Someone used it! 
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30 years old, time flies!
Heāll surely look back on his career and wished heād tried harder. Iām betting all those pound signs probably say otherwise though.
I think he probably tried his best but didnāt have the technical ability. He developed top class off the ball movement but really he was 1 footed, without very good close control, without a great first touch or technique. Itās just his key strength, world class acceleration was so obvious, everyone hoped he grow into a technical talent like Henry but Henry had that technical ability from as early on as I ever saw him at Monaco.
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Donāt kid yourself, young Theo was an absolute boss. Injuries ultimately killed his career, doing his knee plus a plethora of soft tissue injuries in quick secession are difficult to rebound from. You dig yourself a deep hole when u continually find yourself having to play your body into form.
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Yeah and to my point, he missed almost half the season with an injury that year homie 
08/09 - Theo was 19, he missed 16 games due to injury, had a G/A every 312 mins
09/10 - 20 years old, missed 13 matches due to injury + recovery, had a G/A every 187 mins
10/11 - 21 years old, finally relatively healthy he only missed 6 matches due to injury, had a G/A every 144 mins
11/12 - 22 years old, relatively healthy, G/A every 137 minutes
12/13 - 23 years old, started the season healthy, G/A every 88 minutes (Theo becomes elite and has Messi shaking in his boots 
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13/14 - 24 years old right in his prime, started the season even better with a G/A every 86 minutes, the he did his knee.
The kid was on an upward trajectory, sky was the limit but yeh injuries fucked his career and stole so many years from us Arsenal fans of watching Theo destroy teams down the wing and score and assist at an elite level. Also @Calum donāt pretend u werenāt one of the loudest crying for Theo to āsign da tingā when his contract was up last time around 
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Letās be honest, Theoās just a poor manās Lewis Hamilton :wenger2:
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So as a comparison, Pepe was 23 years old last season and had a G/A every 101 minutes, Theo at the same age was producing a G/A every 88 minutes. The following season at 24 Theo was at 1 per 86 minutes. So Iād say that if Pepe isnāt performing at that level this year for us itās a bit of a let down, especially considering what we paid. He needs to at least replicate what Theo gave us at the same age. I mean, Theo was world class back then so itās not an easy task, plus Theo had the advantage of a legendary manager who could squeeze the maximum potential out of attacking players :wenger2: , but hopefully Pepe can get on Theoās level.
What?? We didnāt spend 75 million for him to get to Theoās level. We must expect a heck of a lot more from him, especially given the quality of Laca and Auba.
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Iām sure Pepe is just using us till he can get his dream move to Everton.
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Haha, some quality trolling right there my man @BigWeng_4LYFE
Top class stuffā¦āhopefully Pepe can get on Theoās levelā 
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Walcott was destined for a 12th man/Wiltord kind of role at Arsenal. His technical limitations were too much to become a starter here. The fact that Wenger did chose to go that route with Gervinho/Walcott/Podolski was criminal I would say.
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Itās not quality, itās really tired and obvious shite bait
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Yes but I also wanted Ćzil to a sign new contract and heās now shit aswell
Thereās a pattern emerging here
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Youāre right. We spent 75mil on him to become a world beater but he hasnāt shown any signs of that, either
Give him a fucking chance man, jesus haha
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This is ridiculous lol. Heās barely got going itās been like 3 or 4 games