Very, very good from Ramsey today was a disciplined performance and this is how he should play.
Pick the moments to time his great runs without leaving the defence pissing in the wind, it’s such a simple concept but just not something that we see enough from our CM’s.
That was a great performance today and the kind we were seeing more regularly back in 2012-2014. If he does that more often he really can be considered a quality central midfielder. Even playing in a more disciplined fashion than he often does he’ll still get goals and catch the eye, due to the quality of the timing of his runs.
I think it’s why people, myself included, get so frustrated with him. He absolutely has the qualities to be one of the league’s best, he showed that for a season and a half back in the aforementioned period.
He’s a midfielder who’s only specialist trait is getting himself into the box. Every other part of his game is unspectacular. If his game shouldn’t be judged by his ability to finish chances he’s given, then why on earth is his game focused around getting into attacking positions whenever he can? To dummy and backheel?
In that year he was playing at least 8/10 in damn near every game.
Unfortunately don’t think we’ll see that scoring form from him ever again, which sucks because he’s capable of making multiple great runs every game but just can’t consistently put the chances away.
One of the reasons Dele Alli scores so much is because he not only makes the great runs but finishes them off, conversely Ramsey misses for fun.