THEO

Radford149 · Post by **Radford149** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:10 am

thg wrote:he seemed a lot better at the weekend than what he did at the tail end of last season.

radford retorts that it was a friendly against a shit celtic side and a milan side that did not give a shit

Radford149 · Post by **Radford149** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:06 am

radford has just seen the current bun and who's on the front page .........master walnut, say-no-more

djhdjh · Post by **djhdjh** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:28 am

Walcott is a very useful player to have in the squad. Not to be a 1st team regular or anything like that but he offers a different option to what we have. Pass, pass, pass, isn't working today - there you go Theo run onto that ball in behind, there you go Theo run past the full back with the ball.

Pace along with reasonable finishing may be all he has but when his acceleration is on a different level to any other player on the planet to play this role he doesn't need a lot more. Other teams are terrified of his pace and it gives us more space to play in if it doesn't work itself.

I think that you can't really complain about a lack of variety in our play and then when we have a player who can't do any of what the others can but offers another dimension to the extreme slag him off for only having that.

Essentially what I'm saying is stop comparing him to the superstar it was thought he would be when we signed him and just see what he offers. Which is not a lot, but enough to be a very useful Plan B.

Bring Back Pires · Post by **Bring Back Pires** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:44 am

Radford149 wrote:radford has just seen the current bun and who's on the front page .........master walnut, say-no-more

Walcott on being left out of the World Cup squad:

There are always disappointments in football, this was my biggest one yet.

Guess that shows where his priorities lay.

Post by **DB10GOONER** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:58 am

onemoreminute wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:Impact sub at best. Not only has TheoTheo got a poor finish, poor touch and dodgy dribbling "skills", he has no brain whatsoever. He doesn't know when to pass, when to take on the defender or when to cross. His only real use at present is putting him on to scare less than pacey full backs but how much longer will that continue before he is found out for the fairly average player he is?

It's a real shame but I honestly don't think the lad will ever be top level.
Seperated at birth?

Charlie isn't even on here and you're still ripping the piss out of him!

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 11:02 am

Bring Back Pires wrote:
Radford149 wrote:radford has just seen the current bun and who's on the front page .........master walnut, say-no-more
Walcott on being left out of the World Cup squad:

There are always disappointments in football, this was my biggest one yet.
Guess that shows where his priorities lay.

Does it really?

Or is it yet another stick to beat him with?

Just who wouldn't feel gutted about being left out of the World Cup squad when they were considered by most to be a shoo-in?

euphoricone · Post by **euphoricone** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 11:40 am

Arsene will only let walcott go when/if he wants to. Never before. He has scored some vital goals/ made some vital assists for us , even though he needs to improve his crossing and stuff, he is a great asset.

Bring Back Pires · Post by **Bring Back Pires** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 11:52 am

I Hate Hleb wrote:
Bring Back Pires wrote:
Radford149 wrote:radford has just seen the current bun and who's on the front page .........master walnut, say-no-more
Walcott on being left out of the World Cup squad:

There are always disappointments in football, this was my biggest one yet.
Guess that shows where his priorities lay.
Does it really? Or is it yet another stick to beat him with? Just who wouldn't feel gutted about being left out of the World Cup squad when they were considered by most to be a shoo-in?

Well coupled with his "My main ambition is the World Cup" quote from back in February, it's pretty clear that his priorities are in the wrong place.

How about coming out and saying his main ambition is to suceed with Arsenal, y'know, the club that pays him every single week. I never heard him say how disappointed he was after the 2-2 Birmingham draw, for instance.

rigsby · Post by **rigsby** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:02 pm

Bit harsh mate.

He was probably asked about the WC at the time and said something pleasing to the journo. Plus never believe the papers

The Written Word Is A Lie!

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:18 pm

Bring Back Pires wrote:
I Hate Hleb wrote:
Bring Back Pires wrote:
Radford149 wrote:radford has just seen the current bun and who's on the front page .........master walnut, say-no-more
Walcott on being left out of the World Cup squad:

There are always disappointments in football, this was my biggest one yet.
Guess that shows where his priorities lay.
Does it really? Or is it yet another stick to beat him with? Just who wouldn't feel gutted about being left out of the World Cup squad when they were considered by most to be a shoo-in?
Well coupled with his "My main ambition is the World Cup" quote from back in February, it's pretty clear that his priorities are in the wrong place.

How about coming out and saying his main ambition is to suceed with Arsenal, y'know, the club that pays him every single week. I never heard him say how disappointed he was after the 2-2 Birmingham draw, for instance.

It is not clear at all, as Rigsby points out.

It is just newspaper spin.

Most players desperately want to win (odd exception such as Adebayor in his final season when he gave up caring) , it is just that in some cases they are next to clueless as to how to do so (i.e. Diaby).

That fault is Wenger's. Not the board's.

Wenger's.

He has failed to use a defensive coach worth his salt since Keown left end of 2006 season, and it shows.

Radford149 · Post by **Radford149** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:20 pm

rigsby wrote:Bit harsh mate.

He was probably asked about the WC at the time and said something pleasing to the journo. Plus never believe the papers

The Written Word Is A Lie!

radford says mr walnutt is quoted as saying ......

"there are guys the same age as me out there fighting in wars and not coming home. Parents, wives, husbands - they are getting calls saying their loved ones won't be coming back. It puts it into perspective"

radford weeps at the state of the mordern footballer and no doubt we will have another spread in hello or ok magazine soon.

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:44 pm

Again, what exactly is wrong with what he said, eh Mr Third Person? If anything, it shows that disappointed though he is, it's nothing compared to what others have suffered.

Rate him or not, Theo is nothing like the archetypal modern day footballer that doesn't care about anything but the money he earns, the latest fashion accessory he can buy or pretty bird he can pull that you portray him to be!!

Welling Gooner · Post by **Welling Gooner** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:52 pm

Walcott is poor, if he wasn't quick he wouldn't be a pro.

He wouldn't even be lower league.

Poor touch, poor awareness, poor vision, poor final ball

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:54 pm

Funny that, because he speaks highly of you!!

donaldo · Post by **donaldo** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:58 pm

Why was Walnutt disappointed not to be going to the world cup?.Did he really believe he played well for us last season? Wonder if he cried when we won fuck all again

He is lucky to be still at the club when in four years he is still not a regular starter.He's just a sprinter