While Mesut Ozil has rightly drawn plaudits in the last few weeks for the quality of his performances, Aaron Ramsey has quietly continued his good form this season.
The Welsh international has three goals and six assists to his name so far this campaign, creating two goals in the recent 5-0 win over Huddersfield.
The 26 year old’s energy and workrate have become increasingly important in midfield, but the fact he’s contributing so regularly to goals is a positive.
Staying fit has been a big part of that, and club captain Per Mertesacker believes Ramsey is almost back to his best.
“Aaron Ramsey made two of our goals against Huddersfield,” he said. “He’s fully fit and he makes a huge physical contribution to our play, which everyone knows he’s capable of.
“When Aaron’s fit, he’s magnificent. He’s been efficient lately and is really coming back to his best.
“Aaron’s contributions in the final third were impressive but in the final half hour, I thought that was replicated by the whole team. That’s what we’re capable of, and that’s what we want to see more of.”
The Gunners face a stiffer test today when they host Man Utd, and another good Ramsey performance would be very welcome against a team which are strong in midfield.
On his day he is one of our best players, no doubt.
Seems xhaka is getting used to his role when beside Ramsey, however, i do worry that with the right tactics they could be very exploitable.
Sanchez up front with welbeck in behind please ?
Let’s crush moaninho and the rest of the scum COYG
We must be watching the wrong player, I still see a player who is ill disciplined, misses chances, keeps the ball too long, and someone who isn’t good enough for Arsenal
The Welsh Jesus rises again…
Time for Rambo to draw first blood.
Not overly related to the article but I wanted to comment on Phillipe Auclair’s comments on the podcast about the “Wenger out” brigade becoming quickly silent. Unfortunately, in times of perceived prosperity, there is simply no point in expressing ourselves. I’ve been called poisonous, a fake fan and toxic in the past few weeks alone and of course that hurts given my love for the club and everyone associated with Arsenal. I would never dream of posting a comment or a tweet that was personally derogatory, as many chose to so when they respond to me, and it’s a shame… Read more »
I think now is the perfect time to get behind the club and the boss. The comedy value of the “outbrigade” is that you don’t realise that no one at Arsenal is listening to you, and most the fans are bored of the same old rhetoric. It’s only fuelled by sp*rs fans laughing at how disjointed we are as a fan base. The truth is a very small handful of managers in the world have experienced success at the levels of AW, and its short sighted to just shout Wenger out every 5 minutes. It appears that the club are… Read more »
It is quite offensive to call for someone’s head who is showing they may not deserve it. I think the whole club knows wengers tenure is coming to an end soon, getting rid of him prematurely without the club being stable would be disastrous. We are indeed in a results based business and people want instant success but booting wenger wouldn’t guarantee those, in fact it has more chance of de-stabilising the club… We aren’t West ham fighting relegation so we get an expert relaxation fighting manager in, we are arsenal and only the best should be good enough for… Read more »
Perceived prosperity? Spell of Wenger? Great spin. If u wish to continue complaining, do so and suck it up when you get shouted down while we win. Us on the other side who don’t berate the manager or players (Ramsey comes to mind) have our fair share of abuse when we lose. There is no reason for you to keep quiet..personal attacks are done in a very sly way at times and you sound like you’ve mastered it. Lets hope we do well tonight…and if not, you’ll at the very least get to tell us lot who are easily put… Read more »
Personally, I’m happy to see Wenger serve out his contract, but I see the position you’re in and appreciate the sentiment. I can live with disagreement, but the potential for abuse often makes me hesitate before participating in discussions. That being said I dare anyone to challenge my desperate hope for a despondent Mourinho come this evening.
Good honest comment. We’re all entitled to our opinions and that is without fear of abuse. I’m a huge admirer of Wenger and its good to see the players fighting for him and the club at least in the very recent matches. I personally believe he should have left several times already but I can tolerate and support him seeing out his contract so long as the club is acting in a way that sets us up for success in the long term and that there is a plan to transition in place I.e. the recent appointments etc. There are… Read more »
always been a BIG fan of ramsey, top TOP player
Come on Aaron, make Mourinho sad for us.
please rambo,channel your fa cup final self today! fingers firmly crossed.
He certainly has been on better form recently, but he’s still misplacing too many passes and missing too many scoring opportunities.
It’s great that he’s making the ‘assist’ passes and that he gets into the scoring positions but a bit of scoring confidence and he’d be our top scorer by now. Fingers crossed that today’s the day and he scores 3.
Sometimes, before you get your goals,u missed a lot but u nid to kip trying. There are always people will keep u down like Andy Mack, but Rambo, we are behind u..
I’m not trying to ‘keep him down’ at all. Just pointing out that he’s playing well but hasn’t hit anywhere near the form which gave him the ‘Welsh Jesus’ title.
He’s missing his shots less often than Alexis but Alexis has been off form for quite a long time (18 months or so), however they are similar in that they put in the effort even when they aren’t on form.
Wales are not in the WC. Definitely we will see a more committed Ramsey this season. That means he will go into all duels without hesitation.
I don’t want to jinx it but usually, when Ramsey finally hit peak form, he gets injured. Let’s cross our fingers he won’t
what is with the “not wanting to but will do it the f*** anyway”!!!!
I hope “magnificent” Ramsey will remember there is another guy in the midield called Xhaka who needs his help to cover the defense against United…
Exactly. There is 2/3rd of the pitch remaining that he needs to concentrate on as well. If he does that he’s among the best in the world.
he,s been our best player over the last few seasons, great, GREAT PLAYER
Come on arron+!!!!!
Rambo is going to draw the first blood against the Red Devils. 2-1 to the Arsenal.