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Why this is Aaron Ramsey's season

10/8/2013

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A blog by @DanPinder_

With Arsenal having just finished their pre-season, beating Manchester City 3-1, which could arguably have been Aaron Ramsey’s best game; I’m hoping this blog post explains why I think this could be his season, if you disagree I’m more than happy for you to comment and we can get a little debate going.

Aaron Ramsey was tipped as a future world class player at the age of 19 before his horrific leg break against Stoke in February 2010; he was tipped to replace the magnificent Cesc Fabregas. Since the injury it has been a long and hard recovery progress; especially last season when he got a lot of stick from the Arsenal faithful. No one was sure of what Ramsey’s best position was, some saw him as a defensive midfielder, others saw him as someone who should be pushed further up the pitch just behind the striker. The pre-season has seen him become one of our main assets in the centre of the pitch; more so of a box to box midfielder; Claudio Marchisio like.

In the final game of pre-season against Manchester City in Helsinki, Aaron scored one and assisted one; this game showed how he had greatly improved. He was no longer muscled off the ball; you can tell that he has been working hard over the summer on his upper body strength. Having also improved his stamina it seems like he has been defensively sound; tracking opposing players’ runs and getting back in the box to help out when needed. Ramsey can also put in a strong tackle; but while all the positives defensively; at times when on the ball it still looks like he could be prone to losing the ball, maybe that’s just me, still worrying after his performances last season. Although it is clear you can see his defensive improvements; this doesn’t mean to say that he hasn’t improved offensively. Ramsey’s passing has improved since last season, with a better pass completion rate in the final third; having getting a couple of assists during the pre-season. Although for a midfielder passing and stamina is key; Ramsey is becoming more of a goal scorer, his goal against Manchester City was a nicely weighted ball from Theo Walcott before Ramsey rounded Joe Hart slotting in to an empty net; making good forward runs constantly through pre-season games.

Reading through peoples tweets; it is clear to see that a lot of Arsenal fans agree with me him having a great pre-season, tipping him to be a starter throughout. Some say that he has progressed past Jack Wilshere; to a degree I agree with this. Wilshere hasn’t seemed his old self this pre-season and reminds me of Aaron last season.

7 Comments
YFGooner
10/8/2013 04:44:54 pm

For me his long balls are one his best assets, seems to put the ball on a dime more often than not. With Walcott and ox's speed and Giroud's superiority in the air those long passes will be a huge threat to defenses.

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Dan Pinder
10/8/2013 08:49:19 pm

Agree; something we can really capitalise on this season. Long diagonal balls from midfield, seen this a lot through pre-season. Gives us another option if we can't play the ball through the middle.

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You Are My Gooners
10/8/2013 04:49:44 pm

Think he will be more physical this year. Seems stronger now so less likely to get pushed off the ball., which baby fans saw as his weakest attribute.

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Dan Pinder
10/8/2013 08:53:44 pm

It will be interesting to see how he comes up against the physical teams; in recent seasons this has been one of his downfalls. Looking forward to watching him this season.

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Arsenal
10/8/2013 05:07:31 pm

Umm, a few things.. He always had great stamina and passing range.. The only thing he does which hurts us is change the speed of play.. For example, last season I observed countless times when we were on the break and Ramsey would just slow the play down and the counter-attack ends up being a build up.. So, if he works on that I see a very very genuine box to box midfielder because he tries hard doesn't give up.

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Dan Pinder
10/8/2013 08:52:16 pm

I wouldn't say he's always had great passing; certainly one of the better passers in the team though. With his improvement in long balls it now gives us that extra option if we can't play it short. I agree with what you said about him been a better box-to-box if he doesn't slow play down as much. Certainly going to be one of our key performers this season if he can keep it up.

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sensation4you link
25/10/2013 02:36:00 pm

Thanks to your blog, I'm gonna create one now too, thank you.

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