So let's have this debate, who'd be your midfield pairing when everyone's fit? For me it all depends on the games, for the big games that has some danger, I'd like to go with Arteta-Flamini in midfield, with Ozil. I think Arteta-Flamini combined will make our midfield rock solid tight, and give great protection to the back 5, just like we saw yesterday VS Napoli, and Ozil can provide the creativity. On the wings I'd have Cazorla on the left, Walcott obviously on the right, but with the way Ramsey played on the right yesterday, I wouldn't mind having him there too in the big games as he provides more protection too than Walcott. Basically having Ramsey-Flamini-Arteta all on the pitch at the same time makes our midfield super solid, and very hard for the other team to just run through our midfield, and if you can stop a team in midfield, you've basically won the game. For other games, like Norwich at home etc, I'd go with Flamini-Ramsey-Ozil sometimes rotate Flamini for Arteta to keep things fresh. But for me the players who'd have to be benched would be Wilshere, Podolski, and OXO, they're the back up.
It's good to have so many options. Flamini has played his way into the team and Ramsey is unplayable currently, Ozil is a natural star and so those players pick themselves at the moment. We have such good depth in there and we haven't even seen Cazorla and Ozil play together yet ...
I'm not sure about Arteta - Flamini. For games where we need to keep it tight and avoid conceding this is a good option. I would rather Wilshere or Ramsey - Flamini as I think we benefit from having a player who can run through the midfield and join in the attack.
Most games: Arteta-Ramsey Cazorla-Ozil-Walcott --------------------- Difficult games where we'll still have a decent amount of the ball (United/Chelsea/etc): Arteta-Flamini Cazorla-Ozil-Ramsey ---------------------- For difficult games where the opposition will easily have more of the ball (Barca) we'll need Walcott for the quick counter, though he could do that playing up front too: Arteta-Flamini Cazorla-Ozil-Walcott ------------------- Wilshere, Podolski, Ox, and Rosicky will just have to wait for injuries to those players. They will still get to play when the others need a rest, get suspended, or for the domestic cups.
The good thing is that with four competitions, there are more than enough games for all of our midfield players to get game time
Who ever is on good form, good form players should always be the first on the list form players play with confidence and tenacity football is a hell of a lot about momentum when they are in that drive anything is possible for them but it is also great having a good squad we are a team!
Simple answer for me is that I don't know, and for the first time for a while it doesn't matter if we have a couple out injured, there is massive quality to come in. Cazorla, Wilshere, Walcott, Oxo and Arteta have all missed game time this year yet even without them dominated in midfield, As others have said this is mainly down to the form of Ramsey and re-introduction of Flamini, and of course an average German we picked up in the sales....
