I had considered who he was playing for Orly. Even in that 7 year period for Arsenal he would have finished top scorer once, second highest twice and third highest on another occasion. The other years he only played a handful of games due to injury but still managed to finish 5th highest scorer at worst.
My point, and I probably didn't make it very clearly, is that he isn't and has never been (apart from a very occasional match) their primary focus of attack, and won't be with us either. He's either played as a winger or wide in a 433, and his goal/assist record, even in an attacking free flowing side like Arsenal, is none too shabby for somebody playing in that position. He's been in competition with players like Sanchez, Giroud, Wellbeck, Ozil, Cazorla, Ramsey, Nasri, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Wilshire and Van Persie during that period, so game time has been hard to come by.
I'm assuming that you are against the signing mate. I can understand why and have many concerns myself. But, if I'm honest, I've seen us buy a lot worse over the last 3/4 years. Compare it to Oxlade-Chamberlain who the RS paid well over £30m for. He has 9 premier goals compared to Walcott's 65.
