
Originally Posted by
Fist of Lehmann
The kind of player you're talking about, an international winger who would come straight into the side and perform to a level over and above Walcott would cost in excess of £15m and be on a fair whack of wages.
We're talking about names like Gotze, Shaqira or Podolski. £20m barest minimum.
The Ox Chamber has cost us a fraction of that on both counts and represents a potentially large sell-on profit. It might seem wrongheaded to reduce everything to bald economic considerations but those are the realities of how the club is being run atm.
I've heard murmurings of the club being 'ready' to spend big in the near future, but we've heard similar murmurings before. It's hard not be sceptical.
As for playing Foxy Chambermaid instead of Walcott, my overriding impression is that Wenger plays Theo because he has paid the dues of his seniority. It's not his way to drop a player who he feels has earnt his chance.
Besides which, why change a winning team? It's not as if Walcott is playing terribly, not in every match anyway.
Not only that but I think Hideous Theo needs to improve his defensive work, something Normal Theo has improved notably this season.