Ramsey was very good, Merida was very good and did a lot of hard work coming back aswell, though went a little out of the game after his yellow which was a awful decision IIRC.
Walcott, god damn it, just awful. Vela has barely played in two years for us, was isolate all night and his first shot was almost his first touch in the game. Theo had plenty of the ball and wasted it every single time and frankly has had a lot more football than Vela. He's a freaking awful winger, has no ability to beat his man, I've said many times, any more than one touch and a shot and he's lost the ball no matter where he is on the pitch. His best performances are as basically strikers, the Croatia game he basically received the ball in the box, one touch, shot, goal. Thats what he can do, I really can't say he can be brilliant doing that, I've barely seen him as a striker at Arsenal. As a winger as someone said he hasn't progressed one iota from the day he arrived, as a finisher he seems to have gone backwards.
I'd far prefer to get Wilshire some more games and sell/loan out Theo, well I'd prefer to give him some games upfront, if he doesn't make it sell him. He's just not a footballer, small, fast, thats his skill set right there. He doesn't even put in much effort, his closing down is poor, defensively absymal. Considering his lack of abilty I'd just like to see him kick it way our wide, miles past the left back and run 30 yards and then head into the box, but he always runs directly into the left back, loses it and stands still while they attack.
Vela looks completely lost in a 4-3-3/4-5-1, he had no support, didn't have a chance to get into the game, barely touched the ball and had few chances, yes he should have done better, but most players who get no service tend to play badly and miss a few chances. He was far better a game or two ago when he actually got on the ball throughout, and poor the game before when again he barely had a touch all game.
Gilbert looked great a few years ago, but seems to have gone backwards since then, he was FAR too easily caught by the throughball, he wasn't watching the guy running behind him well and missed the guy starting his runs so by the time he noticed he was well behind and far to late to catch up, which obviously caught us out for the goal and several other times. Really hope he can improve because he looked so promising 3 years ago and doesn't look anywhere near as good now.
