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  1. #1
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
    He can be great, he can be ****ing woeful. If you are mid table, that is more than good enough.
    I would like to be the first to wish him the best of luck at Everton.

    I am simply ecstatic that I will never again have to see him play for us.


  2. #2
    Quote Originally Posted by SWv2 View Post
    I would like to be the first to wish him the best of luck at Everton.

    I am simply ecstatic that I will never again have to see him play for us.

    You could come up with a list of players who have suffered under Wenger and would have probably done much better if they had left. I dont think THeo is one of them. I think he reached his peak with us and I dont think there was a great deal more to work with.

  3. #3
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
    You could come up with a list of players who have suffered under Wenger and would have probably done much better if they had left. I dont think THeo is one of them. I think he reached his peak with us and I dont think there was a great deal more to work with.
    I think he was an example of Wenger's hubris. He believed his own hype that he could make silk purses out of sows' ears.

    Sometimes, however, a sow's ear is just a sow's ear.

  4. #4
    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    I think he was an example of Wenger's hubris. He believed his own hype that he could make silk purses out of sows' ears.

    Sometimes, however, a sow's ear is just a sow's ear.
    So, you're saying we made a pig's ear out of a sow's ear?
    "Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.

    "But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."

  5. #5
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
    You could come up with a list of players who have suffered under Wenger and would have probably done much better if they had left. I dont think THeo is one of them. I think he reached his peak with us and I dont think there was a great deal more to work with.
    He hit his peak in 2008.

    He was playing for England.

    He is no loss to The Arsenal in 2018.
    “Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.”

  6. #6
    Quote Originally Posted by IUFG View Post
    He hit his peak in 2008.

    He was playing for England.

    He is no loss to The Arsenal in 2018.
    He never had a peak, he just bobbled along on a wave of ridiculous expectation and hype created by his early inclusion in an England WC squad, part of which it has been suggested was hype inflated by Wenger.

    Hat-trick v Croatia possibly, some decent goals for us playing in a very attacking role in a very attacking side. No great achievement that.

    Decided he wanted to be a striker, I have kids who ask me this on a Saturday morning and I just tell them no. Wenger stroked his cóck on this one.

    I heard Mark Lawrenson absolutely tear him a new arsehóle last week on the radio. Was never a top player, will never be a top player, over hyped from day one like so many other young players before and after him. He labelled the age old accusation at him that he simply does not really understand the game and does not have the raw desire or whatever to really grab it by the bollócks and thrive.

  7. #7
    Quote Originally Posted by SWv2 View Post
    He never had a peak, he just bobbled along on a wave of ridiculous expectation and hype created by his early inclusion in an England WC squad, part of which it has been suggested was hype inflated by Wenger.

    Hat-trick v Croatia possibly, some decent goals for us playing in a very attacking role in a very attacking side. No great achievement that.

    Decided he wanted to be a striker, I have kids who ask me this on a Saturday morning and I just tell them no. Wenger stroked his cóck on this one.

    I heard Mark Lawrenson absolutely tear him a new arsehóle last week on the radio. Was never a top player, will never be a top player, over hyped from day one like so many other young players before and after him. He labelled the age old accusation at him that he simply does not really understand the game and does not have the raw desire or whatever to really grab it by the bollócks and thrive.

    It started with him going to the World Cup in 2006.
    "Scoring a goal is better than sex" - Whoever said that was sticking it to the wrong woman

  8. #8

    Bob

    I would take Sanchez over the rest of our snowflake generation. If they are upset because he waves his arms about does it ever occur to them that he has a point? Tony Adams would have done more than wave his arms in despair at the lack of effort, application and professional pride. He would have given them six lace holes up their jacksies. Sanchez leads by example on the field. He is not only our best player but for the whole of last season was our most committed. Clearly he has given up on them now, and I for one don't blame him. If Wenger had gone and we had got a decent manager in I believe he would have stayed, signed a new contract and given it his best shot.

  9. #9
    Quote Originally Posted by Yesterday Once More View Post
    I would take Sanchez over the rest of our snowflake generation. If they are upset because he waves his arms about does it ever occur to them that he has a point? Tony Adams would have done more than wave his arms in despair at the lack of effort, application and professional pride. He would have given them six lace holes up their jacksies. Sanchez leads by example on the field. He is not only our best player but for the whole of last season was our most committed. Clearly he has given up on them now, and I for one don't blame him. If Wenger had gone and we had got a decent manager in I believe he would have stayed, signed a new contract and given it his best shot.
    How do you measure or gauge commitment then?

    Do you get extra points for being finger pointy and gesticulaty like a Flamini for example, even if you are shíte.

    Or would this stat from last season surprise you:

    "Alexis Sanchez, who looks like a busy player and has been described as being like a Duracell bunny for his work rate, only registers an average of 8.52 kilometres per match this season – a full 1.45 kilometres less than Ozil, who travels an average of 9.97 kilometres each match."

    Sanchez was in fact 8th in the list.

  10. #10
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
    You could come up with a list of players who have suffered under Wenger and would have probably done much better if they had left. I dont think THeo is one of them. I think he reached his peak with us and I dont think there was a great deal more to work with.
    I think Walcott has ability and had moments that only players with ability can produce. Unfortunately, he has had many more moments where he has struggled to do even the simple things, which were always going to hamper his development. Perhaps, someone will be able to drill some of that into him. Wenger doesn't appear to be that kind of coach. He wants players to work it out for themselves. some players can, some can't Theo, imo, falls well and truly into the latter.

    Of course I will miss his cringe worthy post match interviews.
    "Scoring a goal is better than sex" - Whoever said that was sticking it to the wrong woman

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