Theo Walcott is surely the most frustrating player in the Premier League.
He’s got great pace, has been coached by one of the world’s greatest managers and plays alongside some of the best players in the game. Yet for 10 years now he has never quite become the player he should have.
Sometimes he’s out on the wing, sometimes he plays through the middle – but it never really seems to click on a long-term basis for him.
Until tonight.
He headed – yes, headed! – Arsenal in front against Basel early in the first half at the Emirates.
Then a few minutes later, he did this:
.@theowalcott is on ?. He gets his second of the evening at the Emirates. #UCL https://t.co/X0YAGX97oC
— BT Sport Football (@btsportfootball) September 28, 2016
That makes it five goals in seven appearances for the England man – and Arsenal fans, faced with the prospect of him actually producing the goods on a football field in a competitive fixture, really aren’t quite sure how to handle it.
Some have gone down this route…
Sure you did, fella:
I've always rated Walcott
— Wahaha~ (@muhdrills) September 28, 2016
Uh huh:
Theo walcott… never doubted you at all ??
— Djazairi (@BendifsBants) September 28, 2016
But not everyone saw this coming:
I owe Walcott the biggest apology.
— Hector Baellerin (@bae_llerin) September 28, 2016
Some are instant converts:
IN WALCOTT WE TRUST
— Sha (@sashamaisarah_) September 28, 2016
And some are just relieved:
Walcott finally get good yes
— Keon Beckles (@keonbecky) September 28, 2016
Others aren’t quite convinced it’s really him:
Is it Walcott or overmars in a mask? Just brilliant
— Sarbajit Das (@SarbajitDas14) September 28, 2016
Alright Mr in the No14 shirt who are you and your what have you done with the real THEO WALCOTT???
— Sean baker (@seanbaker87) September 28, 2016
Totally surreal from Walcott. I can't believe what I'm seeing.
— ⚽️ is a Country (@FutbolsaCountry) September 28, 2016
While some are ‘doing a Donald Trump’ and removing certain tweets they sent about him:
Gotta delete them old Walcott tweets.
— D A D D Y サ (@santasbaIlsack) September 28, 2016
And others? Well, they called it:
Walcott's season trust me
— • (@VivaLaGiroud) September 28, 2016
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