Transfer Rumour Theo Walcott

[ah11984]

We paid more for Yannick flipping Bolasie.

Therefore Walcott at approx £20m is a blooming steal!!

 

[Brisan123]

There seems to be allot of negative hyperbole on Arsenal forums so I thought I'd stick my head in here and give you my view of this transfer as a more balanced Gooner. He's overly disliked because he's a limited played and when he isn't scoring/assisting he's pretty much invisible. The good news is he scores and assists quite allot. He also was out of form after a long term injury in 2014 and not scoring and was hated after he jumped out of the way of a 50-50 challenge a couple of years ago, which I think was down to fear of re-injury. But he did get back to scoring 19 goals last season in all comps and his goals/assists per game over the last 18months is back to being pretty high.

Walcott's strength is his off the ball movement, which is elite, he's not just quick he makes really intelligent runs and his 1-2s can be effective. He's all the better in open games where he can run in behind and over the years he has scored in the big games. We part put this down to him having space to run into, which as a possesion side he can't use so much against smaller teams. Many of us always thought he maybe much more effective at a mid-table team where he would have more space to run into.

Technically he isn't a brilliant player but he's more than a pace merchant in that his finishing and passing is intelligent, he does get his head up and makes good decision. As Theo has got older he's dribbled less with the ball and I wonder if he's lost some pace. I'm not sure if that's conserving energy to make runs in behind or instruction. It will be interesting to see if he's asked to dribble more by Big Sam.

Overall he should come in and get you a good number of goals and assists but won't be a player who dominates games or makes chances out of nothing. He'll be 29 in March but hasn't been over played in recent times so should be fresh and he's professional and always in good shape. I'd imagine he'll do better playing week in week out in a different set up. I think it'll be a decent signing for 20m in this market and it'll be interesting to see if he sinks or swims.

Off topic mate so I hope you don’t mind
What seems to be the majority opinions among Arsenal fans on Kronke , Usmanov and Wenger
Will Kronke sell
Will Usmanov walk
Is this African Billionaire a contender ?
Will Wenger stay another year or will he realise it’s time to move on ?
A lot of questions I know but the answers could have a major impact on our clubs future ambitions

 

[DanEFC92]

We paid more for Yannick flipping Bolasie.

Therefore Walcott at approx £20m is a blooming steal!!

Nigh on every deal will look a steal when you compare it to the Bolasie transfer.

 

[TonyS]

Erm, now? No.

would rather see lookman in there than a nearly man after one last payday

 

[TonyS]

Nigh on every deal will look a steal when you compare it to the Bolasie transfer.

imagine spending 80m on Klassen/Bolasie/Keane

 

[bol-uk]

playing in an open attacking side

he will be left isolated here, won't offer any cover down the left leaving cuco the clown as exposed as ever and is to lightweight to hold the ball up on the counter

He will be on the right

 

[Caolam]

Personally I think he is better than what we have. If he is allowed to play off Tosun it will be good enough to beat teams like Swansea etc. Could also play wide and fire crosses in to Tosun. It will be simple but effective enough to keep us out of the Championship. That is if he is allowed to attack.

 

[Brisan123]

Honestly mate, I would be more than happy to be, if Allardyce starts with Bolaise one side, Walcott the other, and either Sigurdsson/Rooney behind Cenk, I'll be flabbergasted.

Prepare to have your flabber gasted
If not this Sat then in the next game

 

[ProZ]

I cant stand Bolasie he’s just a big load of nothing. There is genuinely no quality in his boots.

 

[davek]

To think, some people pay for that.

Is he part of that ToffeeTv or is it another "product"?

 

[Zezti]

THEO THEO THEO
THEO THEO THEO

 

[bol-uk]

would rather see lookman in there than a nearly man after one last payday

How is 19 goals from the wing as a sub a "nearly man"?

Me thinks you are making Lookman into something he really isn't

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Prepare to have your flabber gasted
If not this Sat then in the next game

Now now Brisan, no moving the goalposts!

 

[Brisan123]

Who is better than him. Really, right now. Who is better than Walcott?

Siggy Coleman
After that I’m stuck

 

[Bilko]

if he can play left back then it's yes from me.

no amount of money getting spent will make a lot of difference until we get a left back. that's not difficult for any manager at any level to work out.