The notion that we wouldn't be better, or that we're not missing, a fully fit Ramsey playing as he did when he was fit and healthy last season - I don't get that line of reasoning at all.
The idea was that we built on what we had by adding Sanchez to Özil, Ramsey, Cazorla etc as opposed to Sanchez being the player who drags us through when players as good as Ramsey aren't fit.
Missing Ramsey for chunks of this season, as well as Özil, Theo, Giroud has meant that when we're not standing still, we're going backwards.