Not too long ago people, including myself, were saying keep Theo, give him another chance to come good. Now he's worse than he's been at any time in his career. The same will happen to Ox under Wenger. There's really no point keeping anyone who is still in development, not unless we are getting rid of Wenger and bringing a proper manager and coaches in.Originally Posted by Globalgunner
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Ox is 22, has latent talent, can do more than run pretty fast. Walcott is 27 was never destined to be a footballer, more a sprinter, let West ham take him to the Olympics
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A couple of years back, when Southampton's influence was still evident, I thought Ox might develop into our best player. Not now though. He's going backwards. We know why.
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I agree that we should keep Ox ONLY if Wenger is gone. If as expected, Wenger signs a 10 year contract extension then there is no point of keeping him here. He will become Walcott Mk II.
Arsene Wenger, the only football manager that got paid 8 million quid to do nothing but sit on his arse..
Yeah, I'm kind of done with Walcott - doesn't impress me enough as a striker, and doesn't want to be a winger. I like him as a tactical bench option, but how much are we paying him? Probably too much for that kind of role. And would he accept it?
Ox has time on his side, but he needs to forget about being a central midfielder and really focus all of his efforts on learning the winger / wide attack role, because he's starting to get left behind by guys like Campbell and Iwobi. This seems to be a recurring problem we have with all of our British players at the moment (with the possible exception of Gibbs) - none of them have a defined role in the side, and they're not really learning how to perform any one job to an exceptional, professional standard.
Interesting piece by Henry Winter in the Times who says that Guardiola wants the Ox in the Summer as a winger . If the player can stay fit, I would back him to become a superstar under Guardiola's tutelage, and it says a lot about Wenger's failure to bring his on. If I were the Ox and Guardiola comes calling - it would be a complete no brainer.
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This is the real danger for the summer and next season. Because Wenger has performed so badly, because our owners have been so complacent and give out such a strong message that nothing will change, because our major rivals are all cycling their managers and by extension their squads, we could end up having our best players cherry picked.
Like you say, Ox to the gypos is a no-brainer for the player. What does he genuinely see for his future under Wenger's mismanagement? And I agree, all that talent he has locked away will be unlocked and used against us. Sickening if it happens. I can even see Theo improving under a, what I have now started terming, "proper" manager.
Ozil and Alexis, what about them? Bellerin, Kos.
The flip side will be nobody wanting to come here as they witness players heading out the door, coupled with the fact the chavs, gypos and Utd will be throwing around that new TV cash like confetti. Of course we will spend fuck all, the board has already put out the message to manage our expectations. £70mill tops, that's a piss in a bucket these days. If they'd have spent it before the inflation accelerated we might have been okay, but now we are just as badly out of the game as we were at Highbury, comparatively.
This could have been so different has we moved for Pep. A complete reversal in the expectations and potential. The players would be excited, the fans delirious, prospective transfers buzzing at the prospect, sponsors falling over themselves, our rivals panicking and overreacting.
Wenger is doing serious foundational damage now. He'll destroy the club before he leaves. Sure, we'll have a lot of cash but fuck all else. He needs to go right now, before the big blows start landing.
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Sanchez apparently saying that signing a contract extension is conditional upon assurances about the club's direction - particularly signings. Cannot blame him at all really - given what he has seen so far!
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Sauce?
Although he also needs to smarten his game up a little. This constant cutting back onto his right foot is being read by nearly every defender. He could also do with exerting less energy bombing back in the build-up play. Maybe he gets frustrated at what he sees around him and wants to make things happen but it nulifies his effect further up the field.
And around we go. A player like Alexis doesn't need to be here, slumming it in a team that has zero ambition beyond the balance sheet. I hope he doesn't do a RvC though and start trashing the club. He's becoming more vocal, I hope he remembers the fans have been 100% behind him since the day he arrived.
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