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Theo Walcott: Serious Player Again?

banduan

Whatever the case it's not gonna stop. Theo and Rambo are essentially something like club ambassadors and will always get called to an interview every now and then.

Bold Tone

Quincy Abeyie wrote:
I'm fine if it seems to happen that we win after a poor performance every time Walcott does an interview.

We are all fine with a win without performance.

We happily sang "1-nil to the Arsenal" when we won the CWC and the "unique" double against much more skillful sides but you made it clear that is not what your reply to my earlier comment was about.

marv3llous

Revealed: The inside story of how Theo Walcott is reinventing himself:

First he was angry with Arsene Wenger, then he blamed Arsenal and, finally, Theo Walcott realised it was him who needed to change if he was going to escape a vicious circle that threatened to become the story of his career.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/10/05/revealed-the-inside-story-of-how-theo-walcott-is-reinventing-him/

Captain

Strange piece for his team to leak. Lining up some dominoes.

Meatwad

marv3llous wrote:
Revealed: The inside story of how Theo Walcott is reinventing himself:

First he was angry with Arsene Wenger, then he blamed Arsenal and, finally, Theo Walcott realised it was him who needed to change if he was going to escape a vicious circle that threatened to become the story of his career.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/10/05/revealed-the-inside-story-of-how-theo-walcott-is-reinventing-him/

that's the kind of thing you put out after a successful season, not a few games into it.

"Walcott had become stuck in a cycle that went something like this – injury, comeback, promising return, tail off, get dropped or injured and repeat."

and he's not in the promising return stage right now?

Gazza M

remains to be seen whether that cycle is still in effect as well. a little bit too much is being made of this 'reinvention'

flobaba

Amen Gazza

AAStyle

fingers crossed. He's at his peak (physically) and with a clear mind: I expect at least 20 goals from Theo this season.

General

Yeah that's it really I hope he can stay fit and contribute 15-20 goals. Theo will always be Theo. A bit erratic against Burnley.

dreamlord

AAStyle- wrote:
fingers crossed. He's at his peak (physically) and with a clear mind: I expect at least 20 goals from Theo this season.

Funny you say that, that's the exact opposite of what people were saying towards the end of last season, and that it was all downhill from there. To me he looked the same pace wise, it's just that he wasn't making good off the ball runs anymore, which he's back to doing now.

Rex

He looks both quicker and faster now to me; that makes sense too, because that's what happens when you are in peak condition. Walcott obviously wasn't that last season.

AAStyle

dreamlord wrote:
AAStyle- wrote:
fingers crossed. He's at his peak (physically) and with a clear mind: I expect at least 20 goals from Theo this season.

Funny you say that, that's the exact opposite of what people were saying towards the end of last season, and that it was all downhill from there. To me he looked the same pace wise, it's just that he wasn't making good off the ball runs anymore, which he's back to doing now.

Theo is playing at the top level since he was 16 years old. Probably he will decline badly when he reaches 30; but now he is at his peak and that may well last until the end of next year.

I don't know if I said it, but I also thought that last year he was playing really bad, although that was, in my opinion, because of mentality issues.

Clrnc

When you are turn on mentally and have your confidence back, it helps.

ElGeniodeOviedo

He's still quick, but I personally doubt he's as rapid as he was in say, 2010. The way he's playing right now reminds me of someone like Pedro, with short, quick bursts rather than the pace to just knock it past you and outrun you a la Bale or Bolasie.

He does look very fit generally though, at it shows mostly in his endurance/stamina which has been excellently as he's done a great deal of tracking back this season.

Bold Tone

Technically you are all right but i'm more inclined to agree with Dreamlord as i think young Theo was forcing fullbacks to never leave space behind.
This Theo is still much quicker than the average player and the illusion of extra pace shows when closing down slower midfield players this year.
I think the extra strength he has gathered by physical conditioning makes him more effective in his duels and more useful to the team as he now engages in more of these. He lost me completely, last season, when he jumped out of a 60:40 tackle giving possession away cheaply.

Big Willie

Rex wrote:
He looks both quicker and faster now to me; that makes sense too, because that's what happens when you are in peak condition. Walcott obviously wasn't that last season.

Not only that but he's also speedier and nippier than before as well.

Qwiss

dreamlord wrote:
AAStyle- wrote:
fingers crossed. He's at his peak (physically) and with a clear mind: I expect at least 20 goals from Theo this season.

Funny you say that, that's the exact opposite of what people were saying towards the end of last season, and that it was all downhill from there. To me he looked the same pace wise, it's just that he wasn't making good off the ball runs anymore, which he's back to doing now.

He was definitely off the pace last season. Having a full pre-season seems to have gotten back into top physical condition and thats making a big difference for him.

Sicario

He was absolutely horrendous today v Malta.

He needs to do less interviews and be more consistent. He hasn't made it just because of 4 good games.

banduan

Sicario wrote:
He was absolutely horrendous today v Malta.

He needs to do less interviews and be more consistent. He hasn't made it just because of 4 good games.

:brow: you'd be right if you were talking about Rooney.

Gunner89

People ask what's changed.

The number one thing is he's being played in his right position.

And obviously he's worked on his fitness too.

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