Aaron Ramsdale is delighted with the support he received from Arsenal’s supporters after his time on the pitch against Brentford. Ramsdale was in goal against the Bees because David Raya could not play against his parent club, and the Englishman managed to keep a clean sheet.
Despite the Gunners securing a narrow 1-0 win, it was not an easy match, and Ramsdale faced challenges, including at least one significant mistake that could have led to a Brentford goal. Ramsdale acknowledges that he could have performed better.
However, despite any difficulties, Ramsdale appreciates the backing he received from the Arsenal supporters. The fans supported him throughout the game, demonstrating their encouragement for the goalkeeper, and he values their support.
After the game, the former Sheffield United man wrote on Instagram:
“A feeling I never take for granted.
“Love being part of this club. Fans were next level last night looking out for me.
“Thank you”
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It was good to see Ramsdale back in goal and he would be delighted that he kept a clean sheet.
However, he was not so convincing and will admit he did not do much to show why he should be back as our number one.
Raya is more reassuring and the Spaniard will be back in goal in our next match.
In my opinion the goal keeping position is one of the toughest to play, so rotating this spot is simply unsound or simply put out unwise.
So especially for top clubs where the shot stopper constantly is under scrutiny, there is never a perfect time to rotate without damaging confidence.
The competition between keepers also stunt player development and growth.
The manager ultimately have the final say on whose name is on the team sheet, so the competitor run the risk of losing character on the pitch and their playing style being altered with ambition to impress, as exactly what we saw from the Englishman on Saturday and in the first half in particular.
Now this is why Ramsdale will be sold in January, as it isn’t just tough for the young Englishman, it is also challenging for the surrounding players, who have to change their expectations of their goal keepers ability, strength and characteristics of each games.
So as the Englishman continues to put on a brave face, one can’t help remembering the old saying shaggy dog is sweating but the long hair covers it.
Agreed. My first reaction to Ramsdale’s play, especially in the first half, was “well, what did you expect?”.
He has had some very poor distributions but nothing similar to the one he pounded into the ground 5 meters in front of himself. Totally out of sync and frazzled. While not the best, generally, I believe he is a very good (and sometimes great) on distributions and getting the attack jump started.
I am personally thankful for the incredible play (hello James Maddison among many others), confidence, leadership, and effort he has always tried to provide to the team. Always getting on Spuds fans was an extra bonus.
I suspect he will come to realize, if he hasn’t already, that since Arteta has been “ruthless”, that he needs to attempt to motivate Arsenal to sell him as soon as possible.
Ramsdale should be planning to stay and fight for the shirt. He should be working to show why he should be playing, not looking for a way out.
I hope so too. Unfortunately most human beings, unlike machines, have a psychological state that can be impaired by treatment that we feel is unjustified. It tends to make us feel that trying to rectify an injustice is a lost cause and that it makes more sense to leave for treatment that seems fairer to us. This is where humans differ from machines and man management matters.
I believe Martinez would have felt something similar when he was supposed to continue as number 2 despite outperforming Leno. Back then I also felt he should have stayed on to fight for his shirt and claim the spot but it’s easy to forget that humans are emotional beings who cannot be expected to react rationally when deemed unfairly penalized
Ramsdale’s got nothing to prove to anyone. I’d choose him couple of times over Raya. Whatever we saw of him recently in the Mistake made on Brentford match is totally Arteta’s doing, trying to get more by putting unnecessary pressure on a player that’s already good.
The moment you are trying to do everything to be perfect so as to impress people, that’s when you make mistakes because you are not playing your game with a free mind. There’s a lot of “what ifs”. “What if I make mistake”… Then you find yourself making that mistake.
The same Arteta wasn’t Ruthless with Havertz or Raya when they made mistakes. It’s just pure biass. He made us lose trophy the last season with this same biass when he benched Trossard for Jesus after we had an almost perfect season. Now he’s walking the same path. Let’s see how it goes.
Ramsdale has been doing that since the day he walked into camp and has not been looking for a way out. Now, he is on the bench and obviously (even before Brentford) there to stay barring injury to Raya or going to another club.
To be honest,I don’t think there’s rotation in the goalkeeping department. Apparently,Arteta has settled on Raya and the only reason Ramsdale played is because it was Brentford.It therefore makes no sense when to say “…it is also challenging for surrounding players, who have to change their expectations of their goalkeepers…of each games”. Raya has clearly been the number one for a while now and I doubt that will change anytime soon.At the end of the day,the coach must make decisions he thinks are best for the team;not what’s best for an individual player. Ramsdale will have to decide what’s best for him,if things don’t change.For what it’s worth,I think Arteta prefers Raya for the same reasons the England coach prefers Pickford.
I agree there is no rotation as Arteta has decided on Raya as number one. However there are some interesting consequences to Arteta’s decsion which are his and his alone.
1) Ramsdale confidence is very shaky (not surprisingly) and he is under more pressure and scrutiny than any other goalkeeper as one mistake gets all of the pundits saying Arteta is right to choose Raya. For example Allison made similar errors in the Man City game but no one was saying replace him. Arsenal should loan Ramsdale out in New Year to get him playing and restore confidence and see what the end of the season brings, which brings me to point 2
2) Ramsdale’s keeping got us to second and into the Champions League . The reason we didn’t win the league was due to outfield deficiences in defence and midfield to cover for injuries etc. and hence has made signings in those areas. Arteta must do better by winning something or at least equal second in PL to justify his recruitment of Raya or the criticism will be he has trod water. The pressure is now on Arteta to deliver trophies . So Ramsdale sit back, enjoy your football elsewhere and watch Arteta flap as the pressure gets to him
It’s not entirely accurate to say Ramsdale’s keeping got us to second; it was a team effort.He won us points with his saves e.g. Livedpool but also made some egregious errors towards the end of the season that arguably cost us points – Southampton for instance.But even if I was to pick standout players from last season,I wouldn’t even pick Ramsdale in my top three. I’d certainly pick Saliba,Saka,Odegaard,and Partey before him.
That said,we fell short in the end by five points. It means that there doesn’t need to be a huge upgrade on Ramsdale. It’s now a matter of fine margins and if Arteta thinks Raya being in goal could help him gain even an extra 2 points on last season,that could make a huge difference in the grand scheme of things. I agree with you that Arteta is under pressure,but I feel any coach managing a big club is always under pressure to win trophies. If Arteta is to earn the respect of fans,pundits and peers,he’ll have to overcome the pressure. What’s competitive sports without pressure?
I believe Arteta should feel more pressure than he’s currently feeling, perhaps he’d understand how easy it is to make mistakes when people are all around watching for it. His Ruthlessness is backed by bias nothing more.
This goal keeper was one of the players who saved him last season, yet Arteta caused him to fail by making last minute changes to the team selection that saw him flop after an early and mid season glory. In Arteta’s mind, it was Ramsdale who made us lose the trophy but in Reality, it was Arteta who was the Architect of his own downfall by switching an already perfect line up team for a poor one at the end of the season.
Arteta will never admit he made a poor decision that made us lose the trophy. Instead he’s looking everywhere to pin the blame on someone. Now, we’ll give him all the say… Let him do what he likes but if Arsenal lose this trophy again, he won’t find it easy and funny.
If Arsenal sells Ramsdale in next January window. Say, for a big money offer from Chelsea or Tottenham Hs for instance. Then what? Arsenal to sign a new top quality goalkeeper in the same next January window, or what when they aren’t under serious pressure to sign one?
Or promote Karl Hein to the No2 spot and recalls Okonkwo from his season loan out, when there isn’t any emergency reason in the team goalkeeper’s dept that calls for that?
So therefore, if Arteta wants Ramsdale to continue with his staying at Arsenal. Ramsdale should accept it and continue to stay at the club And start to improve on his shortcomings in goalkeeping for Arsenal. And be bidding for his time to reclaim the No1 keeper’s spot. But he should not be overzeleous to push for untimely Arsenal exit if his gaffer still wants him in his team.
But if his gaffer stooped wanting him in his team. Then, Ramsdale can make a decision on his next course of action to leave Arsenal in the next winter window.
In the maritime,. Now that Arsenal are sitting on top of the Epl table as leaders. Thanks to their 0-1 away win they got over Brentford last Saturday.
Nevertheless, Arteta and his Gunners team SHOULD by all means do everything in the football books to continue making Arsenal sit on the table to season’s end to win the title and win it unfailingly.
4 put of the next 6 Arsenal Epl matches are all winable games for the Gunners to them with ease I should think.
The remaining 2 matches at away to Aston Villa. and Liverpool in the big game can be won as well by the Gunners. But I think may not be with ease for the Gunners to win the duo matches. But I want to believe that Arsenal will beat Liverpool at Anfield when next us play against them there at their backyard. This is because the Reds are long overdue a bearing at home by the Gunners in the Epl.
My forecasts:
Ars vs Wol home win IBK.
Luton vs Ars away win 2BK.
A villa vs Ars away win/draw 2X.
Ars vs Brighton home win IBK.
Liverosis vs Ars away win 2X.
Ars vs WHM home win IBK.
So, by my forecasts reckoning, Arsenal should collect a total of 16 points out of the 18 on offer before the start of the 2nd half of the season.
But the Gunners SHOULD try by all means to collect all the 18 points. So that they won’t allow any of their top rival big teams challenging for the title win this season to leapfrog them to top the table.
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Fans supported him as they know he is quality keeper who had a spell of the jitters after coming through a very difficult period in which he has behaved impeccably by supporting Raya.
He should stay in for the Lens game. A vote of confidence in that one plus the support of a home crowd and we will see a very different Aaron Ramsdale.
Admin you are not serious,Raya made mistakes that could have cost AFC in many games so far. Is that reassuring?
Thats true. People tend to have short term memory and forget things in a blink of an eye. If we count how many mistakes Raya has comitted which has led to goal or would have led to goal and adding on that his poor distribution which has led to goal, the number are astonishing in such short space of time. As late as in Newcastle game, we was jumping blatantly on air and miss the ball altogether which led to goal. I still couldn’t make up what Arteta has seen in him to replace Ramsdale. His distribution, passing, aerial ability is awful and he is no better shot stopper than Ramsdale. He is just getting chance after chance because Arteta thinks he can recover and improve. But upto now our goalkeeping department has been poorest of all and not good enough to win title.
You forgot the Mancity,Tottenham and Chelsea games , its just down to who MA prefers. I dont think Raya is better.
The added pressure should help keep them on their toes. Both of them and every keeper basically have a mistake in them but it’s how they respond and keeping them to a minimum. The only way it looks, for everyone to say masterstroke is if one of them gets a long-term injury or if we go on to claim a top prize
I want Ramsdale to fight and be our #1. To do that he needs to work on his footwork and the ball distribution in tight spaces. I saw our preseason games and he wasn’t convincing, but we know what he can do in the goal. Good luck Ramsdale, pick up the glove and develop your footwork 🫶
LET US CUT TO THE CHASE. This problem was predictable from the momenrt MA signed RAYA on loan.
It is almost unheard of in top football to keep two keepers of top level happy, while one is second choice.
It was a predictable outcome and HAS caused MA and AFC problems, as many on here said it would at the time.
KEPERS are adifferent kettle of fish from outfield players, ALLof whom know thay can be replaced by loss of form injury, being overplayed, etc
This DOES NOT apply to keepers and never has, PREVIOUSLY, at AFC.