Klaus wrote:
ohboy!!! wrote:
Creatively he would help, although I'm not convinced that he would press and help out defensively, not that he would actually produce.
We also have to way up whether it is worth it trying to integrate him back into the squad, only to know he will be gone again in a few months. Plus the message it sends to others in the group allowing him back in.
Yep, at this stage it's kinda moot, the damage is done, but there's no one who can convince me that we've been better off for the last few months while Özil has been sitting at home. We were creating the least chances in the whole league before Smith-Rowe came along.
I mean, this is the problem. No one can convince you because you adamantly refuse to take in the full context. When it suits one opinion, we narrow the focus to what happens on the pitch, or even individual stats, and when it suits another we have to look at the big picture. Inevitably, these are ways to shit on whatever is happening now in favor of what might have happened, but the hypothetical reality is just that, and you have no idea how much better or worse off we would be.
I'm not even sure people are saying we were "better off" without Ozil anyway. The best would have been having our full squad available and our best and highest paid player tearing up the league. Considering what we've seen with our own eyes, the string of managers Ozil has made problems with, and the subsequent decision from Arteta and the technical team, I'm willing to bet this has nothing to do with any one man's personal beef with another, and it's clearly not solely Ozil's contribution on the pitch that's at issue either. The idea that Arteta dropped him because he doesn't track back is ludicrous at best. The idea that Arteta (and others) made this decision lightly, or that they're just being petty, is similarly so.
