Transfer Rumour Theo Walcott

[Rudolf Hucker]

No one was whining when we were going to spend £30mill on a 30 year old bench warmer from Arsenal called Oliver Giroud...

Bit of context.

Giroud plays a position where players often reach their best into their 30s. Few extra pounds come in handy for bullying CBs.

Speedy wingers on the other hand tend to fade when they lose that extra yard. Ryan Giggs being the exception. That’s the gamble with Walcott. Can he stay fit & has he still got a threat?

 

[efcforever]

Gareth Farreley wasn’t a scouser but he was a boyhood blue to whom we owe a lot. What’s the difference?

Indeed we are forever in debt to Gareth Farreley!

 

[kenada_blue]

Bit of a difference in class though eh? Giroud is top drawer and has been for many years; Walcott has been inconsistent and injury prone.

That said, I have absolutely no problem with £20m for Walcott. That price is about right in this market, if not on the cheap side.

I'm using it as a counter argument to the "he's an old bench warmer" not worth the money.

 

[Timak]

Giroud plays a position where players often reach their best into their 30s. Few extra pounds come in handy for bullying CBs.

Speedy wingers on the other hand tend to fade when they lose that extra yard. Ryan Giggs being the exception. That’s the gamble with Walcott. Can he stay fit & has he still got a threat?

Exactly.

Anyone want to name me a player who relied on pace and quick movement who played at the top level beyond 30?

There are lots of skill players, strikers and centre backs who have but barely any wide players.

People who have laid into Baines, Distin, Jags over the last few years for being "finished" don't seem to make the connection between their age and their pace "suddenly" going.

 

[GrumpyBlue]

Silva: if they win at home today and we lose they go 9th.

He's doing a fine job there and the poor run they had was after all the disruption with us trying to sign him.

They're 2 points behind us having one of our worst seasons for a while. But ok, if that's your barometer for success then you go girl. Phenomenal.

 

[GrumpyBlue]

Anyone want to name me a player who relied on pace and quick movement who played at the top level beyond 30?

 

[kenada_blue]

Giroud plays a position where players often reach their best into their 30s. Few extra pounds come in handy for bullying CBs.

Speedy wingers on the other hand tend to fade when they lose that extra yard. Ryan Giggs being the exception. That’s the gamble with Walcott. Can he stay fit & has he still got a threat?

I'm fine with that. £20mill is change nowadays.

Far more accommodating than the £45mill we spent on another player who won't get much better. Or the £24mill we spent on a weak Dutchman

 

[Zatara]

No one was whining when we were going to spend £30mill on a 30 year old bench warmer from Arsenal called Oliver Giroud...

Bit of context.

Really?

 

[AdaBrummieblue]

 

[Toffeelover]

Well he has not arrived yet, but looks from that twit, he wants to come.

 

[MACCA75]

Exactly.

Anyone want to name me a player who relied on pace and quick movement who played at the top level beyond 30?

There are lots of skill players, strikers and centre backs who have but barely any wide players.

People who have laid into Baines, Distin, Jags over the last few years for being "finished" don't seem to make the connection between their age and their pace "suddenly" going.

Robben was still scoring one every 2 games up to the age of 32.

If we get 2/3 good seasons from Walcott, i’d be happy with that.

 

[AdaBrummieblue]

Well he has not arrived yet, but looks from that twit, he wants to come.

It's a spoof mate, you should probably read the whole thing.

 

[MACCA75]

If the club believe in Lookman, Vlasic and Onyekuro, then Walcott is the perfect age.

 

[Yarrgh]

Silva for one. Tuchel is still out there. Flores if he doesn't take the Stoke job. It wont be hard to find a better manager than Allardyce, tbh.

Especially if they have already started looking and putting the feelers out.

 

[Timak]

Fair shout but:

3 seasons before turning 30 (27-29 years old) 106 games and 53 goals
3 seasons (30-32) 78 games and 26 goals

The decline happened albeit from a very high starting point.