Not really, that's not 'sensational' or 'top class', it's good but nothing special, I save words like that for what the likes of Ronaldo and Messi acheive year in year out. Also, Walcott is a forward, so he should be scoring goals, it's his job seeing as he can't really pass the ball that well, create that many chances or take his on his man and open up space, in fact these days he barely attempts to dribble, he has become even more limited than before, hence Wenger keeping him in the fringes of our squad. So I expect Walcott to score 1 in 2. Walcott to Bayern is an April fools day joke a day late. I can see the others taking him as a squad player, and I Would be happy to keep him here as that, if he did sign the contract and accepted the terms we give him, but if he deluded enough to think that he should be on the same wages as Alexis and Ozil, than we have a problem. Also is it not concern to you that you have to keep bringing up the fact that he always gets injured as an excuse for him? He is 26 now and has had what one or maybe at max two season's where he managed to stay fit, that is simply rubbish and paying a player with that sort of injury record a big wage is pretty pointless when you can potentially get a better replacement be it Sterling,grizeman or players of that class.
Sterling is just a much better footballer than Walcott, plain and simple. He just has way more to his game than Walcott. Before the second half of last season, I also had Sterling down as the classic English wide man, all pace and nothing else, but he showed something special in Liverpool's amazing run, when he played at the tip of the diamond, he showed that he was a proper footballer, who can make the right decision when he has time on the ball, this to go with all his natural skill and pace. The kid got voted as best young player in Europe by a forgein newspaper for a reason, he is quality.
He was a very good player. But sensational? If that's how you use the word you must class a lot of players as sensational... Precisely one of the reasons why is not indispensable. He spends most of the time injured. This is not going to change at our club. It might at another, but not at ours. Who cares if he hardly ever plays? And like Sanj says, as a wing forward who basically offers nothing but goals, what else would you expect? It's not like his an Oxlade-Chamberlain or Sanchez who are tracking back, making runs, making dribbles etc. Good to know you can guarantee that. There was I thinking it was only a possibility. But the bear has guaranteed it so it's now a 100% certainty it will happen. One of the few? Eh? Even in his best season for us, when he played with no responsibility to do anything but go up front and score goals, he only scored 21. And about 17 of those were against Reading in the carling cup crazy game. So where has your figure of 30 come from? There are so many players who frequently play as a WF and who could just as good a job, if not better, than Walcott that I don't see why we need to be desperate to keep hold of him or be held to ransom: Di Maria Sterling Reus Bale Hazard Insigne Mertens Turan Schurrle Pedro Sanchez Griezmann Ribery Robben Vela Nasri Coutinho Moura Muller Gotze Isco Koke Callejon Shaqiri Draxler
That was one good spell, Walcott had one good spell too in 2013. Sterling has not been anything that special this season.
He is a lot younger than Walcott, Sterling might not have been 'special' this season, but he shown another side to his game by playing as a sort of false 9 for Liverpool when they played their best football this season, so he has shown in his very young career that he can play out wide, through the middle or even behind a main CF, and he has done well in those positions, he has only really struggled as a wing-back, but we don't play that system so it's not a problem, in many ways he is the perfect Arsene Wenger type player. I am sure Arsene had the chance to sign him when he was at QPR......
Only player I'd sell Walcott over is Reus. Sterling doesn't convince me that he's better than Theo at his best. Sure he has the potential to be but we already have the potential in the wings in Gnabry and Oxo.
I like Theo and what he offers. He has done a good job for Arsenal and has done it in big games, against top teams. But as some have said, being out injured doesnt earn you a pay rise. Im happy to keep him if his demands are reasonable. Sterling is decent too so Ill also be happy with a swap providing he is also reasonable with wages.
Agreed, if we're gonna get rid of Walcott and to buy another winger, then it has to be someone of top top super quality as Wenger says, we already have enough potential in the squad with those 2 mentioned. Sterling is a good player, but he will not be the player to take us to the next level.
Love watching this (if only because it's where I used to play football): Could Walcott do that when he was 16? Can he do that now? Na.
Sterling poopoo's all over Walcott. He is a proper footballer. Walcott is the classic 'English player', run and shoot. Someone said Sterling is weak. You having a laugh. The kid is stronger than Walcott. More balance, quick feet. He can beat defenders for pace and sit them down with his skill. He actually picks out his passes not just the blind throw it in the mixer balls. Finishing can be learned and he's already improving at that.
You his agent? Finishing can be learned indeed, i.e. there is potential, but as we already said, we have enough players with potential like OXO-Gnarby.
I wish I were his agent. It's like this, the way we play is all about possession. On the occasion we counter attack, if Walcott is not on the end of the final ball I don't trust him to pick the right pass or beat the defender, or be part of the build up play. Defenders have figured Walcott out cos he is 1 dimensional. Sterling is unpredictable. So if the opportunity to swap was there I'd be all over it.
Di Maria -Yup Sterling - Maybe. Reus - Yup. Bale - Of Course he cost £80 Million!!- unlikely. Hazard - He's at Chelsea on crazy money. If he goes anywhere it'll be to Madrid or PSG. Insigne - No ****ing way. Mertens - Again? you think he's going to get 15-20 goals a Season in the EPL?..He isn't. Turan - ha ha...Nooope. Schurrle - Flopped at Chelsea but he's a maybe. Pedro - No chance. Sanchez - We signed him already. Griezmann - Possibly, he has potential. Ribery - Past his best and just as injury prone as Walcott Robben - Again.. ageing, injury prone and at Bayern. Vela - Give me a break. Walcott starts ahead of Vela. Evertime. (as was the case a few years back) Nasri - Nope. Waste of talent. Does not deliver the goals/assists he should. Coutinho - Never scored more than 5 goals in a Season. Moura - Talented. Inconsistant though. Muller - Yup. Although he's not a WF. Gotze - Nope - plus he's really a AMF being played out of position Isco - Again, not a forward. Koke - HAHAHAHAHA. Callejon - He's a centre forward right? Shaqiri - 3 goals last Season, 2 goals the Season before.. Yeah great. Draxler - Schalke want £40+ Million for him and he's not living up to the hype. Your attempt to prove Walcott is easily replaceable just does the opposite. To say Walcott only offers us goals is a ******ed statement. It's like saying a defender 'only offers us Clean sheets!!' We have more than enough creative players (possibly too many) we need players who can put the ball in the back of the net. Walcott does that better than most. The only players on that list that are capable of giving us a simular contribution to a fully fit Walcott are Bale, Muller, Hazard, Di Maria and Reus. All of which are already ay Elite Clubs - and all are massively unlikely signings. Your list just goes to show Walcott is more valuable than most realise.
I suggest you watch Sterling week in week out so, I do. He has outmuscled Kompany and other far bigger players than him. The lad, pound for pound is very strong indeed. He's not a defender but he does work hard and does win possession back which he showed time and time again last season (not haivng a great season this year) His gameplay is one dimentional? What does that even mean, he can play off the last man, play behind the forwards, play out wide and can "go past a defender like he wasn't even there. Diva? Well by today's Diva standards he's not even on the z list AND he's what, 19? 20? He's a kid with lots of hype surrounding him, if we all start telling you how kickass your posts are you'd be thinking you're the **** in no time flat Sterling is a year or two away from being the finished article, his speed of thought lets him down because he has the pace to beat almost anyone over 10 yards or less. He's also quicker than Walcott I reckon and can turn on a sixpence
My replies to your reasoning and responses to the aforementioned players are in red. Although I agreed with some of the reasons you gave, you had your fair share of nonsensical statements too.
TBH I don't think Sterling is that unpredictable. Sterling for Walcott, for me, is just mainly a like for like swap, and we're actually getting rid of the better player atm, Sterling may have potential, but right now, Walcott is better, even with all his shortcoming. Sterling is a weak diva too, not the type of player we really need when we're crying out for character-leadership-and steel.
Manunited are not an elite club, . At least not anymore. Plus with the way Di Maria is playing at United, i wouldnt want him anywhere near us, we dodged a bullet by not going after him, he clearly isn't cut out for the English game like Hazard, Sanchez, and Bale are. You can't even say Di Maria is ahead of Walcott, at least in terms of playing in the English domestic league. Love it if we could go for Reus.....Not Sterling.
A lot of this comes down to subjectivity. I don't know what it is about Arsenal but we attract a lot of overtly negative fans and Cini is just typical of this. I think back to the old 606 board and the number of posts even back when we were winning things. Remember the 'Henry doesn't score against the big teams' threads? I certainly do. Ramsey is another example numerous posters on this board were slating him. Even though (to me at least) it's clear he had the ability. Walcott is underrated. It's rare to find a WF that can score 20+ goals from a wide position in this league. He's also one of the quickest players in World Football. I think he's capable of a lot more too and I guarantee if he does leave the Club(and goes somewhere that knows how to manage his fitness properly) we will regret it.
