Winter Transfer Speculation

[Kano]

Guys, do bear in mind that Ramsey's been parterned with Flamini for this run in, who's hardly the best DM around right now. I think you'd see a better Ramsey alongside Coquelin, who offers more discpline and defensive security.

Central midfield is often about parternerships and understandings. It's clear that combined Flamini and Ramsey doesn't work well in games where you need to dictate tempo, however that doesn't mean Ramsey/Coquelin or Ramsey/Elneny couldn't. So let's not completely dismiss Ramsey's chances of seizing the future CM berth especially considering his beast mode form he displayed there a couple of years ago.

Ramsey will be our CM for sometime now. Wenger likes him as a player, that much is clear and with Cazorla out, getting older etc he'll be looking for a longterm solution. I think he'll always find room for Ramsey in the starting line-up if he's fit and available. I'm looking forward to seeing if he can partner up with Le Coq effectively once he is back. The whole Cazorla idea in CM was a good one for a while but never one to keep going for a season after season.

[Master Splinter]

Has he ever started a game alongside Coq in the centre?

Cazorla has played pretty much non-stop over the last year.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

What's all this hullabaloo about Ramsey? We all know if Barca come knocking he's gone, so for those who think he's world class (as risible a claim as any other) and want him to stay, best hope it's just a baseless rumour and nothing else.

[Özim]

Totally agree, if Barca are interested and do come in for him we haven't a hope of keeping him here, they're one of the biggest clubs in the world, play great football, have some of the best footballers on the planet and put football before anything else.

[Niall_Quinn]

Totally agree, if Barca are interested and do come in for him we haven't a hope of keeping him here, they're one of the biggest clubs in the world, play great football, have some of the best footballers on the planet and put football before anything else.

Your "reasonableness" is actually making you anti-Arsenal. Do you realise that?

[Özim]

Your "reasonableness" is actually making you anti-Arsenal. Do you realise that?

Just stating facts, we can't compete with Barca for many reasons, but in the end we don't see to be trying very hard despite the promises before we built the stadium about wanting to compete with the best.

[selassie]

Has he ever started a game alongside Coq in the centre?

Cazorla has played pretty much non-stop over the last year.

First game of the season against West Ham. In theory Ramsey & Coq should be a fairly decent partnership, though we do lose a lot of creativity without some like Santi/Jack in the middle.

After that defeat to West Ham Ramsey was put back on the wings.

[Marc Overmars]

I'm sure Ramsey will cement the CM spot as his own but he needs the right blend of players around him in midfield to excel. There's no point trying to mould a player like him, you'll end up with a shell of a player.

The Barcelona link is laughable. He'd end up pissing everyone off like Fabregas did because of his undisciplined style.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

still annoyed we didn't get Kondogbia but Ramsey is going nowhere. When he had Arteta it looked very balanced and it may do again.

[Power n Glory]

I'm sure Ramsey will cement the CM spot as his own but he needs the right blend of players around him in midfield to excel. There's no point trying to mould a player like him, you'll end up with a shell of a player.

The Barcelona link is laughable. He'd end up pissing everyone off like Fabregas did because of his undisciplined style.

I think he needs to raise his game to excel in the midfield. I’m not sure it’s about the players around him. When he had his best season, it didn’t matter who he was playing with, Flamini or Arteta…he was playing at a high standard. Once he starts getting back to the basics he’ll be fine. Right now it seems like he is way too focussed on trying to score and getting up the field.