It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced at Arsenal without looking at the big
picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran
when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that has a striker who plays with his back to goal, very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and defenders who lack the necessary cutting
edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead
of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes
of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge
of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer
Postcards From The
Edge, Metro
Pictures, New York, US New York / New Drawing 1946 - 2007, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente, Segovia, ES Monuments With A Horizon Line II, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, DE Desenhos [Drawings]: A-Z, Museu da Cidade, Pavilhão Preto, Lisbon, PT The Porn Identity, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, AT A Bit
of Matter And A Little Bit More, screening Performatik 09, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek and Performatik, Brussels, BE Regift, The Swiss Institute, New York, US Cut & Paste, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, DK Down To Earth (Ceramics), Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Grimbergen, BE Double 40 Jahre Kabinett für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, MMK, Frankfurt, DE The First Stop on the Super Highway, Nam June Paik Art Center, Gyeonggi - do, KR Feedbackstage, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, DE Sharjah Biennial 9: Provisions For The Future (curated by Isabel Carlos), Sharjah Arts Museum, Sharjah, UAE Two in One Contemporary Art from Witte De With & De Appel, Christie's, Amsterdam, NL 40th Anniversary Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York, USA Écritures Silencieuses, curated by Herve Mikaeloff, L'Éspace Louis Vuitton, Paris, FR Carnival Within - An Exhibition Made in America, curated by Sabine Russ, Gregory Volk, Uferhallen, BE Espèces d'Espaces, Yvon Lambert, New York, US Take The Money And Run, Brouwergracht 196, Appel, Amsterdam, NL Double Participation, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt / Main, DE Beginnings, Middles, And Ends (cur.Gianni Jetzer), Christine Koenig Galerie, Vienna, AT Dematerialised: Jack Wendler Gallery 1971 to 1974, curated by Teresa Gleadowe, Chelsea Space, London, UK Time As Matter, MACBA, Barcelona, ES 15 Years
of Collecting Against the Grain, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, DE Artist Rooms Tate St Ives Summer Season, Tate St.Ives, UK Au Pied De La Lettre, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Chamarande, FR Art - Athina, Galerie Hubert Winter, Faliro Pavillion, Athens, GRSerralves 2009 The Collection: An Exhibition in Three Parts and Permanent Works in the Park, Serralves 2009 - The Collection: Passage through the First Part
of the Exhibition, Serralves Museum, Porto, PT Serralves 2009 - The Collection: Videos and Films in the City, 74 Rua Cândido dos Reis, Porto, PT As Long As It Lasts, curated by Tom Eccles, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, US Close Encounter, Blokhuispoort, Leeuwarden, NL
When Ideas Become Forms 30 Years
of Gallery, La Galleria, Venice, IT; Galerie Dr.Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz, IT The Poetics
of Space, curated by Anja Isabel Schneider, Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris, FR Zidovi na Ulici / Walls in the Street, multiple locations around Belgrade, RS Target Practice: Painting Under Attack 1949 - 78, Seattle Art Museum, Washington, US Time, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, DE This World & Nearer Ones, curated by Mark Beasley, Governors Island, New York, US Recontres International Paris / Berlin / Madrid, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, DE Turning Some Pages, screening A House is not a Home, La Calmeleterie, Nazelles, Négrons, FR Printed Matter, Learn to Read Art (Aprender a Leer Arte), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, ES Collection History: Highlighting Recent Acquisitions, MOCA, Los Angeles, California, US In & Out
of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960 - 1976, curated by Christophe Cherix, Museum
of Modern Art, New York, US Memory Labyrinth.