I don't think it's fair to call him lazy. He always tries hard, he's just not very good.Originally Posted by Fats
I don't think it's fair to call him lazy. He always tries hard, he's just not very good.
He's like the Incredible Hulk. If you get him angry or get his adrenaline going, he's pretty awesome. Especially finishing.
Trouble is, he has too many woman hormones. And is a bit gay most of the time.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
The problem with Theo is that he's not a GHEL.
Best summary of Walcott here.
I could fix him. And here's how:
1) Tell him he's really shit. He might resist at first and argue otherwise but if you insist enough, he'll cave in because he doesn't like confrontation.
2) Tell him - even though he's shit - he can do 2 things: Run very fast and finish...and so he can carve out a decent career as a fraud by kicking the ball behind the opponent, chasing it down and going for hit-and-hope efforts. No fancy passes or flicks, he has to just do exactly that.
3) Tell him if he doesn't kick the ball behind opponents, chase it down, and shoot at least 3 times a half, he'll be out of the squad and a move to Doncaster beckons.
And you'll have an effective player who scores 20 goals a season. He can score goals - just needs a manager who can give him credible threats.
I dont see him trak back on quite a few occasions. Having said that people say Ramsey also tries hard, he does not. Just watch Theo and Ramsey for 15 minutes closely. Real lack of desire.
Do you have a cousin called Charlie, by any chance?
On current form I think Ox clearly comes out on top of this one. He’s been excellent in the last two games and really looks like he could be a big player for us.
As many have said he seems to have much more natural ability than Walcott. He looks like a ‘proper’ winger and his positive performances have actually highlighted a lot of Walcott’s weaknesses.
But to be fair to Theo I think until the last month or so he was actually having his best season for us to date. And I thought that whilst Theo had somewhat of a stinker in the first half yesterday, he was much, much better in the second half and played a big role in us winning the match, which he doesn’t seem to have got much credit for.
So overall I think Ox is the better player, if not now then he certainly will be in a year or two’s time.
But personally, once we’ve got our key fullbacks back I’d love to see a front three of Ox, RVP and Theo going at teams. That’s potentially a very dangerous attacking force. One that I could see it causing massive problems for anyone’s defence.
That's a bit harsh.
Theo is a trier, he's just a limited player.
Ramsey is slow and heavy on his feet, but he does have an engine. His downfall is that he requires too much time on the ball to pick his pass, and for some reason tries stupid little flicks. He needs to remember he's not a tiki-taka student, but a filthy Welsh GHEL.
Fair enough.
I disagree entirely.
What I don't like about Theo is how he's started getting all a bit petulant - particularly with his teammates. Looking a bit like he believes the hype....
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
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