Quote Originally Posted by Syn View Post
We played Arteta and Flamini, they didn't wander forward too much so we held a better shape, and we ended up keeping a clean sheet. The first in ages. We should've won easily but Welbeck, Chamberlain and Cazorla were shit. With Ramsey off form we don't have the right balance in midfield. We went back to basics a bit in the Sunderland game - just two limited CMs that pass to more talented players and hold their shape and I think we might have to continue doing that. Hopefully Ramsey can go back to playing like he did in the second half of the 12/13 season. Even if we don't have his goals, we need his defensive qualities. Once we don't have to keep chasing games we might win more regularly.
You need shape when you are being attacked. We had 2 midfielders "not wandering forward", this is my point - against Sunderland. We are then reliant on 4 players having worldy games to create scoring opportunities. This is made even more necessary because we are crap at set pieces. On Sat, we had Santi, Ox & Welbz having nightmares - this will often be the case because we don't have real quality in the final third, therefore resulting in lack of goals.