Ex Arsenal goalkeeper Vito Mannone recently came out and criticized Arsenal for dropping Aaron Ramsdale this season and has suggested that Ramsdale find somewhere new in the summer. After playing the understudy for Wojciech Szczesny at Arsenal before he chose to make the transfer over to Sunderland in 2013, Mannone has a bit of experience in the matter.
After what’s been a pretty good start to life as a gunner for David Raya it does raise the question as to where Ramsdale might be next season.
The ex-Arsenal goalkeeper has recommended to Ramsdale that if he doesn’t get his starting spot back soon, it might be time to find a new club. Saying this when asked what he thought about the goalkeeper struggle at Arsenal this season “It’s not easy but in Ramsdale’s place I’d have taken it badly, My advice to him is to keep working.”
“I waited eight years before I became a Premier League regular, Emi Martinez had to wait ten years before stealing the show.”
“He also had many loans and paid his dues. But those who work and bide their time eventually end up making it. But if Ramsdale’s moment won’t come again, he should look for it elsewhere! There’s not much else he can do.”
“The top sides want two great goalies who are ready to play at any moment. I was No 1 and back-up, and I can tell you that when you’re first choice you need the board and the second keeper’s backing.”
“When you have two potential first-choice keepers it doesn’t make it any easier for the manager. If Arteta is proud, he sticks with Raya but if he’s clever he picks the best and more in-form keeper.”
And to be honest, I have to agree, Ramsdale is a great keeper and I don’t think he’s actually been any better or any worse than David Raya this season and after getting us so far last season, finally getting back into champions league football, it does feel a bit harsh what Arteta has done and for me he only has himself to blame.
Bringing in a new keeper Ramsdale must had known he was about to face tough competition, but it seemed like he didn’t even really get the chance to get going before Arteta made the switch. For me, I want to see Ramsdale playing and I think he’s good enough to be starting, for us, or someone else and if Arteta doesn’t see a future with him in it, then maybe it’s best he does move on.
What’s your thoughts Gooners? Would you like to see Ramsdale stay or move on?
Daisy Mae
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I think this all depends on what Ramsdale want in his career. Leno moved on but he is yet to play for Germany. Martinez moved and has win world cup for his country. My fear is if he continues to play from the bench he can become rusty
Hopefully he will continue our tradition of cup keepers picking up a winners medal and leaving.
My only worry is that if Liverpool beat us in the 3rf round then he will have no reason to stay.
It’s up to the man himself to answer that question. IMO Rammy is the better keeper. Fight for the job that’s yours, mate!
Vito Mannone was never good enough
Martinelli waited a long time but that included loan spells where he did not impress but we stuck by him and gave him new contracts.
Neither Ramsdale nor Raya are top class imo, and I hope we do not take up the option to buy the Brentford player.James Trafford of Burnley is the best young keeper I have seen this season and he would be a great long term acquisition for Arsenal.I think he will go on to be England’s first choice in the not too distant future.
He’s had plenty of practice, Grandad
Grandad, Do you not think that yours is a rather long term punt on a mere VERY young and still raw hopeful, rather than being a mainstream view?
I have never regarde Raya as being top class- apart from which he is too small too, an important point.
BUT I think Ramsdale has all the qualities needed to become a great, apart from enough experience and a little self maturing in being a more mature personality to come too,in time
I would DEFINITELY keep RAMSDALE and reinstall him as first choice right now.
I would look for another, taller, more accomplished number two than RAYA.
I WOULD LET HIM LEAVE NEXT SUMMER.
Jon, basically I would buy Trafford as a long term investment instead of Raya, and I would hold on to Ramsay.Unfortunately I suspect Arteta will force Ramsdale to seek a move as he slips down the England pecking order.
Ah! NOW you are saying something I can agre qwuth Grandad. But IF YOU truly dont rate RAMSDALE, as I certainly do, WHY would you prefe rto kep him? I dontrate as numbe rof players and neve see any pont in keping any of them, except short trm until thswt can be adequately replaced. Examples are: I woukld neve rhave bougt Elneny at all and certaibnly would NOT havew rene3wd his contract as MA did.
I also dont rate Soares, Viera, Pepe, and would have got all of them out as soon as it was practically possible .
Which is WHY I fail to understand your preference to keep RAMSDALE, EVEN THOUGH I OF COURSE WOULD KEEP HIM AND REINSTATE HIM TO NUMBER ONE RIGHT AWAY.
Seriously Grandad, I would love to know WHY you would keep a player you dont rate,as your original post made clear?
I agree, sadly though, with your final suspected conclusion. It will prove a major errror , IMO!
i am finding it hard to unserstand Arteta’s reasons for benching Ramsdale because there is no good teqm that will keep two good keepers and say they should be competing. i played as an amatuer keeper when i was still serious about football we dont have a second keeper becausr he will never play, it is pure stuburnnrss from Arteta
If there was a “fight” I would say yes but there is no fight and Ramsdale knows where he stands with Arteta, so, i dont see him staying.
Reggie. I agree, though with sadness, with your post. Essentaily MA told a lie when making that statement about two keepers fighting for one place.
There was no intention, IMO, to ever hold any REAL competition.
A grave MA error IMO.
I believe we will lose Ramsdale, probably next summer or possibly next month and either way, that will be a BIG MISTAKE.
I have implicit trust in Arteta’s player- management skills. He has won my confidence in the manner he handled the likes of Xhaka, Saliba and, lately, Havertz.
So if he chooses Raya as his no.1 keeper, I go with him. It’s left for Ramsdale to decide, like others before him, what he wants to do.
One thing I know, whether he stays or goes, it’s difficult to see him as England’s no.1 in the immediate future. There are too many keepers ahead of him in the team
Corporate Man. I too have great confidence in MA s man management skills.
But I dont personally regard making what I see as a wrong choice – RAYA for my own preference of RAMSDALE – as being a man management issue. At least not in the sense that most mean it.
I was highly impressed with how MA got rid of Ozil, albeit far too late for my liking, also Auba and Guendouzi.
AND how he has harmonised the dressing room with a terrific team spirit , not equalled since the Invincible days and not remotely even challenged, since
then, UNTIL MA arrived.
I am a great supporter of MA AND SEE HIM ACHIEVING GREATNESS WITH US.
But as yet, he still makes selection mistakes ,IMO!
His interpersonal skills may well have improved which is normal for anyone in Management generally as they gain experience, but whether his judgement has improved is still open to doubt in my mind as neither Raya nor Havertz have set the heather on fire as far as I am concerned.
How can Ramsdale win his place back?
Unless Raya gets injured, Ramsdale will probably only in one or two early round FA Cup ties.
Rather silly question for this article.
Ramsdale needs to leave to get first team football, and Arteta is just ruthless enough to force him to stay!
None of you will get to read this, because Admin Pat will censor it!!!
The best thing for him to do is if he accepts an offer from a team that is in the championship, let it be outside of England, to leave. He joins the group of idiots
Arteta needs to be honest /
It is clear that he is to blame for this loss
Within 10 minutes one could see the Westham Strategy- crowd the box – because Arsenal footwork is excellent .
So instead of switching the strategy to draw Westham away to create gaps – they kept knocking against the ramparts .
It was like – tantric sex- all the moves but never an ending …
Finally – why wait until near the end to bring on new legs? – arrogance – sorry but it has to be said.
This was woeful game management – and Arteta stand up and just say it .
Carry on playing predictable strategies and we will land up 4th- at best