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No different from everyone else expecting the usual shite performance from Havertz.
But there IS a difference between the Ramsdale situation and the Harvertz situation:
Ramsdale for all his faults was often the one who kept us in games last season.... And had far more Good games than Bad and now he is only being given the occasional opportunity to try and prove himself worthy of a starting place (something we know is unlikely to happen - even if he works miracles in the games he does play, because Arteta's man is Raya). Whereas Havertz has been given chance after chance after chance etc etc etc and has still not turned up and contributed to the team and the games he has played in; at least not in the way one would expect a £68Million signing to )
Also, after being 'dumped' by arteta and literally having any confidence he did have crushed, there is every chance that ramsdale will be nervous rather than excited when taking to the field. Had Raya been a Noticeable improvement on Ramsdale in terms of ability etc then fine... But Raya has yet to show any improvement in terms of ability and levels as a goalie when compared to Ramsdale.
I agree that Raya has been incredibly poor, and has done nothing to impress in place of Ramsdale, but that doesn’t promote Ramsdale in being any/much better. Ramsdale had some very good games last season, and to his credit, he got the praise he deserved; but we cannot whitewash the fact that he’s also just as capable of a cock-up, and he has cost us goals too. Whether directly or indirectly.
Plus, I just cannot advocate for a goalkeeper that openly admits that he cannot hold his concentration for 90 mins. Especially, when we’ve seen actual examples of him fazing out and being distracted by the crowd/wanting to banter the crowd or a
pigeon on the pitch, as Southampton last year.
Ramsdale doesn’t inspire me with confidence, at all. Of course I want him to prove me wrong but I doubt it.
No different from everyone else expecting the usual shite performance from Havertz.
But there IS a difference between the Ramsdale situation and the Harvertz situation:
Ramsdale for all his faults was often the one who kept us in games last season.... And had far more Good games than Bad and now he is only being given the occasional opportunity to try and prove himself worthy of a starting place (something we know is unlikely to happen - even if he works miracles in the games he does play, because Arteta's man is Raya). Whereas Havertz has been given chance after chance after chance etc etc etc and has still not turned up and contributed to the team and the games he has played in; at least not in the way one would expect a £68Million signing to )
Also, after being 'dumped' by arteta and literally having any confidence he did have crushed, there is every chance that ramsdale will be nervous rather than excited when taking to the field. Had Raya been a Noticeable improvement on Ramsdale in terms of ability etc then fine... But Raya has yet to show any improvement in terms of ability and levels as a goalie when compared to Ramsdale.
I agree that Raya has been incredibly poor, and has done nothing to impress in place of Ramsdale, but that doesn’t promote Ramsdale in being any/much better. Ramsdale had some very good games last season, and to his credit, he got the praise he deserved; but we cannot whitewash the fact that he’s also just as capable of a cock-up, and he has cost us goals too. Whether directly or indirectly.
Plus, I just cannot advocate for a goalkeeper that openly admits that he cannot hold his concentration for 90 mins. Especially, when we’ve seen actual examples of him fazing out and being distracted by the crowd/wanting to banter the crowd or a
pigeon on the pitch, as Southampton last year.
Ramsdale doesn’t inspire me with confidence, at all. Of course I want him to prove me wrong but I doubt it.
He does more than The Pug and that's for sure.
Thing is how may players Goalies or otherwise would actually admit to not being able to keep 100% Focus and Attention for the whole 90+ Minutes... Very VERY Few... Even though it is a Natural Part of Human Nature to "lose' one's attention for brief moments. He was just being honest and let's be 'honest' the Pug is a down grade, unless he improves by 1,0000% - which I don't see happening.
Not only is this a MUST Win ... Yeahhh! I knowwww BUT we need to win by at least a FIVE Goal Margin so that our Goal difference is better than $hitty's.
