This was going to be THE season for Walcott & he started it in the mood - I had never rated him but he has TEN years experience now & within his limitations I really thought it might be the turning point - but as usual it frittered away to yet more disappointment.
Walcott's problem is always the same, he has become a moderate finisher with blistering pace & in a dominant side that can service him with clear chances he can score, but when we are not dominant & he has to do some of the work himself he loses possession or fails to control it & too frequently he goes missing completely, it's like playing with 10.5 men at times !
You don't win the league with such smug fair-weather players - & remember he thinks he's done well & is hard done by !
He's 28, on £110k a week & STILL just showing promise (!) - frankly he's been taking the p!ss for too long and we MUST cut our losses & offload him - preferably to Barcelona who all these idiots claim are keen to sign him
Time to give up on Walcott...
posted on 2/6/17
not so super sub
posted on 2/6/17
comment by BO$$™ (U6401)
posted 29 minutes ago
If we got a good bid for him im talking £25Mil plus i'd be tempted to sell him. Surely West Ham can gives us £30Mil for him.
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I'd snap your hand off at £10m, £15m and I'd be doing cartwheels and £25m I'd go into cardiac arrest!
posted on 2/6/17
comment by citrenoogeht (U13932)
posted 40 minutes ago
comment by BO$$™ (U6401)
posted 29 minutes ago
If we got a good bid for him im talking £25Mil plus i'd be tempted to sell him. Surely West Ham can gives us £30Mil for him.
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I'd snap your hand off at £10m, £15m and I'd be doing cartwheels and £25m I'd go into cardiac arrest!
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For 10m you be hard pressed to find a wide attacker who can get you double figures each season. He aint Messi but give him some credit he is very decent at what he does.
posted on 2/6/17
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posted on 2/6/17
He's fine as a squad player for a big team, as long as you don't mind the fee he's getting. Whether he'll want that for next season with an international tournament coming up is another matter.
If I was him I'd want to move to a lower team for regular football and maybe get to play as a number 9. He isn't a top class player but he'd probably do just as well as someone like Benteke at Palace.
posted on 2/6/17
Of course he has his limitations but it would cost a lot of millions to replace his productivity.
posted on 2/6/17
comment by Ace (U18814)
posted 2 hours, 35 minutes ago
I've started thinking of Walcott as a 9-5 footballer. Like the guy that just does the 9-5 to pay his bills etc with no real ambition, that's him. He's been at Arsenal his whole career, turns up, gets paid, plays when he's asked to, sits out when he's asked to, gets on with it all in fairly unspectacular style.
As an Arsenal fan I'd be happy to have a guy who's more than willing to be a squad player, but is capable of getting well into double figures each season and has the pace to change games that aren't going your way. Not a million miles from Son for us, although his impact this season has been of a better standard than Theo, but there are some similarities.
It's all about tempering your expectations. Walcott doesn't seem bothered about being the main man, so if the fans accept that as well and just see him for what he is - a very useful squad player, then it's mutually beneficial for all. If he's happy to be that guy and do that role, why get rid? You won't get anyone better.
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Spot on mate. WE WON'T GET ANYONE BETTER!!!!
120k a week is peanuts. If we bought say Zaha for say 30-35m to do Walcotts' job who can say that he'd be any better or consistent?
posted on 2/6/17
As you all know I gave up on Walcott nine years ago when I realised he could not control a football. Been telling you all for years he is a waste of space.Someone out there must be daft enough to offer us 12 million for him. Leicester or West Ham perhaps.
posted on 2/6/17
comment by Garwood Gunner (U7987)
posted 56 minutes ago
As you all know I gave up on Walcott nine years ago when I realised he could not control a football. Been telling you all for years he is a waste of space.Someone out there must be daft enough to offer us 12 million for him. Leicester or West Ham perhaps.
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He scored in most of the big games this season and you cant blame him for the leaky defense unless you think hes is superman!.
posted on 3/6/17
comment by Garwood Gunner (U7987)
posted 14 hours, 38 minutes ago
As you all know I gave up on Walcott nine years ago when I realised he could not control a football. Been telling you all for years he is a waste of space.Someone out there must be daft enough to offer us 12 million for him. Leicester or West Ham perhaps.
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It's funny, the first time I saw Walcott I was shocked - he actually couldn't control a football properly !
Now in over a decade he has got a bit better but if you do anything for ten years you will get a bit better at it - his ball control will always be poor but I think ultimately the biggest problem is that he doesn't have the drive to be a top player - literally the LAST person you look to when you are losing and being dominated and really up against it in a football 'war' away from home & need a goal is Walcott - that mentality of being able to change a game is one of the reasons Alexis is the player he is.