Browsing all posts tagged with Theo Walcott.
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
Lookalikes are ten-a-penny – anyone can make Dirk Kuyt look like Sloth from the Goonies, or Peter Reid look like a monkey. It takes more to put two people together stylistically and functionally; players who remind you of one another, players who play like each other – players that could be clones of one another. Playalikes. Number five in our series is a first – Threealikes. Three players who play the same. Three!
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Watching Arsenal’s thoroughly deserved victory over Newcastle, when they stepped up a gear in the second half and totally outclassed the Geordies (our tip to be the ‘surprise’ relegation), the introduction of Abou Diaby in a forward role revealed an interesting aspect of Arsenal’s squad – the proliferation of strikers. Even if you take out the young and the tenuous, leaving only out-and-out indisputable forwards (albeit a couple who play in midfield sometimes) you still have Walcott, Arshavin, Vela, Van Persie, Adebayor, Eduardo and Bendtner – an embarrassment of riches.
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
So Chris Hoy is the 2008 BBC Sports Personality of the Year. So many questions – not least, is cycling even a proper sport? With four cyclists and no footballers in the Top 10 candidates, we felt it entirely fitting to launch the inaugural FOOTBALLSUP Football Personality of the Year awards.
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Theo Walcott has suffered a dislocated shoulder while training with England, and could be out for as long as a month. Read the full article here – and as it says, although bad news for England after the withdrawals detailed a few posts earlier, its worse for Arsene Wenger and Arsenal. But as one door [...]
Thursday, September 11th, 2008
10 – Theo Walcott’s age when he started playing football. He made his Southampton debut five years later. (Taken from the Times’ excellent ‘Ahead of the Game’ email, which arrives at around 16.00 every day) Sign up here.
