Arsenal Thread

Great signing for us and the fact Wenger see's him on the flanks at the moment should give Freddie something to think about.

Click here for the Saints take on the matter

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/article.asp?article=355431&Title=Walcott+goes

I love the fact that Rupert Lowe is so bitter about the fact he couldn't accept the highest bid! How can he say the player is what he cares about most when he has the hump because they haven't made the maximum profit from the deal!

I also like the fact he realises how much the fans hate him as he says I'll probably get the blame for this. Look man, brush that chip off your shoulder and chill out, maybe go for a bit of duck shooting.
 
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Quote from Arsenal World:

After protracted negotiations and endless speculation in the media we have at last signed Theo Walcott from Southampton. The deal would appear to be for five million pounds, rising to twelve million depending upon his progress. These are exciting times at Highbury, and the fans will no doubt be overjoyed that a player who many say can be as good if not better than Rooney is arriving at the club. Clearly the lad was determined to join the club, evidenced by the fact that a well-known West London circus act were also waving wads of cash at him - A victory for football in my opinion.

Sums it up perfectly in my opinion.
 
Here here.

It seems Arsene is ready to unleash on the Prem pretty within a couple of weeks. Do you reckon he may get a game against Wigan on Tuesday?
 
Clockender said:
Clearly the lad was determined to join the club, evidenced by the fact that a well-known West London circus act were also waving wads of cash at him - A victory for football in my opinion.
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Indeed, A victory for football
 
I think potentially its a great signing, and if he does well and gets the chance he could even make the WC squad...

I can only think of franny jeffers as the other englishman that Wenger has spent money on, is there anyone else...
 
I wouldnt say you can compare him to Rooney cuz that was a different case. Rooney had not only shown off his talent like Walcott has, but he also went on to play in Euro 2004 and become arguably Englands best player of the tournament. So that kinda solidified his status as "the next big thing" in England. It was the same with Owen after the 98 World Cup.
Whether or not Walcott is as good still remains to be seen. Right now, calling him anything more than "Great for his age" would be dumb.
 
Vannizzlefashizzal said:
I think potentially its a great signing, and if he does well and gets the chance he could even make the WC squad...

I can only think of franny jeffers as the other englishman that Wenger has spent money on, is there anyone else...
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sol campbell cost the club a lot of money. he was the highest paid player at the club for a long time and eventually had to take a pay cut.

it is true that rooney and owen proved themselves at the highest level so they can't be compared to walcott yet. i guess its down to sven (or who ever the hell will be managing england) to give him his chance and let him prove himself.
 
i think he stands out `cause his speed is really fast and there ain`t that many exciting British players any more. Owen is not that Hot (RealMadrid)and Rooney is a danger to himself,but is fun to see him get red carded so Walcott is fast, young and we`re hoping for the best...so don`t talk bad about the kid,i`m not his agent,I`m Henry`s:lol:
 
I must admit that I know zilch about this guy...

However, I was listening to a few comments on Radio today and the only thing that has been mentioned about him was his pace (including 'arry Redknapp's poetic comment that "when he runs through a puddle, you can't see the splashes" :) ).

I had presumed, especially with a lot of comparisons made by people to Rooney, that he had excelled in attributes other than pace? Pace is all good in the modern game, but increasingly pacey defenders have learnt to cancel them out. One of Rooney's best attributes, other than his strength, is how he involves and works for the team. The concept of an out-and-out striker is slowly becoming old fashioned imo...
 
rockykabir said:
I must admit that I know zilch about this guy...

However, I was listening to a few comments on Radio today and the only thing that has been mentioned about him was his pace (including 'arry Redknapp's poetic comment that "when he runs through a puddle, you can't see the splashes" :) ).

I had presumed, especially with a lot of comparisons made by people to Rooney, that he had excelled in attributes other than pace? Pace is all good in the modern game, but increasingly pacey defenders have learnt to cancel them out. One of Rooney's best attributes, other than his strength, is how he involves and works for the team. The concept of an out-and-out striker is slowly becoming old fashioned imo...
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We're in the era of where you either have to be players like Rooney, Lampard, Gerrard, etc that teams want because they do more than what their position demands from them or you have to be extremely skillful like Ronaldinho and Henry.

It'll be interesting to see how he does. But dont expect him to be played so soon. Number 32 suggests to me that he'll be thrown into the reserves which isnt a suprise since he's still 16.
 
RuneEdge said:
We're in the era of where you either have to be players like Rooney, Lampard, Gerrard, etc that teams want because they do more than what their position demands from them or you have to be extremely skillful like Ronaldinho and Henry.

It'll be interesting to see how he does. But dont expect him to be played so soon. Number 32 suggests to me that he'll be thrown into the reserves which isnt a suprise since he's still 16.
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well according to arsene he will be challenging for a first team place within a couple of weeks. if we continue the way did last week i don't think it would be a good idea to play him to much. we didn't want to loan him back because arsene was worried he might get over played so i expect him to be slowly introduced this season and become more involved next season.
 
Evenin all...

Haven't posted here for a while, what a day to make a comeback! For anyone who hasn't seen it yet this should whet your appetite:

http://www.soccerfanatics.net/dlvideo/2563740573l.wmv

Hopefully plenty more to come :mryellow: 16 years old is really young, so I'm not holding any great hopes for at least a couple of years. 5 goals this season is very nice but the jump from Championship and schoolboy football to the Prem is considerable. The most important fact is that the boy is on the books and is a statment of intent from Wenger and the club. I'm sure it's been said many times already but by snubbing Chavski Theo has shown that good players first and foremost want to play 1st team football and have learnt from the SWP debacle (£24m benchwarmer anyone?).

Wenger's vision is taking shape. When he blooded Reyes people started talking about building. When he started giving 1st team chances to Fabregas and Van Persie the trend was trully set in motion. Now we have Diaby and one of the most exciting English new talents in the country, Wenger's new red and white army is looking dangerous.

This is a transitional period, what with Dennis moving on and Bob P and Freddie perhaps past their very best. Quality investments have been made for the future, and I for one very much like what I see :mryellow:

Arsene knows! The new era is dawning!
 
Joystick said:
Evenin all...

Haven't posted here for a while, what a day to make a comeback! For anyone who hasn't seen it yet this should whet your appetite:

http://www.soccerfanatics.net/dlvideo/2563740573l.wmv
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I think this was already posted here. He kinda looks like Arsenal's answer to SWP. But to be honest, if you made a compilation like that of what Rossi has done in the reserves for us, it would probably look better than that...
 
Just watched the video - i know very little about him so won't judge yet, but seems he scores a whole lot and creates a whole lot by being faster than the defence, i mean, almost every goal on there was a one on one. So personally I'm glad he didn't go to Chelski, who have shown they're more than happy to slap long balls up at the one striker, and he could well have been lethal with pure pace and what appears to be great composure. I'm not sure that's the skills that generalyl fit into the way arsenal play, but hey, if he does well he's young and english, so all power to him. It's also nice to seen Arsenal sign an English player (sorry had to get a quick jibe in ;))
 
beachryan said:
It's also nice to seen Arsenal sign an English player (sorry had to get a quick jibe in ;))
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thats not a jibe, its true. i think every gooner is glad to see an english signing. but is does prove again that english players are too expensive. what could turn out to be £12m for someone who is younger than me (by the way this is the first time that has ever happened....i feel so old) is quite a lot, so i wouldn't get used to it.
 
I think arsenal paid way over the odds. Part of the cost was due to hype and fact he is english. I mean 12million for a 16 year old is ridiculous, especically a player coming from the championship. The premeirship is a whole different game. All this comparision to rooney is stupid aswell. Rooney was signed at age of 18 after he proved himself at the top level with everton and on international stage with england.

This notion of arsenal bringing up abundance of young talent is unfounded. I only recall ashley cole the successful from the arsenal youth academy. And what of the great pennant,bentley,huyt who were all hyped up at a young age, yet have seen their careers stagnate. This is the danger of putting so much pressure and expectation on a 16 year old. I think hyped forced clubs to act instead of waiting until he is around 18-19 to see if he still had appetite and prospect for the game.

I hope he does well though, he seems like a good lad who is prepared to work hard instead of getting distracted by the football culture outside the game. I think thats what happened to players like pennant,bentley and jeffers. Once they earn a place at a big club they think they have made it and get distracted from their game as they dont think they have to work as hard.
 
Well,its a 7th lost for you lot.Doesnt matter now,does it? Henry pickin up the ball and volleying it away is not a good sign.Then again,the frenchman went to shake hands with almost every everton player and even gave away his kit to a ball boy.Class.I still believe he will move on after this season.Captaining Arsenal in their worst ever run this century isnt a job for him.
 
I dont blame henry one bit if he leaves. It must be frustrating for him playing with a bunch of Weaklins who just cant be bothered to grind out results. The arsenal midfield is pathetic. I watched them enough times this season and any time they face team that presents a physical battle, they fall short. Then start to bitch on the pitch and have tantrums like fabregas who imo deserved to get sent off.

If this is arsenals team of the future then im laughing becuase this is the worst arsenal team ive seen. And you think you have chance of wininig champions league with this team? a depleted real madrid team will tear this arsenal side apart.
 
I think Henry will want to take lead the team out on to that pitch in the new stadium so IMO, he'll stay for one more season max but then if things dont go the way he wanted, he'll be out of there faster than you can say "Va Va Voom"
 
gilberto is such a fucking pansy. whats his fucking problem, hes the defensive midfielder and never ever gets stuck in. he should be all over the place, slide tackling and roughing people up. that would allow fabregas to his thing (what ever the fuck that is). henry crap today, fuck the hype, that was not a captains performance.

even if it was for only 10min i reckon diaby played quite well. looked eager unlike the rest of them. right back down to earth again.
 
It was funny how senderous shyed away like a pansy from the physical battle against beattie when he ran through to score. Its like the arsenal players dont like to get their hands dirty. Henry looked as if he couldnt be bothered. He is a great player and great role model professional but he isnt captain material imo. His job should be firmly on scoring goals not worrying about tactics and being responsible for the team. Its alolt of weight on his shoulders.

Gilberto and fabregas together are little bitches. I really dont get the hype around fabregas, he is a good passer and has a cool head on the pitch but thats it. He is no better than Darreb fletcher.
 
Alucard said:
I really dont get the hype around fabregas, he is a good passer and has a cool head on the pitch but thats it. He is no better than Darreb fletcher.
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:lmao:

Well that did cheer me up...
 
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