What now for Walcott?

[Olivier's xmas twist]

I don't think Theo and Wenger are seeing eye to eye on his playing position and that's the sticking point. Wenger seems reluctant to play him in the centre and it doesn't make sense that he'll experiment with Yao Kouassi playing there. He has a player in Giroud whose all about movement, timing and finishing, why not give Walcott a chance if that's the main issue? He can score from wide as well and he can get into position, but he's never going to get into as many goal scoring positions when out wide. Take Poldoski as an example. Was he even able to get a shot on goal on Saturday? He's got good movement and is pretty clinical as well, but playing out wide restricts him a little. Giroud on the other hand gets a load of opportunities playing in the centre and everyone can see he has good movement but there are question marks around his finishing.

Theo

Theo is more your old fashioned English CF, like a wrighty. However we don't play that way to accomdate one of those, so its makes sense to why he is not played up there.

[fakeyank]

The same type of shit has started popping up about AW being confident he will sign.. similar to RVP, Flamini, Nasri etc.

We should just stop playing him and stop our dependency on him. Time to move on..

[Power n Glory]

Theo

Theo is more your old fashioned English CF, like a wrighty. However we don't play that way to accomdate one of those, so its makes sense to why he is not played up there.

You say that but so is Giroud but without the pace. We don't play the ball up long to him, we rarely see him playing the battering ram type role, using brute strength to get the better of his markers, it's all based on his movement. He's like a ghost and just pops up in the right position at the right time. Then we have Yao Kouassi, who is a totally different player to Giroud with a different style but we still keep the same system.

[Master Splinter]

Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger steps up interest in Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...ried-Zaha.html

Theo .

Wilfried .

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Arsène Wenger has asked Pat Rice, his former assistant manager and trusted aide, to personally scout Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha.

So is Rice a scout now?

[Syn]

It'd be easier to list things that Pat Rice isn't.

[fakeyank]

PHW just came out his BS that we wont break our wage structure for anyone... so now it is 110% certain he is not signing.

Bye Theo!

PHW, I hope you

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Arsenal have warned Theo Walcott they will not break their wage structure to keep him at the club.

Walcott's future at Arsenal has been the subject of speculation for some time with the player out of contract at the end of the season.

Talks are ongoing between both parties, but as yet no new deal has been agreed with Walcott rejecting the club's initial offer of a contract extension.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger remains confident of agreeing a new deal with Walcott, but Gunners chairman Peter Hill-Wood insists they will not break the bank to secure the England international's future.

"We have got our general overall wage structure and we are not prepared to break it for anybody," Hill-Wood told the Daily Star. "We have made an offer which he didn't think was acceptable and that is the end of it. We think it is a very reasonable offer.

"For the moment his people are still talking to us and we hope it will be resolved. But don't ask me when, because I haven't a clue.

"I hope that he will eventually come round and sign. It will be a pity if he does not, but the whole issue of pay for footballers has got totally out of hand and they don't get terribly well advised a lot of the time."

http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...ntract-demands

Theo

johno says October 9, 2012 12:13pm

Walcott is up there with the greats like Henry, Bergkamp, Wiltord. Should easily be the highest paid player at the club.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I'm not Theo's number 1 superfan, but PHW is out of order here. I do not believe this is an outburst because he has done this before, most notably when talking about RVC who was under a gagging order at the time.

This 'outburst' is designed to pave the way for Walcotts exit.

This indicates to me that Wenger isn't the problem at this Club and him moving on will solve nothing. The problem lies with the outdated influence and amateurish direction provided by the likes of PHW.

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[GP]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...ntract-demands

Theo

So there you go, it's all down to money.