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hanny73 wrote:1311: We can confirm that Theo Walcott has been omitted by Fabio Capello. Meanwhile the plot thickens below as the Northern Echo suggest Manchester City winger Adam Johnson is not in the squad either, while NOTW's Neil Ashton is now saying Shaun Wright-Phillips has made the final 23
To be fair, maybe Capello’s expecting him to ghost past defenders seeing as he died last Friday.
Its Up 4 Grabs Now wrote:I’d rather he’d gone, purely in the hope Capello might have taught him something but hey ho. Hopefully it’s a kick in the bollocks for him & he realises doing something for Arsenal should be his priority & getting a game for England will follow as a by-product. Maybe now he'll bother to actually work on the weak parts of his game - namely everything except running & man-marking the linesman.
Spto-on mate. His "England is the goal" focus earlier in the season was well off the mark for someone who has produced so little.
Poetic justice theo after you spouting bullshit about your engerland priorities all fcuking season I said last sunday after japan game that there was no way he should make it and so it transpired
augie wrote:Poetic justice theo after you spouting bullshit about your engerland priorities all fcuking season I said last sunday after japan game that there was no way he should make it and so it transpired
I thought he was going because he was kind of "established" in the squad all the way through qualifiers and since....I guess Capello wants someone on the wing who remembers to take the ball
Thats only happened this year. Lennon was incredibly inconsistent bnefore Redknapp took over. He's onyl really come into his own since then, and even now, how many times has he troubled a really big team?
SWP has been shit all year. I honestly don't see the point in leaving Theo out, I think as an impact player he's just what England need.
Hopefully, with the summer off he can use this dissapointment to really galvanise him and we'll reap the rewards next year.
LDB wrote:This is what i dont get... walcott flatters to deceive.. so we go with shaun wright-philips and aaron lennon
At least walcott can score goals
All bias aside as things stand Lennon shits on Walcott. A big Tom Hundredstone post all-you-can-eat-buffet shit, too. Which is saying something.
In a sense yes, lennon is clearly a better all-round winger but i dont see why we need both him and SWP. SWP imo is just a poor mans aaron lennon, walcott gives something different to both of those and i would personally sacrifice SWP for theo.
On a personal level i feel for theo, i know a lot of people are frustrated with him but for an ingerland player hes a sound and honest lad. Perhaps this can inspire him to make a real fist of his arsenal career.
I said last sunday after japan game that there was no way he should make it and so it transpired
