What now for Walcott?

[Cripps_orig]

Wenger says alot of things. End of the day Wenger and Bould and the Stiker coach/es see him in training and if they feel he is not progressing then he won't be played upfront regarless of what Wenger tells the press.

I Theo feels he is being hard done by then he should have left a few seasons ago.

He wasnt being hard done by then

He was young and he had his manager saying he will eventually play upfront so he gave it a few seasons, Wenger lied and now Theo is manning up

Good on him

[Olivier's xmas twist]

"“Many times in press conference people ask me why we don’t play Walcott in the middle so he can play there if we need to do it.”"

Well that tells me, AW will only play him there, if he feels he needs to.

[Kano]

what does that even mean?

[Letters]

ah yeah right. score 11 goals, set up 13 others and then there is no way he can link play or score goals

Sounds like he's being pretty effective where he is. Why play him in a role he might not be as effective in?

[Olivier's xmas twist]

He wasnt being hard done by then

He was young and he had his manager saying he will eventually play upfront so he gave it a few seasons, Wenger lied and now Theo is manning up

Good on him

Not really Wenger did not say what year he play him as a striker. Its diffrent if he said in 2010/11 he'd be our striker and it never happend.

He said "one day", maybe one day he will.

[Kano]

@letters

because the manager and player obviously think he can do it elsewhere. otherwise, why keep saying it?

[Syn]

ah yeah right. score 11 goals, set up 13 others and then there is no way he can link play or score goals.

he's being mugged off by wenger.

There is absolutely nothing in this for Wenger. You guys are over thinking it. We're only 5 games in - theo will play. Just because Wenger isn't starting him right now doesn't mean he thinks theo is useless or he is blackmailing theo to sign a contract. For the league, Wenger picks the team that he feels is his best. He will be starting a fair bit soon anyway.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

what does that even mean?

Im guessing, he won't be played there, till we really need him to.

[Özim]

september last year

"“But I believe that Oxlade-Chamberlain could be a central midfielder one day and Walcott a central striker one day."

"“Many times in press conference people ask me why we don’t play Walcott in the middle so he can play there if we need to do it.”"

The first statement, simply says one day he feels he could play as a striker...there's no set timeline for this though maybe Wenger is thinking when he's a bit older.

The second statement suggests to me that this is a last resort if we have no other options, it's clear that Wenger doesn't feel there's a need to play him there at this stage.

I'm not convinced Wenger will ever play him as a striker for any prolongued period, if he wants to leave because of that I think he should.

[Cripps_orig]

Not really Wenger did not say what year he play him as a striker. Its diffrent if he said in 2010/11 he'd be our striker and it never happend.

He said "one day", maybe one day he will.

Yeah well Theo cant wait around forever and hes manned up now

For years, we have been moaning about our players being pussy ass bitches. Now one mans up and hes being critisised for it