Random would have been a better word. Or the concept of the broken clock which tells the time correctly twice a day. This is Theo, bang enough bones and you will play a symphony. But don't bank on an encore.Originally Posted by Cripps
No answer. Why am I not surprised?
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Read the rest of the post
Or conveniently ignored cos it blows your arguments out of the water
Says it all
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I'm not going to disagree that there are areas of improvement in his game, he's not the finished project yet. But he's just turned 24 and still has plenty of years left in him to get better and refine his skills.
The problem is that from your post you seem to expect him to be the next Messi or Ronaldo which he's not ..... he's clearly not going to be 100% accurate in everything he does. Barely anyone is apart from those two; even Chimp boy does stupid things but because he's capable of scoring a 40 yard stunner once in a while it gets glossed over by the media and fans. He's an extremely effective player, not going to be a contender for the best player in the world but a very good player nonetheless and absolutely vital for us. To think otherwise is just being childish.
Give me Theo any day over someone like Hleb who is vastly technically superior but completely ineffective.
This is why the Ox injury is a bit depressing. I'd anticipated he would walk past Theo this year, much better all around player. Theo hasn't lived up to his potential. Probably Wenger's fault in part with his fucked up coaching methods that favour long term injury over footballing skills. But this is also down to Walcott himself. He's 24 but he's been in the game for a long time. He should be able to do the simple stuff by now but he can't, that's an indictment of his own application. We've been waiting a long time for him to show signs of progression, some see it, some don't. The way he just aimlessly runs into defenders is awful. WTF is that about? And when he has time and measures a cross and it goes unerringly to the first defender. That shit has to stop. He's killing us just as much as helping us.
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Starts now? Nobody wants to do anything? Arteta an international class midfielder?on the game...
I believe we played in a very, very heated atmosphere against a good team but we had a proactive attitude from the first minute on and that was certainly was very important tonight. We did not come in shaking but came in resolute and determined and with a desire to take the game to them and overall we were in control. This team has shown a lot of mental strength. I told you yesterday that you had forgotten that this team has lost only one game since March under very, very special circumstance. Of course the environment we faced was difficult but the only way to do it is to go out there and play football like you want to play.
on Koscielny's injury…
Laurent Kosielny's [injury] has opened very deeply the skull and we had to take him to hospital. I was not happy with the kick because I feel always that you can ease a bit off. Only the player in the end will know what he did. We are concerned because we had to send him to hospital to see if he has not broken a bone. We are waiting for him to come back now. We are waiting for information to find out if he can fly home with us. We faced a lot of challenges on Saturday and tonight again. That is part of the intensity of the game. Today, of course, there was so much at stake you can understand that. This special challenge, I don’t know really what to think about it. When I saw it, I was angry. But I don’t know if the player can explain to you exactly what he did.
on if he needs to bolster the midfield…
Quality-wise we don’t need anybody but number-wise we are short as I told you yesterday. We lost Oxlade-Chamberlain, Arteta and Diaby – three international midfielders. That is why we are short. We tried to bring one in but we are working on that. You have to understand there is still a long way to go. The transfer market starts for me now and a lot of activity will happen between now and September 2. From August 21 until September 2 you have 12 days, so a lot will happen. It starts now.
on Ramsey…
He was great tonight. I think he is now a stature, a physical presence. All our midfielders were good tonight.
on why the window intensifies at the end of August…
It is like a poker game. People hold their cards as long as possible and see what is happening out there. In the end, they go for decisions. First everybody goes on holiday and nobody wants to do anything. Then in many clubs there are manager changes. They need to know the squad before they make a decision. Many, many things but it is always like that.
on Oxlade-Chamberlain's injury…
It could be a bit longer than what I said. There is no surgery – it will be between six and 12 weeks.
on if the Luis Suarez transfer is dead…
Yes. Absolutely no chance of that.
on the quality of the midfield…
Our technical quality was very important tonight. The fact that we can go away and keep possession of the ball – certainly that was verv, very important. And, as you underline, the quality of our midfield was vital tonight.
He has lost it finally.
Starts now
Looks like nobody told 99% of the other clubs around Europe.
The Waiting Period™ is officially over - now we move into the Wanting Period™
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