Tag Archives: Aaron Ramsdale

“I thought Arsenal had two top keepers. Do they even have one?”

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When Arsenal took David Raya on loan from Brentford, there was some confusion. Som consternation, even. Over the previous season, despite a late dip, Ramsdale looked to have locked down his position between the sticks, having displace Bernd Leno (himself one of our best players of the Emery EraTM). Mat Turner was not a challenger adequate to keeping Ramsdale on this toes, so in came Raya. While many of the metrics suggest that is the superior keeper, has either man’s performance to date impressed?

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Arsenal send a strong signal of intent to Man City and Liverpool…

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Kudos to Aaron Ramsdale for (1) getting a chance to start, (2) horrifying all of us with a gaffe that really should have led to Brenford scoring, and (3) wearing what amounted to a Chelsea kit in order to signal his support to Kai Havertz. When it was all said and done, that trifecta is arguably what inspired us to victory. The squad rallied around him and Havertz, clearly, but was also given clear warning as to what was needed on an otherwise difficult evening at the Gtech Community Stadium.

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What the hell is wrong with Raya? Ramsdale would like a word…

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Say what you will about the ball going out of bounds or Joelinton cradling said ball between both arms before shoving Gabriel to the ground before said ball falling to Anthony Gordon who scored from an offside position. Any one of those should have been enough to disallow the goal, nevermind all four of them at once. And yet. All of that would have been water under a bridge had Raya, our £28m signing (er, loan), dealt with Willock’s cross as one might expect any keeper at this level would have.

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Seems pretty clear that it’s time to rotate Ramsdale & Raya…

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5.31, 3.76, 5.83, 4.04. These are the ratings we’ve given to David Raya in his last four starts. That’s an average of just 4.735, surely the lowest among our starters. It’s downright Nketiahn. Raya, despite being superior to Ramsdale on paper, has failed to convince to thoroughly on the pitch. He’s been caught out, gifted possession to opponents inside the 18, and flubbed his lines. We’ve been very, very fortunate that our opponents haven’t made more of the chances they’ve been given. Surely, it’s time for Arteta to show some of that trademark ruthlessness and start Ramsdale on Saturday.

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Has Raya replaced Ramsdale…for real?

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Two starts. Two clean sheets. It appears that Aaron Ramsdale’s reign is over and David Raya’s has already begun. Relegated to the bench against Everton and PSV after failing to keep clean sheets in four of our first five matches, it could be that Ramsdale will be lucky to play in League Cup and FA Cup matches while Raya gobbles up the Prem and Champions League minutes. It’s just that simple. It’s tradition. You have one keeper who starts and one who sits unless there’s an emergency…right?

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