Walcott handed England start
|Theo Walcott starts for England against Egypt tonight as they continue their preparations for this summer’s FIFA World Cup.
Three Lions coach Fabio Capello was present at the Emirates Stadium for Arsenal’s last home match against Sunderland — where Walcott shone as one of the main performers.
The 20-year-old will be hoping to show his true qualities tonight, with Capello likely to draw up his final World Cup squad in the coming weeks.
Gooner Talk will update you at full time as to how Theo & his other team-mates on international duty played, so stay tuned to the blog.
England’s Starting XI (kick-off at 20:00 GMT)
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Brown – Terry – Upson – Baines
Walcott – Lampard – Barry – Gerrard
Rooney – Defoe
18 Comments
brilliant…this is probably because lennon isnt exactly the choice atm. But this is a good chance for walcott to step up his reputation a little
Don’t get injured Theo! All the best!!
excellent. He was absoultely fantastic against sunderland, the kind of form you expect from all the ‘hype’ people made for him. But against stoke he didnt feature much. Although, no one really did because of what happened
He should shine against burnley. Might do well tonight too. Come on walcott, beat the pressure
Go Theo! I think this could be good for him, and I predict that he will start on Saturday too, if all goes well today. This type of game could also be crucial for his WC chances since Lennon is out injured and SWP not being used regularly at City. But either way I think he’ll make the squad, simply because he is more versatile than both Lennon and SWP (being able to play both on the right and left wing and as a striker).
Anyone knows where I can find out Russia’s starting line-up tonight? I want to know if Arshavin is in the squad.
Bendtner scores for Denmark !
Poor england,would av had a better x11 with bridge playing at d left side of d defence & vanesa should av patnered f*ck Terry.
hmmm, walcott wasnt exactly on his game. Wright phillips came on and really showed what a right wing should be doing. Walcott just wasnt surging forward. Hes got to stop putting pressure on himself.
Hes too scared to make a run. For Arsenal hes hot and cold, he just really need to develop a bit more. Sick of ppl calling him over hyped when you have wayne rooney has been called ‘overhyped’ at times.
But Walcott needs to take a few daring runs
yet another sub standard performance from walcott
what did defoe do? what did gerrard do? what did rooney really do? what did terry and upson do other than make our defense look shaky? NOTHING why is walcott getting all of the crtitisicm and nobody else is it becuase rooney and gerrard are the golden boys! just lay off the lad he has played one game of full 90 minuted this season! as long as he keeps getting better for arsenal who cares about england at the moment! and i do remember theo setting up lampard on a plate in the first few minuted imagine if he had of scored walcott would of been buzzing with confidence!
I only saw the first 15 minutes, which included a peach of a pass to Fat Frank, who fucked it up! If he’d scored would Theo have been cut some slack? Doubt it. Cmon Theo don’t worry about the fickle press!
Am very happy when i saw theo walcott with england colour and i hope he will make england final list.
i agree. lampard, gerrard and rooney were all poor. theo didn’t have the greatest game but started really well…… he hasn’t played 90 mins all season so i think capello starting him will give him real confidence. by the way arshavin played tonight and cesc played the whole game against france
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXqz5cJ3Xys&feature=player_embedded
here is bendtners goal goonerchris if you want to post
Cheers mate. 🙂
Waddle’s comments on Walcott is definitely right! If Walcott wants to be a great player, he should use his brain. Then he can fully utilize his advantage: speed!
I’m glad Theo didn’t distinguish himself. Being with the England squad enhances the likelihood he’ll get injured. Already Arshavin, Vermaelen and Rosicky not going to the World Cup. Be great if our main players aren’t overused so they’re fresh for next season. The national team can take a flying jump.
fabregas only played half of a game against france!
doesnt matter theo was gash. But there still is time for him to be picked and injured. The guy has been injured and not up to match fitness but we’ve got 99 days to go till the world cup. HOORAH!