Winter Transfer Speculation

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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?

[Power n Glory]

Like Scholes in his younger days.

Scholes is a good example.

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.

(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)

That’s a contradiction. You could make the same case for Ox, Theo and Alexis in that case.

[selassie]

Ramsey isn't an intelligent player. If he were he'd know how to adjust his game so his late runs were more effective without compromising the team.

Totally agree, Ramsey is firmly in the same camp as Theo & Ox, his positioning is chaotic and off, he runs down blind alleys and does that stupid dribbling in the centre of the pitch that more often than not leads to us conceding possession.

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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?

I like Ramsey on the right too

Our best attacking play this season came with Rasmey on the right. Allows us to play 3 central mids including Ramsey. He pinches in to outnumber other teams when we have the ball. It doesn't destroy the shape either and he is able to get forward and help defensively with little repercussions.

I think the biggest problem next season will be Alexis.

[Power n Glory]

I like Ramsey on the right too

Our best attacking play this season came with Rasmey on the right. Allows us to play 3 central mids including Ramsey. He pinches in to outnumber other teams when we have the ball. It doesn't destroy the shape either and he is able to get forward and help defensively with little repercussions.

I think the biggest problem next season will be Alexis.

Which game did we show our best attacking display?

[Kano]

Totally agree, Ramsey is firmly in the same camp as Theo & Ox, his positioning is chaotic and off, he runs down blind alleys and does that stupid dribbling in the centre of the pitch that more often than not leads to us conceding possession.

I wouldn't go as far as to place him alongside Ox and Theo. At the start of 2015 when we had that very good spell, he was very useful on the right, forming a good understanding with Bellerin. Like people are saying above, he works well there. He makes mistakes but he also contributes positively to games, far more than Theo or Ox who can disappear altogether in games. Mostly his mistakes come from trying to do too much on the pitch, you'll find him deep, out wide, in the middle or in the box throughout a game. Playing him alongside Flamini is no gauge really because Mattheu had no interest in defence. When he was out wide against Spurs he had a more effective game too and that is where his future lies I think, even if he believes otherwise.

[selassie]

I wouldn't go as far as to place him alongside Ox and Theo. At the start of 2015 when we had that very good spell, he was very useful on the right, forming a good understanding with Bellerin. Like people are saying above, he works well there. He makes mistakes but he also contributes positively to games, far more than Theo or Ox who can disappear altogether in games. Mostly his mistakes come from trying to do too much on the pitch, you'll find him deep, out wide, in the middle or in the box throughout a game. Playing him alongside Flamini is no gauge really because Mattheu had no interest in defence. When he was out wide against Spurs he had a more effective game too and that is where his future lies I think, even if he believes otherwise.

I agree he put in some decent performances out wide but I just don't feel comfortable with him out there as our first choice option, I know Iwobi is flavour of the month and I know it's still early days but he is pretty much doing what Ramsey has been doing out wide already. I personally think Iwobi is a much better footballer too, in terms of intelligence, passing etc.

I think Ramsey is a useful player to have but only as a squad player.

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I like Ramsey on the right too

Our best attacking play this season came with Rasmey on the right. Allows us to play 3 central mids including Ramsey. He pinches in to outnumber other teams when we have the ball. It doesn't destroy the shape either and he is able to get forward and help defensively with little repercussions.

I think the biggest problem next season will be Alexis.

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?

[Power n Glory]

We'll probably just promote Gnabry. What's happened to that guy?

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We'll probably just promote Gnabry. What's happened to that guy?

Or Toral. Or Maitland-Niles. Or The Jeff.

I think Gnabry is back with us now, after having his loan cancelled?