Ramires

Mikel could be so much more imposing on our midfield, than he already is.. Its like he's holding back deliberately. I dont get it.

Yeah Viva. We'll need someone like Alonso who's a DM but can create from deep. Would work well

Romeu could be that man actually, but he's injury prone

Yeah. Romeu, I liked what I saw of him. He took the ball forward and was directing players, on where to go. Pulling the strings so to speak and he's only young.

It pised me off when Cech passed the ball to Mikel, you'd expect a holding midfielder to be more aware and turn around with the ball, instead he gave it back to Cech and no opposition players were even near him.

Yeah he doesnt seem to make any meaningful passes. Depends how much we expect from our DM to be honest? If he's gna be our DM then I want him to be an absolute mental nutcase in the middle of the pitch, making sure, no one out muscles him or gets past him without a fight. If he did that then I'd be happy but he doesnt.

Thought he was our best player after Luiz today

comment by harlequin (U16981)

posted 13 hours, 41 minutes ago

I still hold dear the Ramirez goal in the semi-final against Barca last year,which means, he's allowed a lot of leeway.Keep the faith.
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Watched that game again last night. Ramires you beauty!!!! Doesn't get the credit he deserves. If not for him, we would've been out. He gets leeway from me too.

Torres gets more praise for that match

Ramires must not start in the midfield two next season(If we are going continue with the 4-2-3-1 formation, which I suspect we are with the impending signing of Schurrle).