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title: "Arsenal: Fans slam Ben White’s first half display v Burnley"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Arsenal Football Club"
published: "2021-09-18T14:46:19Z"
modified: "2021-09-18T14:48:13Z"
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# Arsenal: Fans slam Ben White’s first half display v Burnley

**Many Arsenal fans have been slamming the display of Ben White in the first half of their game at Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.**

The former Brighton defender [struggled at times in the air](https://www.skysports.com/football/burnley-vs-arsenal/446330) against the Clarets’ two strikers Chris Wood and Ashley Barnes, a [criticism](https://metro.co.uk/2021/08/14/gary-neville-and-jamie-carragher-fear-ben-white-could-get-targeted-in-the-air-after-arsenals-defeat-to-brentford-15090177/) of his in the 2-0 loss away at Brentford on the opening day.

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He was also [guilty of giving the ball away](https://www.sofascore.com/burnley-arsenal/gsR) on a few occasions, which ended up giving cheap chances to Sean Dyche’s team, especially before Martin Odegaard settled nerves down with a sublime free-kick to put the Gunners 1-0 up.

Nonetheless, with a [£50m](https://metro.co.uk/2021/08/14/gary-neville-and-jamie-carragher-fear-ben-white-could-get-targeted-in-the-air-after-arsenals-defeat-to-brentford-15090177/) price ag on his shoulders, White will want to show the Arsenal faithful in the second half why they paid so much money for him.

### Arsenal fans on White display

These Gooners slammed his performance on Twitter, with one supporter even going as far as to claim that White has been ‘terrible’ in the air:

**“White is out of the game. He needs to concentrate.”**

[Credit: @10Tolis10](https://twitter.com/10Tolis10/status/1439230862432915469)

**“Ben White is bad in the air…that was poor.”**

[Credit: @smoothgfootball](https://twitter.com/smoothgfootball/status/1439230578562306048)

**“Ben White is terrible in the air, you can’t deny it”**

[Credit: @KYEkye45](https://twitter.com/KYEkye45/status/1439231162682073091)

**“Ben White is weak like tissue”**

[Credit: @sahalxp](https://twitter.com/sahalxp/status/1439232002050379776)

**“Ben White is having a mare”**

[Credit: @King\_Jah\_](https://twitter.com/King_Jah_/status/1439232282137702400)

**“Not sure what Ben White is doing so far”**

[Credit: @me\_jadson](https://twitter.com/me_jadson/status/1439231643542343681)

***In other news,*** [***find out whose display against Manchester City was slammed here!***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/arsenal-fc-news/calum-chambers-manchester-city-premier-league/)