{"id":395142,"date":"2011-04-24T21:44:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T21:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/24\/theo-walcott-says-it-is-time-for-arsenal-to-stop-using-age-as-an-excuse\/"},"modified":"2011-04-24T21:44:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T21:44:00","slug":"theo-walcott-says-it-is-time-for-arsenal-to-stop-using-age-as-an-excuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/24\/theo-walcott-says-it-is-time-for-arsenal-to-stop-using-age-as-an-excuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Theo Walcott says it is time for Arsenal to stop using age as an excuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Luke Reddy<\/h3>\n<h4>24 Apr 2011 22:44:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"67.4357986646\">\n<div readability=\"14.4842105263\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Arsene Wenger and Theo Walcott (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/54dae6bc115682_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Arsene Wenger and Theo Walcott (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"32.3505535055\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/11818\/theo-walcott\">Theo Walcott<\/a> is adamant <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> can no longer use youthful age as an excuse for their errors and believes the club&#8217;s players need to take criticism for failings rather than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/2843\/ars%C3%A8ne-wenger\">Arsene Wenger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners have fallen for criticism in recent weeks as they look set to endure a sixth successive season without major silverware and 22-year-old Walcott believes it\u2019s time for the side to show responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking before Arsenal suffered defeat at the hands of Bolton, Walcott told the <em>Sunday Telegraph<\/em>: \u201cIf we want to win trophies we need to learn. We can&#8217;t be using the excuse of being young players. We&#8217;re experienced. We need to stand up for ourselves and take responsibility at times, and I&#8217;m not sure we are always doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now nine points behind Manchester United, Arsene Wenger\u2019s men have dropped a total of 13 points from winning positions during the campaign \u2013 the latest coming when surrendering a 3-1 advantage at White Hart Lane on Wednesday, a trait which frustrates the England international.<\/p>\n<p>When quizzed on how Arsenal could improve their title aspirations, Walcott said: \u201cMaybe not cave in when it comes to the big occasion, when we are 2-0 up and needing to kill a game off, which we don&#8217;t do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortcomings at the Emirates have even forced some supporters to question the position of long-serving coach Arsene Wenger as the Frenchman approaches his 15th anniversary at the club.<\/p>\n<p>Walcott however believes such criticism should fall at the feet of playing staff as opposed to management.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cPeople are looking at him but maybe they need to look at the players because we are not producing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/54dae6bc115682_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/24\/2456742\/theo-walcott-says-it-is-time-for-arsenal-to-stop-using-age-as-an-\" title=\"Theo Walcott says it is time for Arsenal to stop using age as an excuse\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Theo Walcott says it is time for Arsenal to stop using age as an excuse<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Luke Reddy 24 Apr 2011 22:44:00 Arsene Wenger and Theo Walcott (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Theo Walcott is adamant Arsenal can no longer use youthful age as an excuse for their errors and believes the club&#8217;s players need to take criticism for failings rather than Arsene Wenger . The Gunners have fallen for criticism in recent weeks as they look set to endure a sixth successive season without major silverware and 22-year-old Walcott believes it\u2019s time for the side to show responsibility. Speaking before Arsenal suffered defeat at the hands of Bolton, Walcott told the Sunday Telegraph : \u201cIf we want to win trophies we need to learn. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-395142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Theo Walcott says it is time for Arsenal to stop using age as an excuse - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/24\/theo-walcott-says-it-is-time-for-arsenal-to-stop-using-age-as-an-excuse\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Theo Walcott says it is time for Arsenal to stop using age as an excuse - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Luke Reddy 24 Apr 2011 22:44:00 Arsene Wenger and Theo Walcott (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Theo Walcott is adamant Arsenal can no longer use youthful age as an excuse for their errors and believes the club&#039;s players need to take criticism for failings rather than Arsene Wenger . 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