2) Theo Walcott ISN’T A Striker
Now I know you are going to say ‘but he scored a goal with a nice finish’, and yes he did, but he also missed chance after chance.
Theo Walcott will always be a winger in my eyes, or a second-striker, but he will never be a lone-striker.
He may fool you with his pace and ability to get onto the end of balls, like he did for his goal yesterday from a long-ball up field by Mesut Ozil, but when you actually watch him, he looks lost in the position.
He floats around just waiting for something to happen for him, and when he does receive the ball, his hold-up play is not good enough.
He missed a real sitter against Newcastle United, and had a similar miss yesterday before then heading over from about seven yards.
They say you are born with a striker’s brain, and it just doesn’t seem Walcott has it.
He took his goal well though.
