Ramires

[yuvala 2,167]

Don't think the issue was him being played on the right in the second half, it's just that his pace and directness which are crucial parts of his game are useless vs teams that get 10 players behind the ball.

true that

[The Mak 4,459]

Dire tonight, but Ramires is the player who gives his absolute all and an extra 20% on top. You can't be mad at him for that.

Pity it was an extra 20% of shit though.

[kellzfresh 7,226]

Cahill is technically better than ramires our central creative midfielder.

Says it all really

[DoubleO 192]

Was so disappointing yesterday. Bad choices, bad shots, bad tackling...

[Parky 739]

I believe Ramiers should become a squad player next season, doesn't have the quality for a XI place in quality wining team. He will never start in a team like Bayern, Barca or Real. Don't get me wrong his a good player and his versatility and stamina will perfectly suit him as a good squad/rotation type player.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Dire tonight, but Ramires is the player who gives his absolute all and an extra 20% on top. You can't be mad at him for that.

Terry gives his all. Hazard gives his all. Lamps gives his all. Willian gives his all.

Just because Ramires defining virtue is his ability to run all day doesn't mean you can't be mad at hime for his more often that not shit technique. Take a few 8 year olds off their Ritalin and they'd run all day, but it doesn't mean they should play in midfield for us.

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

Ahh so one bad game and people start targeting him. These same critics will sing his name when he puts in a good performance for us next week.

I understand that he had a bad game but that does not mean he should be told that he is not good enough or he should be a squad player next season. The overreaction is simply just shocking .

[The only place to be 11,313]

Ahh so one bad game and people start targeting him. These same critics will sing his name when he puts in a good performance for us next week.

I understand that he had a bad game but that does not mean he should be told that he is not good enough or he should be a squad player next season. The overreaction is simply just shocking .

Actually he had an absolute shocker away to Man City last season so I'm not sure how confident I'd be about him playing well. The guy is a machine physically. He'll run all day but to say his touch can be inconsistent is an understatement. He can hit the ball superbly at times but even five yard passes with him can be an uncertain thing. Maybe his versatility could lead to him becoming a squad player but I think we need someone a bit more composed alongside Matic.

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

Actually he had an absolute shocker away to Man City last season so I'm not sure how confident I'd be about him playing well. The guy is a machine physically. He'll run all day but to say his touch can be inconsistent is an understatement. He can hit the ball superbly at times but even five yard passes with him can be an uncertain thing. Maybe his versatility could lead to him becoming a squad player but I think we need someone a bit more composed alongside Matic.

We either play him or sell him and then bring in some other player. There is no point keeping him as a squad player because of the number of options we already have.

[The only place to be 11,313]

We either play him or sell him and then bring in some other player. There is no point keeping him as a squad player because of the number of options we already have.

Personally I'd sell Mikel. Rami can fill in a number of positions whereas with Mikel you've got a specialist type of player, whose specialism isn't that far removed from what Matic offers. If we could actually get in a player like Kroos though, a proper playmaker in midfield.....

[Clevemayer 764]

awfull, just awfull yesterday... don't know what I should make out of Rambo...

[Jase 43,479]

Ramires is such an awkward player. Has great energy, stamina, pace and capable of long bursting runs but yet his first touch and passing can at times be so horrendously bad.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

He was so good in the first few months of the season but his form has really dropped off in the past 2 months imo.

[The Mak 4,459]

I love him, but I've always said he's more of an athlete than a footballer. Technically he can be so bad it's not even funny. And I can't remember his last good game, its a while ago now.

To be honest, if Madrid offered £20m+ in the summer I would snap their hands off and buy someone like Gundogan or Kroos.

[kellzfresh 7,226]

He should be careful, because he could seriously lose his place to fernadinho in the worldcup.

He just has to develop his decision making and if he doesn't know how to cross a ball, just whip it on the floor FFS.

[NishC300 1,865]

You know I remember a Chelsea fan on Twitter saying Ramires>Fernandinho a while back.....

You know if we take this whole idea of building a 'Barcelona-esqu' technically brilliant side' plan seriously then Ramires kinda contradicts that.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Ramires is a player suited for games where we're playing on the counter not against parked buses. He's been here for over 3 years now and he's not suddenly going to become the second coming of Riquelme.

It's on the manager to pick the right team.

[robsblubot 3,217]

Ramires is a ball-winning midfield who can do B2B, but he is a defensive player.

In my mind, Ramires should've been enough for the WH match in terms of defense. The problem wasn't him, but that we had too many defensive players in the starting XI.

This happens to be my pet peeve with mourinho's tactics. Others employ more of total football while mourinho is very traditional in defense and attack. This makes his teams a bit less flexible - you have to swap players to make changes.