The Arsenal Thread XX

Agree on Rosicky, despite his injuries and age he always seems to operate like a fully fity 24 year old, his mentality is amazing. Said this before but honestly think if injuries didn't hamper him he would have been on Pires levels of admiration from the fans. His technical ability and intelligence are not talked about enough, I remember reading that during training when someone hits an outside of the boot pass they call it "The Rosicky" lol. He'll probably end up retiring this year though.

''Tomas Rosicky is the most underrated player in the PL'' I have said time and time over.

He genuinely has a better turn of pace than he did 6 years ago, I'm not sure why. But he genuinely plays with speed, intelligence and commitment.

Technique invariably flawless:



How must he feel watching Ozil from the bench?

I also think he would make a great manager, seems like he's got a solid philosophy about football. Genuinely don't think he minds being on the bench, he strikes me as being one of the most modest and decent guys at the club. Always willing to fight for his place, no arguments. Great read btw if you haven't seen it;

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/tomas-rosicky-interview-i-still-owe-so-much-to-arsenal-9658051.html

Depends on your definition of great, but they played in a way didn't allow Arsenal to find into their game at all and that would be challenging for most teams. The only thing they really lacked was efficiency in front of goal. They pressed extremely well from front to back, especially in midfield where playing with Kehl AND Bender really payed off, helped them win loads of balls there and made up for Hummels not playing/Subotic not being 100%, and managed to keep the intensity really high for most of the game. Their team movement was great, they were constantly blocking Arsenal's passing lanes and rarely ever lost their team shape.

He needs to play in his correct position atm for starters but Wenger is more interested in fitting Ramsey and Wilshere together. Either drop Ozil or play him as no.10. Anyway Rosicky should play regardless. Ozil should only play when Sanchez and Chamberlain/Walcott are flanking him.

Oh so now all you guys are warmed up to getting a new manager

will deffo miss my favourite social media enigma too

I genuinely want to know who took his shin pad.

I think it was Gnabry the cheeky kent.

Nah he hid it himself, reckon he's been plannin that insta post for a good week.

I think I wrote before, I saw someone making the argument (some stat guru) that if Ozil is indeed on the pitch from the moments of brilliance he provides, then playing him on the left isn't such a big deal. In terms of his offensive output, there is very little difference between him centrally and wide, its difficult to say how much truth there is in that. The 10 position does often require someone with a good work rate though, and his work rate is pretty poor. I can see why if that is to be believed Wenger might favour playing him wide and a more putting someone more industrious at 10.

How many other things could this be applied to with Wenger and Arsenal? Wenger is pretty stubborn, if he believes in him and in the system he's going to keep playing him in that way, and I don't think popular opinion has much weight. I do wonder how many people will be switching sides on your Ozil-v-Mata position.

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