Benjamin White (4)

The Players
#661

Makes sense. Ben White mainly played on the right in a back three for Brighton last season, and even played DM on occasion. Think he only played in a back 4 a couple of times. Then again, he played pretty much the whole season for Leeds in a back four and was their player of the season, albeit in the Championship.

#662

Yep this is concerning.

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#663

Good versatility. Arteta will like that he can use him in different set ups

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#664

Artetaā€™s dream is 433 bruh.

#665 
         Aubameyang 
 Saka     Ƙdegaard   Pepe

           Partey
 ???  Tierney  White Gabriel Chambers

          Leno

Like that? Not sure I love it.

#666

You spelt Bellerin wrong

#667

Still hopes for Ƙde?

#668

Pains me as much as you. Our sweet vegan prince does seem destined to leave soon.

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#669

Iā€™m not not sure ESR is that player to sit in the hole like that. Maybe Iā€™m wrong but I donā€™t see ESR as a wingback system player.

#670

We will continue to play 4-2-3-1 so the formation is wrongā€¦and you need to swap Gabriel around as the left-sided CB and White as the right-sided CB.

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#671

So you think

               Leno
 Chambers White Gabriel Tierney
  Partey  Mystery Signing
   Saka  ESR   Pepe
          Aubameyang
#672

Yepā€¦although personally I think Pepe will operate from the right wing and Saka from the left as per your first lineup. I also think that we will sign a new right-back to replace Bellerin.

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#673

No, I do too Iā€™m just an idiot and couldnā€™t remember I had flipped the formation and apparently canā€™t tell my left from right.

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#674

Was listening to talksport this morning and was surprised to hear the largely positive reaction towards this signing.

Danny ā€œmore dour than the Scottish Grim Reaperā€ Murphy was praising White, and even that pretentious, conceitful cunt Simon Jordan was likening him to a young John Terry.

Didnā€™t expect that one bit, but I suppose when you spend large amounts on a young English player, the media reaction is never as critical / sensationalist.

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#675

Yeah on the 5 Live football daily podcast yesterday they were all pretty high on him. They said the price is probably steep, but in general they all said it was a positive signing and one that will improve us.

Some people like to cling on to the price tag, which I get, it is a lot of money. But itā€™s an investment. The John Terry comparison might be a stretch, but I definitely think heā€™s decent and at only 23, his ceiling is still high.

#676

Danny Mills went as far as saying Ben White is better than Arsenal.

#677

If anybody subscribes to the Arsenal Vision podcast, they had a really good show last Friday with David Hartrick, who is a Brighton supporter, a football journalist, and also a stats analyst for Opta. He did a very thorough and even-handed job talking about White from a scouting and also stats perspective.

In a nutshell, he loves Whiteā€™s skill set and ceiling, says he was incredibly impressive with Leeds, and then had a very good season with Brighton but is still young and will probably take a little time to adapt to his third new system in three years. Playing in a three with traditional defense-first defenders like Dunk and Webster gave him a bit more license to play risky balls and also to defend on the front foot so might be some adaptation required if he is tasked with a slightly different role and has different types of defensive partners around him.

Edit: This show might have been for Patreon subscribers only.

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#678

Yeah

:grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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#679

Ben White #10 :eyes:

#680

Weā€™ll hopefully get rid of some dross soon, so he can have one of their numbers.

Though itā€™s not like numbers havenā€™t been taken away from loanees before, so he could get 4ā€¦

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