Has Arteta blatantly not told the truth about the Aaron Ramsdale situation?

In the Carabao Cup, Aaron Ramsdale didn’t require a spectacular save to demonstrate that he is good enough to play for Arsenal, but wasn’t that the whole point of loaning David Raya out?

It appears that the competition will bring out the best in both, which is advantageous for the team.

Our management asserted that.

Who starts in goal is determined game by game with zero number one and only two excellent choices in every position?

According to that reasoning, Ramsdale ought to start at the weekend following a clean sheet as opposed to Raya’s error on Sunday leading up to Spurs’ first goal?

I haven’t seen Raya in three games do anything special with his feet that wasn’t happening before, but wait, doesn’t their manager have plans to substitute the two for tactical reasons? Were there not times last season when he claimed that was a temptation? As we looked for a winner in the NLD, was any Gooner surprised that no switch occurred? Anyone else confident that no such sub will ever occur? We are just supposed to smile and nod our heads and pretend we be.

he would be quizzed on the goalie situation, a messy scenario that he has created.

Given that he brought the 25-year-old when so many people questioned the signing, he argues that he is the last person who ought to be asked for his judgment on Ramsdale. He expresses his “love” and “happiness” for Ramsdale’s performance in the same sentence.

However, that is illogical.

 

Why drop Ramsdale if you are satisfied with his body of work?

 

He has dropped him, and to suggest otherwise would be an insult to our brains.

 

No, you are not switching keepers mid-game. Nor are you changing keepers based on the opposition’s strategy.

 

To assume that anyone will believe you is patronizing. Additionally, if someone is lying, what does it mean?

The fact you authorised the club spending 30 million on a role you know a player doesn’t hit peak form till 30 plus, the idea that you agreed on the player getting a new contract as recently as May, just to now give up on him, that’s not good.

On and off the pitch Ramsdale couldn’t have done more to respond to his demotion with professionalism.

Some have questioned the sincerity of his golf clap celebrations to Raya’s save last weekend because he must have known the cameras were watching, but, in many ways, he could be seen as wrong no matter his reaction?

Ramsdale can’t do any more then what he did at Brentford.

Yet I don’t believe it will make any difference, as history shows that once Arteta feels you don’t suit his ethos, he will wash his hands of you.

There are several examples of players who have worked with him who have said he’s not the type who feels the need to put his arm round your shoulder and explain his thought process.

Which again undermines his public line that he ‘loves’ his players.

Ask Bernd Leno if any sensitivity was given once Arteta decides you don’t meet his principles?

To this day the German maintains he doesn’t ‘understand the excuses’ given for why he wasn’t allowed to fight for his place.

When he stressed that was his preference he was told by coaching staff, ‘we need to change players and have positive energy.’

“When I wanted to fight for my place, the goalkeeper coach said, ‘You have to leave the club,’” he stated.

“When he said it wasn’t about performance, I knew straight away I had to leave. I don’t know if they didn’t want two strong ’keepers. I had one year left on my contract. So it was the last time to make money off me.”