I mean come on! West Ham weren't great but I can't see Giroud scoring these type of goals in the box. Very easy to say West Brom had checked out but with the way we were going at Palace and chances created, the game should have been over in the first half. Just look at the West Ham opener as well. We make them look like a well drilled machines and can't score a goal at home but the following week some newly promoted side put two past them with ease.
Theo`s mythical pace is is only real asset which will be gone in 2 or 3 years time when he will be knocking 30. when he is 32 years old people will remember him as a player who had some potential but for some reason it never materialised.
Yes he is a good player but nothing special. If Theo was at another club right now. Hardly anyone on these boards would be clamouring for us to sign him. i blame Wenger for this as he is a coach who cannot drag a world class player out of an average one. Its about ability but also about mentality. Jermaine Defoe is of a similar stature to Theo but could play the lone striker better than Theo ever could.
Theo is a lost cause, a player who would probably have been better off never signing for us. If he was our main striker we would never get anywhere near 4th place. Let him be the x factor coming off the bench, that really only whats left for him.
On the contrary, if Walcott was playing for a team like Everton, he'd be standing out a lot more and everyone would be calling to sign him. 'Players like Walcott' doesn't come in to it, he's as unique as it gets. hes already a good player, to become a top quality player he needs to stay injury free. His footballing ability is not as bad as people think, he had a solid first touch and technique. Obviously pace is his no. 1 asset but he shouldn't have to apologise for that. Nothing wrong with it.
When we buy playa?
But his selfishness does piss me off. It's not a good thing if strikers are selfish - that's Stone Age thinking straight from talksport. You need to do what's best for the team, not your individual fantasy football points. Him and Ramsey are fucking annoying in that respect.
Forget Everton. If he played in France, Germany or Spain a lot of people would be wetting themselves for such a signing and begging for Wenger to play him as striker. When linked with Draxler and Griezmann it was mayhem and talk of converting them into strikers couldn't stop despite little evidence of that even working. Griezmann is pint sized like Theo and even that French kid Lacazette is the same height as Theo with a similar stature. If Theo played in those leagues and people heard he could play on the wing and centre plus saw the Youtube clips but in a different kit.....Originally Posted by Syn
#buyplaya
Exactly. For various reasons Theo has never developed into the player he could have been and while still a good player, he is nothing special. A very good squad player but not a starter anymore here and he's lucky that Wenger still persists with him as he does with so many others. No other top four team would take him on, the best he'd get is a Liverpool/Tottenham side, teams that now thrive on 'almost' players. Sure he'll score some goals upfront but he's no striker and would not play in that position at any other club above our own, he is best deployed out wide to use his pace and timing. Whether he remained or was sold in the summer wouldn't have made a blind bit of difference to me. Nine years and not much to remember about him so far that will live on once he retires.
Last edited by Kano; 22-08-2015 at 04:05 PM.
Hmmm...
Were he to play 38 games he would get no less goals than Giroud would on the basis of the fact, he is unlikely to go several games against several different opposition (like Giroud did last season) without scoring and is far more likely to score braces and hat tricks, because once the opposition have conceded one, their nervous defence don't do well against him.
That's not to say somebody like Theo who scores more is of higher value in the team than Giroud over the course of the season though. I think the analysis of Theo is often lazy and it is easy to forget that he generally scores every type of goal apart from the shove the defender to the ground and head it in type.
Jermaine Defoe enjoyed the 442 formation for a significant time through his career so the comparison is distorted.
Plus Theo would hardly ever be fit.
Arsene Wenger, the only football manager that got paid 8 million quid to do nothing but sit on his arse..
It's really lazy and I think most of his critics have the memory of a fish. Before his injury he picked up 21 goals with 16 assists. Without his contribution we wouldn't be top 4. In his last few outings he's bagged goals and the team have played well so its not as if you have to look back that far to see how he's progressed as a player.
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