
Originally Posted by
Dein-machine
NO - this is exactly what we have been doing with far too many players during the last 10 years. Like Theo, OX is brain-dead. He has pace & power but no end product due to a lack of footballing nous. 22 is not young for a quality footballer, most of the best players around were International regulars by then & performing consistently for their clubs. Ox always had raw potential but will fall away & not even be a regular at lower teams. Theo gets away with it because he occasionally get a few goals ( in amongst the 25 chances he misses ). Wenger seemed to want to turn Ox into a central midfielder which was a disastrous idea due to his ball control & passing ability. He is nothing more than a mediocre player & we have enough of them. We need proven quality & consistency if we are going to start to win the big trophies.