Finally, the Zillage aka Ozil Shows up for Arsenal in Liverpool CRACKDOWN

I don't wanna be a hater no more...


Actually, should be playa, but sounds the same. And that opening quote is a reference who believe I am this hater on the Mesut Ozil one. My critcisms have been valid, as well as my praises, which unfortunately have been far too rare for this talented specimen for Arsenal.

















The main beef I have had for the Zil at Arsenal is how lazy, and transparent he has been. It's like a game of hide and seek, and he always wins because I can never find this guy. So how the heck can I call him a quality player when I hardly see him....do anything? If I am a hater for that, then HH should now stand for Hating Hater.

But against Liverpool, not Scunthorpe or Dagenham and Redbridge, he was one of the stars on the pitch. He showed that intelligence and understanding of the game that made him the DUDE after the World Cup in 2010. And finally, I was able to agree with the Zil fanboys, that this guy on a technical level is VERY good.








He was finally doing what Wenger sto... I mean, got that money for. Making players, bringing teammates into the game, creating space, getting past players....and whoever said there was anything wrong or rude with scoring a G from a free-kick? So the real question is WHY does the Zillage not have games like these, against worse opposition a lot more often?












I don't know the answer to that. Because I would have said it is his laid back mentality, but the thing is...THAT is the same mentality that let's him have the game he did against Liverpool. Just like Andrea P, these kinds of players play the game at a different kind of speed, and that is just how they roll. And it would suck if everyone played like Henderson, running around like they need to use the bathroom.






Arsenal, with the players they have and style they play should be giving Chelsea a much closer run for the title. It's over for this season, but if we see more Zillage than Brickut Ozil, Arsenal could very well finally get their paws on a trophy that has eluded them for centuries. Just a case of Wenger and Ozil himself, figuring out how to be the dominant ball-demanding playmaker that we know he can be.


HH