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He has just been awarded senior Welsh player of the year, and he's not bad down the middle for Bournemouth. I've seen most of his games this season, and he almost single-handedly destroyed Sarriball. Besides that, Ramsey hasn't been the most consistent for Wales lately, and I think Brooks tracks back and does the tackles and interceptions in his own half better. On form alone when playing for Wales, I would say Brooks has shaded it over the past half-a-dozen games, hence his recent awards.
BTW, Brooks started the season on the right wing, as you would expect from any rookie in the Premier League, but once he found his feet Howe started playing him down the middle. He is a natural 10, with great vision and incisive passing. He won't be at Bournemouth for long.
He's played 8 games down the middle for Bournemouth this season and 17 on the right, where he's done best. Wilson on the other hand has payed 16 times down the middle for Derby.
With Ramsey out we'll need the 3 who line up (presumably behind Bale) to switch positions at times in the match which I think they're more than capable of doing.
I know you like Brooks, but a decent season at Bournemouth doesn't put him ahead of Ramsey, who's one of the best midfielders Wales has ever produced, the move to Juventus shows his lass and how highly thought of he his
Having Ramsey also gives the likes of Brooks and Wilson more freedom as teams are likely to focus more on Bale and Ramsey, giving the talented youngsters more space. We all want these kids to develop well and they will, but its way too early to start moving on from the likes of Aaron Ramsey
The reason we didn't qualify for the World Cup is because Aaron Ramsey missed the first three games and wasn't fully fit for the fourth (against Serbia) where we picked up just 6 points from the opening 4 games which included home games against Serbia and Georgia
Bale and Ramsey were only on the pitch together in 4 games, Ireland away, Serbia home, Moldova away and Austria home and in the two key games (Ireland and Serbia, one of the two weren't fully fit)
Ramsey was instrumental in dragging us through to a draw away in Serbia and the win out in Georgia, two results that meant we could actually still qualify against Ireland where it all went to pieces because after Allen went off he had nobody around him to bring the ball out of defence forcing him to go deeper and deeper to collect the ball to drive upfield
I've pretty much watched every Brooks game this season and his progress has been fantastic to watch. He's getting closer to being the complete player with every game. He can head, shoot, and dribble, but his vision and passing is something else and he seems to glide over the grass. I'm not surprised that he won the Welsh player of the year award, he is turning into a special player and will be moving to a bigger club sooner rather than later IMO.