Disappointments irk Walcott

Theo Walcott has admitted Arsenal’s inability to hold on to winning positions this season has been ‘disappointing’.

Once again, the Gunners have wowed the league with their unique brand of attacking football that has won them scores of pundits.

But the England striker has had to endure the frustration of Arsenal not holding on to winning positions in their last two games against Tottenham and Liverpool.

Walcott also highlights the loss of their four-goal advantage at Newcastle as another low this campaign and the defeat to Spurs in the earlier derby this

“Maybe we need more leaders on the pitch. Cesc Fabregas and Robin van Persie are the main two who always try and inspire us. Samir Nasri as well. Maybe a few more additions like that.”
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season.

“It has been a disappointment of this season,” he told the Sunday Telegraph.

Newcastle

“You feel like you need to score three or four goals to win at times. The Newcastle game……it shouldn’t happen, even if you go down to 10 men.

“If we want to be winning things we can’t let a lead like that slip. That’s what we have been doing too much this season.

“We have had lots of disappointing results. Spurs beating us at home when we are 2-0 up was not good enough, especially for the fans because that’s the one they look forward to all year.

“Hopefully we will learn from it. We have to. If we want to win trophies we need to learn straight away. We can’t be using the excuse of being young players. We’re experienced, we’ve played in the Champions League.

“We need to stand up for ourselves and take responsibility at times, and I’m not sure we are always doing that.”

Overhaul

Much has been of Wenger’s refusal to overhaul his squad after a sixth consecutive term without a trophy.

Wenger himself has hinted that there will not be a fire sale at the Emirates in the close season and Walcott believes it’s players of a certain character that they probably lack at present.

“It’s good to keep the whole team together and I’m sure there’ll be a few additions,” he added.

“A lot of people talk about the defence and the goalkeeper and those issues. But we’ve got top players. We’ve got Thomas Vermaelen coming back, which is great.

“He’s out training today. He’s a great leader. Maybe we need more leaders on the pitch. Cesc Fabregas and Robin van Persie are the main two who always try and inspire us. Samir Nasri as well. Maybe a few more additions like that.”