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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

The only player still around from Mohamed Salah's Liverpool debut is Joe Gomez – so it feels weird that Gomez coming back into the side signals the end of Liverpool being Salah's team. New for FourFourTwo www.fourfourtwo.com/person/playe...

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Mohamed Salah's Liverpool downfall was inevitable - and it stems from Trent Alexander-Arnold leaving

Liverpool's post-Mohamed Salah era might have begun, with a strange twist in the way that the Egyptian King has lost his team

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Granit Xhaka in that Sunderland team is a cheat code. It's up there with N'Golo Kante at Leicester, a world-class superstar making it look like it's 12v11 every week

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

10.30pm on Black Friday and I've not bought anything yet

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Why on earth is Samu no.3 for Spain? Strip them of the Euros, heathens

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

God I'm tired of the phrase "litmus test of your football knowedge". Fuck off, now

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Pep Guardiola didn't defend in a 5-4-1 low block out of respect to Arsenal. He did it because he didn't rate them. City could have stayed in that shape for three hours and Arsenal would never have scored. Sure enough, the moment they pushed high and Martinelli had pitch to run into, Arsenal scored.

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Do we need to have a conversation about Alonso picking up Pep's galaxy brain in big games gene?

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

June expectation: Xabi Alonso will make Real Madrid more structured November reality: Fluid 3-5-2ish shape with Valverde in the first line, Camavinga as a right winger, Bellingham floating and Vinicius as outlet 50 yards north of most of his team-mates

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Every club in the league would take Granit Xhaka, change my mind

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

If a bigger team does sign Iliman Ndiaye – and I hope they don't – it has to be someone like Newcastle. Like Grealish, he needs a manager who will platform him with transitional chaos.

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Declan Rice is dropping into the backline in buildup for Arsenal more than ever, now that he has a midfield partner in Martin Zubimendi, capable of receiving in the block and cutting through mid-blocks New for @fourfourtwo.com www.fourfourtwo.com/team/tactics...

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Tactics: How Arsenal solved their biggest weakness to beat Burnley

Arsenal beat Burnley 2-0 - and managed to fix their biggest problem while they did so

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Best goalkeeper in the world, Emi Martinez, up to his usual tricks

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

One of Liverpool's £100m players on the bench, the other benching their best attacker this season. Should've gone for a proper no.6

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Riccardo Calafiori is Arsenal's best finisher. Weird

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Death, taxes and Chelsea in big games.

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Semenyo centre-forward arc needed. Like Ousmane Dembele with the ability to make it stick serially. Would have him in a heartbeat at Arsenal

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Andoni Iraola is so good. System is good but his platforming of his players is world class, everyone profiled to perfection

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Thanks to Tom and the @scoutedftbl.com team for asking me to vote in the #SCOUTED50. I tried to be as impartial as my heart would allow.

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Galatasaray raised Slot by leaving Leroy Sane on the bench and holding Liverpool at arm's length. This is a superteam of discarded parts

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

I don't mean it in a mean way but could just totally picture Cody Gakpo at Galatasaray. He's a good player but like, maybe one day

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Ruben Amorim at Manchester United: – Has brought on a centre-back in 42/49 games – Has won 18/49 games Incredible

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I don't think I've ever seen an Arsenal performance with such a combination of dominance and comfortability be quite so fucking dreadful to watch hahaha

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Respect to Aitana Bonmati – but bizarre that you can lose the two biggest finals in a year, see your pen saved in one, and take the Ballon d'Or in this day and age.

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Arsenal's lineup isn't a result of Arteta being cautious, it's a compromise for not having Havertz, who would ordinarily do the jobs of both Gyokeres and Merino. Gyokeres isn't a pressure valve to hold the ball up: Merino is there to win the initial duel, with Gyokeres there for the second ball.

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Kaoru Mitoma and Yankuba Minteh are the perfect wing pairing. One of them more measured, offering pausa and passing, the other a bull in a china shop who will destroy you on transition.

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I feel like I've bashed Ruben Amorim enough, but how can you decide you don't like your best forward after two games, watch him do well on loan, then sanction *another* loan with a *£26m* buyout!? Major, major red flags with his talent ID along with his system.

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Doubt the boy at your fucking peril. Martinelli has something no one else in this squad does.

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

An imperfect buildup structure encourages a high press. Often when your players are well-spaced and making the pitch as big as possible, opponents will sit off you more

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Viktor Gyokeres at home against a barely coached Postecoglou high line at the weekend. We need a hat-trick at the bare minimum.

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Manchester United fans on here told me that I was "biased" criticising Ruben Amorim. Don't worry lads, I'm sure another £200m will fix things.

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Yeremy Pino to Crystal Palace has the potential to be one of the signings of the season. Always look out for players who move when their hype has cooled for a bit

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Liverpool could do with a(nother) tempo controller. Unironic £20m Zinchenko bid could change their lives

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Leeds United owner calling Leeds "perhaps the biggest one-club city in Europe" is interesting... where do they rank among one-city clubs? Got to be behind Napoli, Ajax, Marseille, but can't be too many bigger.

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I'll say it again, Antoine Semenyo is a better player than Nico Williams

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Fede Chiesa in that Adidas shirt, long hair, long sleeves. Elite aesthetic.

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Tottenham are back, they will finish in the UCL spots again and Kudus is a massive signing

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Henderson vs. Alisson, English keeper in a cap vs. South American in a headband, the way football was intended

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Gabriel Martinelli is so underrated by Arsenal fans these days, he really is. He's a similar profile to Gyokeres, playing so far on the touchline with no overlapping full-back and very little support from the nearest midfielder. He scored 15 PL goals at 22yo with proper support.

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Villarreal would be better off telling the truth. They do not care about violence towards women. They have no "commitment" to any meaningful values held by their fans: they will actively insult them given the chance. They're just as bad as Arsenal were for entering into contract talks with him.

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

With a front three of Ekitike, Isak and Salah – and Wirtz behind – who provides the graft for Liverpool in the absence of Diaz and Szoboszlai?

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Cristhian Mosquera isn't a Saliba backup. Unless they're alongside Kiwior, White and Timber are still better suited to RCB, with Mosquera better suited to being a right-back in Arteta's system.

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Aurelien Tchouameni is better suited to playing centre-back under Xabi Alonso than Raul Asensio. Dean Huijsen is going to make a massive difference, but easy to see why William Saliba is the priority as a centre-back who can cover, react and carry equally well

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

That Hannah Hampton pass for Lauren James' goal. That is Ederson-esque, it was beautiful

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

A lot of Arsenal fans impressed by Viktor Gyokeres' desperation to come to Arsenal. I, too, would be very keen for a move to a Tier-1 club if I was a Tier-2 footballer.

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Mark White @markwhite.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Jorrel Hato would be transformative for Arsenal. Not as explosive as Nuno Mendes but having a more complete full-back would platform Martinelli and give Lewis-Skelly his chance in midfield.

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