I have watched Walcott for a number of years and there are no doubts he has strengths to his game. Well, he has one strength in particular: his terrific pace.

But why does he not use it more? Why does he not get more of the ball? You can only look at his movement and conclude it is not good enough.

He proved he can cross and deliver a ball against Burnley at the weekend. But why does he not do that consistently? I stand by my assessment that he doesn’t yet have a football brain.

My personal feeling is that Walcott hasn’t had the time to develop fully.  He lost a lot of games by moving to Arsenal when he should have been getting another 50 or 100 games under his belt at Southampton.  It’s amazing to think that he only made 21 appearances for the Saints.

Since then – four years and two months – he’s only started 38 games for the Gunners (less than a single Football League season).  Waddle goes on to call Wenger “one of the best teachers in the world”, but I can’t see how Walcott is going to develop if he doesn’t play many games.