Theo Walcott Reminds Us How Good He Is

March 8th, 2010 | by: Daryl |

Yeah, Theo’s performance for England vs Egypt was a little underwhelming. But based on the highlights I saw of Arsenal 3-1 Burnley, the young man still has plenty to offer the England team at World Cup 2010.

Walcott delivered some dangerous crosses from the right flank, crosses that a better striker than Nicklas Bendtner probably would have buried. But no worries, because Walcott got on the scoresheet himself when he cut inside and struck low into the corner with his left foot. Take a look:

Honestly? We already knew he could do this. And I doubt there are too many England fans who wouldn’t include Walcott in their squad for South Africa at this point anyway. But after a less than smooth few weeks for all things England team related (injuries, affairs etcetera) it’s nice to have something unreservedly positive to share.

UPDATE: I found this video of Walcott’s individual highlights vs Burnley on 101GG:

Tags: Arsenal, Burnley, England, Theo Walcott, World Cup 2010

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Abdikadir

good lack
bluemoon

It's great for England and Arsenal if Theo play like this every weeks (If he found some space in the pitch) .In the real life, Theo will find the difficult match the opposite player closed take care him that make him no space to play,like this situation he should think how to make the space by himself,make the different position(man off the ball position) to make advantage for team and sharp shoot to score like your hero TH14
Daryl

Martin, you might like this. A blog named Zonal Marking has posted a Guardian Chalkboard comparison of Walcott vs Sunderland and Walcott vs Burnley, visualizing how much more effective he was in the latter game:

http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/03/06/theo-walcott-crossing-end-product/
Martin

I watched the entire match, and can confirm that Theo really did play extremely well. There's no doubt that his upside (which he showed Saturday) is much higher than anyone else England could call on to play on the right.

I think you probably have to take him, even though he could disappoint. In his favor, though, he really has been snakebit with injuries all season, and is just now getting a consistent series of matches in. He may be rested and rounding into form at just the right time for England.

Another thing he offers, which doesn't get discussed that much, is that even when he's playing poorly, his pace really intimidates defenders, full-backs in particular. He can completely neutralize an attacking left-back, because they get scared of letting Theo get behind them, because they know once that happens he won't be caught.