Woolwichgooner wrote:
Well put coombs, so how would you resolve this problem quickly.
Most managers would just stick him on the bench and play Rosicky.
With the options we have now, Ramsey needs to be rotated. His position as a guaranteed starter not only fosters the wrong attitude in the squad, but makes no sense even for his own development. Wenger needs to make statements with his squad selection a bit more. Ferguson does it, Mancini does it, all the top managers use squad selection as a motivator as well as a tactic.
As it stands, the squad selection is based on an ideal (i.e. what COULD be), not on any real and present realities. Wenger and others always say to take it one game at a time and not to dwell on future possibilities. The same should be true for squad selection. What is true NOW is that Ramsey has under-performed in his role and should be dropped/rested.
So have others. This isn't to pick on Ramsey in particular, its to pick on the squad selection system we have using Ramsey as an example rather than as a scapegoat. I'd like to see a squad selection philosophy in this vein implemented for every position on the pitch, not just CM.
