Walcott

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

At 16 he was hailed as the next Rooney and Henry. Before he even kicked a ball for us. Expectation levels were too high and of he'd have been signer up as just another one of Wenger's kids, perceptions would probably be different.

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Hailed by who? The press, maybe. They always fawn over any new English player who is showing promise.
I don't think any sensible Arsenal players expected him to be that good, but he's not lived up to our (much lower) expectations and as GB's said people have been far more patient with him than they would a foreign player.

He's shown some promise, he needs to get more consistent but he could be a very useful player for us. I guess he already is to an extent but his lack of consistency is a worry. He's getting to the age now where he should be far more consistent than he's been.

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Originally Posted by Letters

Hailed by who? The press, maybe. They always fawn over any new English player who is showing promise.
I don't think any sensible Arsenal players expected him to be that good, but he's not lived up to our (much lower) expectations and as GB's said people have been far more patient with him than they would a foreign player.

He's shown some promise, he needs to get more consistent but he could be a very useful player for us. I guess he already is to an extent but his lack of consistency is a worry. He's getting to the age now where he should be far more consistent than he's been.

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By the press and Wenger. His career has been pretty stop start and over time fan expectations have been adjusted and that's probably the reason why their has been patience because since he's been here he's hardly played a full season. We seen flashes of brilliance but also real awful performances. But he's a kid still. He's played more over the past two seasons without a serious injury and to be fair his return has been just as good and better than older players that are more experienced and technically better.

OK. I was going to pick you up on Wenger but fair enough:

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-arc...head-of-messsi

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I don't think the fans ever thought that though. As for being a kid, he is 23. Still relatively young but old enough that he should be getting more consistent but I take the point about injuries which have hampered his progress. There are flashes of real ability.

The game that sums him up is the Spurs one. First half he stunk up the place and he really should have been substituted at half time. Wenger kept him on and he scored 2 goals!

Considering his age, I think his numbers and performances are on par with all of our other wide players. Recent wide players anyway. Nasri, Arshavin, Gervinho, Rosicky, Hleb, Eboue, heck even Reyes...every single one of them have struggled to find consistency. But Theo, with all his faults still manages to equal or better their goal tally and assists records. On most big games he shows up as well. Doesn't go missing. That's why I give him a lot of credit and I don't consider him to be a natural winger either. Seen guys like Eboue, Diaby, Eduardo etc look totally toothless when played out there. To do what he's doing is pretty impressive.

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Originally Posted by GB.

I don't care if he does clear off - but as for stick, I can't for the life of me think of a group of fans remaining so patient for so long with such an incredible let down.

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an incredible let down that has scored 24 goals and 22 assists in the last two seasons from out wide - pretty comparable to nani at old trafford. god knows what end product fans expect from him then.

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Originally Posted by Terry Tuffnutz

an incredible let down that has scored 24 goals and 22 assists in the last two seasons from out wide - pretty comparable to nani at old trafford. god knows what end product fans expect from him then.

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Stop speaking sense.

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Originally Posted by Terry Tuffnutz

an incredible let down that has scored 24 goals and 22 assists in the last two seasons from out wide - pretty comparable to nani at old trafford. god knows what end product fans expect from him then.

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You're right, he is wonderful and we got on his back right away for no reason.

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Originally Posted by Terry Tuffnutz

an incredible let down that has scored 24 goals and 22 assists in the last two seasons from out wide - pretty comparable to nani at old trafford. god knows what end product fans expect from him then.

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Good numbers and big performances against some of the biggest teams. This is the first time in his career where he hasn't been hit with an injury that takes him out for half a season.

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Originally Posted by GB.

You're right, he is wonderful and we got on his back right away for no reason.

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well argued against that specific point. nothing sarcastic and pointless about what you said at all.

He hit a purple patch from February - from the 2nd half against Spurs to be precise.

I'd love him to keep at or around that level - again, my point has been about TT's post I replied to - over his career here, the fans have shown a lot of patience with him and we don't deserve for him to walk away at the first sign of him delivering.