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kennyrester on 15 June 2012
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The Fury said:
kennyrester said:
The Fury said:

Starting to get annoyed that Walcott, easily the best English right, is being ignored (rumours of team tonight). 8 goals for the prem, loads of assists yet Milner is picked (27 england games no goals, Walcott 25, 3 goals)? I'm getting annoyed.

I'm bias but still... come on.

I know what you mean but Walcott really isn't a Hodgson player. I like him but he's way too frustrating and just not reliable enough for games of this importance. Milner is pretty poor but he's less likely to act like an idiot, which Theo is prone to do. Against France England had enough trouble getting a hold of the ball without him running it out of play at every opportunity. He had a bad second half of the season too. Might get brought on if you're chasing the game I suppose.

Act like an idiot? What do you mean? He's not Balotelli. He's consistant , more then other players and most importantly, he's good. Milner is slower and less skillful, he doesn't get ahead of the defense while Walcott blasts past them even at the start of the game. He can get into the position where he can provide our forward with the ball they need like he did all season with Van Persie, he wouldn't have got as many goals without him.

 

I mean run the ball into trouble or into touch again and again and again. He is not consistent. At all. I don't know how anyone could have watched him over the course of the season and come to that conclusion. Maybe from around November to January he was pretty good but for the rest of the season I honestly don't think he put in two good performances in a row. How many times did he get the ball in a good position and just aimlessly run either into a group of opposition players or out for a goal kick? Lots, that's how many. He can be good, sure but I would say it's less often than not. He was good with Van Persie for parts of the season, but frankly miserable for others and was relying on arguably the best striker in the world, and inarguably the best one in England, being on top form to convert the chances he created. His crossing isn't great and generally need a top class CF on the end of them to make anything of them. When RVP lost form towards the end of the season Walcott's assists dried up too. He needs about 5 gilt-edged chances to put one away. 

All that said he can be a joy to watch and his inconsistency  makes him more exciting, but god is he frustrating. I just don't think he fits into Hodgson's plans, which lets not forget worked pretty well against France. Like I said he might come on if things are going badly, but in a system based on solidity and not conceding he just won't work.