{"id":360857,"date":"2011-04-02T15:09:33","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T15:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/02\/theo-walcott-no-more-excuses\/"},"modified":"2011-04-02T15:09:33","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T15:09:33","slug":"theo-walcott-no-more-excuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/theo-walcott-no-more-excuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Theo Walcott: No More Excuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div> Arsenal forward Theo Walcott knows that the Gunners do not have any more excuses for their six-year trophy drought.<\/p>\n<p>Despite vast potential, the England international has not won a piece of silverware since moving to Emirates Stadium in 2006 from Southampton in search of glory.<\/p>\n<p>Walcott is expected to return from the ankle injury which has ruled him out since the end of February when Arsenal host Blackburn on Saturday evening in a crucial match in the pursuit of Premier League leaders Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the game, the 22-year-old is well aware that defeated Carling Cup finalists Arsenal, who were knocked out of the Champions League and FA Cup in March, can no longer hide behind suggestions of a lack of experience.<\/p>\n<p>Walcott said in The Sun: &#8220;We&#8217;ve been competing hard in four competitions but three have gone and we need to go on and win the Premier League now especially with the position we are in, with a game in hand and Manchester United to come.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are not asking other teams to do us favours against Man United or Chelsea, we don&#8217;t expect that. We have to go out and win our games then there is no problem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being at a top-four club you want to be winning things. I want to look back on my career and look at how many trophies I&#8217;ve won.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This year is the greatest opportunity for us to win something. It&#8217;s going to be very tight but there is confidence in the camp.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been around the boss for five years and he has experience of winning trophies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has so much belief in us and we want to do it for him. He&#8217;s always there for us and always blames himself instead of the players &#8211; and we want to repay him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do have meetings and what is said stays in house. But it&#8217;s fair to say the boss expects us to start winning things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/201ed65bget.media_133-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/sports\/201104\/149969.php\" title=\"Theo Walcott: No More Excuses\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Theo Walcott: No More Excuses<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Arsenal forward Theo Walcott knows that the Gunners do not have any more excuses for their six-year trophy drought. 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