Agreed, this is one of two things that Arteta has really gotten wrong imho from a man management perspective. He cannot say he’s rotating keepers and then never pick Ramsdale until he’s literally forced to. Now both keepers look haunted and are constantly looking over their shoulders. It’s a nightmare.
It’s a self fulfilling prophecy honestly. You don’t trust your side players to be able to play so you don’t play them with any regularity. Then they come in, with zero match preparation or match fitness, and don’t perform as well, so you drop them again. If we want to win the league we have to use the squad more
True, but you don’t want to create a narrative that Raya can’t take a bit of away day pressure either. I don’t know why Ramsdale couldn’t start at least one of the CL matches, for example.
Agreed, this is one of two things that Arteta has really gotten wrong imho from a man management perspective. He cannot say he’s rotating keepers and then never pick Ramsdale until he’s literally forced to. Now both keepers look haunted and are constantly looking over their shoulders. It’s a nightmare.
This and his use of our squad in general
It’s a self fulfilling prophecy honestly. You don’t trust your side players to be able to play so you don’t play them with any regularity. Then they come in, with zero match preparation or match fitness, and don’t perform as well, so you drop them again. If we want to win the league we have to use the squad more
@sensiblepuffin @LotrOrc easy thing would be ramsdale for all away PL games
True, but you don’t want to create a narrative that Raya can’t take a bit of away day pressure either. I don’t know why Ramsdale couldn’t start at least one of the CL matches, for example.