re: Arsenal 2015/2016 Season Long Thread

I said it in preseason, I said it last year, and I'm screaming it now. frickING PLAY RAMSEY OVER CAZORLA! Ramsey/Ozil/Giroud have the best chemistry in the team when Ramsey plays that role, plus it frees up a spot for Ox.

Cazorla has too many non-impact games, when Ramsey has a bad game at least he's going forward, he's pressing and pushing the issue. fricking grow a pair and make the change Arsene.

This lineup has now scored two goals in the last six EPL games it's been trotted out, something needs to change

The only worry with Ramsey there is that how often he misplaces passes, but now that Santi is doing it as well you might as well make the change.

We should also consider playing Arteta over Coq in certain games. Our most dominant string of performances in the past 4 years have come with an Ozil/Ramsey/Arteta/ midfield with Giroud up front. And then they got hurt and we found other things that kind of worked but not as well. Now they're all healthy and we're struggling, it's time to go back to that

The recent inability to score at the Emirates is pretty worrying.

The Theo/Giroud question up top isn't going to get any easier unless one really goes on a fantastic run. I do think it's a waste to have Theo sit on the bench as much as he does though.

Yeah Theo is only effective up top when teams are pushed up early. Otherwise he has to be on a wing to be truly effective.

We have options. I do hope Wenger uses them, though the risk of tinkering is high.

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Grzegorz Krychowiak is being thrown around but I can't say I watch enough La Liga to be informed about his quality.

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Just from reading about him from other people it sounds like he sort of in the same mold as Coquelin.

I agree with Tim Stillman though that I feel like we need to find someone more in the mold of Arteta to bring the best out of Ramsey in the middle.

The Ramsey/Wilshere pairing has been dreadful in the past but I have to wonder if that's the future. When they're both at the top of their game it's impossible to leave them both off but one always gets shoehorned out of position.

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you do know real has to sell him right?

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Wow dgx, I didn't know that. I figured real was just going to give him to us.

And while Real would have probably acquired someone else, they do have this fella named Ronaldo who can play a little striker.

We apparently made an effort, and it didn't work out. All I said was "Benzema would be nice." I still feel that way and did not lay odds on it happening, but there was apparently some substance to the rumours, from our side, at least.

Yes, I'm aware that Giroud is pretty much all we have at 9. Doesn't mean I have to be happy about it.

And it's great that RVP and Thierry developed into clinical strikers when they did not start off as such. Had they not, we would have been in need of a strong finisher at nine then, just like we are now.

I know it sounds simplistic to blame our woes at nine for our frustrating lack of scoring this season. Our buildup, even in relatively open games like pool was, while pretty at times, is getting predictable.

Welbz couldn't finish up top and Grioud, though he battles and scores some beautiful goals at times, is not the sniper we need at center-forward if we are going to win the league and go deep in CL.

And it's frustrating that Arsene just does not seem to be able to succeed as "mad scientist" these days when he has a deeper roster. As someone said earlier, I'd like to see our subs used more purposefully and earlier than token and desperation appearances at the 80th minute.