Got to say I couldn't see it this summer when we bought him as he seemed more confident further forward but I can certainly see him becoming our pace-setter in years to come.
The one thing I doubted at first was his toughness/tenacity- but how he has put that to rest. He's surprisingly strong and doesn't mind a good tussle.
Then there's his passing really, his passing is top class- be it a 5 yard ball or 30 yarder. If he has the time to lift his head up he can cause havok against anyone- especially with our movement up top now.
Would love to see him play in the pivot occasionally against the smaller teams at least this season. Especially with our strength in depth in the attacking midfield roles now and in the future (Mata, Hazard, Moses, De Bruyne, Marin, Sturridge, Piazon)
Looks like we saved ourselves a cool £20m or so there
Oscar can be our Modric
posted on 1/11/12
Don't think Ramires has the discipline or positioning to play as a DM next to a tempo-setter like Oscar in a big game. Bit of a shame really
Yaya would have been perfect too, but agree I'd rather have Ramires considering age, price and wages
posted on 1/11/12
Don Mata you are right, he does not..
posted on 1/11/12
Don't think Ramires has the discipline or positioning to play as a DM next to a tempo-setter like Oscar in a big game. Bit of a shame really
He's done it before.
posted on 1/11/12
Don Mata/MO, don't necesarily agree with you about Ramires positional nous, but for the sake of argument in games where we didn't mind losing a player in the attacking third, to combat said problem with the tempo setters partner we could try playing 5 at the back and give Luiz a free role in the two defensive thirds?
I know it's abit of a Pep-esque radical idea, and would rely alot on the tempo setter's discipline, but it's gotta be worth a punt in a cup match?
posted on 1/11/12
Well we might as well give Luiz a free role because he will never perform a role that requires discipline anyhow
posted on 1/11/12
Ramires isn't that good at defending one on one TBH
posted on 1/11/12
Does he need to be? He only needs to slow the break down to allow our "defenders" ample time to get into position to stop the attack if necessary. Break up play is all.
posted on 1/11/12
He does need to be, we have a problem at the moment where players agst Ramires are able to find space and shoot at goal from the edge of the pen area, he has to work out a way to stop that happening.
posted on 1/11/12
Oscar - rapidly becoming my favourite Chelsea player of the moment!
posted on 1/11/12
TP that'd just never happen
Foam - Ramires needs to be good at defending considering two of our attacking midfielders aren't really providing much support. The less the defensive responsibility they have the better because they are our match winners. He's doing a decent job at the defending side anyway