What now for Walcott?

[Olivier's xmas twist]

But he didnt score 40 goals and assist 20 others in the few minutes he was on so must be shit

So When its about theo its ok

[Seymour Butts]

Thing is I actually think Walcott would have taken one of those chances against city had he been in the same position as Gerviniho

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Never said i have written him off

You've branded shite since he got here.

[Özim]

Come on now. Never be a top 10 striker without being able to beat your man! Do you think Defoe would make a good winger and be able to consistently beat his man? What about Dzeko? Holt, Adebayor, Hernandez, Berbatov?

If Wenger was to place Giroud on the wing, top goal scorer in France, do you think he'd be able to consistently beat his man? I get what Wenger is trying to do but you don't have to have mad dribbling skills to play as a striker. If so, he might as well call it a day with Giroud. Even Poldoski, he doesn't hug the touch line and run at defenders with the ball like Gervinho does. He plays one twos and gets around them that way. Vela had no impact for us on the wing and it was the same for Eduardo but they were both natural goal scorers, technically better than Theo but they had problems getting into games when out wide.

If other other coaches can make do with different types of strikers, why can't Wenger. Cesc Fabregas could never play out on the wing and beat his man but he's still able to play that false 9 role effectively for Spain and Barca. We need to make use of the players we have and play to a players strengths and stop this total football obsession where everybody can play every role.

The thing is though most of the players you mentioned had proved themselves at a club in their respective positions, Walcott hasn't.

Most people are just not convinced about him, whether it be on the wing or up front. If he was that good he'd have taken his chances when he did feature up front and convinced everyone that's where he has to be played. He's clearly not done that.

[Kano]

I don't think Wenger's being massively unreasonable if he thinks Walcott isn't right for that role.

after spending the past four seasons saying it was going to happen, it would be pretty much out of order.

[LDG]

walcott is an english gervinho. gervinho is an ivorian walcott.


also when we went to asia walcott was asked to 'draw anything he wanted which meant something to him'. this is what he drew:




id say he's a gooner through and through but i said that about a certain c*nt last season..

What is it?

[Letters]

after spending the past four seasons saying it was going to happen, it would be pretty much out of order.

I don't think he's spent the last 4 years saying that over and over again.
And even if he had, Walcott hasn't progressed the way we all hoped. Surely even if Wenger said it, it was conditional on Walcott developing as expected.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

So he's hatful of goals last season didn't single handledly get us into the CL?

His contract was almost up, he was 29 and looking to win stuff, don't blame him for leaving, especially when it's clear we're not willing to invest in the team (well not money we haven't got from selling anyway). There's only so long you can believe in the fairytale.

Anyway this is about Walcott, not RVP....he's gone now.

Had no problem with RVC wanting to goal, after all like you say at 29 he'd want to win things, if the club is not matching his ambition then he has to leave.

However, he could have left like Nasri did, like Cesc did, etc and i think more fans would have supported him instead of the backlash he got.

[Kano]

I don't think he's spent the last 4 years saying that over and over again.
And even if he had, Walcott hasn't progressed the way we all hoped. Surely even if Wenger said it, it was conditional on Walcott developing as expected.

every season he has come out at some point to say that the move will happen and that theo is right for it.

he said it last season too.

[Cripps_orig]

So When its about theo its ok

What?