maguskwt » Tue Dec 19, 2017 2:11 pm wrote:Always said that I like Ox even when he was at Arsenal. He was supposed to have better potential Walcott. But injuries and not having game time really scuppered his growth there. It seems like he is in the league forever but he is still only 24. If Klopp could get the best out of him and if he put his injuries behind, the money that we paid for him would've been considered a steal. But then again if he turns out to be like Sturridge, then the return on investment wouldn't have been too good.
Injuries aside if he was good enough then he would have played more for Arsenal. In terms of injuries though he will suffer as he has a lot of pace and at full pelt it only takes a slight tip to do damage. That's just the type of player he is and there is no reason why he can't have a decent career here. I wouldn't think we will ever turn a profit on what we paid though as he was vastly overpriced to begin with.
The type of performance he put in the other day isn't because he now plays for us, He played plenty of good games for Arsenal and had he being more consistent then he would have played more so he still has to overcome that hurdle imo.