Quote Originally Posted by ItsMe View Post
You mean stats surely.

Problem with stats as mentioned many times before is that they don't show how much a player was involved and what elese he did, most people on here pretty much agree he was shite yesterday and yet the stats you point to seems to say he performed well.

I've never thought he was a good finisher and I stand by that, over the years he's missed a lot of easy chances when 5 yards away from goal which a good finisher would have put away, yesterday he missed an easy chance where he was all alone and had an age to decide what to do, what does he do? You guess it shoots lamely straight at the keeper....and this is far from a one off.

I know you've argued he should play up front, but IMO (and Shearer's and he should know as he's one of the best finishers every to play in Englan) his finishing isn't good enough.

You see your argument falls down because you think that just because someone is out of position they can show their ability, that's not true, I agree they won't be as effective as they could be but you would still see signs of talent.

IMO Walcott shows none of that, he's just pace and when you lump it over the top he'll chase it and probably win the chase but who wouldn't if they were quicker that another player?

Arshavin is a massive talent, you can see that even if he's not at his most effective where he plays, he still dribbles and tries to score goals and looks dangerous. Walcott lacks the talent.
That's a poor post. How many players in our squad at his age have made a difference in games? Goals and assists against top European teams? Last season he scorer 13 goals with 8 assists.

Vela plays out of position on the left and technically that kid is good but he has struggled badly here. Eduardo was struggling when he played out wide for us and when he was playing as a loan striker. Play any player in the wrong position and they lose a percentage of their game, it's common knowledge. Strikers miss chances, it happens. You can side with Shearer, I agree with Ian Wright. He's better making off the ball runs than dribbling with the ball at his feet. If you paid attention, then you'd see that. We'll dead this conversation because we'll end up going in circles. Just don't go missing when Theo scores his next goal or sets another up as you usually do.

If Theo was shit against Bolton then what about the rest of our attackers? They produced nothing.