he is a skilled but lazy player

I totally disagree with both of you, the only reason Ozil has become a target of the UK media (apart from the fact that he's German) is because of his transfer fee and the fact that he was signed from Real Madrid otherwise statistics show he is still Arsenal's best player. As at mid Feb he'd created 65 chances this season, more than any other player in Europe’s top five leagues and the only one to pass the 60-mark so its a bit prirdulous of you to claim that he was a luxury buy. How many goal scoring chances have been wasted by Giroud and that useless Sanogo, surely you cannot blame Ozil for that.....Wenger failed to sign a WC striker when he had the chance. At Real Ozil had CR7 and Benzema but at Arsenal he's being forced to work with a striker who's pretty much lazy. Ozil is not a natural goal scoring mid kama Messi, he's a playmaker, creates chances. IMO i think Carzola has been so inconsistent this season and he's also so wasteful infront of goal.

Stoke away has always been tough for Arsenal so i wasn't really surprised with the loss, we are third but just four points adrift.....10 games to go, if we get through the March fixtures and remain within touching distance of the top then we will be favorites for the title because we can get maximum points from our fixtures in April and May. Anyway we are still in the FA Cup with a very good chance of winning it, so there's still alot to play for this season.

@Githundi......Spurs are not and will not be a threat while L'pool still have to play Man utd, Spurs, City and Chelsea so i'm not really worried about table standings.