26 Sep 2016 11:07:45
I'm just watching the game again and that tackle from Bellerin was a peach, the fact his interception was picked up by Xhaka was even better.
He just looked up and pinged a long cross field ball over to Walcott and in a split second we were bearing down on their goal again.
Bellerin and Walcott on that right side has the potential to be an awesome pairing.
26 Sep 2016 22:34:58
I think the key to bringing out the best in Walcott is to play football at a fast pace.
When we play slow his positional play is pretty poor, but when we adopt a high tempo game, he gets into decent positions.
27 Sep 2016 01:12:43
The key to walcot is playing games of football.
27 Sep 2016 07:52:36
I also think Walcott has now got the fact that he needs to defend as much as attack, which is a big plus.
{Ed025's Note - one swallow does not make a summer though red dog, yes he was very good on saturday but he has to put in performances like that every week if he is to be taken seriously mate..
27 Sep 2016 08:25:56
Totally agree ed, was just going to post something about him, at 27 you'd like to think the penny had finally dropped with him.
He is not the greatest player but clearly has the ability to form a decent part of the squad.
It's like the pundits say, will we return to the same old Arsenal, will Walcott return to the same old Walcott.
We have been here many times before on both fronts but Wenger mentioned we played with steel and style. let's hope the steel is now a permanent fixture mate.
{Ed025's Note - it would be nice to think so red dog, i like theo and think he has a lot to offer but what he done on saturday he needs to do every week, have you seen how hard liverpool forwards work?(ed spits on floor), they hassle an hurry defenders into mistakes and that seems to be the benchmark now, lets hope he gets a good run as he could break into the england side and make himself a few bob with all the fiddles thats going on.. :)
27 Sep 2016 08:54:24
Yes mate, they are top of the league in miles run, Theo was doing just that and with his pace it should be even better.
You couldn't make up that Allardyce stuff, what a plank. 😂😂.
{Ed025's Note - harry redknap.s dog is now favourite for the england job as his finances are all in order mate.. :)
27 Sep 2016 09:12:33
What with Venables, Redknapp, Hoddle and now Allardyce it seems like all England managers like dropping themselves in it.
Harry's dog couldn't be any worse than Allardyce.
27 Sep 2016 12:35:03
Possibly why Liverpool initially wanted Sanchez ed as he epitomises the type of striker who pressures defenders into making mistakes - such as nicking the ball of Cahill. Although maybe that's no great achievement to be fair, that's two in two weeks now where Cahill has been pickpocketed (albeit that the Leroy Fer one was an assault) .
When Wenger speaks about Walcott recently, he says he sees a different player and that he is 50/ 50 nowadays instead of 90/ 10% attack to defence minded - that's probably a little exaggerated but hey ho, it shows you that even the manager thinks he's changed his whole attitude and mindset instead of it being a case of one swallow making a summer or whatever the phrase is ed. I personally think Walcott is a clever footballer, he interviews well (great collection of football cliches in his vocabulary) and knows where he needs to improve, it's just his attitude and workrate to make those improvements has been pretty poor in the past.
{Ed025's Note - i just hope he keeps it up TPG because he will definitely be an asset to the team, he has been a bit of a liability if im honest but i always knew he had it in him mate..we will wit with baited breath to see how it turns out for him..