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Theo Walcott

The perfect embodiment of modern-day Arsenal. Theo Walcott is in the midst of his 11th season as a professional footballer, yet his best position on the pitch is yet to be discovered. He turns 27 in just over a fortnight. He had 17 touches against Manchester United on Sunday; his replacement Olivier Giroud had 15. Walcott made nine passes; Giroud made 14 in his 27 minutes to Walcott’s 63. Only Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez are paid more at Arsenal. The roll of dishonour is endless.

Walcott has designs on playing as a central striker. He has reached double figures for goals in just one of his ten full Premier League seasons. He has scored fewer goals this season than Christian Benteke, Bafetimbi Gomis and Aleksandar Mitrovic. And Scott Dann. He has scored the same number of goals as Diumerci Mbokani, Rudy Gestede, Wilfried Bony and Steven Fletcher, having featured considerably more often. He has scored three goals in nine starts as a central striker; Giroud has 13 in 25. He has six goals in 30 appearances in all competitions this season, a tally he reached in 18 games in 2013/14, and one he bettered in 21 games in 2014/15. Only his first four campaigns as a Gunner yielded a better goals-per-game ratio than this season. Yet he is the starting striker for a team with Premier League title aspirations. How?

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Ramsey

Walcott

Chamberlain

Gibbs

Wilshere

Chambers

Jenkinson

The British core >>>>

 

 

At the time I loved it and was gassed because of the Nasri's and Cesc's.

 

Now I think only Jack on that list is good enough and even he's always injured. I'd debate Ramsey but in his favoured position he's not seeing Santi.

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I feel sorry for theo

 

It was obvious from when he was 17 he wasn't going to be top drawer, players don't dramatically improve with age, and now he is getting older people are writing the poor chap off.

 

I still think he has a lot to offer if we play to his strengths, but they aren't atm.

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Swansea / Everton / Southampton / Sunderland type fodder.

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