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The Oxlade-Chamberlain / Joel Campbell thread

dreamlord

He was earlier though. Remember that time he was having a smashing performance against United and then Wenger took him off...the decision was boo'ed and even van Persie was shocked.

flobaba

Inconsistent.

Much too inconsistent.

Rex

Tam wrote:
Was going to the bank yesterday. Since I was there anyway I said "Rex told us Chambo will be a top player." They didn't have a fucking clue what I was talking about.

Shit bank, innit?

Segway

Wenger thinks Ox’s disappointing form is down to a mental issue:

"I see [Alex] train every day, he is dedicated, focused, hungry. His dad said he lacks a bit of self-belief and I can confirm that because he is very critical of himself. That’s positive and a sign of top-level sportsmen but you have to find the right balance: not happy with what you do without harming the confidence.”

"He is maybe not happy enough with his performance after the games and sees only what he has not done well, not enough of what he has done well.”

That seems a strange explanation to me. It might explain why he’s not scoring a lot but it doesn’t explain why he is not defensively switched on and careless on the ball. Fingers crossed he’ll turn it around tonight.

mohan

He should be playing in the reserves.

Qwiss

Needs a loan somewhere midtabley. We'd need a proper squad for that though.

Clrnc

Not good enough.

Oh and for the last time he is not better than Sterling.

evoh

Utter garbage player, been saying it for sometime as well. So far below the level needed for a decent club.

Gurgen

Looks like a broken man. Seems extremely frustrated. He improved a little in the second half though.

Kel Varnsen

Average player with some potential, but no confidence at the moment.

Klaus

You gotta feel for Chamberlain. He's stuck in a bad rut at the moment and Wenger keeps exposing him in a team that is pressed for results. He needed to get games this season without too much being expected of him.

evoh

Confidence? How is that fucking his touch up?

Gazza M

Chambo needs something to break his way, one or two great games, a few goals, anything to break the funk. With a bit of confidence he'd be a real asset.

mohan

He will always be a liability with his nonsensical approach towards defence. It looks like he has zero awareness.

jones

Klaus wrote:
You gotta feel for Chamberlain.

I don't. If it were just shit performances I might but his complete lack of effort to track back is unforgivable. I think he himself might be thinking that he needs a goal to get back on track and for that reason stays far up the field to be able to counterattack quickly. If that is actually case he should be playing with the reserves because that's nothing but putting himself above the team.

Also his touch seems to have gotten worse in the last two seasons, what the actual fuck.

Gazza M

mohan wrote:
He will always be a liability with his nonsensical approach towards defence. It looks like he has zero awareness.

i actually thought he looked better defensively today, and didn't play any hospital balls i can remember. he just wasn't productive enough in the final third

Klaus

jones wrote:
Also his touch seems to have gotten worse in the last two seasons, what the actual fuck.

That's the case with a lot of players in this squad. People can pretend that confidence doesn't interfere with ability, but when a bunch of footballers in the middle of their careers simultaneously turn to shit there's usually a common theme to it.

Klaus

Gazza M wrote:
mohan wrote:
He will always be a liability with his nonsensical approach towards defence. It looks like he has zero awareness.

i actually thought he looked better defensively today, and didn't play any hospital balls i can remember. he just wasn't productive enough in the final third

I think people would have gone easier on him too if that ball in the first half had gone five inches to the left. We really needed him to score in that situation and swing the game in our favour. Goals control games, and we suck at putting them away when it really matters.

banduan

Ironically he worked hard on defence during the Olympiakos game. Then he switched off for their first goal.

It's in attack where he's coming up short. He's too one-dimensional. It's not even Theo productive one-dimensional.

dreamlord

He's not a Neymar or Hazard level talent, so it'll take another couple of years for him to come good, sort of like Ramsey did (at least briefly...). I have faith in him.

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