By the way I blame him, Sanchez and Theo for the way our season has unravelled. Some will point to the boss but I think we all know how Wenger operates, he puts faith in players and its up to them to respond. Fergie throws things or brings out the hairdryer but Wenger picks the players and trusts them to deliver.Obviously Theo and Ramsey have conned the manager while Sanchez has just been dog sheit but putting it all on Wenger is unfair.
I personally dont get WOB's who doubt Wengers knowledge on players.You can doubt the tactics all you want but he knows and understands his players better than all of us. The same fans who were begging for Ramsey to be moved from the right to the center are the same fans who want Ramsey out.The same fans who doubted Santi in the middle, same fans who kept crying for Theo even though Wenger realised mid season Theo wasnt up to it.The same fans who cried for us to sign Remy, Balotelli, Falcao, Martinez and a list of other poor strikers who would not have improved us.
The list is long but despite the frustrations at times its easy to blame Wenger for things that he cant reasonably control.Only thing Wenger has done wrong this season was not buy outfield players.Other than that if you consider injuries, officiating, bad form he has done okay.
Anyway thats an argument for another day but I wanted to discuss Ramsey who has been a touch exposed this season. 2 questions really, does he have a future at the club and what is his best position? After all my frustrations with him and they have been at fever pitch this season I want him to stay but that then begs the question where he plays. As bad as he has been its not like he is a Herrera or a Lalana who cost a lot of money by the way.
A lot of people have settled for the right and he can be our Freddie in a way but I actually think he will do more damage in a Lampard sort of position. That obviously has implications on Ozils position but I think Ozil is still good enough to operate from the wing.
Other than that he can be a sub for the right wing but I think we eventually need to vary our formation for different sort of opposition and thats where Ramsey should play.He will help us defend higher up the pitch while providing the goals from midfield we desperately need.
his creativity or lack of it is an issue but he isnt the worst in the world. I hope we keep him, as with Ox, Welbeck and Giroud.
Theo can do one.
The Future of Aaron Ramsey
posted on 20/3/16
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 3 minutes ago
Lewandoski(hopefully)
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Forget it. Wont happen
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who else can we get?Im worried he might be tempted to give Welbeck a go which will be a disaster.
if we offer bayern 50 million and make him our highest paid player why wouldnt Lewandoski come? He has been in germany for 5 years now and im sure he loves it there but maybe another challenge would entice him.
he is in the 2nd year of a 5 year contract but who knows.
posted on 20/3/16
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 28 minutes ago
comment by trigg_27 - Don't talk to me about suffering - I support Arsenal (U6906)
posted 5 minutes ago
I disagree with those who say we need to buy 3 or 4 high quality players in the summer. I would say this team is one top quality striker away
What we need more than anything is a new medical team. Every season we lose a quarter of our first team squad to long term injuries and I can't remember the last time we got through a season without 9 or 10 players being unavailable at the same time.
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The area we really need to buy is another CB, a LB, a DM and CM
Would realease Flamini, Rosicky, Arteta, Gibbs and the Ox is for on the verge
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CB we have Kos, Gab and Per with Chambers and Monreal able to step in.
LB we have Monreal and Gibbs
DM we have Coq and Flamini
CM we have more players than I care to type.
There are only so many slots available in our squad, we can't have 4 players competing for each place. There's a possible gap in our squad at RB but to change any of the other positions we would need to sell or release players
posted on 20/3/16
comment by jebbush (U20649)
posted 32 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 3 minutes ago
Lewandoski(hopefully)
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Forget it. Wont happen
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who else can we get?Im worried he might be tempted to give Welbeck a go which will be a disaster.
if we offer bayern 50 million and make him our highest paid player why wouldnt Lewandoski come? He has been in germany for 5 years now and im sure he loves it there but maybe another challenge would entice him.
he is in the 2nd year of a 5 year contract but who knows.
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For 50M you can get his right ball max.
Other richer clubs would be after him and pay even more.
posted on 20/3/16
comment by trigg_27 - Don't talk to me about suffering - I support Arsenal (U6906)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by Gunnerthru (U6675)
posted 28 minutes ago
comment by trigg_27 - Don't talk to me about suffering - I support Arsenal (U6906)
posted 5 minutes ago
I disagree with those who say we need to buy 3 or 4 high quality players in the summer. I would say this team is one top quality striker away
What we need more than anything is a new medical team. Every season we lose a quarter of our first team squad to long term injuries and I can't remember the last time we got through a season without 9 or 10 players being unavailable at the same time.
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The area we really need to buy is another CB, a LB, a DM and CM
Would realease Flamini, Rosicky, Arteta, Gibbs and the Ox is for on the verge
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CB we have Kos, Gab and Per with Chambers and Monreal able to step in.
LB we have Monreal and Gibbs
DM we have Coq and Flamini
CM we have more players than I care to type.
There are only so many slots available in our squad, we can't have 4 players competing for each place. There's a possible gap in our squad at RB but to change any of the other positions we would need to sell or release players
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Most of them you mentioned need to go.
posted on 20/3/16
U don't feel like blaming the defence who have let's face it been shambolic and has cost us many goals.
Chelsea - Gabriel Per
United - Gabriel
Spurs - Mert
Ect
posted on 20/3/16
comment by trigg_27 - Don't talk to me about suffering - I support Arsenal (U6906)
posted 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
I disagree with those who say we need to buy 3 or 4 high quality players in the summer. I would say this team is one top quality striker away
What we need more than anything is a new medical team. Every season we lose a quarter of our first team squad to long term injuries and I can't remember the last time we got through a season without 9 or 10 players being unavailable at the same time.
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This. I think we have enough in almost every department in the team to win titles but a marquee striker signing would be perfect. Its a shame Theo is in this form as I thought this would be the season he proved he could be that top striker we need. However a big marquee name would lift the team like Ozil did. Wenger has made a world class signing every summer in the last 3 years so im expecting the same again
Also think he has to seriously consider offloading an attacking player, one of the injury prone ones
if we had a 100% fit squad like everyone else we would have surely won the league this year
posted on 20/3/16
"The same fans who doubted Santi in the middle, same fans who kept crying for Theo even though Wenger realised mid season Theo wasnt up to it."
"What could he do once Ramsey struggled in the center or once he realised Theo was never going to be a striker?"
Erm, exactly when did this happen? See I remember Walcott starting off there this season, doing more than adequately (people were more than happy to accept he could play there by the time he demolished Utd's back four) well in fact. Theo got injured. At that point Wenger put Giroud back to being the starting option. When Theo first returned, we only had one fit Winger, Campbell. Now as far as I know, THAT'S why Walcott ended up back out wide. Not to mention Giroud had been on fire and only failed to score in one when Walcott first came back.
My point is that at no point since he got moved back out right, have I seen nor heard anything said by Wenger to indicate he has come to either conclusion you've stated above regarding Walcott. In fact I distinctly remember Arsene Wenger looking more and more of a smug git each week on MOTD as his Ozil driven, Walcott-Speared attack battered all by virtue of 20 odd chances a game. Where was this interview/statement from Wenger which has led you to believe that he's decided this? I ask because I was under the impression that the change was made for a host of reasons that actually had nothing to do how he performed in the middle when he was there. I've seen nothing that suggested Walcott wouldn't have gone back to the centre had everyone been fit. Given how he'd performed there pre-injury, only somebody very stupid wouldn't have put him straight back there without their hand being forced.
Also, why does everyone keep on about him failing as a striker when he's barely played in the position again since coming back? One start Merte got himself sent off nullifying what Theo is able to do. There was only the one other. THAT I will admit he was terrible for. So one actual bad performance starting as a striker, vs all the good performances pre injury. How do you lot stack that up as "Failed" By all means be mad he's not performing on the wing. But FGS how con you criticise him for not being the striker he was before he got injured when Wenger's poor persisted with him on the wing since he got back?
posted on 20/3/16
The buck stops with Wenger. He mis-uses players, uses them in formations and with tactics which brings out the worst in them and moves them around a lot which can affect some players. And then he sticks with rubbish players like Giroud and Flamini who should never be starting games for us. This affects other players in the team as well.
Then we have Theo, Ox and Ramsey who all have injury problems and are inconsistent. Partly down to Wenger wanting weak technical players rather than strong players. It puts extra pressure on them physically and on top of that every now and then we hear that Wenger does not allow full on tackling in training. That doesn't help when they have players bigger and stronger than them hitting them harder than their bodies have been conditioned to cope with.
posted on 21/3/16
The same fans who doubted Santi in the middle, same fans who kept crying for Theo even though Wenger realised mid season Theo wasnt up to it.
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?? Wenger refused to buy a striker and gave Theo a bumper new contract. Wenger is to blame for absolutely everything this season.
Players underperformed and there was not enough quality to replace them due to Wenger. We went into the season with 3 finished players (Rosicky, Arteta, Flamini) operating in areas we lose the most players in.
The injuries are also Wenger's fault, no summer tournament to blame it on this time (bar Alexis) it's clearly not bad luck anymore (never was).
Wenger prevents this squad from reaching/exceeding their potential through coaching, decision-making and lack of tactical flexibility.
We have failed in the exact same manner different set of squads have done so i.e injury crisis, knocked out of competitions in quick succession, decisive red cards etc...
Common denominator is Wenger, simple as that.
posted on 21/3/16
so many walcott apologists not surprised as their egos wont allow them to admit how wrong they were.
doesnt matter the fact that the game we try to play suits Theo more than Giroud or the fact that Giroud does so much more than Theo in any game.Despite his goals or his supposedly super form before his injury, how many times does Theo touch the ball in a single game, how many times is his first touch akin to that of a rapist.
Its ok, its Theo so he must be injured or off form.Giroud with 20 goals and does so much more without the ball is not fit to play for this club but Theo is. Same wenkers who probably thought Ramsey should play center mid ahead of Santi and Wilshere.
i get it we have some clueless fans but some of the stuff you see here is gobsmacking stuff.
Not gonna argue with clueless facks who have no clue what football is.go watch Montpellier win the title and understand what Giroud is about and watch 10 years of walcott in an Arsenal shirt and weep.
Would rather have a one legged Giroud than a so called fit and firing walcott.