Time wasting should be banned! by Shenel
One thing that really gets on my nerves is time wasting, and I am sure we can be in agreement that whether it is from our own players or opposing team players it is frustrating to watch!
From Arsenal there is one player that gets right on my nerves with it though and that is Ben White!
I don’t know what he thinks he is doing or why but there is no need for it. Anytime he goes to take a thrown in I feel like we are waiting an age for the ball to get back into play!
All teams like to time waste and sometimes I really do get the need for it especially nearer the end of a game, but where White is concerned it is utterly frustrating!
He wastes time and then like he did against Liverpool yesterday gets himself a silly yellow card that down the line could potentially put him in more danger of being sent off in if he makes a tackle that is deemed reckless enough for another yellow, or it could also be a suspension if he is on four yellows and the one yellow for timewasting makes it five.
Referees have stamped down on time wasting a lot this season yet players and teams seem to be doing more of it. I think it is one thing that should be removed from the game! And quite frankly I am surprised he didn’t get booked sooner for it yesterday.
The game isn’t going to slow down because of time wasting, the minutes and seconds any player wastes will only be added on further in the game, so surely you want to be taking these throw ins quicker to have less time wasting and less time added on right?
It is a new rule in force this season and along with kicking a ball away you will be booked for both offences, yet sometimes it seems that White does it on purpose. He pushes his limits in how long he can go without getting a booking, and quite frankly it is not funny. It is very annoying and surely this should be passed on to him from Mikel Arteta to say, lets have less of the time wasting – no?
As a football fan and knowing that the majority of the time the ball is only in play around 60+ minutes in a game, I want to see the game move and flow as quick as it can and I get wasting a few seconds, but what White does take a little bit of the mick.
Teams know he wastes time so maybe he should use that to his advantage and stop doing it by catching them off guard to take quicker throw ins which may lead to further chances at goal.
Aleks Zinchenko had a few throw ins yesterday and took them a lot faster than White did, so why does White do it? Only he knows!
And like I had said, in some aspects I get it but in others I don’t, and when it warrants a yellow card that means you have to be careful for the rest of the game with other players knowing you’re on a yellow isn’t worth the risk! Especially in big games, but really in any game as it puts the team under more pressure that isn’t really needed!
Timewasting should be stopped or reduced or maybe the punishment should be more than a yellow and then maybe players will think twice about doing it as much and for as long as they do.
Gooners what do you think/feel about White and his long-time wasting throw-ins in general?
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The more annoying part is that most of the time, he usually end up throwing nonsense after wasting everybody’s time
I’m in full adreement with you I hate it when we get a throw in on our right side takes too long and risking a yellow card everytime. arteta meeds to make him take them faster or let someone else take the who will
yeah, someone need to talk to Benjamin. I don’t think he’s trying to waste time. For every throw in, whether it’s first 10 minutes or last; whether we’re ahead by 1 goal or behind by 1, he seems to wait until all open team mates had been closed down and then try to figure out where to throw.
I don’t think it’s deliberate time wasting. He simply doesn’t have the ability to take a quick throw.
Woman of Few Words here – agree!
same here its incredibly frustrating to see white take a full year to do a throw in but that isn’t deliberate at all. He does it regardless of if we are winning, losing or how much time is left to play.
How does an able bodied, professional sportsman not have the ability to take a quick throw?
I cannot remember when I HAVE AGREED MORE with every single word in any article. MA should IMO immediately stop White taking throw ins as they do more harm than good.
Moreover by taking “all day ” to release the ball, he is turning himself into a “clown” and, by association, our team too.
You are bound to wonder, does he perhaps get a weird sexual kick from standing there like a Madame Tussards statue with the ball resting on his head
Very frustrating to watch White throw the ball in.
Tomiyasu too is also slow with throw ins
That’s why he was booked against Liverpool, it should be given to someone else as the time he takes is a joke and will cost us, I just don’t get it, does he have a mental block?
Takes longer on a throw in than you would in prep for a penalty!
He does my head in taking 20 seconds plus to throw the ball in , by time he does all are marked and we usually lose the ball fast.
I’m glad you did an article on this as its beyond a joke and one day he’ll be on a yellow already and pay the price.
YES we can ALL see this impending red card coming, unless MA sees sense and bans him throwing in!
Frankly, it has become a farce that we dont need!
What I don’t get is that he wasn’t doing this last season – I don’t remember noticing anything weird about our throw ins last year, why the change?
But yes, it’s a bizarre and infuriating thing to watch, and white has been lucky not to have been booked for this more often.
Hehe, B white is not a time waster, His brain just becomes slower when taking throw ins. Cant decide fast especially when the team is closely marked.
Arsenal players receiving the throw in should just create space.
Agree 💯%
Its something I dont understand and also dont like. He is just too slow at releasing the ball. I also dont know why, we give away so many foul throws, we are the only team that does it. Getting back to White, maybe he has some sort of problem releasing the ball, so take him off throw ins.
Completely disagree that he’s time wasting, but it annoys the hell out of me when we get throw ins, especially if White or Zinchenko take them. It’s not just they are not good at them and have both been sanctioned for foul throws, part of the problem is the rest of the team don’t make space to receive the ball, except perhaps when near the oppositions goal line/ area when there is a well rehearsed routine that has brought dividends. Our set piece coach needs to sort throw ins ASAP.
Dude just put in a stellar performance against Liverpool and all we have to say about him is nit picking over how long he takes for throw ins…SMDH 🤔
just shakin that damned head then, eh!
NOTHING OF ANY SUBSTANCE THEN TO SAY ABOUT HOW WHITE GETTING BOOKED MIGHT COST US A PLAYER RED CARDED?
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@jon fox
When his performance drops, then I’ll nit pick. Why sweat the small stuff? Jus sayin…😁
(Didn’t know you were the “substance moderator” of this site)
Surely is is ridiculous to risk aref card for constant time wasting, as WILL happen by the way he is going every game? How will THAT help our team?
As he is obviously unable to throw a simple ball into play, then he needs to be ordered to stop trying. That is obvious and many of us have said it. That is important and not nit picking, even though you seem not to notice it!
Well said NY-Gunner!!
My take is that EVERYONE who takes a throw in since MA became manager, has been told the message don’t lose the ball under ANY circumstances and it really is frustrating to watch.
White, Tomiyasu, Saka, Kiwior and even KT when he was around, seemed reluctant to let go of the ball!!
Mind you, we’re not the only club who do it.
Odd thenKEN , how White alone seems to be the one Gooners regularly moan about the time he takes.
I agree many take their time, but White has made it into a personal clown act!
Not odd at all Jon – as you agree, why is it odd?
The above article has been long overdue.
White shouldn’t be taking throwin, he is too slow and not very intelligent, he finds it really challenging to decide on the best option as quick as possible, and more infuriating is the fact that when he eventually does throw it in, we most times loose possession as a direct result of his poor throw/choice of who to throw to. He even lacks basic throwing skills and knowledge, a few foul throws here and there. How can a professional footballer at this level make foul throws? It’s disgusting and mind bugging!
Bellerin was also also guilty of all the above, except he had more foul throw-ins than successful throw-ins.
Our wing backs in recent time have been guilty of this debacle.
Personally, if I were a coach and a player in my squad makes a foul throw I think that’s where my journey with that player ends because it simply signifies a much bigger problem with the players focus, lack of intelligence and inability to understand the simplest of things, I would be forced to question what said player learnt in the academy if he didn’t learn how to take a throw in. All the culprits of foul throw ins on the Arsenal team all have these particular question marks also,
I have observed Ben White movements/positioning during our build up plays and when we are being countered as being lazy, confused and lacking in any notable intelligence, very robotic in appearance.
He was better in the previous season though, I don’t know what his problem is this season.
The real question however, I believe should be to the manager and coaches, if we can all see these problems, then surely they can too…why have they not taken actions to address these issues? I do worry about the possible answers to this question.
White must be penalised by the team for ill discipline if he doesn’t change his obnoxious behaviour. It doesn’t help the team at all for him to always be killing the momentum and flow of the game each time he takes a throw-in. It’s similar to the attention seeking stunts by Zinchenko who, stands with the ball (for at least 45-60 seconds) just to have cameras on him, while killing potential goal scoring opportunities in the process.
We’ve seen Tomiyasu booked for time wasting at throw-ins, too. I actually think this is a directive from the manager. Or just a complete lack of decision making ability.
White did not start time wasting today. He does it in every single match. Arteta sees him do that and has been comfortable with it.
His time wasting is frustrating and annoying. I want to believe that Arteta likes it. And that’s why he’s been doing every other time.
I mentioned this while replying to the Liverpool match review article yesterday.
I don’t think White does what he does as a time-wasting antic. He just doesn’t seem to know what to do with the ball and invariably ends up throwing it to an opponent!
It’s the duty of the coaches to change the situation. Except it’s part of theirgame tactics!
If it’s part of their game plan, it’s silly and dangerous. It doesn’t matter what’s going on in White’s mind. If he can’t spot an advantageous space with a dead ball, a throw in, how is he expected to find it in the game? He just has to be prevented from taking throw-ins.
HE SHOULDN’T TAKE THROW-INS, PERIOD. Even a 6 year old understands the potential dangers in doing what he’s doing. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS, REFEREES NOW KNOW HE IS GOING TO DO IT, AND EACH TIME HE DOES IT, IT BECOMES A DIRECT CHALLENGE TO THEM. Like “what are you going to do about it?”.
Quite frustrating I say, that ball takes forever on top of his head. He should definitely be off throw duties. Soon he’s gonna get a red card
It might be because he feels he will be out of position should a counterattack occur