Raya hasn’t received that much love from the fans because he displaced fan favorite Ramsdale despite being better on nearly every metric. Even if you don’t compare them, Raya still deserves love from the fans for his great performances

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    Like Ramsdale, feel for him and his England spot. Also don’t mind Raya.

    The club needed a new 2nd keeper, and they were essentially able to get one on a loan with obligation to buy. Maybe that made the most financial sense? Impossible for us to say.

    It’s pretty ruthless of Arteta to demote Ramsdale, but maybe that’s fine. Wenger was loyal to a fault with his players.

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      It is fine. Check that interview Henry did with alan shearer, Gary and micah. If you want to win, the best players and/or most inform players play. Simple as that. Nobody’s place is guaranteed.

      Pep has benched some of the best players to play the game throughout his career.

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        The issue with that mindset is if it were true, Raya would have been dropped or we never would have bought some of the players we have (Lokonga, Tavares etc etc).

        People see it as harsh when Arteta picks and chooses when he wants to be ruthless and when he wants to play favourites