Theo Walcott

Jenius covered that point before you even made it, if you wish to read back.

Your self-admitted bias against Walcott probably doesn't let you see that though.
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You said he answered every point I made. His point about why Walcott creates little makes no sense to me. And I used Mane as an example who has created 4 times the chances Walcott has in a similar wide-forward role along a withdrawn striker. I've checked the stats of many forwards and Walcott is easily among the bottom of the entire division in creative output. Infact, the rock bottom among the dozen-and-half I've checked so far. How the fack did what Jenius posted refute or answer my point about how poor Walcott is creatively?

I wasn't refuting anything by posting the clip, I was just showing that Walcott can do exactly what you said he couldn't, and a highlight from just a few days shows this very graphically.
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What did you post it for if not as a refutation? Again, I haven't disputed that Walcott can dribble. Even facking Mertesacker can dribble. Exactly what I mean by sounding like a broken record as you keep missing the point. If I say "Iwobi can't shoot" due to his appalling shooting for much of this season, it doesn't mean that LITERALLY, Alex Iwobi cannot shoot a ball. Calling Walcott an inept one-trick pony is me calling him a limited player in exaggerated language. It's a football forum, not some astrophysics seminar. It doesn't mean that literally, all he can do is make diagonal runs. How the fack do I have to keep explaining the same sheite to you while you keep up with the same pedantic charade?

He didn't even dribble past anyone in that clip he made a poor pass and got lucky it deflected back to him. The finish was quality but we've always seen the odd flashes of brilliance from Theo, the only constant is that he can never do it consistently.

Easily our most dangerous player against Bayern, alaba couldn't cope with him in that first half. The haters like Garwood and sheriff will never give him any praise because they made there minds up long ago. Just pure ignorance. He's not a technical player fgs, he was portrayed as a wonder kid by the media, Wenger stated when he first brought him that he would score goals and had good movement which is what he's doing now.

He didn't even dribble past anyone in that clip he made a poor pass and got lucky it deflected back to him. The finish was quality but we've always seen the odd flashes of brilliance from Theo, the only constant is that he can never do it consistently.
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That makes it sound like he's just an inconsistent, good player. That's how I'd describe a player like Di Maria. Personally think Walcott is a lot more consistently awful or anonymous than consistently good. He has comfortably more bad games than good games. One of the reasons I often talk about how misleading his stats are is you can point to a hell of a lot of games where Walcott scores, but is poor. Stats that simply show scoring efficiency can mask how detrimental to the team a player like Walcott is.

I remember when Arshavin had a lot of fanboy defenders because his goals and assists record was still one of the best for wingers/attacking mids in the league. Yet, observing his game should have told anyone the guy had become a liability.

comment by PowerkingHenry27 (U18930)
posted 19 seconds ago
Easily our most dangerous player against Bayern, alaba couldn't cope with him in that first half. The haters like Garwood and sheriff will never give him any praise because they made there minds up long ago. Just pure ignorance. He's not a technical player fgs, he was portrayed as a wonder kid by the media, Wenger stated when he first brought him that he would score goals and had good movement which is what he's doing now.
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Ox was a chasm ahead of him. Sure, he did take his goal well. The "making up minds" thing is nonsensical. When players improve, I'm more than glad to give them credit. I have no special agendas. I once "made up my mind" Koscielny was a calamity, but even now when he gets a lot of stick, I wouldn't swap him for any CB in the league. Players like Monreal have changed my mind before. Walcott is in his late 20's and still struggles badly with technical rudiments of the game. He embodies why this team has massively regressed technically since we started losing the likes of Cesc, Nasri, Rosicky, Hleb etc and teams like Liverpool make us look like West Brom and Bayern dismissed us with utter contempt like a League 1 team.

Ox played well but they were struggling with Walcott more on there left. He's not a technical player though, I've already stated that, that's not to say he can't produce some technical brilliance from time to time. He is a player that will look to run in behind and score goals, that is his game. He could be looking at 20-25 goals this season for a guy that plays on the right and has to track back often. He's scored against Chelsea, Liverpool, Bayern , city so don't give me he scores against Sutton and Lincoln rubbish.

Walcotts role in the team is to look for space, make the runs. He's not used as a traditional creative winger. Although his assists stats generally are quite impressive through the yrs.

comment by Sheriff John Brown - bring back David Dein (U7482)
posted 35 minutes ago
He didn't even dribble past anyone in that clip he made a poor pass and got lucky it deflected back to him. The finish was quality but we've always seen the odd flashes of brilliance from Theo, the only constant is that he can never do it consistently.
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That makes it sound like he's just an inconsistent, good player. That's how I'd describe a player like Di Maria. Personally think Walcott is a lot more consistently awful or anonymous than consistently good. He has comfortably more bad games than good games. One of the reasons I often talk about how misleading his stats are is you can point to a hell of a lot of games where Walcott scores, but is poor. Stats that simply show scoring efficiency can mask how detrimental to the team a player like Walcott is.

I remember when Arshavin had a lot of fanboy defenders because his goals and assists record was still one of the best for wingers/attacking mids in the league. Yet, observing his game should have told anyone the guy had become a liability.
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Agree with all of that, but his technique has improved a lot from his early years especially in the last 4 to 5 years. When he's in top form he looks lethal and his technique is decent enough not to be a liability, but it only last about 2-3 months in a season. When he's off form his technique completely deserts him, loses composure with his finishing and hides a lot more. There's been a few times where it looks like he's turned a corner but in the end will always go back to the same old Theo. If we want to win titles we can't afford to carry players like that.

Walcotts role in the team is to look for space, make the runs. He's not used as a traditional creative winger. Although his assists stats generally are quite impressive through the yrs.
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Mane does all that. Firmino on the wings does all that. Alexis on the wings does all that. And they still create. Wide-forwards are common in the modern game of 4-3-3's and 4-2-3-1's. Walcott happens to the most limited of them at a biggish club.