It’s going to be a very short one today because there is pretty much nothing new happening. The internationals have taken over and proper football is shoved to one side like a clump of cauliflower on my plate. I really hate cauliflower. Earth brains, I call them.
Theo Walcott talks about how pace runs, literally, in his family. His mum, dad, sister and brother are all very quick and Theo himself discovered how quick he was when he turned off the lights at the bottom of the stairs one night and reached the upstairs landing before it even went dark. He’s a proper Billy Whizz. Imagine if you gave him speed. He’d be so fast he could fly around the world again and again and make time go backwards which would be handy for the next time we’re in a Champions League final.
Of course you’d have to provide him with a beaker full of someone else’s wee in case he got pulled aside by UEFA at the end of the game but that would be no problem.
England Under 21 boss, Peter Taylor, reckons Theo could be a very versatile player able to play on the wings and up front. He says:
The modern player, coming through over the next few years has to be adaptable and flexible enough to do that.
Well, we’ve seen Theo on the left wing and the right wing in his cameos for the Arsenal and he’s done pretty well and there’s nobody like Arsene Wenger to give a player time all over the pitch. Remember when Kolo first came, he played pretty much everywhere apart from in goal and you can be sure he’d happily have gone if asked.
Moving away from your dose of Theosity, reserve team coach Neil Banfield reckons going out on loan will do Arturo Lupoli will do him good, saying:
I think going to Derby and playing at the sharp end, where there’s a physical side of the game, will help him improve on something he needs to work on.
There’s no doubting his goalscoring ability but he’s always looked a bit slight. Some first team football and getting clattered by Championship centre-halves will strengthen him up.
And really that’s about as much as I can get together today. At least it’s Friday though. More absolute nothing tomorrow.
