Love Ramsdale but I think he’s been quite erratic for a while now. I think that near post goal he conceded against Liverpool earlier this year shattered his confidence and he’s looked a bit unsure ever since. Quality keeper but just needs to regain some composure.
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Could be more of a goalkeeping coaching issue than a problem with the player? I've been unimpressed with the standard of GK coaching at the club for a while now and I'm not sure how much I trust the current guy after he vouched for Runnarsson? You'd have thought things like being beaten at the near post would be a relatively easy thing to coach out of our keepers, but it seems to be a consistent theme going back years.
Not sure I blame Ramsdale too much for a lot of the "rashness" I see - some of it is him, but a lot of it looks like an inevitable consequence of the way we want to play. With the whole team pushing up higher our GK has to act as an 11th outfield player at times, and often has the unenviable choice of staying on his line and letting the striker run through on goal, or readying himself to rush out and sweep up. Also the way we want him to launch attacks quickly means that he's probably always sat there in a semi-frantic state with his adrenaline through the roof! The occasional heart-in-mouth moment might just be something that we have to get comfortable with as fans.
The way his confidence seems to ebb and flow is a worry, but I have a feeling that will eventually work itself as he starts to gain more and more faith in our ability to score goals - last year a goal conceded would almost certainly have meant valuable points dropped, but this season, with Jesus and co racking them up, maybe it won't be quite as consequential as it was. Give him the same backing that we've shown to Saliba and I think we can get him back to a happy place pretty quick.
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