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Would say the cup final goals, injury recovery & time put in enough for 'Cult Hero' status.
Yep, he's in the Linighan/Merson/Alan Smith bracket for me, which again is no disgrace.
Would say the cup final goals, injury recovery & time put in enough for 'Cult Hero' status.
Cause Wales EC 2016 campaign came up in another thread: Ramsey's free role as a 8/10 hybrid for Wales and how he excels at it often gets mentioned on here as an example why he cannot work as a pure, disciplined 8 at Arsenal, mostly using a lack of defensive work as a reason, and should therefore be either sold or pushed to the wings or a sort of "false 10": That "free" role at Wales didn't keep him from doing his defensive work and putting in a massive shift. I think there's no reason he cant do it at the club, despite being told by the coach not to. I think Wenger told him to find space to be an outlet and push play higher while relying on the Xhaka and the back four. Very excited for him under Emery.
in midfield yes, ramsey maybe a dubbed a midfielder but he doesnt play like one.You guys would rather have Xhaka in midfield that Ramsey? Are you guys crazy?
Also worth noting that as a unit the Welsh defence has been pretty decent in recent years which tends to 'cover up' or 'patch over' some of the defensive frailties and mishaps from other players further up field.Ramsey is exactly the same for Wales as he is for us, half of the time he's decent or briliant, the other half he's a liability and constantly breaking the flow of the team with bad decision making. Let's not pretend Ramsey was a Zidane tier player for Wales. The same could be said about Xhaka and Switzerland.
People can’t judge a company just based on its revenue.Ramsey doesn’t really help our team build up, and feed crap to our attacking players, because his passing range is limited, he’s not a good passer, and his football iq is low. As a result, we score less as a team.
He gave away too much possession, because of his poor touch, misplaced pass and poor technical abilitiy. And what does less possession means? We have less chance to score while the opponent has more.
And he doesn’t help the team to defend, leaving our midfield exposed to counter attacks. (he does help sometimes, but only when he’s able to, because more than often he was not in place when the midfield needed someone to defend).
I think that's an astute observation.From The press I can clearly see that the system has changed, where Wenger wouldve said " im confident he will sign" now emery just saying he likes him and want to work with him.
Basically saying, i want him to stay, the contract is between the club and the player, i have no influence about it.
From The press I can clearly see that the system has changed, where Wenger wouldve said " im confident he will sign" now emery just saying he likes him and want to work with him.
Basically saying, i want him to stay, the contract is between the club and the player, i have no influence about it.
Maybe he just gave that answer because his English isn't at a strong enough level yet to go into further detail on his contract situation.Sounds like Emery is more media savvy than Wenger, much more. He knows that he's going to look bad if he says a player will sign and then he doesn't. Hard to believe Emery has no influence on whether the club wants to keep Ramsey at all cost or not.
Purely a haunch, but I don't believe Ramsey fits Unai's system.
Rakitic is a much better player.Why? Rakitic is somewhat similar to Ramsey and thrived under Emery which ended up getting him his move to Barcelona. Also in his last two clubs Emery has used 2 different formations one with a 10 and two holding players, the other with 3 midfielders (one holder, one DLP and a B2B). All the noises suggest that should Ramsey stay he'll be an important player for Emery.
Purely a haunch, but I don't believe Ramsey fits Unai's system.
I think he can suit the system. Remember his first amazing purple patch back in 13/14? He wasn't just scoring amazing goals but he was one of the leading tacklers in the league. He's got a massive engine, so can press. If he can recapture that hunger for tackling then he's a great fit for the system.
I think playing a quicker style should suit him too. He won't have time to dally around on the ball.