Quote Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory View Post
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.
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.