Nice cross for Theo's goal. Also a great through ball which might have given him another assist but Theo fucked it up.
Average game in general but still played his part in the very few tangible moments of successful play we had in the match.
Probably won't stand up to the rigours of the Prem if asked to play every week though.
Ramsey doesn't play like Fabregas, the gap in class aside, Fabregas attempts more forward passes, looking for the killer ball.
Ramsey plays deeper and tends to shuttle the ball to the flanks.
The comparisons with Denilson here are not so far-fetched, but where the Brazilian's metronomic ball-retention passing (or 'sideways' as it's sometimes referred to) has a generally high completion rate, Ramsey has shown some carelessness in his play.
Tonight highlighted how vulnerable we looked on the transition because possession conceded by deep-lying CM's almost always has the opposition running directly at your back 4.
The upshot of including Ramsey is an attack more shifted to wide areas instead of endless 1-2's through the middle. If paired with Wilshere, who is more willing to go past someone and/or attempt a killer ball we have a more varied attack, and thereby hopefully a more effective one. I say hopefully because the quality of the players will ultimately always be the deciding factor.
Without Fabregas we have looked like we lack presence in midfield. With him as the creative fulcrum players looked to make runs as he got possession. We need to adapt. But to me a midfield of Rocky-Rambo-Song is not a great blend of types, either offensively or defensively.
I like him as a player but he's not ready yet if played alongside our current personnel. Midfield needs a leader/experience, if Ramsey is paired with Jack & Song this season as first choice it will kill his development.
I think it's hard to draw conclusions from tonight. Udinese force teams to play through the wings given their formation. If he didn't get much joy in the center today it could just be because of the nature of the game and tactics provided.
Not that he's a cesc replica, he offers a lot more to us than the early cesc did, but in some spots today his lack of concentration with poor passes at times could have cost us.
Will be a top player but not yet ready to be a first teamer.
He will cost us games as he develops.
The King Is Back.
Even though he went on loan last season, he still hasn't had a run of games to get back into the rigours of top-level football.
He has to cut the suicidal passes out, but then Song and Fabregas are famed for these too and are much more experienced.
He was as good as Wilshere was last season before some ugly slack-jawed yokel mong cunt scythed him down.
I genuinely think he'll be brilliant when he gets his rhythm back. Hopefully it doesn't take too long.
I think he'll be good but drops back too often because Song roams around like a headless chicken. AW needs to tell Song to cover the defense and not be all over the place. I think a midfield of JW-Ramsey-Parker would be awesome but Arsene's obviously not going to sign a good player like Parker coz he is 30!
He did make a few careless passes which put our defense in trouble. But i think he will come around. Denilson's big issue was losing focus and not tracking back at times when required to and being poor at one on one situations. Ramsey is not afflicted with the same ailment. He plays deeper than Cesc used to, allowing him to fall back when defending. What it does provides is dynamism and mobility to the midfield. Song for instance played in a very advanced position for most parts. Creativity is going to suffer though and tellingly so against teams who are defensively well organised. Think the accent has changed from creative midfield play to direct wing play. Lets wait and see
I think it's all to do with his mentality. He needs to be more forceful, show more confidence in his ability to take the game by the scruff of the neck, dictate affairs.
We've seen how Jack simply imposes himself on the game by force of will, because he knows he's at least the equal if not better than those on the field.
That's the kind of mentality Rambo needs to adopt.
Formerly rockyrocky... the other one
Dreadful today.
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