Sanchez11
Nobody Is Coming!
Country: England
Its just unbearable tbh everyone is entitled to an opinon but every player we are linked with really??
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Cristian Pavon
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Country: England
Had a pretty bad game against Haiti, looks very raw..
He has Messi's approval though so maybe he's impressive in training..
Country: Wales
Messi wanted Tata Martino as manager.
Odd one as we have been linked to this kid since 2016.
haha yeah, fair point... Anyway, I think it's a case of Messi trying to give confidence to a youngster who's new in the squad (and might be used as an impact player).
Batman
Head of the Wayne foundation for benching Nketiah
Country: USA
Player:Saliba
So does Higuain...
I would have loved Higuain here (even if he's one of the biggest bottlers around), especially at the time we were linked to him..
Stannis
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Yep, that’s why I think Pavon may be more suited. Better with his link up and decision making (though finishing needs work). That and he does pretty well defensively which Emery would also love
Batman
Head of the Wayne foundation for benching Nketiah
Country: USA
Player:Saliba
Me too. He's more of a bottler for country than club anyway.
And of the 3 Real Madrid players we were linked to that summer you could argue that we got the most talented but least needed in Özil given that we already had Cazorla.
Sanchez11
Nobody Is Coming!
Country: England
We wanted him in jan i think gelson is our back up
Country: England
No idea about Pavon but Gelson is definitely part of this new breed of lightning quick forwards. Gelson is scary fast, up there with Mbappe, Salah, Mane, Sane, Sterling etc. Thing is he’s lightning with the ball too whereas some of the names I’ve listed aren’t.
Remember thinking Walcott was the ultimate pace merchant, I could probably list 5+ players I feel are quicker than he was these days. Bunch of test tube babies this new generation.
Country: Iceland
Has there ever been a quicker player than Walcott when he had that run against Liverpool in CL for Adebayor goal?
Country: England
I don’t know...we need a footballers olympics.
I’ve watched that Walcott run but I genuinely feel like Salah, Sane and Mane and Gelson are all faster than he was. I also think that Mbappe, Coman and Dembélé are around his level but I haven’t watched them in a while and my memory might be playing tricks on me.
There just seem to be so many insanely fast players now where before it was just Theo then the rest.
Goonerfan
Member
Walcott was definitely as fast as Salah and faster than Mbappe, Coman and Dembele. Think your view is clouded by Walcott's later years here, he lost a lot of speed the latter half of his stay here
SingmeasongSong
Right Sometimes
What has happened to him after ?
I mean, I think he was doing alright here and he was one of the more loyal players or at least one felt like he really wanted to be here and felt connected, but he had such high promise and the outcome just does not add up to it.
serenitynow
Ex-fransgooner
Player:Jesus
Credit where credit is due, Walcott in his prime was quicker than all of the mentioned players. Will always remember this goal against Shakhtar in the UCL, what a run and cool finish.
Country: England
I feel like he just didn't have enough technical ability to go with his lightning pace, was always going to be difficult for him at a top side.What has happened to him after ?
I mean, I think he was doing alright here and he was one of the more loyal players or at least one felt like he really wanted to be here and felt connected, but he had such high promise and the outcome just does not add up to it.
Some will blame Wenger and I do think he could have done better with Theo but there's only so much technique you can learn. Pace and finishing wasn't enough, he needed one other attribute.
Country: England
Player:Saliba
Walcott was lightening until his knee reconstruction, then he lost that fraction of a second that made defenders worry.
Country: England
Mane for me is the quickest in the league right now, Salah is more high profile but I've seen Mane do some things I couldn't believe.
Preacher
Always Crying
It was Bellerin until he became muscular vegetarian hippie.
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