Comments on: Theo Walcott – the Second Coming

By: HawkEye

HawkEye — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:42:02 +0000

I think we all need to hold back on the Theo Walcott thing for a bit. He played superbly the other night without a doubt but he has been a bit hit and miss at Arsenal up until now. If we all give him time to really establish himself and find his true game then it will be better for all of us.

No doubt Theo was the big positive the other night, alongside Wayne Rooney, however I think there were also a few negatives. John Terry’s lack of pace and bravery being a big concern for me.

Actually, let’s just bask in the glory of a fine result and the face we can all have pride in our national team for the first time in a long time.

By: iqnadirshah

iqnadirshah — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:15:21 +0000

The scene could have been very different if England had lost. The English performance was really average throughout the game. Both Rooney(who finally shed his ‘defensive duties’) and Walcott messed up in the beginning, but fortunately it swung England’s way. The Croats thought they could bully the english which didnt happen. Praise Ferdinand as much as you want, he was really pathetic(can he do anything without Vidic?). Terry was good in the first half but seemed to have lost his head in the second. Rooney, Walcott, Heskey, J Cole, those were the players for England. The rest were utter trash. Fabio please arrange the defense. We saw it crumble yet again in the dying minutes(time for Lescott?). A hard fought and slightly fortunate victory but the English media thinks they’ve won the Falklands. As for Walcott and Rooney, they did combine well with each other and with Heskey and Cole. Anyway we’ll see in the next match…………..

By: Svenalike.co.uk

Svenalike.co.uk — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:53:40 +0000

No matter how well individual players perform, or the way that England coaches improve our FIFA world ranking, it appears that elements within the media have a constant “death wish” for our international soccer prospects until and unless a trophy is brought home?
Eriksson produced an unmatched run of consistantly and look how he was “rewarded”?
Walcott (and every other player) is only as good as they are on the day, and lets see if Capello can consistantly turn things around the way S-G E did 2001-2006?
Any one still believing the media hype, just check out the record breaking statistics of the “Sven/Becks” years when England lost ONLY 5 competitive matches, but were vilified by may in the press and apparently “underachieved” by not having the “luck” (or the unbiased match officials in 2004?) to win a tournament.
Maybe time to show some real patriotism and drop the constant carping and nit picking as the path to the 2010 WC reveals it’s trials and (hopefully) triumphs?

By: Bamber

Bamber — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:47:31 +0000

I’m loving how people are talking about consistency after Theo’s 2nd competitive International. The kid’s better than most of the english pre-madonna’s we have in the starting XI. I love also how people will slate him over and over again, but it’s fans like that who will destroy his future, and you wan’t England to play well?

By: BD Condell

BD Condell — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:55:12 +0000

“Walcott is potentially undefendable like the lieks of Ronaldo and Henry.”
In that case maybe Wenger should start to play him regularly, having left hin virtually in the wilderness for the past 2 years.

For Anonymous: Rooney scored 18 last season while missing 10 weeks of the season in 3 separate injury spells.
The previous season he was joint top scorer with 23 goals.

He’s a stick on 20+ goals a season player. Whoever you support there’s a Rooney goal coming your way sometime soon!

By: Babu Rajendran

Babu Rajendran — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:54:14 +0000

The reason Walcott had a good run, is because coratia are not ready for him, he is a new face.

Look what happened to joe cole after 2 goals, the opponents will be ready next time.

if he is as good as yesterday in the repeat fixture against coratia, then we can say he is good..now people are getting carried away..next time opponent will be ready..

When they are ready, how much he causes trouble is the real measuring stick..

No wonder media is manipulating fans so easily… we are never realistic…and they love it.. poor players get the stick because of us..

By: Goonerbeall

Goonerbeall — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:09:35 +0000

Its unfair for Walcott to be hyped and raise expectations. Remember that he is just starting and this one game should’nt be used to judge his abilities the same way none should have called him crap if he had’nt played well.

He has a habit of running into deadends sometimes but we are all hoping the kid will be more consistent. If he could be more selfish and score 15 goals for Arsenal then I would really start to use all those superlatives lavished on him today in the media.

He is however, a kid with fine upbringing and intelligent to get carried away. Come on, you beauty!!

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:57:16 +0000

Wait a second.
‘Gary’ are you saying that Rooney is better now than Walcott will ever be.
Rooney is the most overhyped player by you Manc’s, just like that hothead Anderson. Rooney has been playing for yonks in that England team and has done very little to earn his place. Not to mention the fact that he has played in a dominant Manchester United team and still failed to get 20 goals in a season. Rooney does make a lot of assists, but he does not score enough goals and is also (despite his weight) a diver. Walcott has been given limited time to progress and has already scored one more international hat trick than Rooney.
I’m not saying that Rooney isn’t a good player, because he showed against Croatia he has loads of potential, but you cannot write off Theo as a ‘fluke’ at such a young age and then applaud Rooney, who is also still to fulfil his potential

By: Gooner

Gooner — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:45:23 +0000

Thank god none of you are the England Manager, Capello obviously saw some thing that alot of people including some arsenal fans had not seen in his performances for the Gunners and took a gamble with him and it paid off BIG TIME, after failing to quailify for the Euros after a number of uninspired peformances he has given England a massive lift with his speed, accuracy and composure all i can say is hes young and this will give him the needed confidence to grow as a player in the Pemiership and on the International Stage and finally i would like to say is THREEEEOOOO !!!! Wonder Wal is here to STAY !!

By: Svenalike.co.uk

Svenalike.co.uk — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:29:11 +0000

Vindication once again of Sven’s judgement? I wonder if the outcome would have been different if Walcott had been playing in the 06 quarter final when Rooney lost his head and possibly England’s world cup?