19th July - Part Three

So with an alternative offered to my LFC ratings, Mike offers a controversial rebuttal to Alex's AFC ratings... Man United coming tomorrow folks...

Petr Cech - 7/10: Solid but some unusual mistakes. 

Ospina - 6/10: Covered for Cech well but conceded a lot of goals.

Kieran Gibbs - 5/10: Did little to show he should be above Nacho.

Per Mertesacker - 6/10: Once again his lack of pace caused the defence to be vulnerable, but his experience was a help. 

Gabriel - 5/10: Erratic and uncontrolled.

Laurent Koscielny - 7/10: Started very well but faded as the season went on. Still our best CB by a margin.

Nacho Monreal - 8/10: Very good season and coped well with or without cover from the LW.

Hector Bellerin - 9/10: Star player? Attacked incredibly well and his defensive play has come on a lot. Was ripped to shreds by BM 's Douglas Costa though.

Aaron Ramsey - 7/10: His finishing was awful but he was often at the centre of any good play and was willing to make runs forward. Overall a good season.

Mesut Ozil - 6.5/10 (9 first half of the season, 4 for the second half): Well well. For all his assists in the first half of the season he is still way too lazy to be playing in the Premier League. Fails not to disappoint.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain - 4/10: He never did anything.

Francis Coquelin - 6/10: Solid but not spectacular. Gave away too many silly fouls and hence picked up needless yellows.

Mohamed Elneny - 5/10: Passed it and that was it. Waste of money because he won't be on the bench when we have a fit midfield.

Alexis Sanchez - 7/10: Started very tired and came back to life from mid to end of the season. Didn't pick up too many goals but played well in that period.

Olivier Giroud - 6/10: Once again missed too many chances. A striker I like but he rarely produces when he is really needed. 

Theo Walcott - 3/10:  Sh*t.

Alex Iwobi: 5/10: Bright but I didn't see him do anything particularly great

Danny Welbeck - 7.5/10: Gave all he had every time he played and that made him very likable. When he played he was always a threat.

Joel Campbell - 8/10:  Somehow invisible to Arsene but he was direct , aggressive, and sharp. Something the Arsenal attack often lacked . Very much underplayed, excellent when he was played.

BONUS RATING:

Arsene Wenger - 6/10: He secured second place but didn't get anything else right.