User blog comment:Mr.DannyHancock/Garps strength/@comment-99.104.165.103-20120913025853/@comment-4605926-20120913194018

I guess Whitebeard hasn't given the impression everybody expected him to give. I personally had him much more agile in mind, which I believe is the one thing he truly lacked. I believe it's most likely due to the fact that he was getting old and so couldn't use his powers the their full extent as beforehand. It was also stated that Whitebeard usually was able to dodge or block many attacks (like when Squardo managed to stab him due to Sengoku's (or someone else's I can't quite recall) deception). You're right he did seem kinda slow and sadly hasn't acted up too much and hasn't fought too much so far as I can remember.

That said, you did see how everyone feared him (how I loved that look on Akainus's face), I believe that if the war took place a couple years backwards back when Whitebeard was in his younger days, he'd tear the Admirals apart leaving the rest of the Marines' morale in the dust as well as lowering their defences significantly.