by Angelito » Thu Dec 17, 2020 5:01 pm
Phil71 wrote:He's really not a great player.
by Marsbar100 » Thu Dec 17, 2020 5:31 pm
by Arsenal Tone » Thu Dec 17, 2020 9:14 pm
Angelito wrote:Phil71 wrote:He's really not a great player.
1 good game out of ten is apt
by Dejan » Thu Dec 17, 2020 9:39 pm
Yeah i believe soTony Adams wrote:Angelito wrote:Phil71 wrote:He's really not a great player.
1 good game out of ten is apt
Was it Massa who used to get annoyed when I used to say that?
by Ach » Thu Dec 17, 2020 10:00 pm
by Phil71 » Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:51 am
Ach wrote:It was as wrong then as it is now
The no brain one though was funniest. Alan Hansen started it and had to make a grovelling apology and quit motd due to humiliation
"His lack of footballing instincts mean that he is at present a long way away from the finished article."
"With the pace and trickery he possesses in abundance, Walcott will always make a living from the game, but the big unknown is whether he has enough to make it right to the top and be remembered in 20 years' time as a great player."
"Only time will tell, but when the former England winger Chris Waddle claimed last week that Theo does not have a football brain, it was a fair observation to some degree."
"It is no slight on a player to accuse them of not having a football brain. You either have one or you don't."
"It is about natural instinct, the innate ability to see things before they happen. Wayne Rooney has it and Kenny Dalglish had it."
"improving those footballing instincts is no easy task either, according to Hansen. He can certainly improve on his deficiencies, but the areas that he has to sharpen up just happen to be the most difficult qualities to fine-tune,"
"It is about seeing options, seeing them early and then being able to pick out the right pass at the right time. If he improves all those areas, he can be a 9 out of 10 player. At the moment, he is 7 out of 10.
"He can beat a defender and get to the byline with his pace, but he doesn't deliver the right cross often enough and he lacks the consistency of others.
"We have all seen what he can do when he gets it right, though. His wonderful slaloming run to set up Arsenal's second goal against Liverpool in the Champions League a couple of years ago made everyone think what a player he could be.
"But he hasn't done that often enough since and he has to do better on a more consistent basis if he is to prove himself at the highest level."
"Despite the room for improvement, though, I am certain that he will go to the World Cup,"
"Walcott's pace is a phenomenal asset at the highest level, and that, rather than his versatility, is the reason Capello will pick him."
by Ach » Fri Dec 18, 2020 11:07 am
Alan Hansen has admitted to one regret during his time as a pundit, but it is not for the comment that most famously haunted him.
The Match of the Day analyst ended his 22 year career with the BBC after the World Cup, making his last match the final between Germany and Argentina.
Over such a long period of time inevitably mistakes were made but Hansen has only one regret from his career analysing matches. But it wasn't his claim that you cannot win anything with kids, a view rubbished when the Manchester United team he was talking about went on to carry the Red Devils through the most glorious years in the club's history.
The former Liverpool defender revealed in his column for The Telegraph that it was his criticism of Theo Walcott that troubled him.
"Four years ago, I said that Theo Walcott did not have a "football brain", without realising that my comments would be misinterpreted to such an extent," he wrote in his column.
"The meaning of my observation was not as brutal as it may have come across, but nonetheless, I was critical of Walcott’s ability and I am pleased to say that Theo has proved me wrong one million per cent."
Hansen went on to reveal that he and Walcott have met since and there has not been a problem between them whilst conceding his comments were "the only time that I have ever been happy to be wrong".
by Power n Glory » Fri Dec 18, 2020 11:13 am
Ach wrote:Alan Hansen has admitted to one regret during his time as a pundit, but it is not for the comment that most famously haunted him.
The Match of the Day analyst ended his 22 year career with the BBC after the World Cup, making his last match the final between Germany and Argentina.
Over such a long period of time inevitably mistakes were made but Hansen has only one regret from his career analysing matches. But it wasn't his claim that you cannot win anything with kids, a view rubbished when the Manchester United team he was talking about went on to carry the Red Devils through the most glorious years in the club's history.
The former Liverpool defender revealed in his column for The Telegraph that it was his criticism of Theo Walcott that troubled him.
"Four years ago, I said that Theo Walcott did not have a "football brain", without realising that my comments would be misinterpreted to such an extent," he wrote in his column.
"The meaning of my observation was not as brutal as it may have come across, but nonetheless, I was critical of Walcott’s ability and I am pleased to say that Theo has proved me wrong one million per cent."
Hansen went on to reveal that he and Walcott have met since and there has not been a problem between them whilst conceding his comments were "the only time that I have ever been happy to be wrong".
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foo ... 08074.html
He realised he was clearly wrong and thatsbfair enough. Unfortunately it stuck and people were mocked cos of it by myself and others who understands football.
by Phil71 » Fri Dec 18, 2020 11:20 am
Power n Glory wrote:Ach wrote:Alan Hansen has admitted to one regret during his time as a pundit, but it is not for the comment that most famously haunted him.
The Match of the Day analyst ended his 22 year career with the BBC after the World Cup, making his last match the final between Germany and Argentina.
Over such a long period of time inevitably mistakes were made but Hansen has only one regret from his career analysing matches. But it wasn't his claim that you cannot win anything with kids, a view rubbished when the Manchester United team he was talking about went on to carry the Red Devils through the most glorious years in the club's history.
The former Liverpool defender revealed in his column for The Telegraph that it was his criticism of Theo Walcott that troubled him.
"Four years ago, I said that Theo Walcott did not have a "football brain", without realising that my comments would be misinterpreted to such an extent," he wrote in his column.
"The meaning of my observation was not as brutal as it may have come across, but nonetheless, I was critical of Walcott’s ability and I am pleased to say that Theo has proved me wrong one million per cent."
Hansen went on to reveal that he and Walcott have met since and there has not been a problem between them whilst conceding his comments were "the only time that I have ever been happy to be wrong".
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foo ... 08074.html
He realised he was clearly wrong and thatsbfair enough. Unfortunately it stuck and people were mocked cos of it by myself and others who understands football.
Thank you. It was utter rubbish and the guy that said has even admitted Walcott has proven his wrong time and time again. I can't stand the way our own fans latched on to this rubbish.
by DiamondGooner » Fri Dec 18, 2020 11:20 am
by Ach » Fri Dec 18, 2020 11:22 am
by Phil71 » Fri Dec 18, 2020 11:22 am
DiamondGooner wrote:Say what you want about Theo's footballing ability ............ but the numbers don't lie.
If you want a Winger / WF who scores goals, Theo, however basic you think he is, gets goals in that position as well as anyone in the league for his level.
We sold him for £20m, we bought a £75m guy who scores and does even less.
by Power n Glory » Fri Dec 18, 2020 11:43 am
Phil71 wrote:Power n Glory wrote:Ach wrote:Alan Hansen has admitted to one regret during his time as a pundit, but it is not for the comment that most famously haunted him.
The Match of the Day analyst ended his 22 year career with the BBC after the World Cup, making his last match the final between Germany and Argentina.
Over such a long period of time inevitably mistakes were made but Hansen has only one regret from his career analysing matches. But it wasn't his claim that you cannot win anything with kids, a view rubbished when the Manchester United team he was talking about went on to carry the Red Devils through the most glorious years in the club's history.
The former Liverpool defender revealed in his column for The Telegraph that it was his criticism of Theo Walcott that troubled him.
"Four years ago, I said that Theo Walcott did not have a "football brain", without realising that my comments would be misinterpreted to such an extent," he wrote in his column.
"The meaning of my observation was not as brutal as it may have come across, but nonetheless, I was critical of Walcott’s ability and I am pleased to say that Theo has proved me wrong one million per cent."
Hansen went on to reveal that he and Walcott have met since and there has not been a problem between them whilst conceding his comments were "the only time that I have ever been happy to be wrong".
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foo ... 08074.html
He realised he was clearly wrong and thatsbfair enough. Unfortunately it stuck and people were mocked cos of it by myself and others who understands football.
Thank you. It was utter rubbish and the guy that said has even admitted Walcott has proven his wrong time and time again. I can't stand the way our own fans latched on to this rubbish.
He's a 2nd rate player like all the 2nd rate players we've had in the past 10-15 years.
The fact that he' not good enough for Everton and is on loan at Southampton is testament to that.
by Santi » Fri Dec 18, 2020 12:25 pm