As we're unlikely to see terraces again at football, this is the virtual equivalent where you can chat to your hearts content about all football matters and, obviously, Arsenal in particular. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical.
northbank123 wrote:He wants to play as a striker. Not a lone striker. It's Wenger who doesn't believe in anything other than a lone striker.
It's too easy to contain him as a lone striker. Jesus, there were games last year when van Persie was completely cancelled out, such is the ineptitude and predictability of our system. His big trait is his pace when he runs in behind, when he has both centre-backs and often the full-backs too able to track his runs then unsurprisingly he's easy to negate. A partner up front would give the other centre-half something to deal with and mean that a lot of the time Walcott would only need to get the run on one centre-half.
He knows the system we have so there is no point in him requesting to be played as a striker if he can't do the job that the system needs him to do
In the second half he scared the shit out of the Chavs, so much so that they stuck Bertrand out that side to double up on him.
Augie I know you hate the bloke but today he was our most threatening player by a mile and he has been in most of our games as an attacking threat. His dead balls are shocking, the timing of his runs are sometimes fucking awful and he still isn't tough enough. They are all flaws in his game. But the truth of the matter today is that he scored one, got the best left back in the country serious rattled in the second half, and if he hadn't been partnered by Le Chapman would have also provided a perfect assist for an opening goal after 5 minutes
He's 23. The other plank is 27. One has quite a few things to tidy up on. The other will NEVER EVER fucking make it in this country if he played till he was 35, ditto Gervinho.
Walcott has outscored Giroud despite starting most of his games out wide until recently. I know you'll bring up his goals in games like Reading in the cup, but on the other hand Chapman notched one of his 10 in that game and another against Coventry.
When Walcott plays I always have a sense that something could happen. When he doesn't and we play either of Dumb and Dumber I'm never surprised when nothing happens
northbank123 wrote:He wants to play as a striker. Not a lone striker. It's Wenger who doesn't believe in anything other than a lone striker.
It's too easy to contain him as a lone striker. Jesus, there were games last year when van Persie was completely cancelled out, such is the ineptitude and predictability of our system. His big trait is his pace when he runs in behind, when he has both centre-backs and often the full-backs too able to track his runs then unsurprisingly he's easy to negate. A partner up front would give the other centre-half something to deal with and mean that a lot of the time Walcott would only need to get the run on one centre-half.
He knows the system we have so there is no point in him requesting to be played as a striker if he can't do the job that the system needs him to do
I'm not his biggest fan but he's been saying that he's a centre forward since before Wenger blindly turned to this 4-5-1. There are probably very few strikers in the world that could actually play that role with consistent quality. If I was Walcott and I saw Giroud lumbering around up there I would fucking well ask to play up front.
1989 wrote:No one can argue he's worth the new contract. He has become a brilliant player IMO.
Didnt see much of the first half but it seemed to me that he wanted to shoot all the fcuking time and he was absolutely shite in the 2nd half Jesus where are your standards man ?
What? If anything he didn't take enough shots. He was aiming for Giroud all the time.
I was one of Feo's detractors but I've made a turnaround because he's improved his game and been easily one of our best players this season if not the best. 18 goals and 11 assists so far speaks for itself.
wally is easily justifying his new contract and 100k a week,he played well again today against a dirty stoke side,he wont score every week but you cant expect him too,yes there are areas he needs to improve but he has pulled us out of the shit so many times this season.if we could defend then alot of his work wouldnt be in vain,anybody who still doubts him wait till he's injured and see how blunt up top we are,he's worth 200k a week at the mo,him and jack are keeping our shit season just about going on there own
Thought Walcott had a very good first half. Very lively, skinned his man time and time again but to be fair was often left with little or nothing to aim for in the box. Didn't do that much second half but then again neither did anyone and when a team sits back that much the onus is more on the central midfielders to create opportunities than wingers. Did also win the foul for the goal.
1989 wrote:No one can argue he's worth the new contract. He has become a brilliant player IMO.
If you think Walcott is brilliant i would love to know what you would call Henry and Bergkamp
henry and bergkamp were world class,wally is very good,i think if you put wally in wengers earlier teams then he really would have shone,you only have to look at anelka and how awesome he was with us and then see how average he's been ever since
Augie I dont understand you at all. Walcott is not Bendtner he is not Chamkah he is not Arshavin and he is not a player who lets us down. What the hell is your problem ?
supergeorgegraham wrote:Augie I dont understand you at all. Walcott is not Bendtner he is not Chamkah he is not Arshavin and he is not a player who lets us down. What the hell is your problem ?
Slaughters Walcott every game and yet defends that big German donkey
Augie - come on man, you've got to give a more balanced assessment. Walcott really wasn't shite today
