now. 

Ozil is in bad form and attracting a lot of scrutiny some of which is unwarranted in my opinion. I actually think he played better than Sanchez against Chelsea but unsurprisingly he got most of the criticism. Fabregas regularly hit poor form here, especially in the second half of the season but because he came through the ranks it was conveniently glossed over. Unlike Ozil, the team was built around him and he thrived. He paid us back by forcing through a move to Barca. It's no coincidence that he hasn't been able to command a regular starting spot since he left us. Once he hit a bad patch at Chelsea they bench him and that's the difference between winning championships and just doing enough.

Bit of a simplistic dismissal of Fabregas. You are right that other managers have benched him when they have had better options. At Barca, those better options were Iniesta and Xavi, who would've benched any other midfielder at the time. That said, Fabregas still managed to be second only to Messi in one of his three seasons there in terms of combined goals and assists. And in that first season with Chelsea, he was nothing short of remarkable. Played that midfield playmaker role like a boss. He's slumped since, but let's not dismiss him entirely.

He did have those second half slumps, but very few Arsenal players just push through an entire season. Wenger trains them inadequately and rests them too infrequently in first half of the season. And then he just plays them into the ground when they're tired and our of form. He's a gambler.

I'm not dismissing him, I'm just saying people should not be quick to jump on Ozil's back because a comparable player like Fabregas at times served much worse when he was here. He couldn't displace an ageing Xavi who left Barca the season after he went to Chelsea. To be honest Chelsea's slump last season started in the second half of the season they won the championship and Fabregas was one of a few players who went awol. No doubt Ozil is in poor form at the moment but I think the media have created a bit of hysteria around his playing demeanour and some Arsenal fans are buying it.

Wenger did a disservice to Fabregas by not teaching him the tactical side of the CM role while he was developing here.

Still affects his game till today.

It's the defensive side of his game that lets him down, unsurprisingly. Most Chelsea I know say he makes them too open. With the ball at feet, he's obviously one of the best.

Peak Cesc>Peak Ozil

General wrote:

I'm not dismissing him, I'm just saying people should not be quick to jump on Ozil's back because a comparable player like Fabregas at times served much worse when he was here.

Did he? "Much worse"?  I don't remember Cesc ever serving up a performance as bad as Ozil's at Chelsea.