Henry highlighted the varying nature of recent wins over Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Everton as evidence that Arsenal could go on to claim their first Premier League title in 11 years.
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More pressure is certainly upon him thanks to the injury to Walcott, but Arsene Wenger’s lack of summer spending will also come under scrutiny again if results do not go their way. Man City looked to be running away with it, but suddenly they’ve started to get it together and are performing.
Arsene Wenger has praised Olivier Giroud for rising to the challenge of competing with Theo Walcott for a starting spot.
With this injury, Walcott joins a long list of walking wounded, at the Gunners’ camp, with the likes of Aaron Ramsey, Jack Wilshere, Alex Olxade-Chamberlain, Danny Welbeck, Mikel Arteta, David Ospina, and Tomas Rosicky already out with injuries.
Henry told Sky Sports: “I was saying that maybe they needed a striker in the summer to help out, but Theo Walcott has emerged as that striker”.
“What it does is bring a healthy competition”, he said of the duo’s form.
“I know I can give something to the team from the bench, but I feel better when I start”.
In fact, as Francis has proved here, commentating on a match is a whole different ball game – one which even a great footballing brain might struggle with. But he’s having a little run now. On the flip side, Arsenal FC are now third in Champions League Group F, behind FC Bayern Munich and Olympiacos FC, and need to get points on the board, in order to qualify for the Round of 16. You can finally see Mesut Ozil being more consistent in games, while Santi Cazorla and Alexis Sanchez are doing what they do.
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“No one thought he was going to be the player that he has turned out to be at the moment. You can be amusing, smile and be a nice guy, but if you don’t perform you’ll be on the bench or leave the football club”. We all know he has great potential.
