Has Sanchez been more reliable in the big games in the league or CL? Always thought Theo had a fairly decent record in the big games. Certainly would be at least comparable to Sanchez.
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We barely ever have any big games in the CL if we are being honest so that ones hard to judge, we play 6 stock standard group games and then as soon as the big games in the knockout stages arrive no one plays well lol.
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You guy shouldnât even take the bait.
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Thereâs also the obvious issue of goal-scoring climates being drastically different from Pires time here and currently. Which is why people could make comparisons of Giroudâs goals with Arsenal with Henryâs and shit like that.
This comment says it all though, lol, should really have more than one like.
In fairness you have used stats incorrectly, as have I, as have most people.
With the right context stats are never bad, itâs on people such as you that understand this, to highlight the differences and help guide people towards using said stats properly.
If anything I would go the other way and say stats enrich football discussions. Itâs personal opinions backed by nothing other than ignorance and tribalism (that a word??) that ruin football discussion.
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No I really donât think I do. Can you explain to me what prolific means in football terms? I only have the Mirriam Webster dictionary not the football one.
Minutes played my friend. Theo is at 17,500 minutes played in English football, FA Cup included. 78 goals and 52 assists. Pires finished at 15,700 minutes with 71 goals and 26 assists. Slice it any way youâd like but what I said is true, Theo has produced moreâŚ[quote=âJakeyBoy, post:872, topic:89â]
My point is just that putting the two in the same sentence in such a fashion to imply that Walcott is better than he is is just pure fanboyism, boring trolling.
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Nobody implied that Theo Walcott is âbetterâ as you say, if anyone actually read my initial post.
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Reading posts? Here? Naw.
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Can we not take likes back anymore? I definitely didnât mean to like that post. 
Looks like I brought you to your senses. 
Barca should probably come in for deadly Theo now that Neymar is on his way out.
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DId you not try and just click the heart again? Itâs very easy
Iâd also like to hear your definition of the word prolific when used in footballing terms please
If Messi had his way thatâs just what theyâd do 
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I know how to do it. It isnât working.
Games played, goals scored, whether the amount scored is high for a player of your position and the amount of seasons elapsed all feed into making someone prolific or not.
Theo has had two seasons where he exceeded expectations in terms of goals etc, Pires did it every season he played here.
If you wanted to judge how prolific someone is I canât think of a better statistic to use than goal/assists to minutes played, at4tt used the word correctly
If player A averages more goals/assists per minutes of football played than player B then player A is more prolific itâs as simple as that
words mean things and it helps if you actually know what that is before you try and mock someone using that word correctly ffs
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If they want to seriously compete with Ronaldo then itâs surely Giroud they need?
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If you want to take other thing into account you also have to factor in the fact we signed pires as a fully grown man and Theo was getting minutes for us as a 17 year old kid
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You have to do it quickly, like editing a post soon after you realize any typos and it doesnât show up as edited.
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No itâs not.
Pires is still better now than Theo
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