Country: Canada
Got skinned a few times but stood up well to Zaha. He was up for the duel, you know they were both chatting **** to each other all game. Feel Cedric would've been absolutely dusted tonight. Good performance from Ben.
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Benjamin The White š
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Country: Canada
squallman
Still Pining for Wenger
Cedric would probably get dusted by half the people on here.
BaZZe
Always Blaming Refs
Country: Sweden
Baffled by people saying we need a RB, Ben White and Tomi are quality cover. White did well against a quality opponent today.
With White we have depth at RB, good competition for CB, enables us to switch to a very good back 3 if we want but man still want to try and convince me he was a wasteful signing.
With White we have depth at RB, good competition for CB, enables us to switch to a very good back 3 if we want but man still want to try and convince me he was a wasteful signing.
Dokaka
AM's resident Hammer
I thought he was excellent defensively against one of the trickiest wingers in the league. If he performs like this against Zaha then he's easily good enough to start as your primary RB if needed, although I think your overall play would benefit from pairing him with Saliba and playing Tomiyasu at RB, at least against inferior opposition.
Riou
In The Winchester, Waiting For This To Blow Over
Country: Northern Ireland
Player:Gabriel
Feel White tonight did as well, as some of Tomi's best performances last season.
He was quality, quietest I have seen Zaha against us in a while...love how how of a **** Ben is
Mitch
Blonde Brigade Grand Wizard
Had two very sloppy passes in the first half that played us into danger but apart from that White was quality (had Zaha in his pocket). So much more suited to RB than CB.
GunnerShy
Well-Known Member
Zaha Selhurst Park... Doesn't get much harder 1v1. He was excellent
Batman
Head of the Wayne foundation for benching Nketiah
Country: USA
Player:Saliba
He did relatively well but at the cost of Saka having to drop very deep. To be fair, ASM had Tomi on skates last season too. It would be nice if we had a more traditional, lightning quick RB to deal with these sorts of threats but at present that's a luxury for us. He's definitely a better RB than CB though and he'll be adequate against the majority of wide players we encounter. Really only a handful of guys in the league out wide that he'll really struggle against.
Ac3knight
Active Member
Feel White tonight did as well, as some of Tomi's best performances last season.
He was quality, quietest I have seen Zaha against us in a while...love how how of a **** Ben is
Were we watching a different match? Zaha was being left wide open to run riot on numerous occassions in the 2nd half.
Everytime Palace got the ball, they just sprayed it right (where Zinchenko's lack of pace was exposed) or left to Zaha.
Believe Tomi would've done much better at RB had he been fit to play.
Country: England
Player:Saliba
White had a stinker. But to be fair heās not really a full back. He gave the ball away twice early on in dangerous positions and Zaha got in behind him numerous times. Saka had to come back to help him a lot in the second half which disrupted our attack and sidelined Jesus as a more of a lone striker.
People saying he had a great game have lost the plot.
People saying he had a great game have lost the plot.
Country: South Africa
Player:Nketiah
White had a stinker. But to be fair heās not really a full back. He gave the ball away twice early on in dangerous positions and Zaha got in behind him numerous times. Saka had to come back to help him a lot in the second half which disrupted our attack and sidelined Jesus as a more of a lone striker.
People saying he had a great game have lost the plot.
Fully agree, he wasn't comfortable with his performance there at all. Did a job yes, but looked very uneasy to me.
But as you say he isnt a right back naturally and our attacking shape leaves a lot of space around him, so when the ball is turned over he is immediately under pressure, as is Zinchenko. Arteta does need to address this weakness in our setup because teams will be looking to target us this way.
One thing's for sure though, White has lost his RCB position to Saliba. Either he comes in for Gabriel or moves to the bench as soon as Tomi is back.
Country: England
Player:Rice
White had a stinker. But to be fair heās not really a full back. He gave the ball away twice early on in dangerous positions and Zaha got in behind him numerous times. Saka had to come back to help him a lot in the second half which disrupted our attack and sidelined Jesus as a more of a lone striker.
People saying he had a great game have lost the plot.
Zaha is a tough opponent for really good RB's. He's going to skin you every now and then or get in behind, it is what it is. He's destroyed our RB's on multiple occasions in recent seasons. White more than held his own last night in a position he's rarely played for us.
He may not be as good as Tomi but he's a massive upgrade on Cedric as back up RB.
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I thought White was great last night. Zaha cut a frustrated figure.
Disagree on CB though. He was better than Gabriel last year and if Gabriel doesnāt improve on last nights performance he might find himself on the bench when Tomi is fit.
Saliba was superb and after last night the position is his to protect. He did so well I think he earned himself wriggle room - ie he will keep his place even if he has a short run of so so games
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White didnāt lose his position to Saliba as much as Saliba won it. Preseason and last night he was so good itās impossible not to play him.
The thing white did well yesterday is he kept close to Zaha until he got yellow card after that Zaha got bit of space.
Overall I'm happy if he can manage to limit Zaha danger he can limit anyone else as RB.
Overall I'm happy if he can manage to limit Zaha danger he can limit anyone else as RB.
Mitch
Blonde Brigade Grand Wizard
Disagree, think Gabriel was good last season and much better of the two out of him White last year. I thought White was very poor in the first and final third of last season but was good in the second third of season.
I've said for while I believe White is far more suited at RB or CM than cb (he doesn't have positional awareness for a CB) and he is showig this now with his RB form. Tomi will have some competition from White for the spot.
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Country: England
Player:Saliba
You donāt pay Ā£50m for back up defenders though.
Country: England
Player:Rice
His fee has nothing to do with him having a good game or not, which he largely did.
Would you have preferred seeing Zaha rip Cedric apart....again?
You're just looking for any angle to try and bash the manager after a decent win
Country: England
Some bizarre takes Iām seeing about White.
Liverpool rotate Konate/Matip/Gomez next to VVD. Gomez fills in at RB as well.
City rotate Stones/Dias/Laporte and Ake who also fills in at LB.
White/Saliba/Gabriel is the type of quality you need these days - weāre still arguably a CB short considering Holding isnāt at the required level.
Liverpool rotate Konate/Matip/Gomez next to VVD. Gomez fills in at RB as well.
City rotate Stones/Dias/Laporte and Ake who also fills in at LB.
White/Saliba/Gabriel is the type of quality you need these days - weāre still arguably a CB short considering Holding isnāt at the required level.
Country: England
Player:Saliba
Did he help the attack by overlapping occasionally, like good FBs do? Nope.
Did he give the ball away in defensive positions? Yep, 3 times at least.
Did their winger get past him. Yes, multiple times.
Did our winger have to come back and help cover? Yes, most of the second half.
If anyoneās got an Arteta agenda on display here, itās try to spin that into a āgood gameā. He may settle down in that role, I know heās not used to it and he had some spells in the game that werenāt too bad. But overall that wasnāt a good game. Fortunately Saliba was very assured next to him.
