Gazza M wrote:
Ricky1985 wrote:
What summer are you thinking of? They all merge into one big blur for me these days!
We do have a habit of adding more poor players to the squad, that much is definitely true. I'm not sure they're hate figures though, just some players that clearly aren't good enough and get too many minutes over too many seasons at Arsenal.
I agree the reinvigoration would only occur if some quality signings came in as the old players are shipped out.
i'd say walcott has become a hate figure, mainly due to his pussy-footedness and lack of desire
Maybe with some fans but Theo is still well liked by a lot of other fans to balance it out - tends to be a bit like Marmite.
He deserves the stick he gets though doesn't he? For exactly the sort of wimpiness you describe. Selling him and replacing his position in the squad, both in terms of the games he expects to play and the wage that he's on, with a player that has similar quality but is actually up for the fight for at least 6 months of the season, would be a big step forward. So he really is part of the problem, it's not just picking on players for the sake of it. Walcott and a number of others like him have shit attitudes that see them accept playing crap, accept dropping silly points, accept losing when you can't lose.
Yes, that stems from the manager but Özil doesn't take it laying down, Sanchez doesn't, Wilshere doesn't - these are our big players and Walcott is supposed to be one of them, too, otherwise what's he being paid £140,000 a week for?
