Would you go for this? Gerv----------------RVP-----------------Oxo Or this? Gerv----------------RVP-----------------Theo Or Rotate between Theo and Oxo?
I don't think Oxo will be capable of playing every game at his age. I'd like to see rotation of the wingers as they all possess different qualities. The main thing I'd like to see though is balls played in behind for them to run onto rather than to feet. They're fast and can beat most players in a foot-race. Too often balls are played to feet when a ball in behind would be far more dangerous.
Do we really need to discuss this, it should be gervinho left rvp centre and oxo right, walcott really shouldn't get a sniff. I've never been a fan of his and oxo is miles better than him even at his age, wenger will obviously not want the youngster to burn out but even he said himself that 2012 is the year that oxo breaks through so i would expect at this season goes on for oxo to take walcott's place.
At the moment you have to play the guy who's in form. I am a Theo fan and think he's underrated but Oxo has more 'in his locker' and is potentially the better player. Oxo could be a world beater he has pace, skill and eye for a pass and can score goals.
I think Theo is overrated and pants - as a winger, dreadful. If These youngsters were playing regularly in Div 1, what makes you think they can't handle playing regularly in the Prem, where the pace of the game is slower and not as rugby-like ?
My own opinion is that Oxo should feature more and more regularly as the season goes on with a view to selling Theo in the summer and bringing in somebody who can actually play football, just putting it out there...
it's true OXO is young, but if he's that good, he deserves to start, just like we did with Wilshere and Fab, and just like Manu did with Ronaldo, and Barca with Messi, age doesn't really matter when you have shown you are that good of a player plus it will only make OXO that much better.
Alex's main role in the Premier League games should be as an impact sub right now. He's young, you can't make him start every game, but it's nice to have someone with that amount of pace coming off the bench.
Rotate Oxo and Theo. Theo seems to perform better against the smaller teams I think, so we should play him then and Oxo for the top 8 games. Also am I the only one who would like to see Miyachi have a run about some point this season? He looked a real talent when he played in Holland!
Hmm... If we play 4-3-2-1 with Henry up front and oxo and miyachi behind him, they could do the runs and he could just stay in the box and shoot!
People moan about Theo but he's got 10 assists so far this season.(which is actually excellent) He gets his share of goals too.
Everybody is making a lot of noise about Ox being great against United. I have to say he did well for a young man, but it certainly doesn't merit all the outcry. I would still back Theo at the moment and I respect Wenger's decision for leaving him on instead of Ox. Having said that, I think if he had subbed Walcott and Theo had thrown a fit, Wenger would have been in trouble for that too. He seems to be getting it in the neck for everything right now.
Oxo wasn't great in the first half. He kept making runs inside, right when the ball was about to be played down the wing to him. A few times the ball just ran out of play because he'd changed direction. Obviously someone had a word with him at half time and told him to play down the wing, and he was all over it in the second half.
