Plymouth Gooner wrote:The problem is, as much as he has improved, Rambo is still the weak link in midfield.
No he isn't. He's the best in the box-to-box role in our squad and has better vision than Wilshere. He should be a permanent fixture for the start of our campaign and out of the pre-season games is one of few who look fit enough for August 17th.
Giroud, for all his lack of worldclassness, can do a job without it costing us.
We won't win anything with Giroud, we could with Ramsey. Our biggest problem is lack of conviction in the final third, Ramsey does his job very well and that seems to be a rarity in our starting 11.
When Ramsey gives the ball away
Lol
Ramsey dispossessed 1.2 times per game
Fellaini dispossessed 2.4 times per game
Ramsey 83.42 passes per game (2nd highest in Prem), 74.21 successful passes (2nd highest in Prem), 104.14 touchers per game (highest in prem, only player in triple figures).
But Ramsey gives the ball away, right?
or loses a physical battle it puts the defence under unnecessary pressure.
Not once in his run with Arteta last season did we get outmuscled. Lazy cliché used by people who don't watch us enough
There are plenty of more physical players out there who can protect the back four better, but who are also more technical and don't give the ball away as much.
Name them