SIX YEARS OF THEO

Red Member · Post by **Red Member** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:44 pm

6 years ago today a young 16 year old signed for us from Southampton.

6 years on Theo Walcott and Arsenal have yet to win a major honour, yet he remains in the first team. Is there a connection here? He is a good player but not a really top class one and you need top class players to win trophies.

I think the Walcott situation sums up the problems at the club these past few years
1) the players that have been bought have not been quite good enough
2) these players have been given too long to try to prove themselves. There hasn't been the ruthlessness required to get rid of them.
3) the players bought have like Theo been largely small and therefore injury prone - and we end up in a situation like now before a big game with effectively half the team not able to play.

rigsby · Post by **rigsby** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:45 pm

The thing is he is 22, I do think he's judged far more harshly than a lot of other players. Probably due to a lot of goodwill towards him which has turned into frustration. I think Theo will become a good player, but sadly,probably not at Arsenal

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:20 pm

Red Member wrote:6 years ago today a young 16 year old signed for us from Southampton.

6 years on Theo Walcott and Arsenal have yet to win a major honour, yet he remains in the first team. Is there a connection here? He is a good player but not a really top class one and you need top class players to win trophies.

I think the Walcott situation sums up the problems at the club these past few years
1) the players that have been bought have not been quite good enough
2) these players have been given too long to try to prove themselves. There hasn't been the ruthlessness required to get rid of them.
3) the players bought have like Theo been largely small and therefore injury prone - and we end up in a situation like now before a big game with effectively half the team not able to play.

6 years ago +: We moved from Highbury to the Grove.
6 years ago +: We stripped one of the best sides to grace the top division, the invincibles.
6 years ago +: you were 6.

Post by **flash gunner** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:22 pm

Boomer wrote:
Red Member wrote:6 years ago today a young 16 year old signed for us from Southampton.

6 years on Theo Walcott and Arsenal have yet to win a major honour, yet he remains in the first team. Is there a connection here? He is a good player but not a really top class one and you need top class players to win trophies.

I think the Walcott situation sums up the problems at the club these past few years
1) the players that have been bought have not been quite good enough
2) these players have been given too long to try to prove themselves. There hasn't been the ruthlessness required to get rid of them.
3) the players bought have like Theo been largely small and therefore injury prone - and we end up in a situation like now before a big game with effectively half the team not able to play.
6 years ago +: We moved from Highbury to the Grove.
6 years ago +: We stripped one of the best sides to grace the top division, the invincibles.
6 years ago +: you were 6.

OneBardGooner · Post by **OneBardGooner** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:51 pm

Boomer wrote:
Red Member wrote:6 years ago today a young 16 year old signed for us from Southampton.

6 years on Theo Walcott and Arsenal have yet to win a major honour, yet he remains in the first team. Is there a connection here? He is a good player but not a really top class one and you need top class players to win trophies.

I think the Walcott situation sums up the problems at the club these past few years
1) the players that have been bought have not been quite good enough
2) these players have been given too long to try to prove themselves. There hasn't been the ruthlessness required to get rid of them.
3) the players bought have like Theo been largely small and therefore injury prone - and we end up in a situation like now before a big game with effectively half the team not able to play.
6 years ago +: We moved from Highbury to the Grove.
6 years ago +: We stripped one of the best sides to grace the top division, the invincibles.
6 years ago +: you were 6.

Quality Boomer QUAL IT EEE!

k.lertpisitkul · Post by **k.lertpisitkul** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:55 pm

OneBardGooner wrote:
Boomer wrote:
Red Member wrote:6 years ago today a young 16 year old signed for us from Southampton.

6 years on Theo Walcott and Arsenal have yet to win a major honour, yet he remains in the first team. Is there a connection here? He is a good player but not a really top class one and you need top class players to win trophies.

I think the Walcott situation sums up the problems at the club these past few years
1) the players that have been bought have not been quite good enough
2) these players have been given too long to try to prove themselves. There hasn't been the ruthlessness required to get rid of them.
3) the players bought have like Theo been largely small and therefore injury prone - and we end up in a situation like now before a big game with effectively half the team not able to play.

6 years ago +: We moved from Highbury to the Grove.
6 years ago +: We stripped one of the best sides to grace the top division, the invincibles.
6 years ago +: you were 6.

Quality Boomer QUAL IT EEE!

BournemouthRED · Post by **BournemouthRED** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:22 pm

Kinda feel sorry for theo in a way, as pointed out already this ain't the club he signed up for 6 years ago! Still doesn't explain his ***** performances week in week out

donaldo · Post by **donaldo** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:28 pm

Walnutt never was a footballer hes a sprinter in football boots.6 years and he still cant beat a full back with skilll.Show him the door this summer and give the Ox his chance

BournemouthRED · Post by **BournemouthRED** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:51 pm

donaldo wrote:Walnutt never was a footballer hes a sprinter in football boots.6 years and he still cant beat a full back with skilll.Show him the door this summer and give the Ox his chance

They showed him the door last summer!

But he missed

badliebenzell · Post by **badliebenzell** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:27 pm

With all due respect to Theolights, if we was going to become what we all thought he would become, it would have happened by now. Truth is, he is a very inconsistent piece of a very ordinary player who is blessed with a turn of speed. Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, he is not going to make it, but unbelieveably, AW will offer him a bumper contract, and we end up no further forward. There was a true classic from Walnut on the AFC website 2 or 3 months ago - "People now gample on my crosses" said he - code for I still put a lot of crap into the box and I have come up with a great excuse.
Enough said.

hugh jardon · Post by **hugh jardon** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:53 pm

http://www.onlinegooner.com/phpbb2/view ... hp?t=33771

Rosie_titters · Post by **Rosie_titters** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:29 pm

in previous seasons he has been blighted by injuries, playing for club and country and just when he is starting to look good gets another injury

but this season there are no excuses and he has virtually been ever present

franksav63 · Post by **franksav63** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 6:11 am

After seeing him just a few times I knew this useless, no trick pony, wasn't going to make it and 6 years later, the wanker is still here. He stays around longer than genital warts....

stg · Post by **stg** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:11 am

Another player where the 451/433 formation does not work for. Whatever happend to Wengers promise to play him through the middle?

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 6:53 pm

Red Member wrote: 3) the players bought have like Theo been largely small

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