bUt thE REfs aRe BIaseD in FAVor Of cITy

Then do what I do. Just watch the matches. Ain’t that difficult.

Random chance. That explains almost everything of this variety. People can cook up all kinds of stories, but they almost never hold up to actual analysis.

In the Arsenalverse, punditry moved from:

Who is this David Raya guy?

to:

Wait a minute, why did they go get David Raya when they already have Ramsdale?

to:

Which one of these dudes is going to be the #1?

to:

OMFG, Raya is terrible and Ramsdale is literally Oliver Kahn, why is he playing?

and now, finally, to:

I wish they would just make a choice so people could shut up about Raya and Ramsdale.

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Now. Here’s what actually happened: Arteta and Edu saw the opportunity to get a keeper they thought was better than the one they had. They got him, and immediately began starting him. He has continued starting. Arsenal has the best defense in the league, some of which is down to Raya. At no point has the actual behavior of the Arsenal coaching staff or front office ever really shown anything other than that Raya is the top guy, and will continue to be, other than Arteta doing a little faffing about in press conferences so as not to hurt Ramsdale’s feelings.

Oh, and if you watched the Brentford match? Aaron Ramsdale ain’t no Oliver Kahn.

Dude is a lunatic in some respects.

Thanks for coming, we sell tinfoil hats in the lobby.

I think this city team is not quite at the level of the last few years. And they’ve dropped some points that their super-teams would not have – the draw to Chelsea being the most recent example.

Look, City is almost always the best team in the League. But people have developed a superstition about them that I think is unhealthy.