The unseen role Aaron Ramsey played in Cardiff City's Plymouth Argyle demolition
The Wales captain and injured Bluebirds star was given a different role in the win over the Pilgrims
Aaron Ramsey took on a very different role for Cardiff City during their 5-0 drubbing of Plymouth Argyle.
The Wales captain has not played for his club since August, having suffered a hamstring injury during the national team's September camp.
It has allowed the likes of Rubin Colwill to flourish in his absence, but there is no doubting that Ramsey's experience will be a big loss to any Championship side. And interim boss Omer Riza did not want to waste the 33-year-old's expertise and tasked him with helping the team's in-game analysis.
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Ramsey was asked to take his seat in the stands alongside Cardiff's analysts and feed back to Riza and the coaching staff over how best to exploit Wayne Rooney's Pilgrims. Sign up to our daily Cardiff City newsletter here.
"We had Aaron Ramsey upstairs today casting an eye down to give us some information and it all came together well today," he said.
"I said to Aaron yesterday that I'd like him to go up there, cast his eye over the game and if he had anything of importance to come down.
"To be fair, when he came down and mentioned a couple of things, it was what was in our minds anyway which is nice, so we're all on the same page.
"It's important when you've got players like Rallsy (Joe Ralls) and Aaron who are experienced and aren't playing, you have to try and use them in a different way and we did that today."
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Many Cardiff fans hope that when Ramsey does transition into coaching after hanging up his boots, he will do so with the Bluebirds. The former Arsenal and Juventus star currently holds an A licence and earlier this month Wales boss Craig Bellamy said he was in no doubt that his skipper would go on to be a fantastic coach one day.
"I definitely see that part of him [management]... I believe it's starting to circle, because it does later on in your career," Bellamy said.
"I'm quietly confident he will, I'm quietly confident he will see that part of the game for him. With his experiences and his knowledge, his understanding of the game, I'd be surprised if it wasn't at a high level."