Arsenal clinched a 1-0 win away at Brentford on Saturday night and it was another hard-fought win for the Gooners, coming away with all three points and sitting on top of the Premier League, Arsenal fans will be stoked at the result, but there seems to be a cloud over the performance, and it’s left Arsenal fans a tad worried about Aaron Ramsdale.
Ramsdale hadn’t started in the Premier League since our 3-1 win over Manchester United and hasn’t had a lot of game time this season. Arteta has made it painfully clear that David Raya is his first-choice goalkeeper but seeing as Raya is still on loan from Brentford, he wasn’t eligible to play on Saturday night and Arteta had to turn to Ramsdale.
A lot of questions have been asked to Arteta about his choice in goalkeepers and it’s had Arsenal fans somewhat divided on the issue. Ramsdale was a huge reason we got so far last season and made it back into The Champions League, and arguably was one of the best keepers in the league last season. So in the summer when news broke that we were looking into bringing Raya into the fold on loan, it had fans a bit confused.
Raya is a great keeper, and has had a reasonably good season in the red and white so far, but it seems to have iced Ramsdale out – but that’s football, your spot should never be safe and you should always be competing for your spot but it does feel a bit harsh on Ramsdale.
Coming into the game against Brentford, the pressure started to build on his shoulders to perform, and I can only assume that it started to get into his head, and you could sense how nervous he was to perform and impress the manager. In the first half he looked shaky and unconfident about everything he was doing, almost like he was overthinking every move he made which led to multiple mistakes. If it wasn’t for his teammates, we could have been 2-0 down at half time.
In the second half he came out looking much better and much more confident, it was like he realised that he just had to do what he does best and that’s keep the ball out of the net. You could tell the pressure had got to him in the first half and it was almost heartbreaking to see.
At the final whistle the squad rushed to congratulate him but there was still a weird feeling around the keeper, but did it look like everyone was saying goodbye to him a well? I’m not sure if I’m just reading into things too much, but Arteta’s body language towards Ramsdale at the end of the game was a bit strange, and I get the sense that things aren’t great behind the scenes. Ramsdale looked nervous and I think some of the blame must land on Arteta, Ramsdale hasn’t had much game time this season and he gets thrown into a big game without any recent minutes, I just feel like Arteta could have managed this better.
Could it have been the last time we see Ramsdale play this season?
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He needs to work on his footwork and the distribution of the ball. He’s still relatively young and has potential to get better. We saw the same during our preseason he didn’t play well. Probably the main reason why Arteta signed Raya on loan.
Yes, and for his sake, it needs to be.
I think Arteta will play Ramsdale again in the upcoming UCL match, to rebuild his confidence
We could still get relegated to Europa League if we lose the last two UCL games in the group stage and we need to become the table leader to avoid a strong opposition in the knockout stage
The importance of the upcoming UCL match might currently be too big for Ramsdale, but our home supporters will boost his morale
Agree that it is vital to win the match against Lens to guarantee we not only qualify but win the group.
And to do that we cannot take risks – we need our best players. That means Raya on current form.
Ramsdale can play in Einhoven, in what will hopefully be a dead rubber for us.
Playing well against a hostile away crowd will do more for Ramsdale’s confidence than relying on the sympathy of his fans.
I would also feel more confident if Raya plays, because of his passing skills and game time
Arteta should not be blamed, he is doing his job and taking decisions as he deemed fit for where the club is. The onions is on Ramsdale to be ready and perform anytime he gets the opportunity. Since when did a game against Brentford become a big game if i may ask? Every game in the premiership is important because of the 3points at stake. I love Ramsdale and i feel for him, but we shouldn’t go back to the era of the later years of Wenger when non performing players were just left on based on sentiments. The best thing for Ramsdale is to prove the gaffer wrong by performing better than Raya. I prefer Ramsdale to Raya, but it seems Raya’s game is more soothed to our pattern of play this season, which is about control of the game and retention of possession.
May Arsenal be the big winner at the end of it all. COYG!!
There’s not much, if anything, between Ramsdale and Raya. In my opinion if you want to replace your current keeper you need to buy top quality. This along with the absence of a recognised top scorer could cost us dearly at the end of the season. Our two main opponents Man City and Liverpool have both areas covered in Ederson/Haaland and Alisson/Salah. We compete well in the other areas.
When the fan base is confused and mixes genuine concerns with irrational demands, the whole situation confuses officials, and specifically the manager. Bend Leno could’ve got us where we finished last season (with less apprehension and fewer heart attacks). To claim Ramsdale got Arsenal there is confusing. He came in with lots of potential, but without competition he stopped growing, became complacent and a little big headed. In his mind he’s the best there is, and Is completely unaware of his shortcomings. Despite all this, some fans demanded he be played. They insincerely saw weaknesses that don’t exist in Raya. Fate had it that simultaneously, Arteta went and spent R65mil on Havertz who, no one wanted and who has been a flop. Despite the goal yesterday, Havertz does not deserve to start for Arsenal because he’s genuinely not ahead of anyone in the team. This is the conundrum Arteta faces.
How times change. When we signed Ramsdale from Sheffield for about £30 million most of the Arsenal fans and myself included were not convinced, many were saying we overpaid for a championship level player.
Last season many Arsenal fans including many on here were complaining about him costing us points, him making blunders and being very rush and petulant etc. By the end of last season many had made up their minds labelling him one of the biggest weaklings in our team. Ramsdale had become one of the scapegoats in the last 10 games of last season for his poor goal keeping standards.
Many were complaining about Arteta playing favourites because he refused to drop Ramsdale for Matt Turner etc. Also the same people were calling for Arteta to buy a serious competitor for Ramsdale. That he had gotten too comfortable knowing he was a nailed on Arteta favourite etc..
Now I keep hearing people say that Arteta playing Favourite with Raya and mistreating Ramsdale.
Arteta must be “THE MISTREATER IN CHIEF”. Because that’s the most prevalent narrative against him from our fanbase. He mistreats players, has been doing so since he was hired in 2019 and continues to unfairly mistreat players. Plays favourites. 🙂
Ramsdale is one of the best shot stoppers in the league, but his discission making is letting him down. Some are down to him, some are down to defenders positioning and putting him under unessasary pressure. He does take too long in making his mind up sometimes and holding on to the ball too long.\\ In another team that doesn’t play short passes at the back, he would thrive and become a world class stopper, but maybe he needs a fresh start else where to achieve this, in a team with less expectation and less competitive pressure of another world class goalkeeper taking your place.
Ramsdale can’t be one of the best showstoppers in the league if his decision making is poor, and we can’t start shifting blame from him to “one of the best defences” in the league. Ramsdale is too rash, he doesn’t have a clear head. He reacts to spectators on the stands and listens to the wrong voices. We lost Martinez to keep Leno, and we can go back to Szczesny, Fabianski and others who are frankly miles ahead of Ramsdale. I don’t know what exactly we would be missing if Ramsdale goes, except of course, that he’s an asset to England.
You have heard the saying” Bird in the hand is worth more than two in the bush”. So this reminded me of the Liverpool Man City game the weekend. The VAR decided that the one arm push in the back of the Liverpool goalkeeper, was a foul and a disallowed goal. Yet the two hand push on Gabriel in the back was allowed. Hence the saying. I wonder what sky’s pundit ref would have said about that one when comparing the Newcastle foul. I can just imagine him saying, ” yes, when comparing incidents, one hand in the back is worth more than two in the back”. The press and the pundits did not ask the sky’s pundit ref the question, which just shows how anti arsenal they all are. Even the Man City manager compared it to the Newcastle incident with a look of amazement. // Anyway, under Raya, Arsenal have a 100% undefeated premiership record, if you discount the crooked VAR decision. Raya in, Ramsdale out.
No, I very much doubt it’s the last time we see Ramsdale play this season. We’ve got the CL and FA Cup still to play and if we get drawn against Brentford in the domestic cup he’ll play, I also expect he will get a game in the CL if we get through in top spot this week. There’s also lots of PL games to play and I can’t honestly see him leaving in the January window.
Agree GB, it would be madness to let him go to another PL club…. unless it meant we got one of our main transfer signings as part of the exchange.
Only if he himself would like something like that, but again, in a transfer for him the question he himself has to answer is what exactly team would he like to go to? , won’t he have competition again? He doesn’t guarantee anything. Maybe it’s better for him to work on his feet first, because as a home guard he’s quite good, let’s not forget that he has He makes top performances, and I don’t blame him for last year towards the end that he made appearances that cost money. The championship last year was lost, by everyone. By the coach and the whole team that in the end she looked completely exhausted and this is the reason. In the meantime, if he wants to get his home jersey by transfer, this will only happen in a subordinate team and not in a top one club. Moreover, the competition is functional for the whole team, and clearly I think that at the present moment that is what he lacks. That is … that it is up to you to prove that he is worth for main goalkeeper through the job, but the psychological boost comes from the coach which I think Arteta has not done, and this was shown by his grimaces at Aaron’s mistakes.It was a matter of bad psychology. I think he seems isolated now. These mistakes do not show a problem in the class, but in psychology. Let all of them think carefully about all this. Because if the The question will be who will be the one who will come to sit on the bench. And if at some point he needs to rest the injured player, or the main player is injured, do you think that anyone will not have big track? And if he doesn’t make any blunders which is also part of the match, then what will we do? Will we start crucifying Arteta as the person responsible for selling Ramsdale? These are thoughts that must To do all looking far ahead with hypothetical questions but you always meet them in front of you at some point For me it has to stay here forever
Until Raya makes a crucial gaff, which won’t be long and then the discussions will begin once again with fans taking sides regarding whether or not the manager has been unfairly biased in favour of his country man.
If wolves want him as i hear then arsenal should take that opportunity to do a swap deal for either Ait-Nauri or Pedro Neto that will be a win win for both parties.
It’s amazing how everybody is getting down on Ramsdale,especially when Raya is making the same mistakes, if not more serious ones.