as amazing as raya has been this season i cant help but think pickford may have deserved it before. raya is amazing but would have conceded far more if not for our brilliant defense
Yet he’ll end up in 2nd place in the PL standings, just like ol Car Ramrod did.
He looks like a skull.
Saliba and Gabriel* Raya was just there for the most part
Arsenal have the least goals scored against them in the Prem (29), so on that, he deserves it. City next on 32 conceded and Liverpool with 36. Villa’s is 52 (so much for Martinez being World #1! 🤣), which is 3 more than Everton who are 4th on 49 goals against, then Man U on 51, then Villa. At the other end poor old Sheff U have let 97 goals in and will probably crack 100 before the end of the season.
Carried by the defenders
Pickford has faced 3 times as many shots! Literally! Put Raya in goal for us we are still fighting for relegation and put Pickford in goal for Arsenal they are already Champions.
ITT: Arsenal Best Defense!
I feel a lot of people underrate Raya and how well suited he is for Arsenal.
He is not the best shot stopper in the league but he is the best at claiming crosses with the highest percentage of claimed crosses out of all of Europe’s top 5 leagues.
When hearing this stat alone, you might think ‘so what?’. But here’s why that’s so perfect for Arsenal.
Arsenal don’t actually concede that many shots. I even think there was a spell of 5 games in February where he only faced 3 shots on target in 5 games including a match Vs Liverpool. 2 of those shots on target were extremely tame efforts that you or I could have saved. This is largely down to Arsenal’s defensive shape that doesn’t allow for many shots on target. Another example would be Erling Haaland having 0 shots on target in the 2 league matches and even in the community shield. That’s 4+ hours of football. Because Arsenal defend very compact and very well, this forces teams outwide and to cross the ball more than average as they can’t break through the middle.
A tldr of that paragraph is that Arsenal face the least shots on target in the league but do face a lot of crosses. This means they need a keeper who is an excellent cross stopper and his shot stopping is almost secondary. That is David Raya
It’s disingenuous to give this award solely to the goalkeeper. It’s Arsenal’s defense, including Raya, that earned this award. It’s certainly not something he did himself.
If the award was going to be given for individual Gk prowess, most shots saved is a better metric.
I mean he has a 66.7 save percentage. If his back 4 was as leaky as some of the other teams he’d have conceded many more. His back 4 is a major part of his award. Just like United’s Back 4 we’re a major part of De Gea winning it last year.
13 comments
congratulations to gabriel and saliba.
as amazing as raya has been this season i cant help but think pickford may have deserved it before. raya is amazing but would have conceded far more if not for our brilliant defense
Yet he’ll end up in 2nd place in the PL standings, just like ol Car Ramrod did.
He looks like a skull.
Saliba and Gabriel* Raya was just there for the most part
Arsenal have the least goals scored against them in the Prem (29), so on that, he deserves it. City next on 32 conceded and Liverpool with 36. Villa’s is 52 (so much for Martinez being World #1! 🤣), which is 3 more than Everton who are 4th on 49 goals against, then Man U on 51, then Villa. At the other end poor old Sheff U have let 97 goals in and will probably crack 100 before the end of the season.
Carried by the defenders
Pickford has faced 3 times as many shots! Literally! Put Raya in goal for us we are still fighting for relegation and put Pickford in goal for Arsenal they are already Champions.
ITT: Arsenal Best Defense!
I feel a lot of people underrate Raya and how well suited he is for Arsenal.
He is not the best shot stopper in the league but he is the best at claiming crosses with the highest percentage of claimed crosses out of all of Europe’s top 5 leagues.
When hearing this stat alone, you might think ‘so what?’. But here’s why that’s so perfect for Arsenal.
Arsenal don’t actually concede that many shots. I even think there was a spell of 5 games in February where he only faced 3 shots on target in 5 games including a match Vs Liverpool. 2 of those shots on target were extremely tame efforts that you or I could have saved. This is largely down to Arsenal’s defensive shape that doesn’t allow for many shots on target. Another example would be Erling Haaland having 0 shots on target in the 2 league matches and even in the community shield. That’s 4+ hours of football. Because Arsenal defend very compact and very well, this forces teams outwide and to cross the ball more than average as they can’t break through the middle.
A tldr of that paragraph is that Arsenal face the least shots on target in the league but do face a lot of crosses. This means they need a keeper who is an excellent cross stopper and his shot stopping is almost secondary. That is David Raya
It’s disingenuous to give this award solely to the goalkeeper. It’s Arsenal’s defense, including Raya, that earned this award. It’s certainly not something he did himself.
If the award was going to be given for individual Gk prowess, most shots saved is a better metric.
I mean he has a 66.7 save percentage. If his back 4 was as leaky as some of the other teams he’d have conceded many more. His back 4 is a major part of his award. Just like United’s Back 4 we’re a major part of De Gea winning it last year.
lol