Theo Walcott says Gervinho will be a “[size=15pt]breath of fresh air[/size]” after the summer signing bagged his first two goals for the Club at the weekend.

The Ivorian striker had already opened his Arsenal account with a delicate lob by the time Walcott’s inch-perfect cross allowed him to tuck home his second after just 15 minutes against Cologne on Saturday.

Aside from his brace, the new addition looked a constant threat in Germany and Walcott is excited by what his new team-mate brings to the squad.

“[Gervinho] will be a breath of fresh air I think,” he said. “He looks a great talent.

“You can tell he can bring goals, he has got plenty of pace about him and he is very comfortable on the ball. I am looking forward to playing with him.

“You don’t want to put too much pressure on him but I am sure he can deal with that."

chamotex:

Again Dudu will disagree . . . he made us believe he was the next big thing

eldee:

I don't get this talk about Theo's intelligence, you guys just read this poo in the papers and you keep saying it.
It's just another cliche y'all get from the media. . .

What has he done wrong? He can't dribble on high speed, how many players can even dribble?? That makes him unintelligent??
He's not got the best crosses? He's running at 100000km/h . . . are you kidding me??

Are you going to question is positioning, because for someone that fast, he seem to be pretty good at timing his runs.
He's a goal threat too, but he's daft naw. . . and all the assists he gives Van Persie are wrong huh

In a league where idiats like Adebayor and Eboue play . . . and you're here calling Walcott unintelligent.

debosky:

I still don't see the reason for all this critique of Walcott's intelligence

Players with supposed intelligence like Ramsey are the ones who give the ball away frequently causing us to come under pressure. Players with supposed intelligence like Cesc, Nasri and Arshavin are the ones who try ridiculous flicks at the edge of our box leading to us conceding goals.

Yes Walcott can improve his decision making, yes he can get better in delivering a final ball, but which Arsenal player can't?

For all the hype we heard about in 2010/11, Walcott outscored Nasri last season despite being out injured for longer, and he also made more assists.


For all the critique, any unbiased observer will note that he has been the most deadly forward player for us in all the pre-season games so far. Of course he has to improve his decision making and finding the right pass under pressure, but I sure won't compare his alleged intelligence with a Ryo who isn't ready to deliver yet.

My director of defence - I humbly say that he doesn't need to improve any intelligence to be a superstar.

People like Shearer wouldn't be called intelligent strikers in the mould of Henry or Ronaldo, but he'll slam them in like crazy game after game.

What Theo needs is consistency - if he scores or assists in every other game, he's already at a higher productivity level than most players in the game.

debosky:

Yes Walcott can improve his decision making, yes he can get better in delivering a final ball, but which Arsenal player can't?
For all the hype we heard about in 2010/11, Walcott outscored Nasri last season despite being out injured for longer, and he also made more assists.

debosky:

^^£25m

Traore hasn't learned anything on loan - there's little guarantee Gibbs would learn anything on loan.

I don't think fans will turn on Gibbs - fans have very selective memory. I keep emphasising, Ramsey lost us about 5 points compared to the extra two he secured from the goal against Utd, but despite the persistent errors, he can do no wrong to most Arsenal fans.

I'm more bothered by the lack of an EPL-experienced CB than Gibbs. We have more issues with set pieces coming into the box and that should be our prime focus defensively.

folahann:

Really impressed with the 2 new  signings yesterday.
Wenger really knows how to buy players. 1 game and they scored 3goals, i hope Gervinho and Jenkinson can reproduce this during the course of the season.

Ipswich Town are now expected to complete the signings of Arsenal’s Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and Fulham’s David Stockdale on Tuesday. We understand the deal to make striker or midfielder Emmanuel-Thomas a permanent addition is done but that there has been a minor hold-up regarding the paperwork relating to the season-long loan of keeper Stockdale.

coogar:

debosky, your activity on these pages are heightened all of a sudden. . . . .
don't tell me your hopes have been refreshed again. . . .do you see arsenal winning anything even if you keep cesc, nasri. . . .buy gary cahill, vincent kompany and buffon?

i need a honest answer.

debosky:

Hope springs eternal.

But seriously, I'm just excited to get back to discussion actual football not who is going where and who's picture serves as w@nking inspiration for Xavi.

If we did buy Kompany, Cahill and Buffon, we'll win the quadruple.

eldee:

http://www.twtd.co.uk/news.php?storyid=18820

debosky:

I don't think fans will turn on Gibbs - fans have very selective memory. I keep emphasising, Ramsey lost us about 5 points compared to the extra two he secured from the goal against Utd, but despite the persistent errors, he can do no wrong to most Arsenal fans.

debosky:

^^£25m

Traore hasn't learned anything on loan - there's little guarantee Gibbs would learn anything on loan.

I don't think fans will turn on Gibbs - fans have very selective memory. I keep emphasising, Ramsey lost us about 5 points compared to the extra two he secured from the goal against Utd, but despite the persistent errors, he can do no wrong to most Arsenal fans.

I'm more bothered by the lack of an EPL-experienced CB than Gibbs. We have more issues with set pieces coming into the box and that should be our prime focus defensively.

duduspace:

Where is Dr. Kit? I don't think he'll be glad to see this. As talented as JET is, attitude problems and a partying life style seems to be the reason for his departure. I don't think he could have done much more than what he did at Cardiff. I think Arsene has learnt his lesson with how people like Randall turned out rotting on the benches so they want to release him quickly so his development isnt stunted. My only grouse is that rather than these sell-on clauses, why aren't we also putting buy-back clauses when we sell some of these promising youngsters?  JET is one of those I will keep my eyes on in the future cos he has everything to be a hit in the PL.
Seems Arsene has made his choice then of all the emerging forwards from the Academy, it seems its Benik Afobe who is going to progress. I expect to see Sanchez Watt released soon as well cos he isnt even near JET at all and I hear Rhys Murphy is also likely going to Boro.

duduspace:

@Proudly

To be honest, that generation has been productive for us so far, JET was one of those I believed had everything to make it from that generation but Wilshere & Szczesny are already first teamers and we have Frimpong, Coquelin and Bartley all knocking loudly in my opinion. I wouldnt call Lansbury as being from that particular set as he was about a year older but he did play some U18 games with them as well so if about 4 of them end up in the Arsenal first team in the long term that would mean our Academy is very productive, that would be considerable saving in terms of players we would have been buying (considering Henderson went for 20m).

duduspace:

@Debosky
Seems the Campbell deal is back on, in fact I don't think it ever went totally off, its only the boy's family that needs to be convinced. I think we already have a deal with the club and we have them on our side, their director has always been positive in all its statements about the deal