Ben White: Arsenal's MOST Underrated Player? ⚪️

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[@srykextraodinairecreation9962]

He is underrated. People are blind. Last season we create most chances from right side one of the reason is bc of Ben White helping Saka & Odegaard. He cover midfield, wide area and cb. His workrate is unreal.

[@hotdog9262]

his workrate is good, but he is lumbering on the ball, too often slow and indecisive, poor 1 on 1 with wingers defensively. he can fairly easily be replaced with someone better

[@carlbaker5880]

@@hotdog9262we’d have timber for him all day apart from in the air timber has better attributes

[@lancetsan5495]

He hardly gets injured as well

[@nicklikethesoup]

George going, he's such a master of the dark arts just reminds me of Ben White's smirk after he grabbed Sergino Dest's ankle when he was trying to run away against PSV. It doesn't hurt that every one keeps saying "he doesn't like football" when he said he doesn't watch football for fun when he goes home because he's there with his family instead. Like the twist on the narrative around him is a dark art in and of itself. It's so brilliant. The little kicks to the underside of boots of opposition players when they run past just to get under their skin. They way he would rile up GKs by standing right next to them and blowing on the back of their ear. If any player makes you laugh when you watch them, it has to be him. He's basically pranking people on the pitch.

[@finding_aether]

There is nothing wrong with not liking to watch football and playing football. They are 2 completely different activities. I like to play tennis but I hate watching it. I like watching people cook but I hate cooking.

[@nicklikethesoup]

@@finding_aether Agree. Besides, you know he watches the game, because he watches tape.

[@leifbergersen7299]

Benjamin White is another class altogether in terms of holding place and power. And I’m not talking about on the pitch, but it definitely flows over. Stone cold, shows nothing, makes everyone unsure or easy in every conversation. It’s art form he has mastered. Respect!

[@danielparish5378]

I think arteta is slowly bringing in Defenders that can play as midfielders. White, zinchenco, rice, partey, xhaka, timber, kiwior. It's like he wants an interchangeable 8,6, lb, cb, rb. Where each player can cover those positions. I think zini, timber, and white will shift to dm, then play rice in the 8. It's really interesting. A lot of shifting would of happend had timber and zini, not been injured.

[@j0fiz986]

I think Arteta is looking to change formations in attack vs defence more. In attack Havertz will move to a second striker and Zin will move into a CM role. In defence, Havertz will come back to CM and Zin goes back to LB. The problem with this comes from being exposed with quick counter attacks but adding Rice to the squad stops this. At bare minimum we need time to reposition for defence and Rice enables that. At the start of last season Arsenal were doing something really interesting in that Jesus would go out from his position into attack over to the left wing where Martinelli is bringing his defender with him, this opened up space for Martinelli to run into the striker space. The right back would end up coming in to cover that which opened up Saka. These 3 players were constantly swapping over with each other so frequently that defenders had to just eventually stop marking them so closely and instead stand still in their position. This is basically what Arsenal causes in opponents now, stuns them into stagnation so now Arsenal need to break down these block positions which is artetas next challenge and I think Havertz has been brought in for that element with hold up play, late runs in the box and arial threats

[@PakluPapito]

My favourite Arsenal Player. Great to see Ben getting some appreciation.

[@mkallarry4597]

He's playing style is his rolls Royce, he has deceptive pace, positioning is always bang on and anticipation. it's very rare.

[@vern4786]

i think Ben White is amazing. The only "weakness"/nitpick i could say is of his 'backfoot defending'. he reads the transition and has great anticipation which aids with his aggression. But, in scenarios where he doesnt get to be the aggressor and stop the first ball, he could struggle. For example, the Rashford goal. When the ball was played perfectly just of out his reach, he was smart enough to recognize he wasnt gonna get the interception. and when he was defending while running/facing towards his own goal, he could be beaten. he also struggled against Mitoma last season. Of course these are elite wingers so credit has to be given to them.

[@seantobin2162]

Yes & he struggled against lang when we faced psv too. His one on one defending is probably his biggest leak

[@immahersi1951]

Ben white’s profile has been seen before think of abidal under pep and David alaba for Bayern

[@olsenfernandes3634]

It's criminal that EA think he's only an 80 when he should be atleast an 83

[@praktika1082]

Ben White is a defender, who has developed a very healthy relationship with his right 8 and his right wide attacker. He has played CB and obviously is playing RB nominally, but at base level, he is a defender. And yes, his anticipation is superior to most other defenders.

[@LiiveGunner]

Ben White is the Dark Hart in the squad.

[@alekseifedorov949]

Thanks guys, he doesn't get enough flowers for being so vital, solid, intelligent

[@dareobell4297]

i fking love Benji so much, he is my favorite of the team.

[@alekseifedorov949]

One simple indicator is number of matches and minutes he played. He is undroppable for Mikel. He even kept Magalhaes on the bench for 3 matches

[@tobby_fabulous]

Where's my boy Bhvass14? 😊 I wanna see him please #COYG

[@heinzii7834]

Burnout I reckon. He'll bet back.

[@tobby_fabulous]

@heinzii7834 I can't wait to have him back, he completes the trio ☺️

[@davecummo8743]

Simply the best.

[@ChefChucky720]

I feel his underrated because we see him in the same category as Ramsdale, "okay, has some highlights, probably a fail comp somewhere and we'd drop him in a heart beat if we could."

[@gunnersol2827]

Benjamin White is not underrated! You might want him to be rated more than he is. After Ramsdale he is the most expendable in the team. Not world class at anything, he is working well in our system, nothing more nothing less.

[@nigelchristian42]

Where is Bavvs?

[@effayeyeayzed]

Mr. Composure

[@danmcgrath1653]

Can we start calling his position a "white back"

[@_Justin_Case]

I remember how livid some of Arsenal fans were when Mikel paid £50 million for him, including myself. I can, with utmost confidence that, that was the best £50 million spent on a defender I've seen. Excuse my poor English and grammar.

[@patrickdawson6281]

He's actualy quietly been having a bit of a mare this season in taking on his wingers defensively, it hasn't mattered because Saliba is a MOUNTAIN but there have been problems, exemplified I think by the miscommunication between him and Saliba that lead to the Rashford goal. He's probably my favorite defender to watch in our team and I've been scratching my head a little this season.

[@kasimshaikh3750]

Saliba was equally responsible for giving away the goal against Rashford I think. People seem to easily forget or underplay the mistakes by Saliba.

[@patrickdawson6281]

@@kasimshaikh3750 100 hence why i called it a miscom, still a mistake by both parties.

[@ryomawashere4032]

Ben White is like FIrmino at Liverpool, the fans love him but he does not give a sell-out clickbait article.

[@MW-by1ru]

Only good going forward. The man is easy to beat. Thats not a defender. I dont even think he can handle Son.

[@gt3106]

What’s up with the gold chain?

[@briansmith975]

Absolute genius but doing it all under cover is the only way BW would have it

[@charles9489]

Ben White isn't underrated!

[@TheOnyx_Lens]

He gets cooked a lot on defense by tricky wingers. He makes me nervous. He’s good going forward and a fairly solid defender as long as he isn’t backing up.

[@lemz.stackz3775]

Thank you. I’m happy he’s at the club but I want him to be a back up when timber comes back. He gets cooked a lot.

[@MW-by1ru]

I agree 100%. He makes me sooo nervous on one on one. Imagine Vinicius Jr on Ben White, I dont even wanna think about it.

[@RaZeyLWindBladE]

But I think that's where Tomi comes in. We have options now, even on the left. We still have kiwior who can play LB and play that Ake role in City.

[@thewisetzar5363]

Doesn't help that any player with Flair has cooked Ben White or the fact that Ben White loves to backoff like Mustafi/David Luiz when engaging them instead of being aggressive or taking them to their outside foot. Cases such as Mitoma 3-0 Brighton loss at the Emirates, vs Rashford in the last 3 appearances, Grealish at the Etihad and recently Noa Lang. He was also quite shaky vs Zaha at Selhurst Park last season opening premier league fixture but he had Saliba next to him who produced a masterclass premier league debut.

[@adrianhall8765]

Exactly! Admire him, however, he should really do better 1 v 1.

[@MerrillDragonAge]

"I don't watch football" - Sun Tzu

[@kssmyw]

Go on George!! do it: "Morrre than you can belieee" 😆😆😆🤣

[@leighthe7814]

I’m not swapping any of those 2 for BB thanks

[@TheTrueUnbeliever]

BY FAR

[@bryndox]

Good player, but he loses a lot of 1 on 1s vs the top wingers

[@pochoodiscovery7662]

Yeah, weak against top wingers

[@wil3755]

This comment is so stupid. Haha is it easy to defend against top winger?

[@alekseifedorov949]

Bro, it is just like saying "this keeper doesn't save 1 on 1s very often". Or it's like to say Saint-Maximine is a great football player cause he beats opponents, but in reality Harvey Barnes is a superior winger than him.

[@danielparish5378]

Compare him against Arnold who is weak again non wingers.

[@bryndox]

I'm not saying it's easy to defend against top wingers, I'm just saying that his rate of getting dribbled past when defending at right back is higher than the level we rate him as Arsenal fans. It's one area I'd like to see him improve

[@imranb4985]

He isn't underrated at all. At the same time, he isn't a natural right back and gets turned inside out against the best wingers in the world. For me, that area is the biggest weakness of the team as it stands.

[@kellyallen3644]

a 2022 22 45 e

[@pochoodiscovery7662]

There is reality in your words, he was so bad against Rushford, last year mitoma, he struggle against good wingers, he must train against Saka and Martinelli)

[@pochoodiscovery7662]

We needed right and left back, specially after injury timber but they didn't make any move and, meaninglessly, white played 90 minutes against psv, I don't think he can perform good against son

[@thierryhenry674]

Not a natural right back?😂 Then? Isn’t that a good thing?

[@alekseifedorov949]

Oh, now he must to defend against isolated wingers?) For some reason Saka gets doubled-trippled, but White must stop a winger on his own, this is what you're saying?) Remember that it's system who defends, not individuality. And our system demands many attacking numbers. What defenders need to do facing counter-attack is to detain opposition till rest of the team will arrive helping.