Quote Originally Posted by GB. View Post
What about it? It is true.

As for the rest, you don't make sense. How can I have ignored something you didn't say?
I did say very early on from the discussion and you've ignored the posts.

PnG
Do you think Ox has been anywhere near what he was last season? It relates back to what the previous poster said about players falling off in their second season.
GB
I don't think it is a huge mystery.

He is played sporadically, is under pressure, has noone to learn from (contrast with Theo at his age) and has been found out. His attributes are no longer a surprise to opponents, so they deal with it better.

Ox has a LOT to learn - but from who?
PnG
Contrast to Theo for his age?? It sounds like a similar story to Theo to me.
And I didn't misunderstand you're original. It's a similar story to Theo and posted this to elaborate.

No, as I said, it's a similar story for Theo. He came as striker and was learning to play as winger when players like Eboue, Hleb, Nasri and Rosicky featured on the flanks. None of them were natural wingers or could teach Theo a thing about playing as winger with pace. Eboue was probably the closest we had at beating players and using his pace but his end product was awful, so not the greatest example.

Theo was plagued with injuries. He had two serious ops on his shoulders early on. Pressure....he was picked for England before he was an Arsenal regular and hailed as the English wonderkid like Rooney.

That answers the rest of your post so I'm not ignoring the rest. It's a similar story. But Theo has gotten a lot better over the years. The original point was regarding players lacking confidence and how we seem to sucking it away from the players. OX was one of them. Brimming with confidence when he first arrived but not so now.

It's funny how you get defensive after throwing the first uncalled for shot. Maybe we can stay on topic next time.
If you can agree that he hasn't done well this season, as I said earlier then how am I being disrespectful to the kid?