Aaron Ramsey

I wouldn't pay much attention to his performance against England. Ramsey shined because he was given the time on the ball by an average midfield. Even then, I don't remember him doing anything remarkably good.

A true marker of his talent would be a good performance up against real disciplined midfielders or midfielders constantly hounding him. He faced neither against England at Wembley but in the reverse fixture in Cardiff, Ramsey was anonymous up against the midfield of Wilshere and Parker. He didn't do so well up against Udinese and Liverpool either - borh of whom have those sort of midfielders.

I believe this to be Ramsey's biggest issue at the moment: his decsion making on the ball is a bit sluggish. Someone mentioned that he's hogging the ball a bit. In my opinion that's because he's not entirely sure what to do with it. Notice that in the England/Wales game the tempo was notably slow, which aided decsion making.

For me, the best midfielders are the ones who can make the right decision under high pressure, which is why Cesc was so ridiculously good and why I believe Wilshere is currently a surperior player to Ramsey.

It's not a lost cause for Ramsey. It's impossible for a player to be out for such a long amount of time and not be impacted by it negatively. Right now I think he'll benefit from playing alongside an experienced player that's not past it. With the pressure off lightly he can grow in confidence and improve.

Here is an interesting article, which directly relates to Ramsey. And because the rumour thread was done and dusted, I didnt know where else to put this. Check it out, Its food for thought.
ps: Montolivo will be 27 when we get him for FREE in January. Do you think wenger will consider him, or do you think adding another play maker is an overkill because we already have 2 players for that position?

Arsenal target Italian international on a free transfer
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The transfer window may be closed now until in reopens in January but that will not stop Arsenal being linked with new players either to buy in January or next summer.

Reports are already suggesting that Arsenal are targeting Fiorentina midfielder Riccardo Montolivo. Montolivo is a holding midfielder who is already an Italian international.

Aged 26, Montolivo is in the final year of his contract with Fiorentina and if he does not sign a new contract, he will be available on a free transfer next summer.