Walcott out of world cup

toffeejack · January 6, 2014

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25631561

Injured for 6 months, bad break that for england imo.

Tubey · January 6, 2014

Oh no.

roydo · January 6, 2014

Shame for the lad. Not sure Englands (faint) WC hopes were based on him though. Wenger shopping this January for sure now you would have thought.

Garrick · January 6, 2014

Similar to Gibson's injury, is it not?

SteKelly · January 6, 2014

Knew he would be out for a while when it happened. looked nasty

TheFinnFan · January 6, 2014

Damn..my mate will scream when i tell him that

toffeejack · January 6, 2014

roydo said:
Shame for the lad. Not sure Englands (faint) WC hopes were based on him though. Wenger shopping this January for sure now you would have thought.

don't rate him much, but still think he's england's best wide man. oxlade-chamberlain hasn't played all season and then who else will play? Milner, Sturridge, Sterling. not going to strike much fear into the opposition that. Milner's a better player, but nowhere near as big of a threat.

walcott's probably the 2nd best striker in the country behind rooney and he doesn't even play that position.

moosed · January 6, 2014

didn't look that serious when he went off, madness

BlueLlama · January 6, 2014

That is a blow for a England. His pace was one of the things that Italy and Uruguay might have been afraid of

SteKelly · January 6, 2014

moosed said:
didn't look that serious when he went off, madness

When you watched the replay you could tell it was serious mate.

I was expecting around 2 - 4 months like but not 6. Awful news

davek · January 6, 2014

Arsenal have been dealt an almighty blow there. That's a few points off their total this season. Third and fourth place now really up for grabs.

toffeejack · January 6, 2014

davek said:
Arsenal have been dealt an almighty blow there. That's a few points off their total this season. Third and fourth place now really up for grabs.

they were doing alright without him like. but yeah, big blow for them, made a terrific comeback, even if it did only last 3/4 games

ijjysmith · January 6, 2014

I'M DEVASTATED

SteKelly · January 6, 2014

davek said:
Arsenal have been dealt an almighty blow there. That's a few points off their total this season. Third and fourth place now really up for grabs.

Not sure myself, it is a blow obviously but they might just get someone in.

davek · January 6, 2014

toffeejack said:
they were doing alright without him like. but yeah, big blow for them, made a terrific comeback, even if it did only last 3/4 games

He'd have offered them something the others couldn't in the run in. Oxlade-Chamberlain maybe gives them the pace, but he cant finish like Walcott has increasingly shown he can.

Wenger must be pissed off. I'd expect chequebooks opened up now at the Emirates.