Santi isn't the future. He may shade Rambo as a passer but Rambo's energy, goals and better tackling mean that, for me, he should start ahead of Santi if he's playing well.
He can cover for Santi, Oz, Alexis and Feo/Iwobi on the wings.
He's useful from the bench.
But I think AW likes this pacy front 3. And if they keep playing like today, who gets dropped for Rambo?
Yes, in games where he needs to be more conservative, he'll play on the flank.
But as a No.10, he was one of the best players at the Euros. Can't see him happy if he's not starting. He'll prob play him for one of Feo/Iwobi, won't he?
Santi isn't the future. He may shade Rambo as a passer but Rambo's energy, goals and better tackling mean that, for me, he should start ahead of Santi if he's playing well.
Problem is he never plays better than Santi because Santi is a far better player (with the wonder season exception)...When he's back and Wenger WILL try to fit him in the starting eleven (even at right wing as he's done before) he'll disrupt the team's chemistry...
The wonder season and the Euros showed how he can play if he is given responsibility and not hsunted out wide. If he doesn;t play he'll leave and then everyone will be outraged and say it was because he didn't play. kind of circular.
The bench, hopefully. But only until the summer.
When, hopefully, someone will be stupid enough to offer us a nice sum of money for the useless, England-hating, Welsh c*nt.