Winter Transfer Speculation

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

Mkhitaryan is really good. We'd probably have to move a couple of players on first though, Walcott and Oxlade spring to mind.

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Seems like a good signing, but read yesterday Juve were interested but his agent said it's not going to happen (nor the move to Arsenal) as Dortmund have put a very good deal on the table.

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

We've been linked to at least 800 players already. It's almost as if the agents and the media are colluding.

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Werent we even linked with a birmingham city reject striker at one point

I would be happy to see the back of Theo, Arteta, Rosicky, flamini, and to an extent, Ramsay. I think Joel looks like he offers plenty in the wide role, with the option of moving to CF at times. Ozil and Alexis are keepers, Alex Iwobi looks a good talent, and like Ox has some power, skill and speed to his game, and at the mo he deserves his place in our starting 11. Welbeck I like, much the same as Iwobi with what he offers. Ox deserves a little longer, but time is running out, 2 seasons back I thought he was well ahead of Theo, offering not only the pace of Theo, but also skill to beat a man and the strength to go with it. Sadly he has plateaued and not really kicked on. Think he will get there though. As for Wilshere, like the way he plays, his desire is clearly there, but with his injury record, will he ever really make it? he has missed so much football, and he seems to have a style of play that induces injuries. He tends to hold onto the ball that little bit too long and that invites the tackle. Elmo looks good so far, but i dont like to get carried away too soon, but he and Coq could for a good solid partnership in there. Santi, well he is a great player, and one we have really missed, two footed and gets stuff moving for us, but he is getting on a little now.
As far as I see it, our midfield really needs some work, but I cant see all this happening, its just not Wengers style. Cant see another DM coming in as he bought Elmo and has Coq, that will be enough for Wenger (although we know they will both be out for months next season, its the arsenal way). We are desperate for a decent CF, Olly is good, but he isnt quite there, and his goals come in patches, although I do think we overplay him. Theo i just dont trust to get enough goals. Welbeck will get them, and I think if he had had a full season at CF with us, he would have put away more of the chances Ozil made for Giroud, and given Giroud the break he looks like he needs at times.
Plenty of work to be done this summer, so I expect Wenger to come out with 1) Not enough top top quality. 2) difficult to do business with the Euros. 3) Dont want to `kill` players coming back. etc etc.

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Originally Posted by alexander

I would be happy to see the back of Theo, Arteta, Rosicky, flamini, and to an extent, Ramsay. I think Joel looks like he offers plenty in the wide role, with the option of moving to CF at times. Ozil and Alexis are keepers, Alex Iwobi looks a good talent, and like Ox has some power, skill and speed to his game, and at the mo he deserves his place in our starting 11. Welbeck I like, much the same as Iwobi with what he offers. Ox deserves a little longer, but time is running out, 2 seasons back I thought he was well ahead of Theo, offering not only the pace of Theo, but also skill to beat a man and the strength to go with it. Sadly he has plateaued and not really kicked on. Think he will get there though. As for Wilshere, like the way he plays, his desire is clearly there, but with his injury record, will he ever really make it? he has missed so much football, and he seems to have a style of play that induces injuries. He tends to hold onto the ball that little bit too long and that invites the tackle. Elmo looks good so far, but i dont like to get carried away too soon, but he and Coq could for a good solid partnership in there. Santi, well he is a great player, and one we have really missed, two footed and gets stuff moving for us, but he is getting on a little now.
As far as I see it, our midfield really needs some work, but I cant see all this happening, its just not Wengers style. Cant see another DM coming in as he bought Elmo and has Coq, that will be enough for Wenger (although we know they will both be out for months next season, its the arsenal way). We are desperate for a decent CF, Olly is good, but he isnt quite there, and his goals come in patches, although I do think we overplay him. Theo i just dont trust to get enough goals. Welbeck will get them, and I think if he had had a full season at CF with us, he would have put away more of the chances Ozil made for Giroud, and given Giroud the break he looks like he needs at times.
Plenty of work to be done this summer, so I expect Wenger to come out with 1) Not enough top top quality. 2) difficult to do business with the Euros. 3) Dont want to `kill` players coming back. etc etc.

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Agree with a lot of that. Shame about Rosicky. So injury prone and I wish he'd have been given more games as CM or AM. Talented wasted.

I like Welbeck but I'm not sold on him playing as CF just yet. His finishing is iffy. Seems like the type that can't his footing right before striking the ball. The absolute sitter he recently missed is an example of what I mean. Seems a bit clumsy. He needs to play the rest of the season though. Giroud shouldn't be an option.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

Agree with a lot of that. Shame about Rosicky. So injury prone and I wish he'd have been given more games as CM or AM. Talented wasted.

I like Welbeck but I'm not sold on him playing as CF just yet. His finishing is iffy. Seems like the type that can't his footing right before striking the ball. The absolute sitter he recently missed is an example of what I mean. Seems a bit clumsy. He needs to play the rest of the season though. Giroud shouldn't be an option.

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I can remember us signing Rosicky (10 years ago now!) and was really looking forward to him playing, sadly didnt quite work out, real shame.
Agree about Welbeck, but at the mo out of the realistic up front options we have (him, theo, and oliver) he is the one, although he does miss some sitters, but so does Olly, and dont get me started on Theo!

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Originally Posted by alexander

I can remember us signing Rosicky (10 years ago now!) and was really looking forward to him playing, sadly didnt quite work out, real shame.
Agree about Welbeck, but at the mo out of the realistic up front options we have (him, theo, and oliver) he is the one, although he does miss some sitters, but so does Olly, and dont get me started on Theo!

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I was super excited when we made that signing. Was hoping we’d play him and Cesc in a 4-3-3 formation but we stuck him out wide in a 4-4-2 ;). The frustration with Wenger goes back a long way. :lol:

I think Welbeck is the best option right now. I’ve always said Theo should play as striker and thought he did well before getting injured again but on current form, he doesn’t even deserve a shirt. He’s been woeful and really needs to have a strong finish to this season. Welbeck has really come out the gate firing. If he can polish up his game a little and finish strong, he may put aside any doubts I have about him.

Depends what the ambitions of this club are. Do we want to win a title in the argy bargy PL? We should already have a squad good enough to do that.

Do we want to go toe to toe with Bayern and Barca and Marketing (or even Monaco :doh:) in the CL? Well then sorry, but let's forget about Walcott and Welbeck and Campbell and Coquelin and just about every player in this squad. Who do we have that could seriously hold down a spot at the very top level? Ozil, Alexis, Bellerin, Cazorla, Cech, maybe Kos at a push. There's our squad to build on if we want to step up. We were closer ten years ago than we are having realised the so-called benefits of this big finance project. Elite football has passed us and moved off into the distance over the last decade under Wenger and the leeches in the boardroom. A sustainable profit making machine in an industry where sustainability is the biggest handicap you can suffer. That's just not how football works any more, regardless of Wenger wanting it to be so.

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Originally Posted by I am invisible

It's the same squad of players (more or less), but that doesn't mean that it's always the same team - each season's casualty list kind of dictates what we end up with on the pitch at any given moment, so whilst the training methods stay the same, the challenges we face are always going to be different. That's probably a large part of the problem.

One of my biggest gripes with the coaching at the moment is that we have far too many players who have no defined role in the side, and who don't seem to be learning how to do any job properly? Guys like Walcott, Ramsey and Ox are all kind of drifting at the moment - we're asking them to do one job for the team, but instead of telling them in no uncertain terms that that's gonna be their main role, we allow them to carry on thinking of themselves as something else, and they end up not really mastering the specifics of anything. They don't see themselves as right-sided players - they just think they're filling in there for a bit, so they don't really commit to it. What's happening with Chambers? Is he a CB or a RB, or a defensive midfielder? What are we actually teaching him, and training him to be? Has anyone actually taken Flamini to one side and explained the role of a defensive midfielder to him? He talks a good game, but he still just seems to wander about wherever he wants. Have we nailed Wilshere down to long-term role? I know where I'd play him, but I'm not sure Wenger has made up his mind yet. I still don't even know what Rosicky's main role in the side is after all these years! I'm all for a bit of flexibility and adaptability, but I think that kind of intimate knowledge a specific role is important - it gives you something to fall back on, that you can almost do on auto-pilot because you've practiced it to death, when you're out of form, or just not up for it. It gives you confidence, and it can carry you through tough patches.

I also think we've allowed certain players to feel a little too safe and secure in their places in the side. I see a noticeable difference in guys like Coquelin and Campbell, who have come into the side after being farmed out on numerous loans, and look like they're playing for their Arsenal lives! They've been given any place in the side, and they look determined to make it their own, regardless of whether it's how they imagined their careers going when they started out. Iwobi is another one where you see a difference - he looks like he can play anywhere across the front 3, but whichever role you give him, he sticks to it, does the job well, and doesn't continually drift into other areas because that's where he'd rather be playing. This is his big chance, and he knows it. Bellerin is another good example of what you get when you focus a player on one role - there's no question that he's anything other than a RB: he does nothing but learn that one role inside out, and he's already starting to look world-class. That doesn't mean he couldn't fill in somewhere else, like RW, if we ever needed him to, but that flexibility comes second to his main role. If we could apply that same kind of focus and motivation to every member of the squad then there's a lot more that we can squeeze out of this group of players.

Which isn't to say that we don't need a massive spend-up in the summer, because we do. Regardless of all of the above, we're probably going to need at least one more CM and a new RB, probably a new CB and LB, and possibly a new back-up keeper, and that's just replacing players that will likely be leaving or retiring! My gut feeling is that we'll need either another CF or another world-class wide attacker, with one high-profile casualty making way, but I'd like to get a more complete picture of what's going on with the attack first before making that call - as it stands, I think a lot of players have been massively underperforming, and others have been going to waste, and I kind of fear the same thing happening to anyone new who might come in unless we get a grip on the coaching.

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Its down to Wumger thinking guys like Alexis and Oxlade and Theo are much more intelligent players than they are and allowing them the freedom to make decisions when they clearly are not that smart.

Only Ozil and Ramsey and Iwobi have that attacking intelligence. (I know Ramsey's name is gonna get someone's piss boiling, but his late runs are chaotic and paralyzes defenses. His problem is where Wumger puts him on the pitch)

The rest of these guys need proper instruction and Wumger does not do that.

Ramsey isn't an intelligent player. If he were he'd know how to adjust his game so his late runs were more effective without compromising the team.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

Ramsey isn't an intelligent player. If he were he'd know how to adjust his game so his late runs were more effective without compromising the team.

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Like Scholes in his younger days.

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Originally Posted by mastermind84

Its down to Wumger thinking guys like Alexis and Oxlade and Theo are much more intelligent players than they are and allowing them the freedom to make decisions when they clearly are not that smart.

Only Ozil and Ramsey and Iwobi have that attacking intelligence. (I know Ramsey's name is gonna get someone's piss boiling, but his late runs are chaotic and paralyzes defenses. His problem is where Wumger puts him on the pitch)

The rest of these guys need proper instruction and Wumger does not do that.

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I'll probably be in the minority here, but I actually like Ramsey on the right (in theory, at least) - it feels like a better fit for his marauding, cavalier style, than putting him in a critical position like CM, where I think his eagerness to get forward will always get the better of him. A little unpredictability in your attackers is a good thing - unpredictability in your central midfielders = another Diaby.

I'd also consider using him as someone we could rotate Özil with, behind the striker? Not as a like-for-like replacement as a play-maker, but as more of a second striker of sorts. Having Özil feeding through-ball after through-ball in to Giroud in open play seems like an exercise in futility, but having Giroud holding the ball up in and around a packed area, and providing lay-offs to a runner like Ramsey could work? In that situation, Giroud almost becomes the play-maker and Ramsey the goal-scorer?

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

Like Scholes in his younger days.

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Scholes is a good example.

Its down to Wumger thinking guys like Alexis and Oxlade and Theo are much more intelligent players than they are and allowing them the freedom to make decisions when they clearly are not that smart.

(I know Ramsey's name is gonna get someone's piss boiling, but his late runs are chaotic and paralyzes defenses. His problem is where Wumger puts him on the pitch)

That’s a contradiction. You could make the same case for Ox, Theo and Alexis in that case.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

Ramsey isn't an intelligent player. If he were he'd know how to adjust his game so his late runs were more effective without compromising the team.

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Totally agree, Ramsey is firmly in the same camp as Theo & Ox, his positioning is chaotic and off, he runs down blind alleys and does that stupid dribbling in the centre of the pitch that more often than not leads to us conceding possession.

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Originally Posted by I am invisible

I'll probably be in the minority here, but I actually like Ramsey on the right (in theory, at least) - it feels like a better fit for his marauding, cavalier style, than putting him in a critical position like CM, where I think his eagerness to get forward will always get the better of him. A little unpredictability in your attackers is a good thing - unpredictability in your central midfielders = another Diaby.

I'd also consider using him as someone we could rotate Özil with, behind the striker? Not as a like-for-like replacement as a play-maker, but as more of a second striker of sorts. Having Özil feeding through-ball after through-ball in to Giroud in open play seems like an exercise in futility, but having Giroud holding the ball up in and around a packed area, and providing lay-offs to a runner like Ramsey could work? In that situation, Giroud almost becomes the play-maker and Ramsey the goal-scorer?

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I like Ramsey on the right too

Our best attacking play this season came with Rasmey on the right. Allows us to play 3 central mids including Ramsey. He pinches in to outnumber other teams when we have the ball. It doesn't destroy the shape either and he is able to get forward and help defensively with little repercussions.

I think the biggest problem next season will be Alexis.

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Originally Posted by mastermind84

I like Ramsey on the right too

Our best attacking play this season came with Rasmey on the right. Allows us to play 3 central mids including Ramsey. He pinches in to outnumber other teams when we have the ball. It doesn't destroy the shape either and he is able to get forward and help defensively with little repercussions.

I think the biggest problem next season will be Alexis.

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Which game did we show our best attacking display?

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Originally Posted by selassie

Totally agree, Ramsey is firmly in the same camp as Theo & Ox, his positioning is chaotic and off, he runs down blind alleys and does that stupid dribbling in the centre of the pitch that more often than not leads to us conceding possession.

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I wouldn't go as far as to place him alongside Ox and Theo. At the start of 2015 when we had that very good spell, he was very useful on the right, forming a good understanding with Bellerin. Like people are saying above, he works well there. He makes mistakes but he also contributes positively to games, far more than Theo or Ox who can disappear altogether in games. Mostly his mistakes come from trying to do too much on the pitch, you'll find him deep, out wide, in the middle or in the box throughout a game. Playing him alongside Flamini is no gauge really because Mattheu had no interest in defence. When he was out wide against Spurs he had a more effective game too and that is where his future lies I think, even if he believes otherwise.

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Originally Posted by Kano

I wouldn't go as far as to place him alongside Ox and Theo. At the start of 2015 when we had that very good spell, he was very useful on the right, forming a good understanding with Bellerin. Like people are saying above, he works well there. He makes mistakes but he also contributes positively to games, far more than Theo or Ox who can disappear altogether in games. Mostly his mistakes come from trying to do too much on the pitch, you'll find him deep, out wide, in the middle or in the box throughout a game. Playing him alongside Flamini is no gauge really because Mattheu had no interest in defence. When he was out wide against Spurs he had a more effective game too and that is where his future lies I think, even if he believes otherwise.

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I agree he put in some decent performances out wide but I just don't feel comfortable with him out there as our first choice option, I know Iwobi is flavour of the month and I know it's still early days but he is pretty much doing what Ramsey has been doing out wide already. I personally think Iwobi is a much better footballer too, in terms of intelligence, passing etc.

I think Ramsey is a useful player to have but only as a squad player.

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Originally Posted by mastermind84

I like Ramsey on the right too

Our best attacking play this season came with Rasmey on the right. Allows us to play 3 central mids including Ramsey. He pinches in to outnumber other teams when we have the ball. It doesn't destroy the shape either and he is able to get forward and help defensively with little repercussions.

I think the biggest problem next season will be Alexis.

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Mate, if our biggest problem next season is Alexis then I'll be over the moon!

It'll be interesting to see what our plans are for him going forward? Iwobi and Campbell give us more freedom to play around with how we use him, and that might open up the list of potential targets for the summer? If we're thinking that Alexis could be the top striker that we're looking for (with a bit of work), then that switches our focus to recruiting another goal-scoring wide attacker to take his current spot, which could be easier?

We'll probably just promote Gnabry. What's happened to that guy?

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

We'll probably just promote Gnabry. What's happened to that guy?

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Or Toral. Or Maitland-Niles. Or The Jeff.

I think Gnabry is back with us now, after having his loan cancelled?

Got injured after he made that impact a couple years ago and hasn't had a sniff since. :shrug:

He'll probably find himself on loan again next season. Or maybe if we have an injury crisis Wenger will fluke him into the team and he'll be like a new signing.

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Originally Posted by I am invisible

Mate, if our biggest problem next season is Alexis then I'll be over the moon!

It'll be interesting to see what our plans are for him going forward? Iwobi and Campbell give us more freedom to play around with how we use him, and that might open up the list of potential targets for the summer? If we're thinking that Alexis could be the top striker that we're looking for (with a bit of work), then that switches our focus to recruiting another goal-scoring wide attacker to take his current spot, which could be easier?

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It's a big problem because he thinks he is a creator and not a finisher. Alexis should be out center forward but he has that Ramsey-must do everything complex.

People are over the moon of him playing right but he should be doing he same on the left but he drops too deep and wants to create.

He is a tactical problem.

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Originally Posted by I am invisible

Or Maitland-Niles.

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My boss is a season ticket holder at Ipswich and he said this guy is a cut above, he said he is clearly going to do well somewhere, be it arsenal or another premier league club, said he clearly has it. Better than the last Arsenal cast off they had, Jay Emmanuel thomas, who he said seemed very talented, but "the laziest player I have ever watched" :yawn:

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Originally Posted by mastermind84

It's a big problem because he thinks he is a creator and not a finisher. Alexis should be out center forward but he has that Ramsey-must do everything complex.

People are over the moon of him playing right but he should be doing he same on the left but he drops too deep and wants to create.

He is a tactical problem.

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He's scored 11 goals and has 10 assists. Far from a tactical problem. He just needs to do the simple things more often so he's not losing the ball.

As for Ramsey on the right, again, what was our best performance? Man Utd comes to mind for me but I'd hardly credit that only to playing Ramsey on the right. He played there in the earlier games against Palace and Liverpool but we didn't look good. Once we benched Giroud, our attack started to look more threatening. Our biggest problems are central midfield and the striker position. Keep Ramsey away from the middle and Giroud on bench and we'll do a lot better.

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Originally Posted by mastermind84

It's a big problem because he thinks he is a creator and not a finisher. Alexis should be out center forward but he has that Ramsey-must do everything complex.

People are over the moon of him playing right but he should be doing he same on the left but he drops too deep and wants to create.

He is a tactical problem.

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What about Alexis in a more central role, bursting through like lampard used to do, id like to see more of that type of thing from him, rather than one side or another. Its also a role Rasmey could play, but like you say the `must do everything` kind of messes it all up.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

He's scored 11 goals and has 10 assists. Far from a tactical problem. He just needs to do the simple things more often so he's not losing the ball.

As for Ramsey on the right, again, what was our best performance? Man Utd comes to mind for me but I'd hardly credit that only to playing Ramsey on the right. He played there in the earlier games against Palace and Liverpool but we didn't look good. Once we benched Giroud, our attack started to look more threatening. Our biggest problems are central midfield and the striker position. Keep Ramsey away from the middle and Giroud on bench and we'll do a lot better.

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United, Bayern (he didn't play the away leg and we got outnumbered in the middle)

I don't want Ramsey deep either. But he helps us outnumber teams. And he is a workhorse.

And Alexis is very much a tactical problem as he has been crap most of this season due to the position he keeps popping up. (He should be closer to goal and not deep and attempting to create)

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Originally Posted by alexander

What about Alexis in a more central role, bursting through like lampard used to do, id like to see more of that type of thing from him, rather than one side or another. Its also a role Rasmey could play, but like you say the `must do everything` kind of messes it all up.

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Alexis is a forward. Like the world midfield needs to be taken out of his position and mindset.

Keep Ramsey out of the starting XI altogether. He offers running like a headless chicken and leaving your midfield open... he can piss off tbh.

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Originally Posted by mastermind84

United, Bayern (he didn't play the away leg and we got outnumbered in the middle)

I don't want Ramsey deep either. But he helps us outnumber teams. And he is a workhorse.

And Alexis is very much a tactical problem as he has been crap most of this season due to the position he keeps popping up. (He should be closer to goal and not deep and attempting to create)


Alexis is a forward. Like the world midfield needs to be taken out of his position and mindset.

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He has 10 goals and 11 assists compared to Ramsey's 6 goals and 4 assists. It's a performance and consistency issue with Alexis. That's a good season for most players in his position but we've come to expect a lot more from him.

Utd and Bayern were our best performances but that had a lot to do with us playing on the counter and having the ability to break with Theo leading the line, stretching and getting behind teams. Alexis had good games for both those ties and scored twice against Utd. Theo had two assists so it's pretty odd to single odd Ramsey as an important factor but Sanchez as the problem. Even against Leicester City when we beat them 5-2, Sanchez got a hat trick and that was a Theo up front and Ramsey on the right. Not sure how much credit can be given to Ramsey attack wise because he didn't score against Leicester, Utd and Bayern, no assists in of the ties, created 1 chance against Bayern, nothing against the Utd and Leicester and was subbed at 57 mins against Bayern. Not saying those stats are the be all end all but I'm not sold on him holding a spot in the team over Campbell and Iwobi.

Also, I don't think Sanchez and Giroud play well together and I don't think Giroud plays well with Ozil either. He's probably the biggest problem in terms of tactics. Alexis' form dried up as soon as Giroud came into the squad.

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Originally Posted by fakeyank

Keep Ramsey out of the starting XI altogether. He offers running like a headless chicken and leaving your midfield open... he can piss off tbh.

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our british core needs to be the first out tbh. all useless, bring in some more hungry costa ricans

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

He has 10 goals and 11 assists compared to Ramsey's 6 goals and 4 assists. It's a performance and consistency issue with Alexis. That's a good season for most players in his position but we've come to expect a lot more from him.

Utd and Bayern were our best performances but that had a lot to do with us playing on the counter and having the ability to break with Theo leading the line, stretching and getting behind teams. Alexis had good games for both those ties and scored twice against Utd. Theo had two assists so it's pretty odd to single odd Ramsey as an important factor but Sanchez as the problem. Even against Leicester City when we beat them 5-2, Sanchez got a hat trick and that was a Theo up front and Ramsey on the right. Not sure how much credit can be given to Ramsey attack wise because he didn't score against Leicester, Utd and Bayern, no assists in of the ties, created 1 chance against Bayern, nothing against the Utd and Leicester and was subbed at 57 mins against Bayern. Not saying those stats are the be all end all but I'm not sold on him holding a spot in the team over Campbell and Iwobi.

Also, I don't think Sanchez and Giroud play well together and I don't think Giroud plays well with Ozil either. He's probably the biggest problem in terms of tactics. Alexis' form dried up as soon as Giroud came into the squad.

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I've always thought that Giroud works better with Ramsey and Wilshere behind him, in a slightly different take on a 433 - in that kind of system, he almost becomes the creator for overlapping players moving off him and around him, rather than just a limited goal-scorer. It's not an option for every game though, and only really works when we're trying to break down opponents who sit deep.

He and Özil can sometimes combine well, but it's usually from indirect free-kicks, so I'm wondering whether it would be worth switching Özil to the right, and have him firing in some of those laser-guided crosses, when Giroud ends up as our only CF option? Özil acting as a no.10 for Giroud just seems like a waste of time, so if we can't put someone more dynamic in front of him then me may have to come up with a workaround...

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Originally Posted by alexander

My boss is a season ticket holder at Ipswich and he said this guy is a cut above, he said he is clearly going to do well somewhere, be it arsenal or another premier league club, said he clearly has it. Better than the last Arsenal cast off they had, Jay Emmanuel thomas, who he said seemed very talented, but "the laziest player I have ever watched" :yawn:

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I've not really followed him in any great detail, but every time I hear him mentioned, someone is singing his praises. If his loan manager is happy, then that usually means he's acting like a professional - that's the first thing I look for when we send these kids out for these things.

Lot of promising young attackers waiting for their chance at the moment - Maitland-Niles, Toral, Zelalam and Reine-Adelaide are all sounding like they've got a decent future. Given how Campbell and Iwobi have come straight into the team and immediately impressed, I'd be looking over my shoulder quite nervously if I were some of these senior players...

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Originally Posted by I am invisible

I've not really followed him in any great detail, but every time I hear him mentioned, someone is singing his praises. If his loan manager is happy, then that usually means he's acting like a professional - that's the first thing I look for when we send these kids out for these things.

Lot of promising young attackers waiting for their chance at the moment - Maitland-Niles, Toral, Zelalam and Reine-Adelaide are all sounding like they've got a decent future. Given how Campbell and Iwobi have come straight into the team and immediately impressed, I'd be looking over my shoulder quite nervously if I were some of these senior players...

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Out of the names you mentioned, I only expect Iwobi and maybe Uncle Jeff to push through.

And Maitland-Niles.


Zelalem looks like he could be a deep lying playmaker but apparently Rangers are using him as an 8 and he is struggling. Toral is 22. Not sure about him. Same for Crowley and a few others.

Bennecer (sp?) has apparently been really good too.


Theo and Ox are probably done here although I really think Ox just needs instructions on what to do and not do on the pitch and Wumger doesn't do that.

Iwobi and Akpom are the future

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Originally Posted by mastermind84

It's a big problem because he thinks he is a creator and not a finisher. Alexis should be out center forward but he has that Ramsey-must do everything complex.

People are over the moon of him playing right but he should be doing he same on the left but he drops too deep and wants to create.

He is a tactical problem.

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Still think he's a tactical problem? We forget he's more familiar playing as RW. It's another good game for him without Giroud on the pitch. We'll see if he can keep things going.

Key elements for our attack imo - a quick striker that's mobile. A CM that distributes the ball well, smart positioning and keeps the ball moving. If neither player has those key components to their game, we're going to struggle to break teams down.

I'd be surprised if any of them have a significant impact on the senior team besides Crowley and of course Iwobi...

Looks like we're in for Lukaku...

http://metro.co.uk/2016/04/03/arsena...nsfer-5792694/

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Originally Posted by Douglas Reynholm

Looks like we're in for Lukaku...

http://metro.co.uk/2016/04/03/arsena...nsfer-5792694/

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Arsene takes the cut price option shocker.

Is this the Stats robot again? If so, fine. It's done a much better job than Wenger and our blind scouts. But if Wenger is driving this as another one of his bargain bucket adventures then fuck right off.

I know it's from the Metro but to be fair we probably will be looking at getting in a young left back if Gibbs moves on in the summer.

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Originally Posted by Douglas Reynholm

Looks like we're in for Lukaku...

http://metro.co.uk/2016/04/03/arsena...nsfer-5792694/

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Classic Wenger :haha:

You can just imagine it when we sign him...

Wenger "Look...everybody tell me to buy Lukaku and I buy Jordan Lukaku and you still reproach me" "I like Romalu Lukaku but we are not in the market for strikers, we have 3 world class strikers, I have Welbeck, Giroud & Walcott, where would I put Romalu Lakuku?"