After impressing against Manchester United yesterday, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain wants to keep his place in Arsenal’s starting line-up, which means we might see Arshavin come on for him again this season!
Speaking after the Man United match, AOC said:
“It was a nice performance from me and I’ve got to make sure I keep my place now. I was happy to get a start and obviously against opposition like Man United – it doesn’t come any better than that. I guess it does [show Wenger has faith in him] and that is a positive for me to take away, having the boss’ trust. I’ve got to make sure I repay that with my performances, working hard in training and when I’m on the pitch. Overall I was happy with my performance and happy to contribute to Robin’s goal. It was positive for me and mentally it puts you in a good position. That can always change in football though – you can have one good game and the next game is a bad one. You’ve got to deal with the highs and the lows.”
Someone else who needs to be worried about the development of Oxlade-Chamberlain is Theo Walcott. OC is a bigger, stronger version of Walcott, who appears to have a better positional sense than Walcott. When Gervinho gets back, I would not be surprised to see AOC move to the right with Gervinho on the left.
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its very unfortunate arsenal is deteriorating just 4 d reason dt some players are performing below the expectation. Wenger should base is selection on who is good 2 play, nt 2 be giving chance to some lazy and inconsistent players.
Well done good boy! i mean OX. nobody will be surprised u benched the likes of walcot,arshavin and the bunch of stupid players wenger believe in.
Theo shouldn’t even be in the side. Neither should Arshavin, let them go and bring in quality.
I don’t know why many people keep criticising Arshavin and not Walcott. 3 goals in 21 premier league games for Walcott 19 of which are starts, even Vermaelen has a better ratio with 3 in 14 league games. I thought Arshavin would score if he started against United because he has had 2 assists in three games, and his dribbling has vastly improved in a matter of 3 starts. He himself said he needs regular starts to become better.
Chambarlain is the real wonderkid with football brain.AM confident he will soon be the best young player in the league.ARSENAL dig a gold by buying him.
its vry unfair 4 arsenal fans 2 continue in their negative remark at d manager or players every tym all goes wrong in a futball match. Ashavin hs lost his form of late dat we all knw but dat isnt d problem here. Chelsea wldn’t hv blvd me if I hd sworn by my grand-mother’s grave dat Torres was going 2 b a bad buy. 10 injured players is enough escuse 4 a club as big as arsenal 2 do vry poorly. Imagin a Barc wthout just messi nd xavi in 10 matches or a madrid wthout only Ronaldo in 10 matches nd compare their performance 2 dat of arsenal’s wthout ten solid player who wld hv made vry big differences in their departments. No one wld hv blvd arsenal wth a vry poor start 2 d league wld hv been where it is now above Liverpool. Wat happened 2,’In Arsene We Trust?’
The last paragraph is perfectly in line with my thought wilcot has also lost a lot of form….! Ox is exactly the right person for replacing him…. Ox is also vary quick and I personally think he has a better control of the ball when running at pace….