Comments on: Theo Walcott Analysis / Squillaci Has Medical

by: Davi

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:07:13 +0000

Wengers Immortals - His wage says someone important thinks he’s made it.
The way people are so angry over Hansen’s opinion and how they were so angry that he was left out of the WC squad shows that they think he’s proven something..
Theo’s words were sort of encouraging, but I think he’s said these sorts of things before, but it hasn’t helped him to become consistent. I hope he does do that this season, but I really doubt it. I see nothing new here.

by: Wenger's Immortals

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:58:59 +0000

Davi, I don’t think anyone’s said Theo’s made it, and the interviews and quotes you hear from the lad back this up.

by: Wenger's Immortals

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:58:09 +0000

Theo Walcott, against the better sides (we’ve seen it against AC Milan, Liverpool, etc.) is an impact player. He has the ability to completely ruin a defence, rip right through them and set-up a goal. So in that sense, he is a valuable player, but you will still get people like Hansen who will criticise, even though he might score a goal and make a couple. It doesn’t matter if for the rest of the game you don’t really do much, since you’ve made a big impact on the result.

Against the lesser sides, Walcott has more space so he will do more against those kind of teams, so I struggle to find why Alan Hansen can be so negative about Theo when he was instrumental in a 6-0 victory! I don’t think Arshavin or Chamackh (even though they also had good games) would have lead Arsenal to a 6-0 win. It would have probably been about 2-0 or 3-0 possibly.

by: Davi

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:09:42 +0000

Hansen did give theo credit for the performance, but lineker goded him to go further with the criticism.
Im sick of everybody being so nice about walcott. He needs to improve and not just give one great performance per season. All he receives is so positive, and he never has to work hard for a place in the team. so many people believe in him so much, regardless of his performances. His omission from the WC squad was the first real knock he’s received in his career, and it was deserved because he hsa not played anything close to his maximum ability on anything like a consistent basis. Maybe some criticism is justified here, and maybe he should use it to prevent himself from getting carried away with himself because of this one performance. He needs to realise he has a long way to go, but everyone keeps telling him hes made it. THAT is 10x more harmful to arsenal than what hansen said.

by: SD-London

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:40:57 +0000

Hansen should be ashamed of himself because he should have used the opportunity to encourage the guy but he did the opposite.

I will love it if we win the premiership this season , i am sure he will say we don’t deserve it.

by: SD-London

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:39:41 +0000

Well , no matter how much you try to sugar coat Hansen’s analysis , i think he was just being plainly bitter , proud and generally stubborn.

If Gary L could be evidently shocked at what Hansen was saying on TV and he had to ask him twice if he is sure of the points he was making, then Hansen was wrong.

Walcott was part of a team that scored 6goals in a single match- that means everybody did something right.

Then he went to score 3goals, that excuses anyone from any short comings and achievement should not be robbed of the poor bloke.

Hansen should be ashamed of himself because he should have used the opportunity to encourage the guy.
I will love it if we win the premiership this season , i am sure he will say we don’t deserve it.

by: Davi

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:04:27 +0000

Completely agree with the article. I saw nothing particularly wrong with what hansen said (linker pushed him into making it sound worse imo) except that, as you say, I do think walcott can learn to be better when he has time on the ball. Every player improves in that regard with experience.
Theos problem is consistency, and the fact that people always hype him up over one good performance, so let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Imo he was always going to do damage against blackpool, who arent great at the back (particularly with 10 men), and really he didnt deserve that chance. Imo vela deserved it far more, but what’s done is done, theo must now have some confidence with which he needs to build a run of form. Frankly im not optimistic, but obviously I hope he manages this, and finally proves himself worthy of a starting place for arsenal. He can be devastating as he has shown on a few occasions, but he needs to be more effective more often. Good luck to him, but the pressure should be on. Imo, this should be his last chance before dropping him. We have too many talented youngsters to be waiting around for just one of them to come good. That doesnt make sense.

by: Wenger's Immortals

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:44:16 +0000

Isn’t Alan Hansen the guy who said “You can’t win things with kids”, and predicted last season the Liverpool would win the league? The scousers finish 7th that season!

Hansen on the whole, is full of crap. He, like Shearer, just spouts generic rubbish that a 10 year old could come up with. Maybe it’s just Scottish pundits, because Andy Gray is a wanker as well.

by: Shegaw

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:40:54 +0000

Don’t know why persons like Hansen don’t use their eye! Frankly speaking, if u can see your eyes open, Wal’s performance of the day was so impressive and enjoyable. His passes and finishes show this young guy is improving. So it is better for persons like Hansen and other anti-Arsenals to shut their mouth if they cannot say something good while such a marvelous thing happening on the pitch.

by: simon

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:36:39 +0000

If you want to pick out brainless footballers… step forward Jermaine Defoe. Why attempt a simple 5 yards square ball for a tap-in when you can try and blast it through 5 players and score at the near post…?