The Aaron Ramsey Thread!

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Player Valuation: £100m
Im going to bang the drum for this lad as if he were Joey Barton! Seriously i really hope the reprts linking this lad with us become true, i ahve a feeling if we dont get him we will be missing out on a future superstar! any time i have seen him he has ben the best player on the pitch and he still only 17! I would have no hesitation paying up to 6 mill for him!

Read this Great Dane posted it in another thread for those to lazy hes ace!

Scouting report: Aaron Ramsey, Cardiff City

Sometimes youngsters with big reputations don't come up to scratch, but this isn't the case with Aaron Ramsey

Steve Claridge


May 6, 2008 2:11 AM

There are few teenage players in the country who come as highly rated as Aaron Ramsey. I've heard the stories of Sir Alex Ferguson asking about his progress; of the leading lights of the Premier League tracking him and tabling bids which start at seven figures. Sometimes young lads with big reputations don't always come up to scratch. With Ramsey, though, that is emphatically not the case.

I watched him in Cardiff's game at Wolves two weeks ago, having tried to scout him previously only to find that he didn't feature. It was well worth the effort and the wait. In fact, having seen him, even in a 3-0 defeat in which he played slightly out of position and was substituted after an hour, I would drive the length of the country to see him again.

The thing that leaps out at you from his game is his appreciation of a pass. It was second to none. When a team-mate received the ball from him, the pass almost told him where his opponent was. It had all the information on it that you would need and it was, invariably, the right ball.

His retention of possession was very good - I could not remember him giving the ball away - but we are not talking here about a player who merely chose the easy option. He was equally adept at simple five-yard passes and marvellously weighted 60-yard diagonals in behind the Wolves centre-halves, which led to scoring opportunities. He works opponents with the ball, creating little angles with his left or right foot and his quality always shone through.

He has a sixth sense telling him where his opponents are. This was reflected in his first touch and the placement of his body, which meant that even when opponents doubled up on him, he managed to escape unscathed from tight areas.

He isn't blindingly quick, nor does he have fantastic body strength but Ramsey has compensated for these shortcomings with non-stop movement. He refused to stand and admire anything he had done and, instead, was constantly alive to the next phase or the next option he could give to a team-mate.

Central midfield is his position, although against Wolves, he played on the right of a five. Such was his desire to get on the ball and make Cardiff play that he drifted inside and there were many occasions when the esteem in which his team-mates hold him was apparent. They were happy to pass the ball up to him, even when he was marked, because they knew that they were giving it to a better player.

He had no problems defensively - he chased and was not afraid to put his foot or head in where it hurt - but I prefer to concentrate on what he can do with the ball. There is an easy rhythm to his game and an awareness of how to hurt opponents with passes. There is no doubt that Ramsey has a big future and I hope that a global audience for the FA Cup final on Saturday week will have the same privilege of watching him that I did.

Age 17
Born Caerphilly
Position Midfield
Height 5ft 10in
Weight 10st 7lb
From Trainee
Pace 8/10
Passing 10/10
Tackling 8/10
Crossing 9/10
Team responsibility 8/10
Value £2m
 

If Fergie is sniffing round him we wont have much hope of getting him.which is a shame as he looks like a player we could use.
 
You just never know if these lower league players can make the step up? Iv not seen much of him, but if the gaffer go's for him. Their must be somthing their.
 
If Fergie is sniffing round him we wont have much hope of getting him.which is a shame as he looks like a player we could use.

To be honest mate i think if Fergie wanted him he would have signed him long before now, Utd tend to do their shopping from the lower leauges when they are 14-15, cant remeber the last time they signed an outfeild player from the lower leauges. That would leave us and the [Poor language removed] as a viable option for a young lad to be close to home. I think theres a strong chance he would come here.
 

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Senior Benitez has tabled a 3 million pound bid for him and promised him 10 first team appearances in his first season. Like previously mentioned Man U, Liverpool and Chelski sniffing about. Plus he has links to family in Liverpool who are reds. So! Guess what'll happen?
 
Senior Benitez has tabled a 3 million pound bid for him and promised him 10 first team appearances in his first season. Like previously mentioned Man U, Liverpool and Chelski sniffing about. Plus he has links to family in Liverpool who are reds. So! Guess what'll happen?

Any source for this :mellow:
 
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Im going to bang the drum for this lad as if he were Joey Barton! Seriously i really hope the reprts linking this lad with us become true, i ahve a feeling if we dont get him we will be missing out on a future superstar! any time i have seen him he has ben the best player on the pitch and he still only 17! I would have no hesitation paying up to 6 mill for him!

Read this Great Dane posted it in another thread for those to lazy hes ace!

Scouting report: Aaron Ramsey, Cardiff City

Sometimes youngsters with big reputations don't come up to scratch, but this isn't the case with Aaron Ramsey

Steve Claridge


May 6, 2008 2:11 AM

There are few teenage players in the country who come as highly rated as Aaron Ramsey. I've heard the stories of Sir Alex Ferguson asking about his progress; of the leading lights of the Premier League tracking him and tabling bids which start at seven figures. Sometimes young lads with big reputations don't always come up to scratch. With Ramsey, though, that is emphatically not the case.

I watched him in Cardiff's game at Wolves two weeks ago, having tried to scout him previously only to find that he didn't feature. It was well worth the effort and the wait. In fact, having seen him, even in a 3-0 defeat in which he played slightly out of position and was substituted after an hour, I would drive the length of the country to see him again.

The thing that leaps out at you from his game is his appreciation of a pass. It was second to none. When a team-mate received the ball from him, the pass almost told him where his opponent was. It had all the information on it that you would need and it was, invariably, the right ball.

His retention of possession was very good - I could not remember him giving the ball away - but we are not talking here about a player who merely chose the easy option. He was equally adept at simple five-yard passes and marvellously weighted 60-yard diagonals in behind the Wolves centre-halves, which led to scoring opportunities. He works opponents with the ball, creating little angles with his left or right foot and his quality always shone through.

He has a sixth sense telling him where his opponents are. This was reflected in his first touch and the placement of his body, which meant that even when opponents doubled up on him, he managed to escape unscathed from tight areas.

He isn't blindingly quick, nor does he have fantastic body strength but Ramsey has compensated for these shortcomings with non-stop movement. He refused to stand and admire anything he had done and, instead, was constantly alive to the next phase or the next option he could give to a team-mate.

Central midfield is his position, although against Wolves, he played on the right of a five. Such was his desire to get on the ball and make Cardiff play that he drifted inside and there were many occasions when the esteem in which his team-mates hold him was apparent. They were happy to pass the ball up to him, even when he was marked, because they knew that they were giving it to a better player.

He had no problems defensively - he chased and was not afraid to put his foot or head in where it hurt - but I prefer to concentrate on what he can do with the ball. There is an easy rhythm to his game and an awareness of how to hurt opponents with passes. There is no doubt that Ramsey has a big future and I hope that a global audience for the FA Cup final on Saturday week will have the same privilege of watching him that I did.

Age 17
Born Caerphilly
Position Midfield
Height 5ft 10in
Weight 10st 7lb
From Trainee
Pace 8/10
Passing 10/10
Tackling 8/10
Crossing 9/10
Team responsibility 8/10
Value £2m

Awesomely super sweet bit of scouting there nieler.
 
Im going to bang the drum for this lad as if he were Joey Barton! Seriously i really hope the reprts linking this lad with us become true, i ahve a feeling if we dont get him we will be missing out on a future superstar! any time i have seen him he has ben the best player on the pitch and he still only 17! I would have no hesitation paying up to 6 mill for him!

Read this Great Dane posted it in another thread for those to lazy hes ace!

Scouting report: Aaron Ramsey, Cardiff City

Sometimes youngsters with big reputations don't come up to scratch, but this isn't the case with Aaron Ramsey

Steve Claridge


May 6, 2008 2:11 AM

There are few teenage players in the country who come as highly rated as Aaron Ramsey. I've heard the stories of Sir Alex Ferguson asking about his progress; of the leading lights of the Premier League tracking him and tabling bids which start at seven figures. Sometimes young lads with big reputations don't always come up to scratch. With Ramsey, though, that is emphatically not the case.

I watched him in Cardiff's game at Wolves two weeks ago, having tried to scout him previously only to find that he didn't feature. It was well worth the effort and the wait. In fact, having seen him, even in a 3-0 defeat in which he played slightly out of position and was substituted after an hour, I would drive the length of the country to see him again.

The thing that leaps out at you from his game is his appreciation of a pass. It was second to none. When a team-mate received the ball from him, the pass almost told him where his opponent was. It had all the information on it that you would need and it was, invariably, the right ball.

His retention of possession was very good - I could not remember him giving the ball away - but we are not talking here about a player who merely chose the easy option. He was equally adept at simple five-yard passes and marvellously weighted 60-yard diagonals in behind the Wolves centre-halves, which led to scoring opportunities. He works opponents with the ball, creating little angles with his left or right foot and his quality always shone through.

He has a sixth sense telling him where his opponents are. This was reflected in his first touch and the placement of his body, which meant that even when opponents doubled up on him, he managed to escape unscathed from tight areas.

He isn't blindingly quick, nor does he have fantastic body strength but Ramsey has compensated for these shortcomings with non-stop movement. He refused to stand and admire anything he had done and, instead, was constantly alive to the next phase or the next option he could give to a team-mate.

Central midfield is his position, although against Wolves, he played on the right of a five. Such was his desire to get on the ball and make Cardiff play that he drifted inside and there were many occasions when the esteem in which his team-mates hold him was apparent. They were happy to pass the ball up to him, even when he was marked, because they knew that they were giving it to a better player.

He had no problems defensively - he chased and was not afraid to put his foot or head in where it hurt - but I prefer to concentrate on what he can do with the ball. There is an easy rhythm to his game and an awareness of how to hurt opponents with passes. There is no doubt that Ramsey has a big future and I hope that a global audience for the FA Cup final on Saturday week will have the same privilege of watching him that I did.

Age 17
Born Caerphilly
Position Midfield
Height 5ft 10in
Weight 10st 7lb
From Trainee
Pace 8/10
Passing 10/10
Tackling 8/10
Crossing 9/10
Team responsibility 8/10
Value £2m
Like I said in the other thread I have never seen him play but I always read Steve Claridge's scouting reports and this is the best I have ever read!
 
I think he's definitely worth a look, I'd prefer the kid over Sidwell any day of the week, it's just a case of whether Moyes wants to take the gamble. If they're asking £5m, I'm sure there's a structured deal in there somewhere,

I'm not familiar with our potential transfer budget, but if push came to shove, I'm sure we should spend the whole £5m on the kid. It's not often I get too excited about us potentially signing a player, but this is one of those times, last time I was this happy was when we were after Cahill.
 
I wouldn't dare spend 6 million on a 17 year old unless he was something special - Bojan, Dos Santos.
 

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