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Also another thing I am annoyed with which is also on the gaffer is how do we expect Ramsdale will stay if we just play Raya every game? Or do we plan on buying a goalkeeper again to replace Ramsdale as backup, who won’t be as good? Mikel said it’s tactical and dependent on the game and stuff — so do it? It’s not a coincidence that Turner left so soon after coming in, and I’m not convinced it’s just because of Raya based on what he’s said. And I think Ramsdale has the potential to be a generational keeper for us… or someone else. Just doesn’t sit right with me and at the end of the day I’m biased but yeah. I’m not an expert, I trust in Arteta, but it does feel awkward that we spent so much talking about having two top No. 1s only to have one consistently on the bench despite what Arteta’s told us.
In a year or two, we’ll probably have Raya as our no. 1 and Ramsdale goes off to like, Barcelona to replace MATS or something, and no one will care too much. It just feels odd.
I think it was a Tim Stillman article that pondered that Ramsdale was being benched because he wasn’t doing what Arteta was asking him to do because he was afraid of giving up goals. So it may not be a discussion of quality so much as who is more willing to do what they’re told.
It matches both of their characters I think, and Ray’s playing may be a message to Ramsdale and possibly the rest of the squad that you listen to the manager or you sit, no matter who you are or what position you play. Then he goes to phrase it in the media as “it’s just like any other position, I play the player who makes sense tactically” when what he means is “I play the player that will execute my tactics.”
Also another thing I am annoyed with which is also on the gaffer is how do we expect Ramsdale will stay if we just play Raya every game? Or do we plan on buying a goalkeeper again to replace Ramsdale as backup, who won’t be as good? Mikel said it’s tactical and dependent on the game and stuff — so do it? It’s not a coincidence that Turner left so soon after coming in, and I’m not convinced it’s just because of Raya based on what he’s said. And I think Ramsdale has the potential to be a generational keeper for us… or someone else. Just doesn’t sit right with me and at the end of the day I’m biased but yeah. I’m not an expert, I trust in Arteta, but it does feel awkward that we spent so much talking about having two top No. 1s only to have one consistently on the bench despite what Arteta’s told us.
In a year or two, we’ll probably have Raya as our no. 1 and Ramsdale goes off to like, Barcelona to replace MATS or something, and no one will care too much. It just feels odd.
I think it was a Tim Stillman article that pondered that Ramsdale was being benched because he wasn’t doing what Arteta was asking him to do because he was afraid of giving up goals. So it may not be a discussion of quality so much as who is more willing to do what they’re told.
It matches both of their characters I think, and Ray’s playing may be a message to Ramsdale and possibly the rest of the squad that you listen to the manager or you sit, no matter who you are or what position you play. Then he goes to phrase it in the media as “it’s just like any other position, I play the player who makes sense tactically” when what he means is “I play the player that will execute my tactics.”