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Post by newaddingtonwelsh on Mar 7, 2012 19:04:16 GMT
Rupert Murdoch
And his son James Murdoch
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Post by llannerch on Mar 8, 2012 13:18:36 GMT
Any takers for Mark Guterman, Alex Hamilton and Tony Petty?
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Post by stu on Mar 8, 2012 21:44:04 GMT
Another odd coincidence. Ramsey injured and Arsenal pull off some of the best results of the season. Doesn't bode well for him getting back in the first XI.
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Post by flynnfan on Mar 8, 2012 21:51:37 GMT
Another odd coincidence. Ramsey injured and Arsenal pull off some of the best results of the season. Doesn't bode well for him getting back in the first XI. they beat Chelsea 5-3 and got through the champions league group stage comfortably with Ramsey IN the team... |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2012 12:44:04 GMT
Another odd coincidence. Ramsey injured and Arsenal pull off some of the best results of the season. Doesn't bode well for him getting back in the first XI. they beat Chelsea 5-3 and got through the champions league group stage comfortably with Ramsey IN the team... Agreed on what the two of you said! But it is hell of a shout from Stu. Rosicky is currently in form, Song is still the anchorman of the side, Oxelade Chamberlain gave Wenger a timely reminder he has to played the other night against Milan and Walcott, ermmm, I'm still not sure how Wenger persists with him, and course you still got Arteta, Benayoun available and soon enough, the returning. Jack Wilshire. Can he push his way again? Soon see! |
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Post by ontheroadagain on Mar 12, 2012 20:12:27 GMT
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Post by richieagfc on Mar 13, 2012 17:46:12 GMT
On for 15 minutes at the end in place of Rosicky, he probably won't play if Rosicky in Team as they play in the same position and Rosicky superb last night, a bit of bench warming duty ahead, although he looked a stale before his injury so could probably do with a bit of a break (wrong choice of words there! :  |
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Post by Tim P on Mar 21, 2012 21:27:10 GMT
Back in the starting lineup and winning away at Everton.
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Post by flynnfan on Mar 24, 2012 21:04:49 GMT
There seem to be so many thick Arsenal fans scapegoating Rambo. These people forget that last season with Barcelona's Cesc Fabregas, Manchester City's Samir Nasri and their own cockerny boy wonder Jack Wilshere in the team and Ramsey missing for most of the season, Arsenal didn't win anything, were knocked out of the Champions league in the knockout stages by a European giant and finished 4th in the league. This season, without Barcelona's Cesc Fabregas, Manchester City's Samir Nasri and their own injured cockerny boy wonder Jack Wilshere and Ramsey in the team most of the time, Arsenal won't win anything, were knocked out of the CL by a European giant in the knockout stages and are currently 3rd in the league...
...just saying.
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Post by tintedaudio on Apr 1, 2012 10:53:38 GMT
Anyone else a little worried by Ramsey's club form? I know he usually performs well for Wales, but a lot of Arsenal fans seem to be losing patience with him. I'm worried his starts for Arsenal are gonna become rarer as he doesn't seem to be finding any kind of consistency at the moment. I have no doubt the guy is a great talent, but I don't think he has been performing to his full potential for the last few months
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Post by abwales on Apr 1, 2012 11:42:47 GMT
I hate to be so negative, but he's been terrible since the injury. He's not even a shade of the player he was or was going to become. Hopefully he can turn it all around, he's not got long left to do so in my opinion before a mid-table club comes in for him and Wenger sells.
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Post by Tim P on Apr 1, 2012 12:09:57 GMT
I hate to be so negative, but he's been terrible since the injury. He's not even a shade of the player he was or was going to become. Hopefully he can turn it all around, he's not got long left to do so in my opinion before a mid-table club comes in for him and Wenger sells. But Wenger consistently picks him when he is fit. Arsenal are third - the highest possible place they can be, realistically. |
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Post by flynnfan on Apr 1, 2012 12:15:14 GMT
I hate to be so negative, but he's been terrible since the injury. He's not even a shade of the player he was or was going to become. Hopefully he can turn it all around, he's not got long left to do so in my opinion before a mid-table club comes in for him and Wenger sells. But Wenger consistently picks him when he is fit. Arsenal are third - the highest possible place they can be, realistically. Yes, and as I pointed out before they are higher in the table now than they finished last season. And that was with Fabregas, Nasri and Wilshere available. How many 21 year old (or younger)players are playing regularly in central midfiled for elite clubs anywhere in Europe? (and by that I mean team who do well in the champions league) I mean, people keep going on about Hazard and Gotze, but Lille and Dortmund have done fuck all in Europe. Ramsey helped Arsenal get through to the last 16 fairly comfortably. |
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Post by Baxter Cymru on Apr 1, 2012 13:42:37 GMT
I hate the lil chavvy rat Wilshire but Ramsey misses his energy next to him, which allows Ramsey more time and space on the ball,
You often see Ramsey track all they way back covering Songs runs forward ect and by the time arsenal get forward Rambo looks knackered, i would say he is being over played if anything and the loss of Speed has clearly affected him, just my opinion on the matter!
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Post by flynnfan on Apr 1, 2012 18:45:35 GMT
As big a fan of Ramsey as I am, I also think he's been slightly overplayed by Wenger this season. I was surprised he was in the starting line up for the QPR game.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2012 0:26:22 GMT
A player of his class doesn't lose it all like that, he's still young and had a very tough season, (back from injury,unexpected death of speedo) - wilshere injured, fabregas and nasri gone...any player would struggle under those circumstances, Ramsey will be back too his natural brilliant self next season i reckon :-) he showed he's still got it with his fantastic display against england away! he's been great in quite a few Arsenal games too, he's just going through a bad spell at the moment, he'll be back no doubt! |
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Post by idiot on Apr 2, 2012 10:44:21 GMT
despite being 3rd he's playing in a pretty poor arsenal side at the moment,some good individuals including ramsay but by arsenal standards,its a pretty weak side
hes struggling for confidence more than anything else,he's a young lad and like most young players his form blows hot and cold
how many times have we read on here that ramsays better than wilshire and now it seems we're saying ramsay needs wilshire to return asap??
how long are we going to use his leg break as an excuse for poor form??that injury has long healed..but has it psychologically?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2012 10:50:11 GMT
despite being 3rd he's playing in a pretty poor arsenal side at the moment,some good individuals including ramsay but by arsenal standards,its a pretty weak side hes struggling for confidence more than anything else,he's a young lad and like most young players his form blows hot and cold how many times have we read on here that ramsays better than wilshire and now it seems we're saying ramsay needs wilshire to return asap?? how long are we going to use his leg break as an excuse for poor form??that injury has long healed..but has it psychologically? Agreed with all that. |
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Post by flynnfan on Apr 2, 2012 16:13:47 GMT
It must be considered, though, that this has been an incredibly difficult campaign for the young Wales captain. This season should be given to Ramsey as a mulligan, but next year there needs to be considerable improvement. www.football365.com/faves/7646142/Winners-Losers-------- I'd say the best thing for him would be to give the olympic bollocks a miss, rest up this summer and go at next season with renewed vigour. And I hope Wenger gives him that advice too. |
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Post by abwales on Apr 2, 2012 22:20:57 GMT
How is Ramsey missing Wilshere?! The season Ramsey started playing regularly for Arsenal Wilshere wasn't there, and Wilshere started playing for Arsenal when Ramsey was injured. They barely played with each other, and if you mean he's missing his quality next to him, I don't think that's a good enough excuse for how terrible he's been and we all know Wilshere is massively overrated... and don't get me started on the Gary Speed death effecting him, I don't think he was that close to him lol!!
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Post by Baxter Cymru on Apr 2, 2012 23:37:57 GMT
Last season Ramsey was impressive he had wilshire next to him!!!
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Post by morg on Apr 3, 2012 8:40:17 GMT
Too early to tell. He's had it really tough this seaon and as James Olley in the Standard said the other day, Ramsey's now looking jaded after a very good start to the season. He also had a long list of Arsenal players who were likely to be moved on in the summer and Ramsey wasn't even mentioned in passing. Coming back from such an horrific injury he could have done with an experienced and settled midfield around him but he's not had that. Wilshere had Fabregas and Nasri with him last season and Fabregas whilst he was developing had the likes of Viera etc. As someone said earlier his performance against England at Wembley showed what he is still capable of and will be again when he's not being over played and in a settled team.
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Post by llannerch on Apr 3, 2012 11:19:51 GMT
Will we be referring to his injury when he's 29? We need to move on
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Post by abwales on Apr 3, 2012 21:32:21 GMT
We don't need to move on at all llannerch. We're grieving, we've lost a Worldy of a player.
Yes Baxter, I agree very slightly, he's playing in a worse team this season than he was for the last month of last season which maybe has effected his performance, but great players shine in average teams, and he hasn't, he's been one of the worst in an average team.
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Post by flynnfan on Apr 3, 2012 21:50:28 GMT
We don't need to move on at all llannerch. We're grieving, we've lost a Worldy of a player. ------------------ How have we 'lost' him? When was the last time we had a central midfielder who was a regular player for a consistantly top 4 team in the EPL? When was the last time we had a central midfielder with a 1 in 4 scoring record at international level? When was the last time we had a central midfielder who could play like this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mXRX9yXrwI |
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Post by Baxter Cymru on Apr 3, 2012 22:58:33 GMT
Quality player he wll be back!
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Post by abwales on Apr 4, 2012 13:14:45 GMT
Flynn he's no longer a World class player, so yes we have lost one. I don't care about all the top 4 regular crap, if you look at his individual performances, he's been poor. He scored 4 times in 12 starts in 09/10 when he was 19/20. He's scored 3 times this season in 31 starts at the age of 21/22. The injury has mucked him up massively. I've seen glimpses of his old self in the England game, the end of last season, and the very beginning of this season, but I haven't seen much of the player he was, hopefully he improves next season.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2012 13:29:54 GMT
Flynn he's no longer a World class player, so yes we have lost one. I don't care about all the top 4 regular crap, if you look at his individual performances, he's been poor. He scored 4 times in 12 starts in 09/10 when he was 19/20. He's scored 3 times this season in 31 starts at the age of 21/22. The injury has mucked him up massively. I've seen glimpses of his old self in the England game, the end of last season, and the very beginning of this season, but I haven't seen much of the player he was, hopefully he improves next season. Agreed! |
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Post by tintedaudio on Apr 4, 2012 18:16:38 GMT
Flynn he's no longer a World class player, so yes we have lost one. I don't care about all the top 4 regular crap, if you look at his individual performances, he's been poor. He scored 4 times in 12 starts in 09/10 when he was 19/20. He's scored 3 times this season in 31 starts at the age of 21/22. The injury has mucked him up massively. I've seen glimpses of his old self in the England game, the end of last season, and the very beginning of this season, but I haven't seen much of the player he was, hopefully he improves next season. I have to reluctantly agree. I have to go on what i've seen performance-wise and he just hasn't been good enough. Arsenal are only 3rd because Tottenham did a "Tottenham" and through it all away as usual, and Chelsea and Liverpool have been plain awful all season. In truth, Arsenal fans have called for Wengers head at least twice this season, their propbably suprised to be so high up in the league. I just hope it was a unusally difficult season for Ramsey, and that he comes back stronger next term. |
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Post by flynnfan on Apr 5, 2012 19:02:56 GMT
Ramsey is playing Cesc-y football
With the advent of Sir Alex Ferguson's 25th anniversary came the inevitable question of succession. Who will it be? José Mourinho? David Moyes? Martin O'Neill? Whoever it is, he faces an unenviable task. The Arsenal manager, Arsène Wenger, faced a similar crisis this summer. With the departure of Cesc Fábregas and Jack Wilshere's injury problems, who would take the Catalan's place at the heart of the Gunners midfield? Who could provide that late surge into the box? Who could slice open the meanest of defences? Mikel Arteta was brought in on deadline day but at 29 and arguably a few seasons past his best, he is a short-term solution. The real heir is Aaron Ramsey.
Ramsey is, understandably, keen to avoid comparisons with Fábregas. "Cesc is a different player. He was a great player for this club but hopefully I can bring my own style to this team and create opportunities to score goals and get on the scoresheet myself. That's what I am aiming to do." Of course, if Ramsey really wanted to stop these comparisons, he would not play like he did on Saturday against West Brom. As well as getting forward and trying to score, his passing was crisp, clean and precise – he had a whopping 93% completion rate and his defence-splitting pass to Theo Walcott effected his side's first goal.
It was a mature performance from a player who has not let the horrendous injury suffered against Stoke last year halt his impressive rise. Plaudits for the game will no doubt concentrate on the performance on Robin van Persie but, if Ramsey continues in this form, Arsenal will no longer be known as a one horse town. IMc
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Let’s start with Aaron. I can’t be the only one who has been worried about him recently. A couple of less than commanding performances for Wales, coupled with difficulties at Arsenal even led me to doubt my conviction that he would be Wales’ totem for the next decade. He erased any concerns tonight with the best midfield performance from an international Welsh player in a competitive fixture in my living memory. During that second half he conducted the Welsh attacking play like a young Stoichkov, ably supported by the athletic genius that is Gareth Bale.
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A couple of reviews of Ramsey performances from this season.
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