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Originally Posted by GiRTh

Dont agree, he's got zero footballing brain and not much more positional sense. As for nothing better, I also dont agree, Deeney, Antonio, Noble, Cresswell deserve a chance considering how many chances Walcott has been given over the years.

I think it time to call out Walcotts ability for what it is. At the age of 27 he is still little more than an impact sub. He doesnt fit into the way Arsenal play as he has far too much trouble keeping possession of the ball. You'd think after playing for a club for ten years, 60 Champions league matches, 40 caps and over 230 senior games he'd understand the need to retain possession but I see no signs of any penny dropping anytime soon.

England and Arsneal need to look elsewhere IMO.

It's all good and well naming players who could take his place, but they're un-proven at this level, and there's no guarantee they could cut it or make any impact, but Walcott has been part of the squad that has been building for the past 3 year's, and they've just qualified for the Euro's with a 100% record, so why start breaking that up just before a major championships? obviously Hodgson is happy with what he's getting from Walcott, and he'll be more in the know-how then either of us.
It's not just about what you do on the ball, it's also what you do off it, a lot of that work goes un-noticed, because it's not celebrated as much.

The problem is, people are constantly looking for negatives, but at the moment, there's no major problems with what Hodgson has been doing, in-fact we're doing better then a lot of other countries.

I have no great expectation's for England at the Euro's, and if we do crap, then I'll get over it, it's not like I haven't seen it before. But can we win it? of course we can, football's a funny old game.