Those two can really turn it on against the weaker teams. I dont think there is a better pair of playmakers in the league. Its a pity they go missing against the top teams. I guess that also applies to the likes of Cesc, Mata e.t.c
Santi is just amazing.Even Ramsey I'm sure wont go to the papers crying about his favorite position as he is simply not in Santi's class and he now knows that.Only Jack has the potential to take over Santi and I hope he learns from the little genius.
Some of the football especially in the first half was from another planet especially the first 20 minutes. We seem to have these 15-20 minute spells at the beginning of games were we press the teams into mistakes but fail to take our chances.Same thing happened against united and liverpool at home last season and we ended up losing the game to united.
Liverpool are next at the emirates, should be a good game as we will press them again and they will struggle to pass it out.I have always maintained that the type of football we play is simply too much for the bottom 12 teams.Only complacency is what costs us.
I was hoping for a clean sheet just to ease in Cech but as performances go that was one of our best attacking performances in a while. I lost count of the number of blocks as we created chance after chance.
Starting to worry about Monreal. He is simply not at the races at the moment
Santi & Ozil
posted on 17/8/15
Was Santi not MOTM when we played at the Etihadast season? Disagree that he doesn't play well against big sides.
posted on 17/8/15
comment by Sömeday_693 - Källström will be our salvation (U8892)
posted 1 minute ago
Was Santi not MOTM when we played at the Etihadast season? Disagree that he doesn't play well against big sides.
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he can but not often enough.Ozil is just pants once you rough him up. I often wonder why wenger persists with him in big games especially away from home.
posted on 17/8/15
Santi has had quite a few good performances in big games. Don't think the OP has it right concerning him.
posted on 17/8/15
Santi is our biggest big game performer after Ox no question.
posted on 17/8/15
Thing is ozil is really bad in the big games, santi marginally better. they simply havent worked out a way to go around the physicality and bullying.
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No Ozil is not really bad in big games, the team up until middle of last season have been pathetic in big games.
posted on 17/8/15
We still lack physical presence in the middle of the park for those bigger games no doubting how talented they both are especially when they're not knocked around a bit.
posted on 17/8/15
Santi has had great, good and bad games in the matches vs the top sides, much like the rest of the squad. No idea why he has been singled out.
Ozil is generally rubbish against the big sides, though
posted on 17/8/15
comment by 李贝 If anyone can, Emre Can... And don't call me Schürrle (U3979)
posted 1 hour, 14 minutes ago
The issue is your players are far more interested than taking selfies than winning three points.
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This is such a stupid comment. So taking selfies means a player isn't concentrating on their game? It's a bit like saying if you're on JA606, you don't care about your job. And if you don't, well there's a serious problem there.
The day you see any player running around the field with a phone in their hand taking pics, then you can use these. But I guess it's easier to just follow what retired footballers say without thinking for yourself.
posted on 17/8/15
Silva is the best playmaker in the league and constantly dominates games even against the big boys.
Santi is not far off as he is our best big game player.
Ozil is ok against the lesser teams here and there but invisible against the elite
posted on 17/8/15
Hazard was rubbish last 2 times we played Chelsea and he was rubbish against City, too. Everybody can have bad games, it's more likely they have them against quality opposition than average opposition. Cazorla generally does well against top teams. Dortmund home, Liverpool away, City away, FA Cup final, last 2 community Shields, he was man of the match. United away, Spurs away he was poor. Chelsea home, Liverpool home he was decent. All the top players including the likes of Messi and Ronaldo have bad games and more often than not they come in big games.