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I do see this a lot. seems just like england bias/pashun merchantry helps him out a bit. Raya doesn’t have the same PR. He just does what Arteta wants and gets on with it
Maybe then it’s time for Ramsdale to put in 110% now that he’s on the back foot. He is still young enough and his ceiling is very high imo.
But you cannot say he hasn’t regressed, and to be honest all of this podcast talk isn’t doing him any favors, even if that’s unfair to hold over him. This team isn’t missing huge pieces anymore. We are searching for that extra percentage here and there to take us over the edge. Raya over Ramsdale represents that. Mikel wanted him first
Ramsdale was literally the best keeper in the league last season
wrong, and that award doesn’t actually make it right.
Arsenal don’t look as good so far this season
attack, maybe not. defense is literally better due in part to Raya’s ability on the ball. Our fast counter attacks are better with Raya since he catches the ball further up and has better long distribution. Raya backspinning punt to Martinelli is on, all day.
if Raya has a dodgy period (as is normal), the pressure on him from the media will become insane
because of fans like you constantly banging on about Ramsdale probably, media knows they can farm clicks off you guys specifically
Similarly, if Ramsdale is thrown back in for some reason, he’ll feel totally different out there, and way more likely to make an error or two
So now you are preemptively making excuses for Ramsdale? Meanwhile Raya is getting raked over the coals for not having won every single fan immediately and putting up 9/10 performances.
How softly are we supposed to handle Ramsdale, who is hopping on podcasts talking about how easy he thought the league was gonna be, how distracted he gets during matches, how he asked Arteta to compromise on how high up he plays, and whose dad is banging on about how sad Aaron is?
Rayas positioning on crosses has cost us goals already.
This is just cherrypicking unless you consider all the times his aggressive positioning had worked to our benefit either in a caught cross or a quick counter attack.
And you’d have to do positive/negative for Ramsdale as well.
Let me tell you, the Ramsdale list is a lot worse. His distribution is not as good as Raya. Raya didn’t come in and convince 100% of fans but it’s ironically the “Ramsdale propaganda” in the media that’s dragged this out longer
Ramsdale passed directly to a southampton player and we conceded. Raya almost got stuffed by Alvarez.
Now fast forward to the 2nd half of that City game. There is no way in hell Ramsdale could distribute that calmly when holding a lead against City. That is the difference but people just drawn to individual moments completely miss that
Considering what we paid for Aaron I’d hope we’d try to protect his value at least a little
His passing over the top to RVP was always dangerous
They know it full well too - “If Cuti were on Cash would he leaving the pitch without his legs” 🤣ok guys way to defy the accusations