On the same terms, I'd renew his contract. His 2-0 sign to spurs fans is the stuff of legends. He is making some wonderful runs cutting in from the right and I have not seen many players in our team make those runs. I'd rather have him playing for us than another team.
Arsene Wenger, the only football manager that got paid 8 million quid to do nothing but sit on his arse..
I've never really rated the guy, his record is average 290 games for us and 72 goals, he's had one season where he got 21 goals in his other seasons he's been nowhere near that (next best was 13 which is just not good enough).Originally Posted by Letters
I don't see anything outstanding about him, he's been with us almost 10 years now, plenty of time to prove yourself and he really hasn't and he is often injured.
He's easy to contain, if he runs at you hack him down and he'll go off injured and be out for 3 months, all he has is pace basically, there's no finesse about him. IMO he's one of those players we need to improve on if we're to ever get back to the top.
Theo will be good squad fodder to tick the "English/Homegrown" quota for City, Chelsea and Utd. Liverpool and the rest would buy and play him.
If we package him nicely we could get a decent amount and spend in areas of greater need. Theo has his quality of pace, and good finishing at times, but basically not a very good "football player" You don't get much in 90 minutes from the lad and have to accept/compensate for his weaknesses....poor first touch, poor control and average passing IMHO, typical English player.
Decent coming off the bench for some impact, shock and awe for tired defenders and great against the poorer or less prepared teams. Not fussed if he stays, not fussed if he goes.
'WHEN HE HAS A PLAN, WE BACK HIM, WHEN HE DOESN'T......WE KEEP QUIET'
Be prepared to go through the same with Theo's replacement, Danny Welbeck, if Theo leaves.
Theo's wasted his career with us. He should have been developed as a striker and it he may have to look at Sturridge as an example of a player that had to move before getting played in his correct position.
Funny enough, Welbeck was probably looking at that Sturridge move and thinking he'd get his opportunity up front with us instead of Utd. It's looking like he's made a mistake.
We need to improve but we're never bothered if a player who is an asset to us, slips away.....
I've always found the passive aggressive dislike for him disconcerting....
Get him to sign and let's move forward.
Trouble is we've had so many players who've blown hot and cold I don't think we can even see who's an asset and who is disposable anymore.
For me, Theo should be kept. No brainer. I don't think Welbeck is a superior player in the slightest.
I'd hardly call him an asset, he's spent half his career on the treatment table, has had one decent season in almost 10 years for us and has limited talent. We need to improve on players like this if we're going to move forward, a good squad player would at least stay fit for a reasonable percentage of the season.
Wellbeck isn't superior I agree, but we all knew he was average when we signed him, we're lumbered with him for a fair few years now as well.
Realistically where would Walcott go?
NOTE: The location of this post has been moved and the thread title (which was previously Wenger is Leaving) has been manipulated by a notorious pro-Wenger moderator. What was previously a message that contained no profanity and made a comment on a real life event has now been manipulated by a deliberately provocative title. An old and crude propaganda and censorship technique.
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