Well now we have to sign a top striker for sure :s
Not really too worried about our wings tho' we have plenty of quality there, especially with Gnabry showing that he can do a quality job there aswell. Hopefully Ox will comeback and beast it aswell.
But what a fucking warrior Walcott is, fucked up his ACL and still got up and put in some work before he went down in agony and then went out as a legend
Disastrous news. Not only is it losing a player, it's losing one in the area we're a little short, plus he had been in good form. Even though Oxlade-Chamberlain is supposedly close to a return, we absolutely have to buy now.
Those saying we could have Gnabry or Ox on the wing are missing the point. We don't really have anyone that offers what Theo does - we're not really missing a winger, we're missing a proper forward because his average position is usually very high up and his main assets are his movement off the ball and finishing. Could've got a shedload of goals for us in the second half of the season. Ox and Gnabry might have the pace but they're more about carrying the ball rather than making forward runs and scoring.
We covered well for Walcott's absence earlier, but Wenger will need to ask Podolski/Gnabry/Ox to play a different type of game now. We'll need numbers in the box and with Ramsey still injured, we don't have any runners from midfield either. Pretty sure Wenger won't buy big though and he probably won't buy at all.
Wow! That's the title challenge over.
I said a couple of months ago that to have any chance of winning the league we'd need Walcott to produce Suarez style match winning performances as he's the one player we have that can really damage the opposition. His stats in the last few games shows this.
Massive blow.
At least he doesn't have to reclaim his England place from Townsend anymore.
Jackson Martinez or Diego Costa bids ASAP Wenget tbfh.
Or Pedro + Jason Roberts.
I'm gutted for Theo.
This is horrific enough - but in a World Cup year, that is terrible.
Hope he gets through this as best he can.
Originally Posted by Steve French
Well said.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
NOTE: The location of this post has been moved and the thread title (which was previously Wenger is Leaving) has been manipulated by a notorious pro-Wenger moderator. What was previously a message that contained no profanity and made a comment on a real life event has now been manipulated by a deliberately provocative title. An old and crude propaganda and censorship technique.
Ffs. We never get ANY good news on injury front.
Massive loss for us - even when he's playing shit theo stretches teams with his pace which gives others space. We don't have anyone else who can do that.
Big test for wenger this month. He wouldn't dare not sign anyone, would he...?
HUGE blow. Absolutely gutted for us and him. You couldn't make it up....
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