It is a bit moot to discuss Arsenal’s Player of the Season after we had our worst ever campaign under Wenger’s ill-fated tenure, but even the relegated teams get to name one so why shouldn’t we?
Our highly-critical contributor Konstantin chose Aaron Ramsey as our most consistent player, but the official Arsenal website had a vote in which Ramsey only just beat Nacho Monreal into second with Mesut Ozil getting third.
Ramsey’s 7 goals and 8 assists was hardly world-beating form, but as Ozil only got 4 goals and 8 assists it is fair to say that the Welshman was our most effective midfielder while Ozil was the model of inconsistency. Monreal on the other hand was our best defender all season, and also popped up with 5 goals and 2 assists playing from the back line. A brilliant season, especially at his age…
What about the new boy Lacazette, he started very well despite never being allowed to play 90 minutes, but had a goal-drought blip which was not helped by an injury, but bounced back again at the end and finished as our top scorer with 14 goals and 4 assists. Not bad considering he only started 26 games…
If Aubameyang had been here all season I am sure he would have won the accolade, as scoring 10 goals and 4 assists in just 13 appearances is nothing short of amazing, but we just hope he carries on and wins it hands down next season…
Otherwise I think that Granit Xhaka gets a special mention, for not only providing 7 assists (and one goal) but for managing to go through the whole season without getting sent off, although he did manage to notch up 10 yellows! Is that proof he is improving? lol!