David Raya (1)

I was going to say it’s because he hardly ever has to make a save and then I remembered I back him now.

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It’s been ages since they cut to a shot of Ramsdale on the bench. He has put the debate to bed, he is a clear upgrade.

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How many keepers regardless of nationality have kept 5 consecutive clean sheets away from home. It can’t be many.

My guess would be:

Cech
Seaman
Van Der Sar

EDIT:

Apparently there’s 8 other keepers that have done this.

When you are defensively rock solid, and you barely let anyone shoot at your goal, it shouldn’t be a surprise that your GK also has good stats :slight_smile:

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Ederson and Alisson aswell maybe?

Schmeichel probably as well

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We’ve just kept 5 consecutive clean sheets away from home and no other side in the league has more than 5 clean sheets away from home all season.

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All down to those big hands…Raya defo exhibiting big hand energy. No way back for Ramsdale now, Raya has earned the No.1 GK spot.

It’s so weird that Arsenal are finally such a good team again, I’m enjoying it loads but it feels like I’m not enjoying it enough??

Maybe a trophy will change that

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:smile::sob:

This was me during Ajax 18/19 amazing spell haha. Beating all the big teams.

Look where we are now :santi:

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I know right.

Large part of my mind wants the glory but a tiny sensible part of me also wants to sit back, relax and enjoy.

Nah, the not enjoying it thing is all part of the experience. Look at Fever Pitch - stress and anxiety during the season, followed by (hopefully) euphoria at the end

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Trophies are never guaranteed mate, got to try and enjoy the journey too and not just focus on the destination!

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It’s the PTSD of years gone by. We have been the best team in the league this season and are currently the most impressive. I’m expecting us to fall though.

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I am loving how solid we’ve been at the back and Raya has played a role in that but am not sure how big of an upgrade he is over Rambo when it comes to GK skills.

Where Raya scores over Rambo is in his calmness, maturity and the fact that he doesn’t take stupid risks. I still think Mikel will eventually find a better keeper.

Only just seen the penalty back from
the first leg. That’s the easiest pen Kane has taken in his career as Raya goes far too early

Kane is usually a “jog right up and smash it powerfully into the corner” guy. I don’t think Raya was expecting the herky jerky approach to the ball and it threw his timing off completely.

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Frustrates the hell out of me when Raya claims a cross and you can see him instantly looking round for options to distribute to so we can counter and most of the time there’s nothing.

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Is yours gold?

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EDIT: correction

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