The Theo Walcott Conspiracy

I am completley baffled as to why Theo Walcott has been rated the way he has. Now in game he is not a particularly bad player, I just find it hard to understand why.

The guy cant pass, he cant shoot, His tackling skills dont really exist at all. He doesnt get into very good positions, his crossing skills are somehow worse than his corner skills (A corner is a cross aint it?).

Basically all Theo Walcott has going for him is the fact he wouldnt do too bad against Usan Bolt in a 100 metre sprint.

Apart from that I dont see how this guy is any good? He has every skill except footballing skills, Whats going on?

I also notice Senderos is infact better than Vermaelen. How does that work then? Pat Rice rates Vermaelen 2 and a half stars, Senderos 3 stars. What?

Crossing, dribbling, positioning and passing need to be improved dramatically. They should be at least 15+

Another gooner who believes they've been harshly rated.

For one: Walcott is a totally overrated, overhyped young man. All he has going for him IRL is pace. More to the point though if you understand how the attributes work in relation to the ME you'd know that what you have in Walcott is actually a very good player, pace and physical stats have a huge bearing on the game (much like football is becoming, mores the pity).

As for Bendertoss vs Vermaelen, the stars are that coaches opinion, maybe Pat Rice just likes him more. The stars are also in comparison to the rest of your squad and the league you play in so 3 is actually very good.

Finally and probably most importantly if you have issues with the data you should post it in the appropriate thread in the data forum, its probably full of other goons who think like you.

Crossing, dribbling, positioning and passing need to be improved dramatically. They should be at least 15+

15+!!!! You think he's really world class at those?? There is no hope :confused:

Walcott is awful IRL, why in the world do you think he's underrated in the game?

Lennon turned into a Championship player after 5 seasons on FM09

hyer there are alot of under rated players in the game .. nani ,, valencia and many others .. all i do is go into the ediotor and change them to more realistic stats

Players attributes are always subject to opinion but in this case they should be brought up in the Arsenal thread in the Data Issues forum but have a look first to see if they have been brought up before- thanks.