Part 2 of our Aaron Ramsey series is by @kaltume_b
Throughout History, and especially during Arsene Wenger’s tenure, Arsenal has built a reputation as a club that offers nascent talent a chance to have a shot at the big stage. Amongst the many, there appeared Aaron Ramsey.
At the tender age of 17, the Welshman was seen as one of the most talented British Midfielders. A keen athlete and avid rugby player as a young school boy he eventually chose football as his main passion. Starting at the Caerphilly RFC Youth Development Program, Ramsey then went on to join the youth academy at Cardiff City.
After working his way through the youth ranks he eventually got his first team debut against Hull City in the last game of the 2006/2007 championship season, becoming the youngest ever player to play for Cardiff City at the age of 16years and 124 days. Aaron enjoyed a breakout season in 2007 that saw him make 22 appearances and play in the 2-0 FA Cup final defeat to Portsmouth.
The manager’s detailed promise of how he could help Aaron improve as a player, plus how he had been able to bring up, nurture and give opportunities to other young talented players were words enough to sway the Welsh midfielder to make the move to Arsenal. Ramsey felt that Arsenal wanted him more than the other clubs -yes eat your heart out Fergie-, “they had a plan set out for me and knew how exactly to improve me”.
So began Rambo’s journey in Arsenal and like every journey there are few unexpected twists and turns along the way and his has been no exception.
He started out brightly making his debut for the first team in the Champions League third round qualifying match against FC Twente in August 2008, the league in September providing an assist for Adebayor. Such was the belief and faith in his talent and potential that the manager was willing to give him a chance so early in the start of his Arsenal career.
He was making steady progress that was brought to a shocking untimely halt at the Britannia Stadium in 2010 when a tackle by Stoke City defender Ryan Shawcross left him with a double fracture of the tibia and fibula of his right leg; that began the long journey of recovery that would see him out for about 8 months and see him go out on loan to Nottingham Forest and his old club Cardiff City.
It was during his recovery that Arsene Wenger again showed unwavering belief in Aaron by extending his tenure, signing him to a new long term contract with the club.
Before his ascent to the very top last season Aaron had a flip flop and sometimes torrid time regarding his performances on the pitch. He came into a lot of heavy and unfair criticism from fans, which -in my opinion- was to an extent down to difficulty created by the solid and great season Jack Wilshere was having in the team. Aaron looked a shadow of himself the times he did get his chance to play. His problem wasn’t physical anymore, it was -in my humble opinion- more of a psychological handbrake and he can be forgiven after the trauma he went through. That was the ugly duckling phase for him for surely from 2012/2013 season he was maturing and growing into his own till in 2013/2014 season he blossomed into a swan (yes I know a male swan is called a cob).
The buildup to Aaron having a fantastic 2013/2014 started slowly but steadily from the 2012/2013 season where he made a total 21 starts and scored only once in the league. Looking at this stat one may think that he really didn’t do that much and so many people were disillusioned by his performances especially as Wenger was still picking him game after game. During his campaign he suffer from lapses in concentration in games but the critiques were over the top. People failed to notice that Aaron passes the ball extremely well (87%), makes key tackles, has great interception rates, creates goal scoring opportunities therefore has qualities of a great box to box player. For me personally what I found and still find refreshing about Aaron is his willingness to take shots on goal as sometimes Arsenal are a bit obsessed with creating the perfect walk in goal.
As part of building the club with “British Core” Aaron together with Carl Jenkinson, Jack Wilshere, Kieran Gibbs and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain all signed new long term contracts in December 2012. I think that the new contract further galvanized Rambo and gave him the confidence boost he badly needed. The rest of his season became success and he was like a new player.
Before the start of the 2013/2014 season very few people gave Arsenal a chance as usual the critiques believed our campaign was in ruins before it began with the botched attempt to sign Luiz Suarez from Liverpool and the lack of any top class signing at the time. Ramsey was to re-write the script and provide a championship assault performance for the Gunners.
After a promising pre-season he just flexed his muscles and kept moving through the gears without looking back. The deadline day signing of Mesut Ozil from Real Madrid brought a wave of excitement and optimism that had been lacking for a while, but it was Rambo that would take the spotlight and produce one of his finest performances in an Arsenal shirt.
August to December 2013 saw Aaron provide performances for the highlight reel he became the heartbeat and most influential player for the Gunners providing assists, breaking up play and scoring some memorable goals. He was the darling of the moment everything he did was magic, he was proving the doubters wrong and Gooners all around the globe even the most pessimistic were falling in love all over again with Arsenal’s new talisman.
Once Rambo started scoring he didn’t know how to stop by November he had amassed 13 goals in all competitions overhauling his career 11 goal tally in his previous 4 seasons at the club and it was not even January.
It wasn’t just his goal scoring record that was impressive Aaron was the consummate team player providing assists for his team mates and generally elevating the spirits within the team. His positioning on the field has been one of the key areas that has assisted in his success. This saw him win the Arsenal Player of the month 4 consecutive times and the Barclays player of the month in September. He was without a doubt the best midfielder in the league and he is one of the top young midfielders in Europe. “We bought Ramsey for £5 million and I wouldn’t sell him for £50 million” said Arsene after another fine performance against Cardiff City.
The injury Gods would once again deal a blow to Aaron’s flying form; he would sustain a thigh injury against West Ham that would see him out for over three months. His absence would see the Gunners run take a nose dive that will see the team go from top of the pile to battling for the 4th Champions League place with Everton.
During the 2013/2014 campaign he scored some incredible goals the 25 yard belter against Liverpool, the goals against Norwich, Dortmund, and Stoke but surely the crowning glory has to be the goal in the FA Cup final.
He ensured the team closed out the season with a bang and returned that championship winning feeling that a lot of us fans have forgotten. I missed the opening stages of the FA Cup final and my phone was dead, as soon as I got home and turned on the TV I couldn’t believe we were 2-0 down. I kept praying please don’t bottle this Arsenal, my United supporting brother said “you need some Aaron magic” little did he know how prophetic his words would be. He was not having his best match but he was everywhere on the pitch tackling, passing and yes shooting. He and the team would dig in and claw their way out to emerge victorious in the Wembley sunshine and end the 9 year trophy drought.
Aaron has come a long way from the teenage prodigy to delivering on the promise of being one of the best young midfielders in Europe. He has established himself as a dominant player in the Arsenal team with aggressive offensiveness and consistent defensive qualities. He was written off time and time again by critics and fans but like a phoenix he has risen again even more determined and has proved he can hold his own among the elites of football, not too bad for a boy from a rugby town.
Positively Arsenal 
Ramsey reminds me of Legolas.
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What an excellent post, Aarons absence was the main reason we only won the F.A. cup last season and the other stuttering sides managed to finish above us. He has always reminded me of Brian Robson and hopefully will continue to improve into one of the worlds top midfielders. In a country that constantly overates its home grown stars Aaron is a player who has never received the widespread credit he deserves.
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Aaron has struck me from the outset as a young man dedicated to his craft – and without dedication talent in a young footballer often withers.
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Aaron is a tough nut, and that was shown by more than one Rugby league clubs wanting him. And you know what those boys are like.
I really liked the Post, thank you.
The one item I disagree with is your description of last summer’s major transfer story as a ‘botched’ attempt to buy Suarez.
It was well reported that Henry the Liverpool owner, gleefully announced that there was a £40m buy out clause that he and his board had deliberately chosen to ignore the legal niceties and refused to sell. I do not know how that disgraceful and illegal behaviour could have given rise to Arsenal being accused of ‘botching’ anything.
Sorry.
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Thanks @kaltume_b
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Wonderful post. As a long-standing member of the Ramsey appreciation society, this was a genuine pleasure to read. I look forward to him progressing even further this year. Hopefully with a fitter midfield, he’ll get appropriate rest in some games and stay fresh and fit the whole season.
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Something that hardly ever gets mentioned when speaking about Ramsey is his stamina. He has a very rare combination of finesse and an incredible engine. You will not see too many players about with those two attributes.
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No one runs more than Rambo. Even when he was having difficulties playing as our attacking midfielder the season before Santi came, you could not fault his work rate, energy, determination, and courage. He never hid on the pitch. Now the technical side has caught up again, the touch, dribbling, passing, and shooting. But the biggest development has been mental and emotional: he’s confident, he sees passes and makes intelligent plays. Whether he scores as much as he did last season is immaterial: if he can stay fit, his energy and invention will drive Arsenal forward. He’s an inspiration as a player.
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articles like these make this site so so wonderful.
thanks a lot!
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if ever i did chide a little bit about ramsey’s erratic passing at times, i would always follow it up quickly by saying hes got heart, hes got skill and hes got the attitude..and he will come good. by god what a great player he has turned into.
same goes with chambo gibbs jenkinson too..they will keep improving this lot..this arsenal team will do special things in the near future..i am ever convinced of that.
but please oh please..i want arsenal to win against chelsea at any cost next season 🙂
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The winning goal in the final: makes the challenge that leads to the attack and the goal.
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many years from now, every documentary about arsenal will call that moment as the moment that turned it around for us. that is the moment that led to the zillion trophies that followed 😀
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just listen to the great man speak about aaron at the beginning of the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUc9rKxS450
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Arshavin23, Have you noticed its only you using smiley faces? That’s because we dont
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Bloody good read that.
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Very good job kaltume. Aaron Ramsey will always have a special place in the hearts of those of us who stood “positively” behind the club in the recent hard times because he is a metaphor for the struggles we had to endure. Young talent signed. Early signs of a bright future. Progress interupted, almost destroyed at the hands of the paragons of anti-football. Slow painstaking rebirth nurtured by a mentor who has absolute belief in midst of doubts and betrayal by some supporters. Finally redemption and victory. It is like a fairly tale. Only in this case it is true, It is further confirmation that Ramsey and the club are destined for glory.
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Great article, on my favorite subject. And kudos to Tom for Aaron Part 1 last week. I was late reading that one (stupid time zones) and never got a chance to comment.
Aaron is just a remarkable young man. He must surely have vices, everyone does, but you’d struggle to find them (Vanity, maybe? But, really, can you blame him?) He’s always seemed to me an old head on young shoulders. A rare combination of rule-follower and risk-taker who seems to have mastered the art of balancing the two. Quiet and shy, (called “boring” by some) he comes alive on the pitch, and by all accounts it has always been so. And he is extraordinarily intelligent. Clearly respected by his teammates (at least the ones that bothered to stick around – I’m looking at you Judas Van C**t), I’m not sure you could find a better example of a leader if you special-ordered one. I’d say a wager on him as a future captain or vice-captain would be a pretty safe bet.
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Beautiful history of AARON. clearly one of our best player and most determined with the mentality to improve game in ,game out. Clearly one of our best bets as far as future captain of this great club and squad. This coming campaign he will be salivating as far as passing to a healthy THEO, the hungry ALEXIS and the ever-present OG. our dynamic and ever moving front line will make our technical midfielders very happy with the abundance of targets and passes available. could be the year we truly get back to wengerball football as opposed to seeing it in flashes and spurts.
ARSHAVIN 23
great vid to top it all off.
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Looks like we might see much of ALEXIS from the right forward and central positions next year.
My top goalkeeper for the world cup was kyler NAVAS closely followed by nuers. I really like what I saw from Ochoa and Howard too. Lets hope JACK will be tip top physically and his head in the game and hits the ground running for his club.
We will be a determined and consistent competitors towards all honors. Fearless and deadly opposition for any club in either half of the epl table. could very well be the year we bring back the league title to THE ARSENAL. if TV decides to stay and fight for his place , we are stocked everywhere on that pitch ,with depth, except GK. an experienced seasoned gk content to fill in for WOJO if necessary is what we need and what I want.
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That is an excellent piece, Kaltumi. Keeping faith in Aaron sums up what is so special about Arsene. This is another example of the visionary that is Wenger.
Something is happening. Something is about about to explode. Pedantic George always thought that 2014 would be the year Arsenal turned the corner. I think our grumpy old PG may be right!
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I see the fixtures times and dates have been published by our TV masters. No shortage of us on the box at various times, Palace, Everton, Leicester, Citeh and I see out first home game with a 3pm Saturday kick off is the18th October !
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Shotta @1.33am Post of the year.
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PG @ 9:07 am – Flattery will get you very far George. Honestly though Aaron in some ways reflects the journey some of us as supporters had to endure over the past 8 years. Kelly, our AG, has it right. Unlike Cesc and JVC, who many of us thought would lead us to the promised land but who proved to have “feet of clay”, Aaron seems to have his head properly screwed on and is a leader in the making.
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ramsey is everything we want jack to become. but it seems he’ll rather become a gazza than rambo. what’s wrong with the boy?
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goonerkam, it seems vermaelen has given up all hopes of fighting for his place at arsenal. he must have thought he has no chance of displacing either of mert or kos. it’s really unfortunate because a guy who goes by the name verminator should be a guy who never says never. but if he truly wants to join manure, it must be that he has come to term with the truth that they are well and truly a level below arsenal these days. and the truth is that he is better than anyone in manure defence.
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Great piece. And I agree completely with Shotta.
AW knows more than a thing or two about grooming greatness and all things look fantastic at the moment.
Again I just cannot shed that bit of inhibition that holds back me gloat float.
Doesn’t make me any less thankful that Rambo’s innate common sense made him opt for the red & white instead of the others.
The show goes on folks.
Can’t wait to see what new tricks Skippy (AR16) has up his sleeve.
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George, next post should read:
“Jack thinks he’s made it!”
(Why I loaned out my #10 to Shaktar Donetsk for the season post-Brazil – Wenger)
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hehe aman… i wish we never live to regret saying no to cesc for this little …..
trust in wenger to slap/kick some sense into him…the nice way or the hard way.
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Shotta, you said it all … “Honestly … Aaron in some ways reflects the journey some of us as supporters had to endure over the past 8 years”. And the bit they don’t get, and it irritates me, is Aaron’s journey as a metaphor for the fractures the club suffered by that brittle stud-first cowardice of “end-of-era” defeatism. They simply wrote him off, quite unbelievably, as expendable and “not-good-enough” on the back of learning curve of youth, awful injury and then his epic season struggle to regain top class form; the player now most often regarded as likely to be the best British midfielder of his generation.
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Great scenes in Berlin.
Though I’m sure the German Gunners have realised that their black autobus gliding down the boulevards through the tiergarten does not compare to a red double-decker winding through it’s way through the red and white streets of N.London.
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Top post. If there’s one lad at Arsenal most want to succeed, its Aaron Ramsey. This kid never gives up, even in the face adversity. He’s also one of Arsenal’s most grounded players. He’ll hv a statue one day!!!
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I enjoyed the comments from Carzola and Walcott on Sanchez.
Poor old Wally will have been salivating after the home victory over Sunderland. Who knew that was the about the only time we’d get to see Ozil and Walcott combine last season *wipes a tear*. But now? Oh boy.
SANCHEZ!
Woo Hoo!
I am dancing like the BFG every day in celebration. What an end to the Bale-Ozil-Suarez-Sanchez cycle. An epic saga.
Aaron Ramsey is possibly the most amazing story in football that I have seen, though there’s still a long way to go. Beats Roy of the Rovers hands down! End of an era my Arsenal.
On top of that I haven’t been this amazed by a transfer since Overmars was signed. Pace! Hehe.
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With the likes of Sanchez and eventually Walcott back, Campbell maybe, we’ll see a difference in Ozil in many games. He was almost training for this left sided role he played so well for Germany this season at the Arsenal with so many selfless runs that we saw him make during games at pace opening up the space for others, relieving the pressure, often because he was the only one on the pitch who had the speed to do so. Such a selfless player.
He’s going to spend much more of his time picking out runs made by others this coming season. And also continue to work upon his own finishing, a big part of the carrot that Arsene offered was to help him work on that side of his game in my completely ignorant opinion. That run away against Southampton, they’ll hopefully be more of that kind of magic as well as all the other stuff (once he’s had a bit of a rest I hope!).
I can’t wait.
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I hope not hunter though I would have given anything to see Cesc’s face when Arsene said NO!
More priceless a picture to that of Lil Jack Willy blowing smoke rings by the black jack table.
Jack is beginning to bore me.
Team Arsenal by Puma is a whole ‘nother level to everything he’s known in his career and he is going to have to really step up to dilute the impending naysaying.
I worry about his gray matter
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Fins at 2:14 pm
Do you remember, as recent as last summer, when the good and the great joined the unrepentant anti-Arsene cabal in declaring our manager was senile and incompetent when he passed on Higuain and made that unsuccessful £40M plus one bid for Suarez? The big blogs were in unison with LeGrove in throwing their toys out of the pram. Podcasts, Arsecasts were wet with spickle in righteous indignation. Shambles they declared. The signing of Ozil was grudgingly applauded, discounted in some quarters as a last minute attempt to placate the restive fanbase, Imagine my surprise this morning at reading a mea culpa by gunnerblog at http://tinyurl.com/p4ucxv4.
Better late than never I suppose.
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I think, Fins, that Mesut Ozil will have a fantastic season. AW said, somewhere, that he would soon be player of the year. With Sanchez and Walcott running ahead onto the ball and Giroud as an outlet, there will be a tempo and style that allows his best gifts to come through for even those without the subtlety to appreciate his genius to see!
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Shotta,
To their eternal shame we can lump them alongside one Alan ‘I’m not bitter’ Hansen:
“Four years ago, I said that Theo Walcott did not have a “football brain”, without realising that my comments would be misinterpreted to such an extent*.
Theo is an intelligent boy, very bright, with genuine ability and he has given the best possible response to my remarks by pretty much showing two fingers to what I said.
England may have performed better at this World Cup (there’s no “may” about it!) in Brazil had Theo Walcott been fit and able to play a part, with his cruciate ligament injury** ultimately costing him his place.”
*cue years of the AAA regurgitating this guff. Excessive not normal football crowd howls of derision in the stadium to every poor touch from a young player made by, pardon me, by some gullible idiots. Zombies. Easily fed, and led. Back slapping mob madness. How else can you explain the desire from so many of these football experts to believe that the transfer of a player like Ozil could be conducted on the back of an old envelope in five minutes whilst Arsene was playing volleyball on the beach? Hehe. In case that’s not clear, Operation Sanchez began some time before the World Cup began. “Players interested in signing for us….”.
** following an uncalled foul/stamp…which he tried to run off when he should have ran off the pitch. People might disagree but that is what happened. A good thing that Sanchez and hopefully Campbell and maybe more (!!!!) are coming in to add the numbers.
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LSG
They joy is Ozil can get rest when required with the likes of Cazorla, Rosicky and Wilshere etc. in the squad, though knowing Arsenal’s luck all of them will be out at the same time!
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Poor old Jack (or young Jack, as I should properly say). Coming back from injury for seemingly the nth time and doing really rather well given just about everyone else was injured only to be kicked once too often on International duty which saw him out for crucial weeks with a broken foot (remember he played nearly a whole half with it damaged) and which effectively derailed his chances of a starting spot in the England World Cup starting XI. And now he is in the press again for the wrong reasons with the likes of Ashton only too ready to somehow blame the whole of England’s demise on his shoulders for having the wrong attitude and having a holiday with a few mates.
“Where did it all go wrong, Jack?” is now the cry, although to be honest cavorting in a Vegas pool with a few scantily clads doesn’t seem like a life in ruins to me, although many more sanctimonious than they ought to be are quick to paint the road to dusty death Gazza style for him.
But let’s just pause for a moment and remember that he was never going to make the England starting line-up this time round because he has been taught to play in a way that wins World Cups for Spain and Germany but which doesn’t seem to be the way that those who are so keen to criticise him want England to play. And on that theme if they spent a little longer being incensed about the rotational fouling and licensed thuggery that seems to come his way just about every match he plays and a little less worried about what he gets up to in his leisure time then the future of the England football team might be a little rosier.
Aaron Ramsey is a wonderful player and I am as thrilled as anyone that he is doing so well, but having spent so much time defending him and pointing out his attributes to all those who 18 months ago were going Jack this, Jack that, Jack the future of the world and Captain of Mars I’m going to be seriously fed up if I have to start doing the same thing in reverse and remind everyone who now sees the Welshman as the second coming that Jack can play a bit too.
They are both brilliant.
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Sensible words Tim on young Jack
It does seem to me a great pity that one footballer and with the support of their employers would turn round to the moralising meeja lynch mob when they “reveal’ that a player has had a drink, a cigarette or got his leg over to just “FUCK OFF”.
I could not give a toss if a young man in his early 20s has a beer, a ciggie or a late night when he is on his holidays – why on earth would I ?
Now I could accept if the moralising lynch mob were made up of, say, some fanatical religious sect who had dedicated with unyielding self denial their lives to abjure the devil’s poisons of alcohol, tobacco and casual sex. Fair enough I’d say – I don’t agree but I respect your right to your opinion.
But listening to the journalists who spend their lives pissed up, coked up when they can drag themselves away from tapping the phones of murdered children actually I do not want to hear anything at all, whatsoever, from them about how to behave. Parasitic scum begone.
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Foreverheady. They were both potentially brilliant. Aaron is brilliant but Jack is still in the potential camp.
This is not revisionism on my part, But I have always thought ,and said(and had to defend what was considered a stupid opinion) that Aaron was the better player.
However , I think that the time for us to worry about Jack is still some way off.
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foreverheady
1. english football: archaic, awful, dumb, naive, patriotic
2. arsenal football: modern, beautiful, intelligent, sophisticated, universal
“show me your friends and ill show you who you are”
noone cares what he smokes and which of them girls he shags or if he wears a condom or not….what i do care personally is him to stay the fuck away from the decadence of his country’s football culture and learn from per, mikel, tomaas and the continental or world wide or universal mentalities that already exist in our club and football set up.
its not about talent…he has that in abundance.
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The other mild suggestion might be to stay away from “friends” where your picture committing any minor moral indiscretion will earn the taker a large wedge from the meeja
Anyone would think 20 something German Spanish Argentine etc players were monkish virgins
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Betting on Paddy Power for next season:-
Chelsea – 15/8
Man City – 11/5
Man Utd – 11/2
Arsenal – 13/2
Liverpool – 10/1
Sperz – 50/1
Slightly tighter than last season
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A strong Arsenal side is expected to travel to Meadow Park for Saturday’s pre-season friendly with Boreham Wood.
Arsène Wenger will choose his squad from players who did not participate in the 2014 World Cup. Wojciech Szczesny, Kieran Gibbs, Tomas Rosicky, Mikel Arteta, Aaron Ramsey, Nacho Monreal, Mathieu Flamini, Yaya Sanogo, Abou Diaby and Carl Jenkinson could all feature.
Did you notice a certain Diaby in there?
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You are all deluded. Why would Barca sell Sanchez if he was that good? Wenger is a mug….
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I see Mickey Owen is trying his best to be cuntentious again…. Sad little hasbeen twerp.
While its taken him long enough, but I think there is some kudos to Alan hansen for this;
The meaning of my observation was not as brutal as it may have come across, but nonetheless, I was critical of Walcott’s ability and I am pleased to say that Theo has proved me wrong one million per cent.”
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Ok. Maybe I was tad hard on JW but boy..
I hope he understands that to live & let live in 2014 comes @ a great price.
Partying in private can’t be that hard can it?
Any which way, it is on the pitch that he needs to shut all doubters up.
I hope he does and this time next year we devote many a blog to our world class numer 10’s exploits of the past season.
Its all in his hands.
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Foreverheady at 5.15pm.
Great post. Spot on.
I had the misfortune of watching SSN this mornig and saw a hack (cant remember who) referring to Ashton’s “article” and saying how Wilshere was a disgrace and how him and other young players should follow the leads of gerard and Lampard. (Now, I quite like Fwank as a person, he comes across pretty humble etc, but wasnt he one of those players who were shit faced while the twin towers attack was occurring? And I aint even criticising him for that, just pointing out, he has had some youthful high jinks).
But gerard? A role model? Fuck off! The vile coward who battered some bloke in a bar (with the help of a few friends, obvs) and got his expensive lawyers to get him off.
What about Rooney> Not a peep about that fecker.
Jack is allowed some time off, smoking is not the crime of the century, many other top players have jad a crafty Gitaine in their prime, in Italy, Spain, France.
It’s simply the sad predictable british media, who for years built jack up, just so they could do this to him.
he shouldn’t be that arsed and nor should AW. The most important thing for him, is to get a good pre-season and hopefully have better luck with injuries next season.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll0-Cy8vmOY
Classic plunditry at the start!
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