As good a player as Ozil is (i think he is superb), is anyone else feeling pretty chuffed at Arsenal's lack of business this transfer window? They still look lightweight in midfield to me and despite Giroud's early season form i can't see that they have got much in the locker should he get injured or need a rest. Ozil for me has some similar traits to the rest of the Arsenal midfield ie. Arteta, Cazorla, Wiltshire, Rosicky, he's another very technical player, great passer and very creative but they were never short of that quality.
Spurs have obviously done a very good job with the Bale money so lets hope they take a while to gel and remember, Bale singlehandedly won them games last season and he will still be tought to replace.
Hats off to Everton, Lukaku is an absolute coup for them and James McCarthy will come right in and replace Microphonesideshowbobhea d with Barry also fitting Martinez's philosophy perfectly. I wouldnt rule them out of the running for top 4-5-6 either.
As for the manc, even if they have Countraou it's not been a great window for them. The microphones biggest strengths are balls into feet, playing with his back to goal, elbows hard muscling and harrying defences. Is this really the way they are looking to play. Contraou (spelling?) is a cracking player BUT they already have an excellent LB in Evra who (for me) was their best player on Sunday. They really should have been after Ozil because he would have made them a better side.
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