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Yep... I locked the other two because this one has the most replies. Usually I would keep open the ealiest posted thread but on this occasion that would be a tad dumb. In a kind of Rebel/IHH way...
LDB wrote:This is what i dont get... walcott flatters to deceive.. so we go with shaun wright-philips and aaron lennon
At least walcott can score goals
All bias aside as things stand Lennon shits on Walcott. A big Tom Hundredstone post all-you-can-eat-buffet shit, too. Which is saying something.
In a sense yes, lennon is clearly a better all-round winger but i dont see why we need both him and SWP. SWP imo is just a poor mans aaron lennon, walcott gives something different to both of those and i would personally sacrifice SWP for theo.
On a personal level i feel for theo, i know a lot of people are frustrated with him but for an ingerland player hes a sound and honest lad. Perhaps this can inspire him to make a real fist of his arsenal career.
SWP might be a poor man’s Lennon, who in turn is probably a poor man’s Franz Carr, but right now Walcott is a homeless man’s SWP. He might come semi-good one day but for that to have even the slightest chance of happening he probably needed a serious wake-up call.
Its Up 4 Grabs Now wrote:
SWP might be a poor man’s Lennon, who in turn is probably a poor man’s Franz Carr, but right now Walcott is a homeless man’s SWP. He might come semi-good one day but for that to have even the slightest chance of happening he probably needed a serious wake-up call.
Theo is a boy living in a man's world. He's been listening to Wenger's hype for too long (the same goes for Denilson, Almunia, Flappy and Diaby). In reality they are all useless.
Perhaps this will be a wake up call for him. Probably not though - Wenger will tell him it will all be better as he gives him a cuddle and a new contract...
LDB wrote:This is what i dont get... walcott flatters to deceive.. so we go with shaun wright-philips and aaron lennon
At least walcott can score goals
All bias aside as things stand Lennon shits on Walcott. A big Tom Hundredstone post all-you-can-eat-buffet shit, too. Which is saying something.
In a sense yes, lennon is clearly a better all-round winger but i dont see why we need both him and SWP. SWP imo is just a poor mans aaron lennon, walcott gives something different to both of those and i would personally sacrifice SWP for theo.
On a personal level i feel for theo, i know a lot of people are frustrated with him but for an ingerland player hes a sound and honest lad. Perhaps this can inspire him to make a real fist of his arsenal career.
SWP might be a poor man’s Lennon, who in turn is probably a poor man’s Franz Carr, but right now Walcott is a homeless man’s SWP. He might come semi-good one day but for that to have even the slightest chance of happening he probably needed a serious wake-up call.
Fair enough its a game of opinions but personally when staring elimination in the face i would like to be able to look to my bench and bring on walcott and tell him to drift in from the right and trouble the centre halves rather then shaun wright philips who is frankly average in every regard.
Edit: As for the kick up the arse, that could be a good call and i hope it works out as a sliver lining for him in the long run.
Last edited by LDB on Tue Jun 01, 2010 12:47 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Personally, I wouldn't have brought Theo either. He's not good enough. He may become good enough a few years down the road but at present he just isn't.
Having said that, I do have this terrible fear that the much mooted Theo "potential" is only ever going to be that. Potential. I can see him at 32 years old huffing and puffing it up and down the wing ineffectively and the commentators blathering on about his potential...
im sad for him BUT he simply isnt good enough.
This could also end his career with us.
I dont think hes ever had a football brain.
Id recommend him training for the 2012 olympic 100 metres though.