Quote Originally Posted by ItsMe View Post
Walcott is average, the comparisons with Owen don't stand up, Owen scored a hatful even when he was young (at 19 he was scoring left right and centre)......Walcott will never get lots because his finishing isn't all that.

I'm sick of people defending this guy when he's had chance after chance and almost never delivered anything, if he put his chances away he might get his chance up front, he barely ever does though.
This is getting silly. Why are you comparing the goal stats? Your missing the entire point.

If Houllier had played Owen on the right wing it would have been a waste of talent.

Same applies to players like Defoe, Hernandez, Welbeck....

It's not a comparison of the talent. I'm talking about the type of player he is and the reason why it would make little sense to play small players with no dribbling skills out on the flanks. Owen wasn't playing on the wings when he started at Liverpool and was playing as a striker straight away. This is mismanagement. Just as we've seen when Wenger has played Bendy on the right. I don't care how shit Bendy is, it makes zero sense playing a 6 foot tall slow striker out on the right wing.