Don Pacifico we have no one else to bring on to replace them that's why
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Ben White is good but Timber is world class
Gurgen yep. No slight on White but Timber is an alien
lorddulaarsenal I love Benny White to bits, but yes, Timber is a sensational footballer.
Gurgen
Ffs, he’s very good but let’s not hyperbole
Sicario2 - Tier 1 how you can say this to, um, anyone is just.... 
YOU were the one writing our season off after one game when Timber got his ACL last season. If he's not world class, why were you so concerned?
Timber's had better performances than today and so has White. I also wonder how much the niggles has kept White from playing at full capacity.
Timber is the complete full back.
Clrnc yeah, I know that we didn't have any of our traditional midfielders on the bench but I expected Arteta to try something else out to give them a rest.
Was on a plane last night but I've just gotten through the replay. Delightful stuff albeit a touch slower after the half! Timber was spectacular once again.
At our best we are the best team in the league.
I can see us going on a really good run of form now that we have Timber, Odegaard and Calafiori fit
Well, that was nuts. Poor game, in many ways. Saka and Odegaard are everything.
Jesus, Kiwior, and Sterling...
RocktheCasbah if both are at their best Timber triumph easily. He is way better in tight spaces and technical ability to be more effective for us as a FB.
Clrnc if both are at their best Timber triumph easily. He is way better in tight spaces and technical ability to be more effective for us as a FB.
I'm happy to admit my early concerns following his return to the team at the end of last season about Timber's tendency to charge forward ahead of the ball too much and leaving us exposed were unfounded.
At the time he seemed way to eager to push up into AM positions ahead of the ball in our last game of the season which did worry me at the time that he may be another Zinchenko type who is a defender by position but wants to be an attacker. After his games this season though he has shown he is solid defensively and picks his moments to attack, and doesn't just go all gung ho like first indications seemed to me.
Like @RocktheCasbah , I love White, but Timber is quality. I can't say for certain he's better but what I will say in his favoir is we don't feel White's absence as much when Timber starts, and that's saying something given the chemistry White has with Saka and Odegaard. Also maybe shows just how good Odegaard and Saka are that they continue to play well and make their RB look good despite whoever steps in.
daredevil what was he at full capacity? Nothing really special. His greatest attribute is his robustness and minimum 6/10 level of performance. But he'd hardly throw 8s or 9s out there the way Timber has been till it becomes the standard. What we expect from the role has changed. White is close to being as outdated as Tierney now.
Sticks tongue out, runs away.
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Big Willie I can't say for certain he's better
You can. Yes, you really can. 
It's okay. I grant you permission. Rise. Appreciate the kid. He's a baller. The truth is he's not really a full back. He's the sort that is simply good enough to play absolutely anywhere on the field to decent effect. Swapping out between right back and left back from one week to the next, and looking equally comfy. Jumping into the ode Saka formerly Blanco axis and making it HIS.
My biggest doubt about him was his defending, and he's shown those fears largely unfounded. I expect him to have bad days every now and then, but we've absolutely raised our level with this cat at right back.