Ramsey end game is sad, but it shows the evolution at Arsenal

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The effects of the Ramsey contract renewal are still being felt… by the player.

“Hopefully somebody will come up and tell me why,”

“I’ll accept that if there’s a reason. When the time is right, I probably will find out but that hasn’t happened yet.

“There is no contract on the table at the moment so there is nothing for me to consider or whatever. We all know that the contract was taken away off the table. I’m not sure exactly why because a few weeks before we sort of agreed and I was ready to sign.”

“I think any player who is on the bench would be disappointed not to play but I’m part of the team and I want the team to do well,” he said. “We are all in it together to try and achieve the same objective. I’m going out and playing the way I have always played. I try to give my best for the team, help the team and try and go out there and play the best I can for myself as well. Nothing’s in my head when I’m out there; I’m just trying to have fun on the football pitch.

Kind of tough to read, he’s been an excellent servant to us, won 3 FA Cups, broke his leg and came back from hell… the fans love him. He’s one of our own, and it’ll be quite sad to see him exit.

I think the move is quite shocking, because we’ve been dicked around by players for the best part of 20 years. It feels alien that the board would initiate such an aggressive retraction. However, you can see why. Ozil bent us over the barrel with his outrageous deal, but at the very least, he has a commercial value. He’s the face of Adidas, he has sycophantic fanboy son all continents and he’s a world class player.

Aaron on the other hand is much admired, but he’s not kicked his game up to mega money levels. If you’re looking at this rationally, you have to look at the Welshman’s output and what £300k a week would mean for Emery’s ability to make big moves this summer.

How big has the impact been from Torreira? Massive. He’s earning no more than £65k a week. How much potential do we have in Matteo G? Unreal amounts. What’s he going to be earning, £40k a week. Then you have Ramsey, who can’t seem to operate with Ozil or Mikhi, hasn’t been able to cement a preferred positon at 28, and has suspect fitness… and he’s demanding  4.6x Torriera… I mean, that’s fucking insane.

I think the deal was pulled for a number of reasons. Firstly, Emery realised pretty quickly that Aaron at #10 was never going to be as sublime as Ozil. Then he probably noted that to be truly effective, you have to give him a free role… but he’s not really good enough to be afforded that sort of luxury. Emery needs cogs that work in his machine. Wenger had a crack at making art, but it eventually crashed us in also-rans.

The Aaron Ramsey debacle is what happens when you buy pieces without a grand vision. That’s why our squad is still in a mess. There was never a plan. Bottle them up, shake, pray for the best was the strategy and it just stopped working in the end. Sven, Raul and Emery now have to unpick the mess, and they’re going to struggle to do that with £600k worth of talent that can’t play together.

Ramsey was the sacrificial lamb. It’s cost him a fortune, and no doubt it’s set us back £50m in transfer fees.

But the show goes on… sport is ruthless, but it’s hard to feel too much for a man who makes more in a week than most do in a year. He’ll be ok, probably end up at United or Chelsea, and he’ll have a good close to his career.

At least he’s not going to Spurs.

I’m just excited big decisions are being made on data, guiding principles and a master plan.

We’ve dreamed of this… it’s happening… suck it up and enjoy the ride.

The real banter? Carl Jenks will be the last Brit standing from that famous British Core announcement. Guy has more sticking power than curry on a white a shirt. Legend. x

 

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DaleDaGooner

Ozil with a very bad reaction, he should know he was yanked cause he did fuck all, deserved to be pulled

Bamford10

Claver

Huh? It’s simple statistics, mate. I’m just watching the game.

raptora

We don’t look fresh atm. Hopefully we push the ball away of our third of the pitch.

Rambo Ramsey

Can someone tell me why our so called great midfield duo are completely failing to take control of the game?

Dream10

Feel like it was the wrong sub from Emery.
Hope he brings on Mkhitaryan for Laca soon. Need to raise our technical ability

Bob N16

Personally I’m happy if he’s angry when substituted. Prefer that to a reaction that would suggest he doesn’t care.

Dissenter

Ramsey
“Can someone tell me why our so called great midfield duo are completely failing to take control of the game?”

Inexperience
Both are young players in their first premier league season

Hope that helps out.

DaleDaGooner

Auba gets pulled, Laca gets pulled off, why does Ozil think he’s above that?? Ramsey not even getting a sniff….the pulling of his contract says a lot, his non involvement says even more

Rambo Ramsey

Iwobi has been utter tripe today

raptora

The way that Zaha has not let us take the ball away of him even surrounded by 2, 3 of our own, he’d be a great addition. Definitely would do the job for us.

useroz

Absolutely dog fight out there

Jamie

Pierre, how great was Ozil today? Tell us again how he creates chances all day long and shouldn’t ever be asked to defend.

Pierre a last week when Ozil puts in a shift for once:

“I told you so! Ozil is the best we’ve ever had. You ‘fans’ don’t know anything!”

Today, when Ozil reverts to type:

*silence*

DaleDaGooner

Laca, Auba and Iwobi have played awful today, forget the goal by Auba,

TR7

‘Can someone tell me why our so called great midfield duo are completely failing to take control of the game?’

Don’t blame it on Torreira and Matteo. Ozil, Iwobi ,Auba and Laca have been flat , they haven’t been able to hold on to the ball and create any meaningful pressure up top. Thanks to the work done by the duo we are still in the game.

DaleDaGooner

Everyone saying Auba isn’t played in his preferred position, he played there in Lisbon, he didn’t impress either, he gets and poaches goals, but he hasn’t been exceptional

Joe

It’s an away match in the PL

There are no easy matches.

We are winning. Who cares if our young MF isn’t controlling it

Right now, 3 points away is all that matters.

15 minutes left

Come on Arsenal!!!

Dissenter

Palace think the referee is just a bearer of penalty gifts

Dream10

Daledagooner

I don’t believe that he thinks he’s above it. It’s nice that players are disappointed when they’re subbed/dropped. Lacazette was the only who showed that anger last year. Nice that every player does this season. Ramsey was fed up with being substituted earlier this season as well

raptora

Another good sub by Emery. Hopefully we calm the storm with a third now.

Claver

Bamford

You seem to be singling iwobi out.
A lot.

Give the boy a chance. You might realise by accident that he’s actually stepped up his game.

Not there yet, but definitely better than he’s been in a long time.

useroz

Not just Iwobi, many aren’t playin well

Tireness creeping in from the games??

Auba off Ramsey on. Right choice.

Bamford10

Welbeck should have come on for Iwobi, not Ozil. If Ozil had been ineffectual up to that point, it wasn’t because he wasn’t working, it was because there just hadn’t been much space for him to exploit, to play though. His touches were fine, though. Iwobi, in contrast, has been poor the whole game.

Leftsidesanch

The Palace fans are quiet, can’t hear them from my window anymore. You get the feeling we need an insurance goal.

Joe

Dale

A strikers job is to score goals and win us matches.

He’s scoring and we are winning

Don’t care if they go off his ass.

DaleDaGooner

Hope Ozil is watching Aauba….didn’t throw a fit and he actually did something of note

Joe

It’s also our 3rd match in 7 days

Can’t expwct us to be firing on all cylinders today.

useroz

Your Comment Here

Dissenter

Ramsdey needs three touches before he makes up his mind.

Bamford10

Claver

He has upped his energy, running and confidence. That is all great. Unfortunately, though, he lacks quality. This is my point. I am not “picking on him”; I am making point.

Samesong

Lacazette is so dumb.

Marko

Lacazette’s been poor today

Berg

That’s a fuckig dive

Bob N16

Lacazette, you pillock!

Goona

Crap performance

Dissenter

Xhaka&^%$#…=WTF???

karim

Fucking hell !

Leftsidesanch

Very poor counter from us and now a pen conceded. Jesus.

raptora

It’s why CP are getting a lot of pens. Zaha has been a star player.

kc

Lacazette has been utterly worthless all game. This one is on Emery for keeping him on over Ozil and Auba.

DaleDaGooner

FFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laca with the poor ball at the other end,

Dissenter

Palace are a shit team

Two penalties ???
Is this hockey?

Un na naai

Cheat

alexanderhenry

Not a penalty.

Bob N16

Fuck off Bamford!

S. Asoa

Xhaka to the rescue of CP.
But fault of Laca with poor pass

Leftsidesanch

That was flipping awful from Laca to start that off. Zaha went into Xhakas leg too and he wonders why he has a bad rep.

Dissenter

It was a blatant dive from Zaha

raptora

Lacazette to blame for the giveaway and Mustafi for not committing a professional foul. Very bad decision especially by Mustafi. Had to stop their counter.

Samesong

Palace got the momentum!!

Bamford10

Definite pen. Xhaka foolishly sticks his leg out. Not his first dumb tackle.

I guess that’s why he’s so important to Emery, eh, Un Na?

Receding Hairline

He lacks quality

He lacks quality

He lacks quality

You can say it a thousand times doesn’t make it true

When he actually makes a good play you say he accidentally dribbled. Please keep your iwobi commentary to yourself..I don’t think anyone is particularly interested

DaleDaGooner

Forget Xhaka, Lacazette was stupid

Joe

Un?

Where you at ?!?!!

Berg

Ramsay just showing why contract was withdrawn

Rambo Ramsey

Looks like Dissenter will be shutting up his Xhaka wanking

useroz

I said it how many times Laca passing was so fucking off.

That was such a fucking pass.

Laca did that several times and agai costed us a goal.

Slow mo shows Xhara didn’t touch zaha’s falling left foot…. great job Zaha. Hard for ref to see though

Jamie

Frankly, Palace deserve something from this. They’ve been decent this afternoon.

Dissenter

Hopefully we leave with a point.
The games are catching up with us.

DaleDaGooner

we can lose this if we continue like this….Laca should have been taken off

Joe

Stupid by Xhaka.

Sticking his leg out

TR7

Iwobi is shit, he really is.

Un na naai

Great from welbz

Shit from iwobi. He’s been dog shit toady
Slow and lazy and lax
Welbz has to start every game for me. He always brings energy. Never hides never shirks

Bob N16

Take a draw!

Marko

Definite pen. Xhaka foolishly sticks his leg out. Not his first dumb tackle.

You are the most agenda driven poster on here it’s not even funny.

Dissenter

Ramsey
How many counters has your boy ruined since he came on.
How many touches does Ramsey need before he makes up his mind?
Ramsey’s entrance killed the game.

R.S.P.C.Arsenal

Lacs

Fucked up there

DaleDaGooner

Laca did this versus Chelsea….that is just dumb giving the ball away when we’re attacking

Un na naai

Joe you soppy mug.

He never touched zaha. At all. No contact, no foul= no penalty, dumb dumb

DaleDaGooner

Guendouzi has faded

Dissenter

Un na
Welbz hasn’t had an impact too though.

useroz

Both Ramsey and Welbeck missed it. Great cross. Good chance.

Dream10

Was always worried about us conceding penalties today.

But, today is on Emery. Should not have taken off Özil and Aubameyang at 2-1. Take off Laca and play on the counter. Our technical level went down, when it’s not high the first place. Torreira, Ramsey, Özil, Welbeck, Guendouzi, Aubameyang was the way to go.

Let’s move on. We go again vs Blackpool in the League Cup

Dissenter

Palace deserve the point
Truth be told,

gonsterous

ffs not again. Cmon you gunners, dig deep

Receding Hairline

Marko no he is not ..bamford has company

Paulinho and Rambo Ramsey are more interested in Ramsey having good games than Arsenal winning. He has come on and done nothing but slow down play yet you won’t hear a peep

Joe

Un

He stuck his leg out like an idiot and made it easy for the ref and zaha

Never played have you un?

raptora

As much as people are trying to single out Iwobi as the worst performer, Laca has to be right up there. Bad game from him.

Un na naai

Also
He’s not a left back. He’s played well there recently. Wanker

Bamford10

Marko

Actually, I just highlight facts. I have long said that Xhaka makes silly tackles, often sticks his leg out. Have I said this because I have an “agenda”? No, I say it because it’s true. But I do have a POV on Xhaka, namely, he’s not good enough. Many here agree with me on this point, including you, I believe.

Goonah

No number 2 for granny xhagga

gonsterous

im not angry, I’m just disappointed.

alexanderhenry

Xhaka was foolish to stick his leg out, but he made no actual challenge so strictly speaking it was no pen. Zaha ran into xhaka’s leg and bought the penalty.
Difficult one for the ref.

Samesong

Guendouzi doing what Mustafi should of done.

raptora

That’s how you stop a counter. Mustafi should have done that before the second pen.

Joe

Un

You’d be crying left wing conspiracy if we didn’t get a penalty in that same situation.

Bamford10

TR7

“Iwobi is shit, he really is.”

Looks like I’m not the only one who thinks Iwobi is short on quality.

Goona

First game ive watched in full this season, got fed up with wengers drivel….its not much better now. The whole match full of us making piss poor challenges, unforced errors, weak passing puting team mates under unecessary preasure etc… 5/10 and 3 games in 7 days is no excuse, its their bloody job!

Dissenter

The run had to end somewhere so no biggie

DaleDaGooner

we shouldn’t have gotten to giving that penalty away, Lacazette was stupid and it seems Emery got the sub wrong, Laca should have been withdrawn, and Ramsey i’m sorry isn’t needed at all!

Samesong

You cunts do realise we played 3 games in 6 days yeah????

What did you expect today?

Uwot?

Once I knew that jinx c**t Atkinson was in charge,I knew we were f***ked!

Bob N16

Not a terrible point! We need our FBs fit, hope Bellerin ok. Wouldn’t want Lichtsteiner to start against Liverpool!

Joe

13 undefeated.

I’ll take it.

Onward and upwards

Receding Hairline

Well it didn’t end with a defeat.. That’s a positive.

Dissenter

Iwobi was not so good today as was several others
Welbeck and Ramsey didn’t do a dam thing when they came on.

alexanderhenry

Nothing wrong with that at all.
Playing away in Europe during the week and then away in the prem is tough.

karim

Disappointing to drop 2 points after conceding 2 pens but we were never in control so that’s kind of fair.

Well, it was great while it lasted.

Coutinho 1-0

Rambo Ramsey

Dissenter, except nobody is wanking over Ramsey. Your embarassing dramatic “Fvck Xhaka critics, fvck off” was bound to bite you on the bum and you knew it.

HighburyLegend

@Goona, are you a spy from Untold ??

Jay

12 games unbeaten, the run is still on.