Guest ObaStar Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Walcott can go on loan By MARK IRWIN Published: Today ARSENE WENGER wants to loan striker Theo Walcott to another Premier League club. The Arsenal boss has made a number of calls to rival managers offering them the England star, 18, for the rest of the season. But he wants guarantees Walcott, signed in a deal that could be worth £12million to Southampton, will be a regular first-teamer and will play down the middle — not out wide. Wenger has said: “There is a gap here between playing in the reserves and our first team. So I try to loan them to another club, to get them ready.” Only last week he admitted Walcott, still to score in the league for the Gunners, has not made the progress he expected during his two years at Arsenal. Wenger decided to act after another ineffective Walcott game in the 5-1 humiliation at Spurs. Lets get him in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 So he can go from being on the bench there to being on the bench here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObaStar Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 play him up front with owen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 But he wants guarantees Walcott, signed in a deal that could be worth £12million to Southampton, will be a regular first-teamer and will play down the middle — not out wide. That knocks that one on the head then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I'm not interested in us improving another club's young players. Let's either improve our own young players, or else get some better players in of our own. If Walcott could get us into Europe / save us from relegation then fine. If he was a real superstar player then fine. But not just to give a big club's reserves a runout when we're in no danger of going down and no danger of getting into Europe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShearMagic Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 play him up front with owen. You're surely not serious? So we'll take a player that isn't up to scratch yet, for what reason exactly? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiGeordie Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 We don't need to feed the big clubs by having thier players here . I hate it with Rossie. It will only make you second class team. There are other teams suitable for this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Rossi #2? Who is the new Gooch? Dont know if he would be worth it, but we could certainly use him if we cant get anyone else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sittingontheball Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Only if he lets us beat them in the FA Cup! This season is a complete writeoff for us now. We have to build our own team for next season, not someone elses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearer9 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I think Walcott has more potential than Rossi, plus he has PACE, which we need. I think he could be a good players to have here on loan, although if I were Wenger, I'd just look back to the Rossi loan and say no to any young players going to Newcastle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threelegs Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Yeah, he would be a good addition to the squad. But he should only be looked at if our other targets fall through. He is still young and he probably wont set the world alight here, all we are doing is making him better for Arsene. So if we cant get our transfer targets, get him in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 would be useful on the right wing with his pace Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 He'd only be useful as a right-wing sub. Shit up front. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 He'd only be useful as a right-wing sub. s*** up front. Agreed, have one or two moments of brilliance everynow and then but overall he seems like the next Kerion Dyer.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest teepee Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 another rossi for us - no more! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 He's a good player Walcott. He made a mistake going to Arsenal and being forced into a unselfish passing style that isnt his game, if he went to Man Utd he'd have a lot more freedom and with their direct style and his pace he'd score bucketloads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 If he was a real superstar player then fine. But not just to give a big club's reserves a runout when we're in no danger of going down and no danger of getting into Europe. But Arsenal's reserves aren't like, say, Portsmouth's reserves, are they? It is so difficult to sign players in January, that any manager would be mad to disagree on principle with loans at this point. I'm not that bothered about Walcott, but if someone offered me, say, Eduardo for the rest of the season so we could look for a permanent striker in the easier summer window, I'd snap their hands off. I'd also think that loan options for KK, with him just having dropped at short notice into the job halfway through the window, would make even more sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 He'll be a good player but right now he's not what we need, afterall up front we've got Owen, Martins, Viduka, Smith and even Carroll/Ameobi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gleebals Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I'm not interested in us improving another club's young players. Let's either improve our own young players, or else get some better players in of our own. If Walcott could get us into Europe / save us from relegation then fine. If he was a real superstar player then fine. But not just to give a big club's reserves a runout when we're in no danger of going down and no danger of getting into Europe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Got next to nothing like him, great supersub, we should go for a loan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Begbie Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I wud love to have him here till the end of the season. Play him as a backup striker/winger, because we need as much class as we can get right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparta Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 we could need him as a right winger.... give milner a rest Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Lol Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I was surprised how poor he was on Tuesday, didn't look anything like up to the standard Whinger would be expecting. Apart from that, I'd never advocate taking a player on loan unless there was an option to buy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 To think Wenger has spunked almost £30m on Richard Wright, Francis Jeffers and now Theo Walcott. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Pace is his only real attribute right now, he will come good under Wenger's supervision but for now he lacks a lot from his game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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