What now for Walcott?

[Cripps_orig]

One would be OK.
Every other game, not so much.

Hes played as a winger. Show me a consistent winger,

Even Marc Overmars was a bit shit most of the time.

The player was brilliant though.....

[Olivier's xmas twist]

No, which is why he's signed for an extra year

Did he, thought his contract was still the same but he agrees with Aw he would stay and sort it out?

[Power n Glory]

I wouldnt say that. NQ is on the WUM which is fine

I dont genuinely believe he actually believes all that crap he says about Theo. He seems too intelligent for that.

If he does though.....oh dear.

But im an optimistic guy so i'll let him have the benefit of the doubt and have his WUM moment and its even funnier seeing Charlie trying to get involved and hang on to NQ and no one ever takes that dude seriously

You can give him the benefit of the doubt but i can't be bothered. Wright, Owen, Defoe...play them on the flanks and they're not all of a sudden going to develop fantastic dribbling and crossing skills. To argue otherwise is foolish and to say their class should shine through regardless is retarded. In what way will it shine through? Theo can't dribble but has a knack for scoring goals. He gets better numbers than a lot of his peers. That's how his talent shines through. It's not gonna coming from dribbling because he's not that sort of player. Why is this so hard to comprehend? It's like I'd you switch a centre back to playing as a wing back, he's not going to excel at the attacking side, but he shoul be decent enough to stay back, defend and mark.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Some advice, kid

Stop commenting on things you know nothing about. It just makes you look foolish

Dont get me wrong, i think you are great for GW. very entertaining and ive often said you are the best poster on here by a mile cos of the entertainment value but when it comes to football, yeah leave it to the rest of us.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Some advice, kid

Stop commenting on things you know nothing about. It just makes you look foolish

Dont get me wrong, i think you are great for GW. very entertaining and ive often said you are the best poster on here by a mile cos of the entertainment value but when it comes to football, yeah leave it to the rest of us.

Don't call me kid.

[Letters]

I'm struggling to believe there are no consistent wingers in football. I concede I can't name any but that's mostly because I don't really follow football these days, I pretty much never watch non-Arsenal games.
The thing about Walcott is he can be very effective but he can be completely frustrating and anonymous too. And while I accept no player can shine every game, Walcott is poor too often for my liking.
The Spurs game you mention above is Walcott in a nutshell. First half he was just awful (you saying it was a 'couple of minutes' is WUMming and you know it, he was embarrassing and should have been hauled off). Second half he goes and scores 2 goals. Even then one of them he messed up his first touch but recovered well to dink it over the 'keeper.

IMO Ox is already a more complete player than Walcott. Walcott has the potential to be absolutely brilliant but he has to get consistent and he's at the age where he should be getting there.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Titanic

[milla]

If Wenger is willing to try Gervinho up front, Poldoski and Giroud, three very different players, then I can't see why not give Walcott a try.

Gervinho looked lively against Southampton and was pretty hard for defenders to mark. Wouldn't mind seeing him try again. But he has questionable finishing and can make bad decisions in some games.

No idea about Poldoski. Had a quiet game when played up front but will need to see him play more to get a sense of his style. The guy works bloody hard though and he's clincal.

Giroud...question marks on him and whether he's going to fit into our squad. Doesn't seem mobile enough and doesn't really get involved with the build up. Also, verdict is still out on the finishing. But I still think he could be lethal when he gets going.

A for whether Theo is worth £100k...is it worth losing him for nothing? That's even if money is the issue and I doubt it is.

I think cos Theo doesn't the qualities required to be Wenger's striker. Podolski has pace, technique and power. Giroud has strength, technique, and can hold the ball. Gerv fast, solid dribbler and can take on players. All the guys has more than one strength to enable them to play as CF. Can Theo take on two CBs with his pace? or dribble between FB and CB? can he bring others into play or hold up the ball. That is the bigger question.. Hell Diaby, Arshavin and Baptista have all play as CF before but you can see most of them has more than 2-3 skill set in their bags to play as CF (at least at Arsenal, also it didn't make them a better striker either) but sadly Theo only has his pace, that is the problem.

Football has evolved so much, you will find traditional striker ala Wrighty will never play for big team (look at Defoe and Bent), Theo is the same IMO.

I believe he will be good but he will never be good enough, not because he has bad attitude but he lacks the qualities required to make a good striker (at least at Arsenal).

[Cripps_orig]

You can give him the benefit of the doubt but i can't be bothered. Wright, Owen, Defoe...play them on the flanks and they're not all of a sudden going to develop fantastic dribbling and crossing skills. To argue otherwise is foolish and to say their class should shine through regardless is retarded. In what way will it shine through? Theo can't dribble but has a knack for scoring goals. He gets better numbers than a lot of his peers. That's how his talent shines through. It's not gonna coming from dribbling because he's not that sort of player. Why is this so hard to comprehend? It's like I'd you switch a centre back to playing as a wing back, he's not going to excel at the attacking side, but he shoul be decent enough to stay back, defend and mark.

Preaching to the choir here.

[Cripps_orig]

Don't call me kid.

Sorry son