Arsenal’s goalkeeping situation has been the subject of debate for many seasons now, so what is really going on?

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Mr Finished

What’s that coming over the hill? Is it an elephant?

No, it’s David Ospina.

In my mind, the time for debate is over.

Put simply: he is not good enough for Arsenal Football Club.

He never has been. He never will be. And the longer it takes us to realise, the longer we are resigning ourselves to below-par performances.

He doesn’t have the spectacular saves nor the consistency of our two best keepers.

He lacks height and power. He can never be a world class keeper because his physical attributes don’t stack up, and that’s even before we start looking at his decision making.

He’s just about ok as a number two, but only ok – I would personally prefer to see us have an exciting youngster who might be able to supplant our first choice and can learn from them in between, than someone who is ticking along without the potential to improve or the chance of wowing us.

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