Sven is out of his mind. He has never even seen Walcott play in a match!!
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www.worldsoccer.com:He said, "I've seen him perhaps three times in training. At Arsenal training on Saturday I saw him play 11 against 11 on a half pitch.
I was starting to think about him in January, February and March," stated Eriksson.
"The first thing I had to check was whether he can handle it and everyone we spoke to said yes. He is a very steady boy.
"I don't think Walcott or Arsene Wenger thinks he is going to play seven games of 90 minutes in the World Cup.
"If you expect him to have the impact Pele had in 1958, we are talking about the wrong things but I am excited about it."
Eriksson's assistant has seen him play in a match but still, I think that is ridiculous. The Sven era has not been the best for England and he has made another bad decision to include a 17 year old who doesn't play regularly with Arsenal's first team over players like Wright-Phillips and Defoe.
