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 White is close to being as outdated as Tierney now.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.

      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.

        Big Willie White has his strengths, like long balls and vision. But Timber easily triumph on many other things as a fullbacks. Also he is very solid 1v1, probably our best defensively for that.

        All of them will rotate plenty no issues. But Timber should be first choice.

        I do think when facing inverted wingers Arteta will put Timber out left for certain matches though

          Claudius West Ham were a mess. We were rampant, but also oddly sloppy in that first half. Second half was just poor, and the subs were shit.

              Coombs not sure why but London Stadium is such a good place for us. We also have the 5 0 win where Alexis scored a superb hattrick.

              Which is why people said we bottled it when we let a 2 goal lead slip in a crucial title race match. Definitely nerves

                Coombs I don’t know if we were sloppy as a whole. The one guy who still has a lot to learn about going from a free role at Bologna to a very structured defense at Arsenal is Calafiori. He was out of position CJ or the AWB goal. He gave up the ball for their offside goal, and just generally has suspect positioning/recovery when we are defending.
                He actually reminds me a lot of the worst of Zinchenko when he’s on defense. Not a train smash when we are humming offensively, but needs to be ready later in the season for opponents like Salah and Lamine

                  Don't feel the same about Calafiori. He can be complacent but he's mostly on it and can defend really well. In tougher matches he was asked not to bomb too much and be disciplined defensively and he more than held his own.

                  Zinchenko is really a different story.... braindead defender. But he isn't even a defender in the first place so I can forgive him.

                    Clrnc go back and watch the game and others. Calafiori is often out of position for defense.
                    But I’m happy to make the trade off based on how he changes our offense

                      As expected, on MOTD they didn't mention that Rice won the ball. They didn't even talk about how good we were other than Saka being a top player. They chose to focus on how shit WHU are.

                      flobaba steady on. blanco is rarely below 7.5/10, and has linked up brilliantly with ode and saka. timber has been great but blanco isn't suddenly extinct ala Tierney/zinchenko. he still has plenty to offer

                        Yeah, Timber is brilliant but so is White. Fair enough if you prefer the former but dismissing White is far off the mark.

                        Is Jorginho + Rice our best CM pairing?

                          I don’t think we particularly have a best pairing - they are all of similar quality albeit with different attributes and emphasis on traits which is great as we can tailor the midfield to suit the match

                          lorddulaarsenal Merino has great qualities. I’d love to see that as well. We have good options.

                            JazzG it's kinda insane we now have various midfield combinations for different kind of matches.

                            By next year our best trio might be Nwaneri Odegaard with Rice as DM

                              Trossard, Rice, Calafiori had a lot of attacking intent on Saturday night. Saka had the bulk of our threat, but we still had good combinations and opportunities from the left, and a goal from Trossard. Interesting to see if Martinelli will start on Wednesday and if he can keep up this momentum

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