Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
Play me in goal then, I'd be shit no matter where I played but I'd be least shit in goal. Or just get a better player than me and save yourself a lot of grief. If you're suggesting we have a hidden Defoe or Wright just waiting to be unleashed then I get where you are coming from. I used to (sort of) think the same. But a couple of seasons on, forget it. Capello couldn't get anything out of Walcott either and now he's talking about bringing Ox in. If that happens then Walcott's England career is over before it really started. And that's a shame but the guy had his chance and couldn't take it. You say give him another chance, change the whole team around for Theo. Why? Because he has pace? Ox has pace too, let's just move on with him because it very much appears there's plenty to be gained from that route. Whereas with Theo, not as much.



That's right, it does.
Theo has never had a real chance of playing up front. The last game I remember was against Birmingham when Eduardo broke his leg, I think. He scored two goals in that game but it was forgotten, obviously.

I've got issues with the 4-3-3 we play in general. Playing a different system would benefit a few our players not just Theo. We have a three man midfield that can't dominate possession against a weak 2 man midfield Man U team and struggled badly against Fulham and Swansea. Song has more assists than Ramsey and Arteta. One of those players should be making way if they're not doing what the formation is meant for.

No point in mentioning Capello. He adds no weight to the conversation after his tatical shambles at the World Cup. But if I was Theo, I'd leave this club and not sign a new contract. If we're saying he hasn't developed in 6 years, that's not his fault because it has nothing to do with effort. Most playere would have outright refused to play out of position for so long and sulked after the amount of criticism.

I trust Wright's assessment in him. He should be playing up front as a striker but Wenger has never been good at coaching out and out strikers and is obsessed with adding more to Theo's game and he hasn't got it. Who has Wenger successfully developed recently by playing them out of position?

Theo should walk away or he's going to mess his career up.