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Apps Goals
37 23
17 13
36 19
30 13

In 4 years at Bayern ^

Muller in 4 years:

Apps Goals
52 19
48 19
53 11
47 23

The sprinter in the last 4 years:

Apps Goals
30 4
38 13
46 11
43 21

Walcott has outscored Robben once in 4 years but he's played 13 games more to do it. Muller has outscored him every season apart from one where they were equal. Didn't 3 of Walcott's goals come against the titans of Reading as well? Compare his contributions this season to those of Robben and Muller (CL winning goal and the other has 8 in 13 in the Champions League) and it's a knockout blow as far as I'm concerned.

Statistics do not paint the full picture in football anyway (Bebe has a better strike rate in the CL than Messi, Ronaldo, Henry and Raul), assist stats are particularly flawed also. I can't be bothered to go looking for them but I'm sure you'll find this season they won't be that different and Robben will have assisted more over the last 4 years. So even if stats were the be all and end all, how can he be better than two players who have consistently got the better numbers?

This is the first season Walcott has been half decent, one season does not suddenly put him above consistent performers like Arjen Robben and Thomas Muller, the question is whether Walcott can push on and do this consistently in the league and in Europe. That's the difference, form is temporary, class is permanent. Just ask United fans about Nani.

Btw you should check their international records too.

Robben - 17 goals in 55 games
Muller - 13 goals in 41 games
Walcott - 4 goals in 33 games

EDIT - Assist stats for this season:

Muller - 17 assists in 41 games
Robben - 12 assists in 34 games
Walcott - 16 assists in 33 games

Hardly a gulf between them but if you look over a period of the last 3/4 years you'll see the others are more consistent.