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Ramsey was one young player who many Arsenal fans would have expected to step up this season with the key players departing and Wilshere injured. However his form has been indifferent which is understandable considering he is still only 21.Some Arsenal fans have already written off  Ramsey on the basis of  his recent performances which i think is really harsh. He had a pretty decent start to the season but struggled to maintain that form. The biggest criticism of his game was his  inability to finish off chances. Also he would often try to overplay by trying some back heels and fancy flicks when

Thomas Vermaelen made errors that cost us the game in the end and when our offensive game is suffering then it can only lead to defeat. Vermaelen dived in at Adel Taarabt and the Moroccan skipped past him and curled past Szczesny for his first Premier League goal of the season. It is ok to dive in when you have Koscielny on the cover behind but when you are

The left attacker is the only position in which I have to guess Arsene's selection. Against Everton at Goodison park, Arsene chose Aaron Ramsey to add that extra bite, that extra body in the middle of the pitch to win the midfield battle. Against Aston Villa at home, Arsene played two natural wide attackers as I am sure he was confident enough of dominating the ball. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is another option but I am guessing that it will be between the former options. Gervinho put in a superb defensive performance against Aston Villa

Alex Song has been providing passes like his former captain ever since Cesc jumped ship. I recently asked the question as to whether Alex Song could contribute more to the team further forward and the general consensuses was that he would be or in fact is more effective from a deeper position and that may well be the case. Song has more time and space to pick

From his words, one deduces that the press has not been consistently applied due to potential fatigue and/or lack of personnel. For the rest of the season, these factors should not be an issue. Everyone bar Per Mertesacker and Emmanuel Frimpong is expected to return from injury, and following the win against Villa our remaining eight games span a period of 50 days. On average that is a game every six days, which should be plenty of time for the lads to rest, recuperate and refuel. And if it isn’t, then Arsene can be more confident in

We have seen what happens when it goes the other way, Mathieu Flamini was deemed as surplus to requirements before his one super charged season where he found his best form. That is the margin the manager has to play with. A player close to joining Birmingham City and not being able to force his way into the team to a player who dominates AC Milan at the San Siro. We could have offered Flamini a large pay rise before he got to the last season of his existing contract and he could

Fast forward to Anfield against midtable Liverpool, we certainly got the rub of the green thanks to the woodwork being on our side for a pleasant change but I distinctly remember two wonderful blocks and last ditch challenges from both Bacary Sagna and Kieran Gibbs. We won that game at the death. With Vermaelen at left back and Johan Djourou at right back we would have lost that game, even with the woodwork saving us on the day, Liverpool would have found another way past us

I remember first paying attention to Alex Song's delivery when he chipped over a pass to Eduardo to score that back healed volley but it has become a little more than a holding player contributing a few assists for his team. It is almost becoming the strongest part of his game and I wonder if that side of his game should be utilised more than it already is. Currently the midfield rotates and they all take turns in supporting the attacking trio but given how we press further forward I wonder how Alex would fair spending more time in what is

As Chelsea and Tottenham go head to head we really need to take advantage of this home fixture and take all three points. We have all had a chuckle at the demise of our bragging neighbours in recent weeks but they have been running up hill for the most part, having to deal with some difficult fixtures including today but it all changes for them for the 9 game stretch.

We started the game superbly and our speed of passing was a joy. Everton did not know how to handle us for the first 15 minutes. As is often the case we were wasteful with our finishing and really should have buried Everton before and after Vermaelen had headed in van Persie's corner.  It wasn't the first time that Everton were undone by that combination. It was during Thomas Vermaelen's league debut when van Persie curled in a free kick to the back post and Vermaelen leapt high and powered in his first Arsenal goal in our 6-1 victory.