Who scores for you when rvp gets injured?― daramaracas.jpg (p much resigned to deems), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 09:26 (4 hours ago) PermalinkGervinho? Arshavin? Theo? Ramsey?
Gervinho? Arshavin? Theo? Ramsey?
sandbox excelsior?
― ken c, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
Makes you wonder why Wenger perseveres with RVP, tbh
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
Gervinho has his uses, i mean tbf he'd be a hell of a beater on a pheasant hunt.
Walcott's improved, but he's still just a quick bad footballer
Arshavin hasn't played a decent 90 mins since his first tax bill came in.
Must have missed Ramsey rattling them in throughout his career.
Chamakh doesn't figure in Wenger's plans, tho that's hardly his fault. Guy is shit but reasonably effective.
Claiming you're not a one-man team when one guy scores half of your goals is nonsense. It just....is.
― daramaracas.jpg (p much resigned to deems), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
and it's not as if it's a mcleish tactic of 'we'll keep it tight and rely on bent' type of 'one guy scores all your goals'. You're an attack minded team that has conceded 23 vs 26 scored.
― daramaracas.jpg (p much resigned to deems), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
I've kind of gotten the impression that Arhsavin's Arsenal career is over anyway
― Number None, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 14:16 (twelve years ago) link
he scored 4 goals once in one game though
― ken c, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
so did Baptista
― Number None, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
Arsenal should buy him back actually
that only works against one team unfortunatelyxp baptista and arshavin
― pandemic, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
two of my fav players
― ilx bandsox (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
so we play aoc on the wing when the most in-form winger in the league goes into the centre
Is he talking about Theo?!!??
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
i
I think so
Lil dude's crackin up
― daramaracas.jpg (p much resigned to deems), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
Happens to the best of us, look at M. Wenger
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
Theo's become good in fairness, I'd say now good enough to be an automatic choice for Arsenal and a justified England regular. And he's got scope to keep improving too, though this talk about moving to CF is a bit much.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
Lucas out for 6 months? Please no. Fucking hell.
― Chris, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/7293799/theo-walcott-deserves-more-recognition-being-excellent-footballer-michael-cox
― mizzell, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
villified players that are overly-championed by partisans, lucas vs walcott
Walcott vs Lennon atm? For right wing I choose Lennon, tho he's prob better on the left. Is Walcott playing striker at all?
― daramaracas.jpg (p much resigned to deems), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
uncomfortable using the word "winger" for dudes who can't cross a ball, wd prefer "inside forward" or "crazylegs crane" or something
― Julie Lagger, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
Unfair. Theo did a good cross on Saturday.
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
xxp. Impossible to exaggerate how good Lucas has been these last 3 games - he's been fucking immense.
― Chris, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
i'd say it's possible, chris, but come now i've always rated the lad.
Julie lagger otm but who is julie lagger?
Walcott and lennon are wingers neither, it's true. Lennon inside left, walcott- striker? track?
― daramaracas.jpg (p much resigned to deems), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
i used to post to I Love Football as "darraghmac"
― Julie Lagger, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
that dick
― daramaracas.jpg (p much resigned to deems), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
Jol out
― Julie Lagger, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
Julie out
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://static2.dmcdn.net/static/video/803/608/17806308:jpeg_preview_large.jpg?20110708082454
L-R: Arsh, Theo
― Julie Lagger, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
Both of you outed, now
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
I was never in!
― Julie Lagger, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
is theo that much taller than arshavin?
― ken c, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
they're the same size more or less except for the crazy legs
― Julie Lagger, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
ken c turning up as 'ken c' has blown all my theories
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
nah i'm still lost, tho i reckon nb&s and maybe.... rtc?
― daramaracas.jpg (p much resigned to deems), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
lovely legs, they are
xpost i was in new zealand for a few months now back
― ken c, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
NBS is teh_hoBB I'm sure. Not sure NV is around at all.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
You will follow L. Jagger anyway, won't you? (xp)
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
'anywhere' that should be. anyway still works tho
http://www.itisamystery.com/itisamystery.gif
― Julie Lagger, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
Theo is better as a winger than he is at any other position even if you want to specify that he's a crazy crane or whatever. He can't be a speed demon forever so he'd better figure out a more or less natural position or develop an optimum one and I'm pretty sure that isn't going to be as a striker
― M. White, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
maybe he shd learn to cross a ball then
don't see nv around tbh, tho if we start a 'blue saturday' thread with obscure youtubes and nonsense cocktail ideas he'll be drawn out i reckon
― daramaracas.jpg (p much resigned to deems), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
Not that many footballers can cross a ball well, tbf 2 Theo
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
i don't consider it an essential skill but wd argue it is a necessary constituent of wingerdom
― Julie Lagger, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
Who's the best crosser in the league then?
― Number None, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
Sure I've seen plenty in my time who couldn't manage it (xp)
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
Frankly, every footballer should know how to cross and yes, Theo needs to work on that but I had despaired of him ever really amounting to anything but a one-time WC tourist until I saw him play the wing against Udinese and (admittedly not cross) make that run into the box to score. It was unWalcottesque to me or at least a novelty.
― M. White, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
xxp
god knows, hardly anybody plays wingers any more. Baines is a better crosser of the ball than Theo but it ain't him
― Julie Lagger, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
Oh I know you've always rated him Darragh. Just sayin' - last few weeks in particular he's been so so good. God I love him. (xposts)
― Chris, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
being a winger who can't cross is like being a striker who can't shoot straight oh wait gervinho i see a pattern
― Julie Lagger, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
tbf half the wingers in the league are of the cutting inside variety these days. You don't see many getting to the byline
― Number None, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
i know, i just think that if you mainly do that, especially if you're playing on yr weaker side and consequently are more or less unable to cross, u shd be called something other than a winger. not that Theo plays on his weaker side. but it's like the difference between being a "centre forward" and a "striker"
― Julie Lagger, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link