Quote Originally Posted by mastermind84 View Post
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.
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?