theo - winger or striker

just wanted to see a poll of what people think he is. not about contract or anything, just what people feel is best position is. seen lots of debate of this on twitter and seems mixed bag over striker or winger.



for me, he is a winger. his goals today were wingers goals, when compared to girouds. he has fantastic pace which he can use, today he scored one goal coming of the wing, the other was his pace, and third was tbf a strikers finish in the box. but he lacks hold up play, last week against wigan, we needed giroud up front and theo on wing rather then theo up top. henry was a lot bigger when he played and although there are similarities in style, henry was much bigger and stronger and could hold players off. theo cant.

I never had a problem with him out wide. He's less likely to be marked well and will find himself with lots of space. Above all, regardless of where he plays, he's a goalscorer. His goal scoring record out wide has been good from around 2010 onwards.

I'm happy for him to continue in either role.

Doesn't matter. Question is, is he good enough.

And he is. And becomming very consistent. Will be another big loss.

Striker because he's able to do what Henry and Ade did which was drift wide if he needs more space. As a winger on the right, he can easily get marked out of a game if he's double teamed. The first goal he scored...he'd never be able to score from such an acute angle playing out on the right.

We weren't even at our best today. Theo wasn't either but he still scored a hat trick and set up two goals. When fully comfortable in that role, I think he's going to be lethal.

I hate the term Henry-esque, it's an unfair lable to give someone but I loved Walcott's finish for our first goal, it was very much like Henry used to do.

I'm bored of this striker/winger debate now. He's more than good enough to play for us and that's what matters the most.

We need to keep him, not only because he's one of our best players but it would be yet another fatal blow if a big player turns his back on the club, again.

Think he can play in both positions tbh, his crossing has improved immeasurably as demonstrated by the Giroud assist. The most important thing is we tie him down because he's our most productive player by a country mile.

Neither, he's a forward. The role of players up front has changed, especially for those that aren't seen as a target man. Most teams play in a variant of a 4-3-3 so you need at least one guy that can do both jobs. A lot of it is the fault of Messi and Ronaldo, both wingers that have ended up becoming absolute goalscoring freaks - far surpassing what is expected of your nominal 'strikers'.

Is Messi a striker or a winger?

We'll never know.

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Hes a striker