Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

[rodders999]

I think Lescott just tried to give birth to whatever it is that lives in his forehead

[donaldo]

One thing about Hodgson so far he hasnt fallen for the Feo hype

[Henry Norris 1913]

One thing about Hodgson so far he hasnt fallen for the Feo hype

what fucking hype? he hasn't been hyped since 2008

[Jock Gooner]

One thing about Hodgson so far he hasnt fallen for the Feo hype

what fucking hype? he hasn't been hyped since 2008

Should have sold him the day after he got his hat trick. Might have bluffed somebody into paying £30 mill for him and saved us all years of frustration watching him do his headless chicken stuff. I know 5 year olds with a harder shot than some of Theo's efforts.

[Gunnersaurus]

Chamberlin starting and Walcott benched, hopefully that's a sign of things to come.

He did ok considering this is as dull an England side as can be.

[1989]

Took Woy a couple of weeks to figure out what Wenger couldn't for 9 months - that the Ox is miles better than Walnut.

[g88ner]

I thought Chamberlain was poor tonight, and perhaps cemented Downing's place in the team.

I think he's lost momentum and form after being used sparingly in the Premier League run in. He needs a spark to reingnite him, and if that happens early in the tournament, he might take the Euro's by storm. Probably not, but he's got the raw talent.

I thought AC Milan at home was his coming of age performance, but we didn't see much of him after that game, and that surprised me. Perhaps Wenger thought he needed a rest (or maybe he was injured?) but he didn't really perform after that and has now lost all momentum. Oh well.

I reckon he'll be an Arsenal regular by Christmas.

[augie]

Ox wasn't great I agree but he was country miles ahead of Milner on the other wing who may as well have stayed in mainland for all he did

Did annoy me too, that after taking the ox off he switched Milner to the left allowing braindead feo to play on his preferred right wing.......why wasn't the same courtesy shown to the ox ? Wenger did the very same thing to the ox lately and it pisses me off cos you are asking a young lad to shine whilst playing him out of position

[LDB]

Ox wasn't great I agree but he was country miles ahead of Milner on the other wing who may as well have stayed in mainland for all he did

Did annoy me too, that after taking the ox off he switched Milner to the left allowing braindead feo to play on his preferred right wing.......why wasn't the same courtesy shown to the ox ? Wenger did the very same thing to the ox lately and it pisses me off cos you are asking a young lad to shine whilst playing him out of position

Hmmm, I may be wrong here but I seem to remember the ox playing on the left for Southampton?

[OneBardGooner]

Hopefully The Verminator kicks John Terry in the face.

Studs up, naturally.

[OneBardGooner]

Ox wasn't great I agree but he was country miles ahead of Milner on the other wing who may as well have stayed in mainland for all he did

Did annoy me too, that after taking the ox off he switched Milner to the left allowing braindead feo to play on his preferred right wing.......why wasn't the same courtesy shown to the ox ? Wenger did the very same thing to the ox lately and it pisses me off cos you are asking a young lad to shine whilst playing him out of position

Hmmm, I may be wrong here but I seem to remember the ox playing on the left for Southampton?

so did feo

[N1Goon]

Hopefully Ox is deployed through the middle today in a creative role, I don't fancy his chances against the experienced French right-back Debuchy or Abidal/Evra on the left if i'm honest.

[Red Member]

I can't understand why Walcott is not playing.
He must be being used as a super sub

come on the OX though!

France dont look anything special apart from maybe Ribery.
Apparently England are 8 places above them in the world football rankings so it is like Arsenal playing WBA.

[augie]

Hopefully Ox is deployed through the middle today in a creative role, I don't fancy his chances against the experienced French right-back Debuchy or Abidal/Evra on the left if i'm honest.

Abidal isnt in the french squad I think

Debuchy is def there for the taking and the way evra has played for the last 12 months any half decent football at all should be able to take him to the cleaners (obviously that rules out walnut then ).
I still believe that playing ox on the left wing will hinder his chances of showing what he can do though

[1989]

Keep up boys. Abidal has retired from football.