January Transfers -- Speculation & Shit?

[Cripps_orig]

Ox was a luxury signing that wasn't needed. Add the fact he has all the "being English" "next best thing" etc pressure on him and he's choked. Don't forget the pressure he has been put under by Arsenal fans through no fault of his own but the fans have had enough of these so called wonderkids being bought and waiting ages and not producing. Vela, Denilson, Bendtner etc were given years and none really came up with the goods thus the fans patience has gone and we want instant results. Ox is a victim of other peoples failings hence the critisism. May sound harsh but that's life and as a great man once said "its like that cos that's the way it is"

[Kano]

Ox was a luxury signing that wasn't needed. Add the fact he has all the "being English" "next best thing" etc pressure on him and he's choked.

at 18 years old the same was said about feo.

[Ollie the Optimist]

we are already writing off the ox? why because he hasnt scored 400 goals in ten games and won us every trophy possible single handly by novemeber?

[Cripps_orig]

at 18 years old the same was said about feo.

Yes it was but the Arsenal fans had more patience then. We hadn't just gone 7 years without winning shit playing terrible football when Theo was 18. We could wait on him and he's come good. Can't afford to wait on the Ox. He needs to produce and now

[Kano]

Yes it was but the Arsenal fans had more patience then. We hadn't just gone 7 years without winning shit playing terrible football when Theo was 18. We could wait on him and he's come good. Can't afford to wait on the Ox. He needs to produce and now

investing in players like walcott during that time has left us waiting 7 years for something to smile about. i think feo is quite good but the wait has hurt us, given all the players we could've had who would've been ready to go straight away. ox is fine as a squad player but if he becomes a first teamer we depend on, then we are fucked for another 7 years at least.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ox is a genuine natural talent. He'll develop into a fabulous player, I doubt it will be with us though.

[Marc Overmars]

I don't think he really knows what his role in the team is at the moment. Classic case of Wenget playing a young guy out of position as a learning curve, we've seen it before.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

we are already writing off the ox? why because he hasnt scored 400 goals in ten games and won us every trophy possible single handly by novemeber?

Pretty much.

[Cripps_orig]

Rubbish just rubbish. We had a better team then, Theo was not forced straight into action like Ox has been, Theo was allowed to learn if players like Cesc, Th14, RVP etc. Ox is learning and playing with shite. Easy for Theo to look good when he was playing with a better team.

So you say what I posted is rubbish but then go on and explain exactly why we were patient with Theo and not with Ox....ok then

[Olivier's xmas twist]

So you say what I posted is rubbish but then go on and explain exactly why we were patient with Theo and not with Ox....ok then

No my point was Fans calling for Ox head now are silly because he will take time. You keep say we can't wait afford to wait on the ox. Maybe you can't don't mean you can talk for everyone else.

I don't think fans were prepared to wait for Theo, it was more we had better players so he was no under pressure to play. I know loads were upset at us paying such a big some for him too. He was a gamble as much as ox.

End of the day if your going to write Ox off at his age its a bit silly.