Morning all. When Sven Goran Eriksson decided to take Theo Walcott to the World Cup back in 2006, I think many football fans thought the Swede had gone mad. In hindsight, I think he had. This was the biggest international competition in the game and there he was taking a massive chance on a player who’d yet to kick a ball in the Premier League. Overnight, the young lad who lived in a small West Berkshire village, was suddenly all over the back pages. He didn’t take part in any of the matches but from that day on, big things were expected from the now Arsenal player. Sadly though, Theo never really lived up to the hype, unlike his ex Southampton teammate who moved to the other side of...
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