[Football] Arsenal’s Ben White

[WhingForPresident]

Any body know why he is playing Lingaard and not someone like Sancho?

He's a young up and coming player being introduced gradually. Could be a huge player for us in a few years time.

 

[GT49er]

BBC sports webpage playing a blinder tonight - no team selections showing (and can't find any for the Holland - Scotland match either), and according to them New Zealand are still 217 for 3.



Is this what we pay our licence fee for, blah, blah, blah ................... rinse and repeat.

 

[dazzer6666]

Whilst you're correct, football is hyperbolic, particularly in the ground, How many times have you heard "you're a disgrace Ref!" (he's just missed a marginal hand ball that you saw perfectly from the north end of Row U of the West Upper), "get him ****ing off" (midfielder has missed difficult chance off balance whilst under pressure from the best defender in the league) or "we're gonna win the league / going up, going up" (1-0 up at half time to Milton Keynes Dongs). When a player went down at the Goldstone the North Stand used to do a decent rendition of the Funeral March.

I have to say that's what attracted me to football in the first place. I don't go to games to remark quietly to my friend "we look a bit below par today but that was a lovely pass under pressure".

Yeah, but heat of the moment terrace stuff is a bit different to a written,considered, balanced view several hours after the event.......or should be.

 

[Seasidesage]

Talking of hyperbolic. On what ****ing planet does any England team in any game start with Mings and Coady as central defenders?

 

[Weststander]

Boro fans boo taking the knee. I’m shocked.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Randomly stumbled across some old post yesterday where you wished Dunk had been sold to Fulham... how times change!

Anyway I agree with Dunk being better (actually with some margin) than Coady. People talk a lot about Mings but Coady definitely had a very questionable season. Feels like he only gets selected because he is used to play in a three man backline, but same could be said for White, Dunk, Webster and BDB who I all think have been better this season.

Would that be when he refused to play when his head wasn't right?

Or perhaps had been advised by his agent.

Context is often useful as I'm sure you'll agree, I'd feel the same about any player who refuses to play (or isn't in the right mind), as I did with Buckley and Bridcutt.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I understand why we couldn’t take inform Lingard, can’t make do with 5 full backs.

 

[Deadly Danson]

Boro fans boo taking the knee. I’m shocked.

It really is amazing how f**king ignorant and thick a sizeable chunk of the population are. Even if you think there are better ways of making a point, just shut the f**k up for 10 seconds. Morons.

 

[Weststander]

It really is amazing how f**king ignorant and thick a sizeable chunk of the population are. Even if you think there are better ways of making a point, just shut the f**k up for 10 seconds. Morons.

I think TTK may be past it’s sell by date, in that it’s lost its initial lure.

But I wouldn’t dream of booing the players doing it. Many of whom suffer racism.

If I decided not to clap, I’d keep my gob shut.

 

[aolstudios]

It really is amazing how f**king ignorant and thick a sizeable chunk of the population are. Even if you think there are better ways of making a point, just shut the f**k up for 10 seconds. Morons.

This. Some don't like it but booing?
You're racist, however you wanna spell it

 

[vagabond]

Anyone else watching this and thinking.. Albion Potterball is better?

 

[Weststander]

Anyone else watching this and thinking.. Albion Potterball is better?

I’ve actually got the same feeling of ..... please, for christ’s sake, put one of these chances in the back of the net.

 

[R. Slicker]

Why doesn't Southgate make Grealish wear proper socks and Shinpads. He's supposed to be representing his country FFS. looks like a chav.

 

[A mex eyecan]

Why doesn't Southgate make Grealish wear proper socks and Shinpads. He's supposed to be representing his country FFS. looks like a chav.

sadly, as good a footballer as he is, he is a Chav

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

Why doesn't Southgate make Grealish wear proper socks and Shinpads. He's supposed to be representing his country FFS. looks like a chav.

You can take the chav out of Birmingham, but you cant take the chav out of Grealish

 

[Bry Nylon]

Boro fans boo taking the knee. I’m shocked.

I was listening on 5 Live. One moment John Murray was spouting the usual patronising drivel about, "how great it is to see supporters back in the stadium with all their flags," and then when the booing started it sounded like he might faint.

 

[Munkfish]

Why doesn't Southgate make Grealish wear proper socks and Shinpads. He's supposed to be representing his country FFS. looks like a chav.

I find the obsession with his socks pathetic. Bissouma most of the season had his socks low and no players wear massive shin pads.

Maybe if you are some Sunday league clogger. But shin pads slow you down and take away from the touch, the smaller and the lighter the better.

 

[Sheebo]

Few glimpses of unreal link up play here. Pleasing, given 50-90% of these won’t be starting the first game! Little shakey at the back at times - hopefully Stones and maybe Maguire will sure that up.

 

[Poppett63]

Looking at Mings and Coady, not only White and Dunk should be in the squad but Webster and Burn must be feeling aggrieved too��

 

[R. Slicker]

I find the obsession with his socks pathetic. Bissouma most of the season had his socks low and no players wear massive shin pads.

Maybe if you are some Sunday league clogger. But shin pads slow you down and take away from the touch, the smaller and the lighter the better.

So everyone should wear them then? Sorry to be pathetic like.