innervisionscm wrote:
Your post says that we suffered when both Ramsey and Wilshere were injured. I agree with that. That doesn't mean we need to buy a new 'DM' - we need to buy someone who can play Ramsey's role more reliably (as well as supplement our attack to make us less reliant on Ramsey's runs and goal scoring, of course). Wilshere can't really do that based on last season and looks like he belongs up front.
You are contradicting yourself here, aren't you?
I know 99% of you don't agree with me on this, but I truly believe Wilshere at his best is better than Ramsey in deeper areas, Ramsey is far better in the final 3rd though (and that will never change IMO).
Wilshere for me is as talented as any young CM in Europe. His peak is as high as any IMO. I hope he is finally over his injury troubles, there is a player in there ready to explode.
innervisionscm wrote:How many bad performances have we had with an Arteta-Ramsey pairing? That's a very good unit right there. We need a third CM who can play both positions and eventually replace Arteta (Schneiderlin). Flamini is then our 4th CM who gets about as many games as Rosicky does.
That partnership has generally been crap against any decent opposition IMO.
Btw I think you massively overrate Arteta, even as someone who has always backed him in the Arteta vs Flamini debates on here, I don't think there is a massive difference in quality between the two. I fully understand why many prefer Flamini (who is no more than a decent player in my book) to him. Even Wenger was constantly rotating them throughout the season, it was only after those stupid cards/suspensions that Wenger stuck with Arteta. I think I remember you saying Busquets could not do a better job (apologies if that wasn't what you said), but the difference in quality between Arteta and Busquets is like night and day IMO. I like him, but I don't think he's good enough at the highest level, we should definitely be looking for an upgrade this summer IMO.
