What’s so special about Song?

He doesn’t score goals nor does he create them. 3 goals were shipped against Man U. When Gallas and Vermaelen went forward for the last two, where was he?

If we can’t get better than Song, Walcott, etc, etc, it’s game over apropos of winning anything. And for that, you can thank le cunt.

Any 20-year-old who can hold down a spot even on the fringe of the first team is doing really well.

Remember how inconsistent Diaby has been in his time with us? His problems were similar to Walcott’s - lacking the footballing intelligence to go with his ability. He seems to have sorted it out this season, and he’s 23 now. We need to expect Walcott to progress along similar lines.

I was a dumb shit when I was 20, so I don’t expect Theo to be a footballing genius at that age. Fabregas was at 16, but he’s an absolute freak, rather than the norm.

Nasri is not a flop either!! He is on of our best performers. Wenger should finally play theo in the centre or at least the left wing. Against Man U, in the rare seconds he was there he looked dangerous. he can’t shoot from the right and crossing is a waste of time as far as arsenal are concerned for the moment. Maybe wenger should play arshavin on the right.

The big difference between Theo and the players mentioned in the article is that, while they are all smallish, fast players, the others have all gotten a lot stronger than Theo. Unlike the others, Theo is easily knocked off the ball and that will continue until his body matures and he add substantially to his core body strength. That’s not going to be easy to do with two surgically repaired shoulders and, as a result, may take a couple of years, but it is absolutely critical in order for Theo to keep from being continually injured and be able to use his abilities as a player. If he doesn’t become considerably stronger over the next 2-3 years, he will never become the player that his early successes promised.

Even if Theo does become stronger, as has been pointed out, there are weaknesses to his game that he must work on. Whether he will work on those weaknesses as hard as he will have to in order to fulfill his promise will depend on two factors: staying healthy (because he can’t work on his game enough if he is on the sidelines hurt) and realizing that his game still needs a lot of work and showing the determination to improve (because if he thinks his game is good enough now and doesn’t think that he needs to work hard at improving because he blames his failures on where he is playing, lack of playing time, etc., he will never improve his game sufficiently). When a manager publicly states that a player hasn’t developed as much as the manager had hoped, it is often a sign that the player hasn’t been working as hard as the manager wants and is designed to give the player a kick in the rear end. I hope that’s not the case with Theo, but he needs to show a real determination to work on and improve his game over the next year or two, especially because he has lost so much time to injury, or he will prove to be a major bust.

No matter how good an offensive player is, there are going to be games when things aren’t going well in the offensive end. That’s when an offensive player, like Walcott, can still help out his team by hustling and getting back on defense. You saw T.Henry do it, you see Bendtner do it consistently, you even see Arshavin do it. You see Rooney do it all the time. How many times have you seen Theo track an opponent back all the way to the box and actually cover a man? Almost never. Size isn’t an excuse, either, because just being next to an opponent, getting in his way, can restrict what he can do and help the rest of the team. Being willing to play defense is about attitude and hustle. While it doesn’t show up in the stat sheet, not hustling on defense leaves the team short a man in its own end and no manager is going to want to play down a man in his own end consistently. If Theo wants to get playing time in the future as he is developing, he’s going to have to show that he’s willing to hustle and play defense. Otherwise, he is just going to be used as a strictly offensive-minded substitute who gets put on when the team is down and needs a goal in the future. That won’t be Wenger’s fault it will be Theo’s fault and will make it harder for him to achieve his potential.

I’d hold on to Theo for another 2-3 years to see if he can stay healthy and do the things he needs to do to fulfill his potential, using him judiciously in games where he can help the team to assess his progress. If he doesn’t work on his game and try to add strength, if he still doesn’t hustle on defense, then I would sell him off to some club still mesmerized by his big name, reputation and potential. He’s still young enough that he can still mature mentally and physically at this point, so I think that it would be premature to get rid of him just yet. But, as we say in the US, I’d have him “on a very short leash”.

Finally, as for Denilson’s very disappointing performances of late, let me just remind everyone that he has been playing with a bad back injury that caused him to miss a couple of games. Compared to his earlier performances this season, it looks like he is still being hampered by his injury (Clichy also doesn’t look 100% either). He probably shouldn’t be out there at this stage, but, with Eboue away at the ANC and Ramsey and Diaby injured, Denilson may be trying to “gut it out” for the sake of the club and AW may be playing him because he really doesn’t feel that he has a better option at this point. Unfortunately, Denilson’s play has deteriorated to such an extent that it may be necessary for him to give way for someone else as soon as AW has someone available that he feels he can trust in that spot in the starting XI.

How about Denilson? What has le cunt seen in him?

And how about Almunia?

Fact is, Song would not be good enough for the Man Us, Chelseas, Barcelonas and Real Madrids of this world. He’s still just a battler as far as I’m concerned. Far better to have kept Flamini, who worked splendidly well with Cesc.

And what of all the other chaff bandits? Senderos, Cygan; the blindingly outrageous Silvestre, Diaby, etc, etc.

So you want to trust le cunt on Walcott?

Good luck - the evidence, going on the last five years, is plain for all to see.

Arsene’ knows!!! well i hope he does!

Your thoughts?