Arsenal vs Everton: Aaron Ramsey is the catalyst of change

There are still poor, misguided souls out there that don’t rate Aaron Ramsey, but watch how different Arsenal looks against Everton compared to Watford.

Arsenal supporters are a bit nervy going into Goodison Park, because it just feels like Everton are a ticking time bomb waiting to erupt. And given our luck, why wouldn’t that change come against the Gunners?

It’s scary to think about, especially when considering the shoddy form that we saw against Watford, but there is one key ingredient that we didn’t have against Watford that we will have against Everton. And no, I’m not going to say cojones.

The missing ingredient is Aaron Ramsey. People moan and groan about Santi Cazorla being the missing piece, but just wait and see how much of a different the Welshman makes and how much more viable the attack looks.

That was a huge problem against Watford. Other than the last half-hour mental breakdown, the club could barely muster any threatening attacks and that was down to personnel. The midfield was clogged up with two deep-lying midfielders who would rather slow things down then push forward and in front of them we had two forwards.

In between was Alex Iwobi, who anointed himself the missing pivot, but that wasn’t enough to drive the attack.

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Ramsey, as the hinge between attack and defense, as well as being such a vital weapon for his late runs, changes all of that. His presence allows the front three to stay as the front three and he becomes the wildcard fourth, forcing defenders to account for him at all times, even when he isn’t in the area.

And, if they don’t, well that’s when his late runs will sneak up and get you.

There are still unbelievers out there who think that Ramsey isn’t good enough to be on this team. We will call them Piers Morgan disciples. But it will be impossible to ignore how big of an impact he has been this season when we compare and contrast Watford with Everton.

Of course, Alexis Sanchez will be back too, and that certainly doesn’t hurt the situation. Especially seeing as how these two are starting to turn their feud into a sort of internal competition, which helps everyone.

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Until Jack Wilshere is allowed to reclaim his spot in the starting XI, Ramsey is going to have to do. thankfully, he will absolutely do, as he has done for quite sometime now.

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