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Bendtners Drinking Buddy wrote:Playing Theo up front will change nothing, he hasnt got the technical ability to play there nor the intelligance. He can finish, but he hasnt got the ability to get himself in those positions on a regular basis a lar Owen etc.
As for the Lennon point, pains me to say it about the pikey twat - but he is twice the player Theo is.
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Walcott is a sprinter without a football brain.
I've had enough of this "no football brain" shit. He has proved time and time again he does by the runs he makes, he being played out of position yet no-one acknowledges it. His goal v scum was typical of his season when he is played in the right position.
This football brain thing is churned out by loads of so called football fans, its's just a bandwagon to jump on. I don't believe a player who has scored the amoutn of goals he has this season can't understand football. bizarre
Bendtners Drinking Buddy wrote:Playing Theo up front will change nothing, he hasnt got the technical ability to play there nor the intelligance. He can finish, but he hasnt got the ability to get himself in those positions on a regular basis a lar Owen etc.
As for the Lennon point, pains me to say it about the pikey twat - but he is twice the player Theo is.
Why are you so anti-Theo yet pro-Bendtner? They both have failed to deliver time and time again
Bendtner is twice the player Theo is and has contributed more to the team in his time here.
Bendtners Drinking Buddy wrote:Playing Theo up front will change nothing, he hasnt got the technical ability to play there nor the intelligance. He can finish, but he hasnt got the ability to get himself in those positions on a regular basis a lar Owen etc.
As for the Lennon point, pains me to say it about the pikey twat - but he is twice the player Theo is.
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Walcott is a sprinter without a football brain.
I've had enough of this "no football brain" shit. He has proved time and time again he does by the runs he makes, he being played out of position yet no-one acknowledges it. His goal v scum was typical of his season when he is played in the right position.
This football brain thing is churned out by loads of so called football fans, its's just a bandwagon to jump on. I don't believe a player who has scored the amoutn of goals he has this season can't understand football. bizarre
I agree. If you've seen him off the ball this season, he's been making a lot of runs along the last line but the majority of the time he doesn't get seen because we haven't got a player with the intelligence or skill of Dennis who is looking for and can pick out the killer ball. In the 2002 season, time and time again Freddie would make the 'third man run'. When we do pick him out like at Newcastle and Spuds, he shows that he can finish.
Problem is that he would have to be played as part of a 4-4-2 which of course Le Sulk doesn't do so as long as he sticks him out wide then he will continue to frustrate because of his limitations as a winger.
By the way, again on Sunday he put in a couple of killer crosses along the 6 yard line and yet again there was nobody straining to get on the end so I think his crossing has improved.
For me, try him with a run of games down the middle and if it doesn't work then sell. But my own belief is that he could do it.
Bendtner is twice the player Theo is and has contributed more to the team in his time here, whilst also being played out of position
walcott scored about 14 goals this season while being played out of position while bendy scored against a couple of teams in the CC
you got the names the wrong way round?
Im talking since they were both at the club.
Last season Bendtner carried us through January with his goals - can you ever say that Theo has ever stood up to the plate when required? Bendtner contributes to the team, and has scored some vital goals with some vital assists (even with his limited ability). Theo is a waster who when the going gets tough, hides on the wing and expects the ball to find him.
Stoke away last week, NB comes on out of position - the same position as Theo, has a few shots on goal, has the ball at his feet and is trying to fashion something, as well as helping at the back. Theo, 90 minutes, and bottled it completely against an average right back. Pitiful.
Hattricks against shit teams at home are fine and nice, but Theo has never contributed anything of real note in an Arsenal shirt. Has Theo improved sice he has been here? I dont think so.
Would like to see him play a few games upfront, with RVP, and see how it goes. His pace is abusive but his inabilty to take on mediocre left-backs means he shouldnt be playing out on the wing. So many of our players get played out of position, something needs to change formation wise. Anyone remember when we played 442? Seems like an age ago now!
OnlyGotOneSong wrote:Would like to see him play a few games upfront, with RVP, and see how it goes. His pace is abusive but his inabilty to take on mediocre left-backs means he shouldnt be playing out on the wing. So many of our players get played out of position, something needs to change formation wise. Anyone remember when we played 442? Seems like an age ago now!
True Theo is not a winger neither is Bendtner. Play Theo in his right position and see how it goes if he's shit - out him. If Ian Wright played at left back he'd have been shit or Tony Adams behind the striker. Buy players to fit the formation dont play players out of position
OnlyGotOneSong wrote:Would like to see him play a few games upfront, with RVP, and see how it goes. His pace is abusive but his inabilty to take on mediocre left-backs means he shouldnt be playing out on the wing. So many of our players get played out of position, something needs to change formation wise. Anyone remember when we played 442? Seems like an age ago now!
True Theo is not a winger neither is Bendtner. Play Theo in his right position and see how it goes if he's shit - out him. If Ian Wright played at left back he'd have been shit or Tony Adams behind the striker. Buy players to fit the formation dont play players out of position
But whats to say Theo is a striker??? I dont get it, he breaks moves down from the Wing - can you imagine how much would break down with him up front? He cannot control a football and does not have the vision to be a striker for us because he cannot bring others into play, his strength is in a 1v1 situation with the GK......im sorry but we need a lot more than that.
Theo's main problem is when he has to make a decision.
If he played down the middle with RVP in the Dennis role - there is no decision he'd be through on goal and he'd have to shoot.
I'd like to see him get a chance down the middle before making any rash decisions - there's enough other dead wood that can go ahead of him in the summer.
Peeman wrote:Theo's main problem is when he has to make a decision.
If he played down the middle with RVP in the Dennis role - there is no decision he'd be through on goal and he'd have to shoot.
I'd like to see him get a chance down the middle before making any rash decisions - there's enough other dead wood that can go ahead of him in the summer.
