Big Willie Good lord that is diabolical. It's like a Simeone/Mourinho wet dream. I love attacking football but I won't lie, I smiled a bit thinking about it.

This guy is absolutely incredible. Ganarcho used to give White all sort of problems are is a menace to us but Timber made him utterly irrelevant that day. Easily.

And then you add how superb Timber technical abilities are. Don't think we can find a better CB hybrid RB around that suits us like this.

Clrnc remember what i said about our attack. you don't always just need forwards. you can add variety in the back to make us more progressive and more comfortable occupying the opposition half.
this guy is a phenom, and i genuinely feel robbed that he was out all of last season given the teething issues we had at left back all season. Timber, Rice, Havertz and Raya is the best transfer window post-Covid. i can't think of a team that got it right like that in one window

Clrnc

White is a very good RB/CB, Timber has world class potential though and I'm not someone who throws around statements like that.

Arteta has thrown around the leader phrase a couple of times too, even the summer he signed, which probably says a bit about his mentality.

If Lauren and Sagna had a baby…

Our fullbacks used to have huge weaknesses. White was his one v one defending vs tricky and fast wingers. As well as a lack of dynamism his combination play, and inability to pass / dribble out of tight spaces. On the other side Zinchenko was lightweight, super error prone and similarly shaky against tricky wingers. Calafiori is good, and takes care of the lack of physicality aspect but still has a lot of learning and growing to do in the role. Would be really interested to see if Arteta can clean him up and mold him into a world class player.

Ideally though, we'd just clone Timber. Stupidly good player. That's what you want in a full back. Now folks are seeing why i'd always call Ben Basic. Basic Benny Blanco.

Timber stays fit and we're going to have one of the very best false back/attacking fullbacks in world football on our books for the next 5 years or so. Simple. And the good thing about it is, he still has lots of room to grow

Very disrespectful to Ben White. This guy has been a legend for us. Given our selection of fullbacks, I'd even rather have White and Timber as our starters for most big games.

flobaba Ideally though, we'd just clone Timber.

Time to sign his twin. He's so good I want 2 Timbers.

May sneak into my top 3 by the end of the season.

Still think he needs to be managed after the ACL that's my only worry.

Claudius he is the minimum level of player/defender we should have at Arsenal. Solid and dependable. Like a Tomiyasu that manages to stay fit.

I don't want to understate Benny's contributions, because I do know he's been a decent performer for us over the years, but he was always a gate to the next level, just like Martinelli currently is. He's a warrior though - this I grant him, this I respect. But on a footballing level - just not my flavor.

Let's do Martinelli next.

flobaba he’s not the minimum anything. He’s an outstanding and versatile defender. There aren’t a lot of Timbers roaming around. Even look within the league. Trent is an absolute unicorn on offense. A matador on defense

Sicario2 - Tier 1 We all love Ben White too but the fact a fan favourite of last 3/4 years wont get his place back says everything you need to know about JT.

I love JT but seriously doubt White will be unable to get his place back.

There will be plenty of minutes for both of them. I wonder if we see White play some CB. Will Gabriel or Saliba ever get any rest this season?

Been wondering whether with our injury crisis, he might end up playing further up the pitch at times. We're not just short on depth up front but if Merino plays CF, we're short on depth in midfield and I think Timber's skill set could make him a viable contingency plan if needed.

Not saying I want him there but can't help but feel we'll see more tinkering until Saka & Martinelli come back from injury.

Would rather push up MLS than Timber to be honest.

CPM Will Gabriel or Saliba ever get any rest this season?

Yes, when they get injured. Just like everyone else.