Can This Season Be Walcott's Time To Shine?

He's much better out wide for me. Pretty awful through the middle, apart from when he's given acres of space by the opposition defence.

He's pretty awful through the middle? But you just said that was when he was playing his best football

Walcott doesn't have a footballing brain. He will never excel Bale, if anything Walnutt should be using the Bale situation to his advantage and as motivation to improve himself tenfold.

Wont ever happen though. Doubt he will get much better than he currently is.

No, you said that.

He didn't play that whole 2/3 months of contract speculation through the middle. He played about a month there if I remember correctly, and performances were a mixed bag, but for me he definitely suited out wide more.

That's not to say he should never play through the middle, similar to Podolski, it's a role that takes a lot of time to learn and adapt to the different way of playing.

You said that his best form was when there was all this 'sign da ting' garbage. He was playing striker during that period so yes you did say it. Don't try to get out of that hole you are digging

Here you go with your classic debating style again.

By sign da ting, I meant the whole contract speculation, starting towards the end of November when the rumours of signing for Liverpool started to surface and what not.

From then to mid January when he signed a new deal, he did not play as a central striker that whole time.

Classic debating style

You said his best form was during the 'sign da ting' garbage. Fact.

That 'sign da ting' garbage started after the Bradford game. Fact.

Walcott played as a striker every single game from Bradford up to the Chelsea match when he was moved out wide again after signing a new contract. Fact.

There is nothing to debate, all of those are facts Just because you have no clue what you are talking about..."oh oh, what I actually meant."

You've embarrassed yourself here

I don't get embarrassed on a faceless football forum.

By sign da ting, I meant contract/transfer speculation. I apologise if this was misleading, I wasn't referring to that song/rap thing.

I think Walcott has reached his potential. He always had a good finish but struggles with dribbling, although his pace makes up for that a bit. He's a very, very good player and effective too, but I can't see those weaknesses disappearing.

Walcott has improved a little - but not a lot.

His finishing is now decent and he's a little bit stronger - but his control of the ball when running with it is still very poor - he doesn't have a trick and his crossing is very inconsistent.

The worse thing of all is that when the going gets tough (e.g. against Villa) he gets worse and then hides...

No chance he will play like Bale this season - I don't see much improvement from here - he might get slightly quicker