Ramsdale Dropped

[CPB]

An example of us selling at the right time though.
What was it 18.5m to sign him and 24m to sell plus add-ons rising to 30m. Not sure if we ever got the full 30m but we will have got more than the 24m given he played in most of Arsenal's games for 2 seasons.

Can be argued that we shouldn't have spent 18.5m of our budget that summer on him. In hindsight I'd agree with that too.

 

[bakeblade]

How the tables have turned…

I assume it's a ploy to get him out on loan or transferred.

 

[Bladeinleeds]

An example of us selling at the right time though.
What was it 18.5m to sign him and 24m to sell plus add-ons rising to 30m. Not sure if we ever got the full 30m but we will have got more than the 24m given he played in most of Arsenal's games for 2 seasons.

Can be argued that we shouldn't have spent 18.5m of our budget that summer on him. In hindsight I'd agree with that too.

His career does seem to have stagnated

To me - The real moral of the story would be don’t sell him for less than a million quid initially. Then that 20mil could have been all our profit.

Same with will lankshear who’s just been sold for £10mil+ when we sold for pennies in comparison.

We rarely learned that lesson.

 

[bertieblade]

We have to sell if players are towards the end of their contract or they run it down and we get nothing.
You can also not persuade players to sign a contract if they do not want to

 

[grena blade]

His career does seem to have stagnated

To me - The real moral of the story would be don’t sell him for less than a million quid initially. Then that 20mil could have been all our profit.

Same with will lankshear who’s just been sold for £10mil+ when we sold for pennies in comparison.

We rarely learned that lesson.

Don't think we had a choice with lankshear

 

[sportsmanblade]

on his day ramsdale is a very difficult keeper to beat think his old man ruined his career got to big for his sons boots

 

[TopBoy]

Never rated him at all. Always seemed to dive too late.

 

[MKY]

on his day ramsdale is a very difficult keeper to beat think his old man ruined his career got to big for his sons boots

Am I miss-remembering? I thought he was dogger for us? Always seemed to dive once the ball had gone past him & into the net!

 

[The Fox]

I liked Ramsdale , proper old style nutcase goalie , not so bad between the sticks , fuck knows between the ears .

All keepers used to be like that , dyeing breed.

 

[Old Programme seller]

First half of the season he was crap what made it worse was that Henderson was so good the season/s before, I don’t blame Wilder for buying because loaning Henderson was going to cost us a fortune as MN Utd were wanting a lot for his loan as Henderson had just signed a big contract.

 

[Bladesince59]

Wasn't keen on his attitude. OK goalie, but no better.

 

[AWetFlannel]

His career does seem to have stagnated

To me - The real moral of the story would be don’t sell him for less than a million quid initially. Then that 20mil could have been all our profit.

Same with will lankshear who’s just been sold for £10mil+ when we sold for pennies in comparison.

We rarely learned that lesson.

We'd have not been able to reallocate those funds to improve the squad for a start, but also, a league 1 club would never get £20mill for a keeper. He was only worth that after playing PL football for Bournemouth.

That's if he was even prepared to sign a contract extension with us which, given his later conduct, is incredibly unlikely. We'd have lost him for nowt.

 

[diplomat]

His method may have been wrong or miss guided but he’s played 5 years at the top and played for England.

We were a shitshow and Arsenal wanted him. I would suggest that he only got a bit of a cob on because the club were being a bit of a dick to him. There’s two sides. He had the chance to play on a different stratosphere. I bear him no ill. He wasn’t as good as I’d hoped, got better, was decent. Made us a bit of money. Fuck it, we move on.

 

[s20Blade]

Not a patch on Henderson

 

[Corkblade]

Not a patch on Henderson

Went on strike for the WBA game as l recall,to force the move, left us in the s..t ,no sympathy for him

 

[Sean Thornton]

Am I miss-remembering? I thought he was dogger for us? Always seemed to dive once the ball had gone past him & into the net!

Late Dive!

I remember him screwing up for a goal while at Arsenal. When the team rescued him he celebrated like he’d scored the winner. Brain dead arrogant tosspot who’s had his day in the sun. At least he’s got the money to console him.

 

[skegblade]

Problem with that is we aren't a major pull for players since if we sell our best we go in the loan market for journeyman topping their pensions up
A hapless state after what we achieved to get to the promised land and it's not all Wilders fault

 

[1889]

Went on strike for the WBA game as l recall,to force the move, left us in the s..t ,no sympathy for him

True but his industrial action did leave the stage clear for Michael Verrips to stake his claim for the number one jersey.

So we should be grateful for that……..

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

Went on strike for the WBA game as l recall,to force the move, left us in the s..t ,no sympathy for him

And the gave it the big un about it on Ben Foster's podcast. Tit.

Not got enough focus of the right mentality to play at the top level. Too easy to switch off.

 

[Ned the Donkey]

You can also not persuade players to sign a contract if they do not want to

You can if you've got Luca Brasi.

"Luca Brasi held a gun to his head, and my father assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract."

 

[diplomat]

An example of us selling at the right time though.
What was it 18.5m to sign him and 24m to sell plus add-ons rising to 30m. Not sure if we ever got the full 30m but we will have got more than the 24m given he played in most of Arsenal's games for 2 seasons.

Can be argued that we shouldn't have spent 18.5m of our budget that summer on him. In hindsight I'd agree with that too.

But a top keeper, like Henderson, is worth so much in the prem. we actually did what most people wanted and owned one for a bit and Hendo was always going to be out of reach.

 

[diplomat]

Late Dive!

I remember him screwing up for a goal while at Arsenal. When the team rescued him he celebrated like he’d scored the winner. Brain dead arrogant tosspot who’s had his day in the sun. At least he’s got the money to console him.

He also seemed to jump lower than when he was standing quite a lot. I think wolves at home was one.

 

[Sad Ken]

Never understood the hype about him. For me the worst keeper we had in recent years, apart from Grbic Glad we got the money we did for him.

 

[BazWainwright]

Ramsdale was dogshit.

That first game back in 2020 v Wolves, his positioning on both goals is so questionable. Both goals from the camera position look unstoppable but really when you see the camera behind the goal. he could have easily got a hand to it had his reflexes been better. Seem to recall Rashford firing underneath his body later on in the season too

 

[GymClassHero]

To be fair I don't think he was exactly helped by the horror show going on in front of him.