Gunners fans have grown increasingly frustrated by seeing their side’s trophy hopes dashed every season after Easter, and manager Arsene Wenger is beginning to come under pressure to win the club’s first piece of silverware in six years.
Walcott shares the fans’ disappointment, and believes it is imperative the team get off to a good start when the Premier League season begins in just under three weeks’ time if they are to have any chance of realising their trophy dreams.
“We don’t have any time to bed in at all,” the 22-year-old told reporters. “We don’t expect any game to be easy, but we’ll be ready.
“We want to start off well and we want to challenge for something this year. Only time will tell what we do.
“Without a doubt, we owe the fans a good start. They have been so loyal to us when we have not been winning trophies, which we should be for such a big club.
“As players we are disappointed in ourselves, but that is in the past now. This year is a massive one for everyone, for the club itself.
“The fans are very important to us all and hopefully we can make them proud.”
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Arsenal’s Theo Walcott: A good start is crucial in challenge for silverware