Tuesday 15 October 2019

Ramsdale England's No 1 - well, he's getting closer

I loved the video interview that Harry Wilson did for AFCBTV on Aaron Ramsdale. I think Harry has a career in the making there when the football playing days end. The affection that Aaron has built up with the AFCB fans already though is tremendous. We think he is England's No1, and I don't think it will be long before he is thought of in that way far outside of Bournemouth.
Aaron can't be far away from an England call up.
What I see the fans can identify with Ramsdale is that he is a character. You have to have a screw slightly loose if you play in goal, and the main thing for Aaron at the moment should be just to enjoy playing. It is a fantastic achievement for him to be playing at such a young age in the Premier League and he looks perfectly at home there.


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Of course, Aaron has to keep his standard high and keep his professionalism when he represents the club and he can do that and be pleased with is performances when he pulls off the saves, but I see a cheeky side to him and I expect he has to tone things down at some points. You need some loud characters in the team though and I think Aaron could be one of the players of the season. He is super confident and I hope he remains so.


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With Aaron doing so well, it is only going to make Mark Travers work even harder. It's quite possible that AFCB have two of the best young keepers of any Premier league club so keeping hold of them both may be a stretch for the club in the long term. They both will be getting great tips from Artur Boruc and his experience could be part of the reason why these two young men have come on so fast. It must seem crazy that a goalkeeper that both Travers and Ramsdale surely look up to is also working to improve them, but they seem to be soaking up the information like a sponge. The longer Aaron can pick Artur for information, the closer Aaron will be to claiming that England Number on jersey.

In other news, Callum Wilson came on as a second half sub in England's 6-0 win against Bulgaria hitting the post with the last kick of the game. Congratulations also to former Cherry Tyrone Kings on making his England debut in that game. There were also some disgusting racist taunts in the stadium, but it was good to see that the England players wanted to complete the game.
The paperback version of Eddie Had A Dream
will be available from Monday 21 October 2019.

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