Winter Transfer Speculation

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...