i hardly think he said he was decent this season given these are his direct quotes on him from last weekOriginally Posted by Ach
wouldnt get into most mid-table teams let alone a top 4 teamwont win anything with the likes of jenkinson in the teambut for now, hes shite.
calm down i wasn't referring to you or charlie. a private matter only a few people will get.
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Where is he actually.
i hope wenger sees light and plays walcott up front on wednesday. if he goes with the likes of chamakh in the carling cup then it's pointless. chamakh has no future at the club and will never improve. he's likely to be off next summer anyway. walcott should be given the chance to prove himself given the circumstances plus he's hardly played in the league this season so is fresh. if we sell theo next summer and wenger hasnt tried walcott up front in the carling cup then questions need to be asked. there's no better opportunity.
i also said he's improved from last season and that we cant jump on the bandwagon until he faces bigger tests.
up until this weekend he had faced raheem sterling, who has more kids than liverpool have points this season, the most negative sunderland team in years, jermaine pennant and a team thats likely to be relegated at the end of the season. that's hardly a yardstick.
this weekend he faced the likes of silva, aguero and yaya and done extremely well.
this was his test and he passed with flying colours. so now ill praise him for his performances like i said i would.
dont see the problem with being a bit more hesitant when it comes to giving players the seal of approval nowadays. especially as we were so quick to praise a bunch of young players who contributed f*ck all to our club for 7 years.
Just to confirm: Walcott's first touch went straight out for a throw-in, he then crossed it out to the opposite end when we had numerous players in the box and finally almost topped it off with an assist for Kompany's overhead kick.
He was definitely bad.
But judging players on limited sub appearances doesn't make much sense.
But he was definitely very poor.
If this situation affects his play when we eventually need him later in the season, it's beyond stupid from everyone involved. If Wenger doesn't see him offering enough as a central striker, then it's best to replace him in January. And not with Sanchez Watt.
Last edited by Master Splinter; 24-09-2012 at 10:24 PM.
Slow news day but I don't think apart from the typical petty gay winning on the interweb stuff, people have focused a lot on Walcott's comments. I'm actually just reading them. Seems like Theodore's going all out for the sympathy votes.
Walcott, talking at the launch of an FA and Mars Just Play campaign, said: “I have always wanted to stay at Arsenal and I hope something can get sorted out and I can get back playing.
“I never wanted to go and I’ve never said I wanted to leave.
“Hopefully something can be sorted and if it doesn’t I will be disappointed, I can’t lie. It would be a shame, but you just have to move on and accept it.
“Hopefully it won’t come to that, hopefully we can get something resolved because I love the club, I love playing for the manager, for the team and we have made some great new signings that have settled in very well.
“It would be nice to play with them now.
“I am one of those players that wants to stay, I am 100 per cent when I play. But it is frustrating not playing at the moment, you just want to play. And hopefully it will come very soon.”If what he's saying is true, the club seemingly aren't that keen on him.“I’m not even thinking about January. I don’t want to be thinking about that because the week I had in the last week of the transfer market was horrible. You don’t want any player to go through that – especially when they don’t want to go.
I think people are worrying too much over Walcott. It's because he has a big rep. "Fastest man alive" "English" etc etc.
He's a half decent player, and his pace gives him edge, and he's a good finisher, but he is simply not technically good enough to play the way AW wants the team to play. He can't control the ball, and he can't make space for himself (when he has the ball). He can't keep possession, and that is what the team is built on. Simple as, and whether you like it, or not.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
Never said he said thatI never wanted to go and I’ve never said I wanted to leave
Apparently, we were slow to initiate contract talks with his people again and as said in a previous article, it took them 6 months to thrash out his last agreement.
We have offered him a deal, so we probably want him to stay. But the sticking point must be the striker situation, as he has said it's a big factor. He was signed as a striker, Wenger said he would develop him as a striker but that hasn't happened and now he gets judged as a winger by everybody. It messes him up because it's going to be hard for him to get a coach to sign him up as a striker and take that risk since he hasn't played in that role for a number of years.
But, if Wenger doubts his ability as a striker, he might as well take his chances elsewhere and a free transfer makes it easier for him to a load of different clubs and managers. A normal transfer wouldn't give him that option. Hopefully, he gets his chance up front. Poldoski and Giroud have looked anonymous up front so far, Gervinho hasn't got the ability to finish…Chamakh….joke of a player. What's the harm in trying?
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