Oxlade Chamberlain Thread

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Great! Wenger will have him playing left back in no time at all

[Marc Overmars]

He looks like a great talent but you could say the same for a lot of young players down the years.

Give him a few seasons first to prove what the hype is all about. This year I imagine he won't play much outside of cup games vs Championship teams and 5-10 mins here or there in games we're winning at a canter.

That is unless he turns out to be a Rooney/Messi esque freak.

[BOBN]

He looks like a great talent but you could say the same for a lot of young players down the years.

Give him a few seasons first to prove what the hype is all about. This year I imagine he won't play much outside of cup games vs Championship teams and 5-10 mins here or there in games we're winning at a canter.

That is unless he turns out to be a Rooney/Messi esque freak.

tbf wilshere only needed the emirates cup to have everybody sucking his cock, so just 2-3 good games from ugly theo should do it.

some say hes right in that wilshere class already, ive seen nothing from him to make me disagree.

[Özim]

yawn at the comparisons to walcott, this boy is basically one of the best in the world in his age group, few players will be anywhere near him technically not just theo.

for instance he makes vermelean look like a combine-harvester.

True, plus we all know that Walcott is technically rubbish anyway.

My point was that this is what I expected to see from Walcott when we spent such a large amount getting him from a championship team with barely any games under his belt.

[Syn]

This oxo guy...Know nothing about him. Starts with a clean slate. does he play on the right or the left?

[GP]

This oxo guy...Know nothing about him. Starts with a clean slate. does he play on the right or the left?

Yep

[Power n Glory]

Don't jinx it. When Vela first arrived, we all thought we had the young Eduardo in the squad. Now look. Didn't help matters when we switched to 4-3-3 and played him on the left wing! Wenger. Haven't seen the Ox but I hope he can do a job for us this season.

[Tipsychubbs]

I remember watching him play live against Man U in the F.A. cup last year. No fear, against the big boys, he seemed like a natural. Vision, awareness, passing, crossing, dribbling, he has such a good all round game, and apparently has been a natural central attacking midfielder in the reserves but was moved to the wing in the Southampton 1st team.

I really like his poise and balance on the ball, he's very very comfortable with it like Wilshere, and his footballing intelligence is quite high for an 18-year old. Also if you look at his build, he is quite stocky in the in upper body strength area, built like an ox and can shrug off challenges.

Plus he played something like 30-40 games last season. He's got huge potential.

[Joker]

Looks a top class talent. Hopefully Wenger doesn't play him out of position too often or forces him to comply with the "tippy tappy passing" philosophy that doesn't even work for us anymore. He's quick, direct and looks to be a player who'd be lethal on the counter attack. Moreover, he looks an intelligent player who's technically able, judging by that cross for the first goal and the cut back to Lansbury. With Arshavin out of form I think he'll get some chances in the EPL this season. Having players like Chamberlain will allow us to play a more direct style, which will hopefully make us more productive and interesting to watch as well. The slow passing game that we're using at the moment is not yielding results, and is extremely predictable as well.

[Coney]

Looks a top class talent. Hopefully Wenger doesn't play him out of position too often or forces him to comply with the "tippy tappy passing" philosophy that doesn't even work for us anymore. He's quick, direct and looks to be a player who'd be lethal on the counter attack. Moreover, he looks an intelligent player who's technically able, judging by that cross for the first goal and the cut back to Lansbury. With Arshavin out of form I think he'll get some chances in the EPL this season. Having players like Chamberlain will allow us to play a more direct style, which will hopefully make us more productive and interesting to watch as well. The slow passing game that we're using at the moment is not yielding results, and is extremely predictable as well.

I'm definitely with you on that. It pisses me off when we supposedly have fast and fit players and we take years getting the ball out of defence after an opposition attack. We have got fit players, they do have skill, so why are we not trying to take advantage that as the opposition's attack breaks down, we should be getting the ball up the other end and going for it while their defence is not in place.


Edit: - also, if we establish the old reputation of being dangerous on the break, teams will start putting fewer players up in attack and this will help our own defence and prehaps reduce our 'goals against' tally.