What now for Walcott?

[milla]

Cos you were so adamant that others dont play it so i just shut you up by stating the champions of the league that we play in do play the 4-4-2.

But yeah i dont care if others play it or not. I care about Arsenal only and history suggests that we win trophies with 4-4-2/4-4-1-1 whatever but win shit with anything else

Cripps read what I said,, Citeh can play 4-4-2 cos they can afford it! They are not playing 4-4-2 against top team anyway. Do you want to put money they will go 4-4-2 against Madrid?

[Cripps_orig]

Finishing is not Theo's problem IMO, but rather his skills in other department.. ie holding up the ball, dribbling and decision making are his biggest issue. He could have easily assist Giroud yesterday but he fecked it up.. if it was 0-0, fans would be fuming at him.

He should have shot. The pass was never on but hes a team player and wanted to let Giroud score and tried to get it to Giroud who stood there like a lump instead of making some movement to get avaiable for a pass

But of course dont let facts get in the way of a good Theo bashing.

I was there btw and that was at my end of the pitch. Not on some pussy stream which probably froze 30 times during that moment of play

[milla]

The all hallowed 4-2-1-3-1?

Only for Manu and Liverhoof IMO. The ref loves em.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Cos you were so adamant that others dont play it so i just shut you up by stating the champions of the league that we play in do play the 4-4-2.

But yeah i dont care if others play it or not. I care about Arsenal only and history suggests that we win trophies with 4-4-2/4-4-1-1 whatever but win shit with anything else

Well no that was me

Ach take some time off fella.

[Cripps_orig]

Cripps read what I said,, Citeh can play 4-4-2 cos they can afford it! They are not playing 4-4-2 against top team anyway. Do you want to put money they will go 4-4-2 against Madrid?

Man utd are a top team, are they not?

Won 6-1 they did last season did they not?

And we wont play top teams every week so against Pub teamers, play 2 up top. Fair enough if we strengthen the midfield for the big games but not for others we dont have to

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The all hallowed 4-2-1-3-1?

Rafa.

[milla]

He should have shot. The pass was never on but hes a team player and wanted to let Giroud score and tried to get it to Giroud who stood there like a lump instead of making some movement to get avaiable for a pass

But of course dont let facts get in the way of a good Theo bashing.

I was there btw and that was at my end of the pitch. Not on some pussy stream which probably froze 30 times during that moment of play

Yes he should have a shot but he didn't, he meddle on the ball far too long and end up with a bad half cross. I give him credit, he has good finishing and very very quick but his decision making, strenght and dribbling technique are poor.

No I am not Theo bashing, I like the kid but I think Wenger is slowing phasing him out of the first team.

[Niall_Quinn]

NQ....you're blinkered sometimes. Everything seems to boil down to greed and money with you and you ignore the football aspect far too much. Players can often get pissed off when played out of position and if Wenger is saying it's not about money and he hasn't given up on Theo, then what is it? I get the feeling Theo wants his shot up front, but Wenger has said he has competition and it means he'll be on the bench and not an automatic starter. Theo may have agreed and said he wants his shot. I could be wrong but if we're saying Wenger only wants committed players and has taken off the gloves, why sell RVP and Song, players worth more to the club but keep Theo? It's worth thinking about.

Good players force the manager's hand. The rest are arranged accordingly like pawns. Theo's had his chance (and another and another) and so far his biggest splash has been a £100K contract demand. No, he hasn't had a run up front but why doesn't he sort out the position he's actually playing in first? It's about excellence isn't it? Not contracts. The contracts come after the excellence and when a player wants to put those first then yeas, I thin greedy ****. Sorry, but that's about the sum of it. If Theo was tearing it up match after match then there wouldn't even be a discussion. He'd be a starter and he'd be playing in the position his performances demanded. Are we really going to blame Wenger because Theo can't trap a ball? Or because he won't promote the guy for failing to own the role he's currently in? Way, way too many excuses made for these players.

[Cripps_orig]

Yes he should have a shot but he didn't, he meddle on the ball far too long and end up with a bad half cross. I give him credit, he has good finishing and very very quick but his decision making, strenght and dribbling technique are poor.

No I am not Theo bashing, I like the kid but I think Wenger is slowing phasing him out of the first team.

All the more reason to play him upfront

He can finish, hes good on one on ones and his speed terrifies the opposition

[Niall_Quinn]

Cripps read what I said,, Citeh can play 4-4-2 cos they can afford it! They are not playing 4-4-2 against top team anyway. Do you want to put money they will go 4-4-2 against Madrid?

They will go 10-0-0 against Madrid.