Dear Theo Walcott: An Arsenal Team Mate Offers Advice

RE: David Bentley’s Comments Dear Theo, So old David thinks you should leave Arsenal to get field time, does he? Well, it’s worked out pretty well for him over there at Blackburn, no doubt about it. He’s had a chance to play with some pretty good players, like Gamst and Friedel and Santa Cruz, and a lot of fair to middling players like Savage (before he went to Derby) and McCarthy and Emerton. He’s threatening to break into the England side on a regular basis, and he does get regular playing time. He’s definitely got some valid points. But then he doesn’t get to play games like our victory the other night at the San Siro, nor is he likely to in the near future. He isn’t learning the game from multiple positions to increase his footballing intelligence. He isn’t playing beside potential legends like Cesc and Gallas and Sagna and even you. He doesn’t have to pry players like Rosicky and Gilberto (the Captain's of their respective ... [link]