oh i've seen a number of posts digging into him.Originally Posted by LDG
i've yet to see the team improve. pass, pass, pass...miss. same routine. new ****s, same old story so far.
come april will tell us any improvement but i dont see it personally.
I don't really get your argument. If he's not good enough to get in our team then why spend £5m a year on his wages? We'd be better off letting him leave for free.
If Rosicky and Wilshere ever get fit I don't think Walcott will make our bench.
He's fucked.
To be fair he was assisting the most clinical and best striker in the league by a country mile.
But yeah his stats are decent but the fact is we look a better team without him.
the ball still has to be in the right place, so job done on his part.
we look better for now sure. 5 games in one of our seasons doesn't mean much lets be honest.
walcott can easily do what gerv does.
It's well documented I've never rated the guy, would have loved to have seen him turn into one of the best players around, clearly that's not going to happen though.
It seems to me he just hasn't done enough to force the manager's hand IMO, he needs to put in some great performances to give the manager no choice but to select him, how often does he actually do that? Probably only a handful of times in his entire career and it's not like he hasn't had plenty of time to improve and do so.
Gervinho is a rubbish finisher no doubt about that, his decision making is also poor...what he does have going for him though is an ability to commit and beat defenders, he just needs to work on his final pass.
Gervinho isn't far awar from being a really effective player for us, Wenger should be working with him on his end product in training, I have a feeling he probably isn't though.
I think we should at least try him out upfront tbh. If Wenger's willing to play Gervinho there (who's not a typical centre forward) then Walcott should be given an opportunity as well.
Gervinhos end product, stat wise, shouldnt need working on. he scored 18 odd goals the season before joining us and about 12 assists (stattos can correct me if i am wrong). even if its ligue 1 his stats surely say that he knows what to do when through on goal or in the final 3rd for an assist etc. somehow he seems to have lost this ability or confidence or both just after he signed for us!
The problem Theo has is that our attack is interchangable, he's not really the type of player who can adapt so I can see why Wenget might see him as surplus.
Gervinho probably will get good stats if he plays up front for us. He's on 3 goals now from 6 games. The problem is you just don't trust him to stick a chance away when the going gets tough because he'll be more nervous than the fans. That's his nature - he's a fanny. We could play Vermaelen up front and he'll get 20 goals. Gervinho has had 3 tap-ins. If he plays a full season up front, I suspect he'll get a lot of goals...but, 89th minute...3-3 at Stamford Bridge, Terry slips, Gervinho has a free run at goal, nobody's catching him...is he rounding the 'keeper and scoring? No, he's smashing it straight at the keeper, running for the rebound and slipping as he hits the side-netting. The extra 10+ from nowhere is what separates players like Van Persie from the ordinary but I'm tired of talking about that.
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