01 Jul 2016 16:43:14
I seem to have figured out why Walcott has been underperforming for us. It's not clear to him where he's best postion to play the game is and for that matter, it has juggled up his mind a bit. So there's lack of concentration and confidence in his game. He's not relaxed and he appears to force it whenever he's on the pitch. The battle of not being allowed to play upfront has affected his concentration levels and he looks like he's torn apart as he's indecisive there.
However, if he could let go of holding down the middle spot, he would come back to his usual self. And if he becomes happy again and then gets satisfied at playing in any position for arsenal, there's be no way he wouldn't bounce back. There's always Cazorla and even Arteta to learn from.
I think the club's search for a new striker has left him a message as Wenger doesn't seem to trust him with the striking role.
01 Jul 2016 17:08:31
Walcott is just not good enough
He's had enough time to prove himself, and has failed
Sell him and get his 140 per week of the wage bill.
01 Jul 2016 20:24:12
Don't get me wrong here, I quite like Theo, he seems a nice enough bloke interviews, doesn't rock the boat much, behaves in public, does as told, a classic Arsene player.
But Theo simply isn't good enough.
He had a chance as a striker for us and was never consistent.
He's played on the right, but doesn't do enough defensively to support Bellerin and doesn't really offer enough going forward, he's a great crosser, he's not a clinical finisher, he's just fast.
Thing is, Theo's pace is fantastic against tired legs.
He's either going to beat his man or at least draw the foul.
But in the space of a whole 90, teams know his game and stop him from really using the pace.
One thing I will give Theo, is I personally think he's a big game player.
He almost plays better against teams like City, Chelsea, Utd than he does against smaller teams.
This past season alone you've got the great goal against city, you've got the 3-0 win over Utd, where even though he didn't score, he bullied their back line and created space for Mesut and Alexis to cause havoc.
Now, Mesut got a lot of stick for not turning up in the big games in his first season (s) so should we let Theo for pretty much only turning up against the big teams?
Not in my (often incorrect) opinion.
There's a crossroads here, because Theo's 27 and he's hitting that age where a player often peaks.
If he's to ever hit the form he was touted for, he needs to playing every week, 90 minutes.
He will not get that here.
I personally don't think Theo is the sort who's happy to turn up to training, pick up his cheques and then sit on the bench with the assorted youngsters covering our swathe of injuries.
I think if a team came in for him, that could/ would offer him comparable terms, he'd be interested.
Theo isn't going to cut the mustard at Arsenal, but he may very well succeed somewhere else, really, it boils down to wether we're willing to let him leave combined with wether a team wants to sign him.
Or are we going to ignore any prospective interest on the off chance he'll come good?