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I do find it really odd how little support there is of Raya on here.
I get that Ramsdale is incredibly charismatic, and he has the history of helping us get to where we are now. But we’re looking back at home with rose tinted glasses. Raya is making more saves, is better at passing, and the mistakes as a new player gets used to a new team will get ironed out.
He just needs a good PR campaign. He’s been in England for over a decade. We just need an interview with his mum wearing a top hat, espousing how much she cares about him
Even with all this, it’s still important to support Ramsdale. It’s not like he’s taken his chances, for example the west ham game, but he still deserves all our love and support
Ramsdale keeps getting rated higher every game he doesn’t start. Diaby effect
People like Ramsdale but I said even before Raya was in the picture that he is our Joe Hart, in every respect - popular, English, charismatic, important part of the squad - and a good keeper but simply not optimal for a title and champions league challenging side.
It’s difficult to accept players like this being moved on. I’m sure many City fans weren’t happy about Hart being frozen out too.
Incidentally I’m not 100% convinced that Raya is the ‘final form’ of the keeper we need to be consistently winning the biggest titles. I just have more confidence in him becoming that than I do Ramsdale, and I think he’s a step closer to that than Ramsdale.
Raya has been okay, just alright. He hasn’t shown enough for some of us to justify him starting over ramsdal (hopefully this come with time), I would even say he has cost us points (Spurs’ first goal, murdryk’s goal, even the Newcastle goal).
To be honest, even at his best, the difference between both keeper IMO is marginal. I’m sure he will win more fans with more consistent performances. But ramsdale also deserves more games.