For
a playing moving to a new country, and playing in front of new opposition has
never been an easy task because he has to shrug of all the homesickness,
friends, familiar atmosphere and the fans behind in order seek greener pastures
and more often than not, he takes time in adjusting before showing his
magic. Well, in Ozil’s case, the exact
opposite has happened.
He
started his new journey with an awe inspiring performance, which included an
assist against the Sunderland side, and suddenly everyone was busy raising his
share. That performance just included him in great players’ category who
perform everywhere without getting too taken apart by the conditions and he
bestowed these kind of performances to gather applause from all ends of
Emirates. And As you know that, he worth every penny of it.
Then
suddenly as he just came back to earth and his performances came back to the
level of sanity, his performances got a dip and similarly that of Arsenal. Bad
thing for him is that his performances just evaded him when it matters to his
new team the most, and that’s exactly the reason why his performances are under
electron microscopy at the moment.
Ozil collected 8 assists and added 4 goals to his name to set the tone of his perfect career, and in doing so he has dismantled teams like Liverpool, Napoli and fearful physical sides like Stoke.
Then
like a bolt from the blue, starting from the match against United, his graph
fell down, and people from other sides were quick to point out his weaknesses
as you would expect any football fan to nail down the opposition star players.
So
the main reason Ozil is being neglected is his performance against the big
guns, where the fans who haven’t turn out on against lowly sides come out and
expect you to perform so that they have a good story to tell when they ride
back home. And that is where he has failed to make his mark so far this season.
One
more contributing factor to his poor showdown at the moment is his price tag
(Remember Andy Carrol), Frankly speaking, even when he fails to deal with a single
ball, that price tag makes the headlines next morning, and with current demise
of form, you could expect the media to push him on all fours.
So
what should the Arsenal fans and Ozil himself do at the moment? They should
look at the Liverpool way, not the TV series of course, but how Rodgers stood
by his players when they were under performing, Even Gerrard has a bad patch
this season but Rodgers changed his role allowed the English Captain to take
his time on the ball and the result was eminent.
So
there isn’t a trace of doubt that Ozil won’t bounce back, he would but for that
debacle to happen to the other teams in front of the Arsenal fans, gunners
should first support him through the dark passage his is going through at the
moment.
Amir Bashir follow him on Twitter.
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