Lennon winning World Cup sprint
Eighteen games, three goals, eight assists.
Eight games, one goal, one assist.
That’s the difference in statistics in the Premier League this season between the impressive Aaron Lennon and his fellow England winger, Theo Walcott.
While Lennon has drawn plaudits for his performances for Tottenham Hotspur this season, 21-year-old Walcott has struggled for both form and fitness for London rivals Arsenal—to such an extent that he is in real danger of losing his once-secure England place.
The Arsenal man may have provided one of the most memorable moments of England’s successful World Cup qualification with his hat-trick against Croatia in Zagreb, but it is Lennon who—after starring in the return fixture with Slaven Bilic’s men that finally secured England’s World Cup berth—is starting to look the front-runner for the right-wing position in Fabio Capello’s side.
That is a frustrating turn of events for Walcott, who has been blighted by injuries on many occasions since joining the Gunners in 2006. But it is equally frustrating for the Arsenal fans who are still waiting on the man who inherited Thierry Henry’s No. 14 to consistently deliver the sort of performances they came to expect from the talismanic Frenchman.
Eighteen games, three goals, eight assists.
Eight games, one goal, one assist.
That’s the difference in statistics in the Premier League this season between the impressive Aaron Lennon and his fellow England winger, Theo Walcott.
While Lennon has drawn plaudits for his performances for Tottenham Hotspur this season, 21-year-old Walcott has struggled for both form and fitness for London rivals Arsenal—to such an extent that he is in real danger of losing his once-secure England place.
The Arsenal man may have provided one of the most memorable moments of England’s successful World Cup qualification with his hat-trick against Croatia in Zagreb, but it is Lennon who—after starring in the return fixture with Slaven Bilic’s men that finally secured England’s World Cup berth—is starting to look the front-runner for the right-wing position in Fabio Capello’s side.
That is a frustrating turn of events for Walcott, who has been blighted by injuries on many occasions since joining the Gunners in 2006. But it is equally frustrating for the Arsenal fans who are still waiting on the man who inherited Thierry Henry’s No. 14 to consistently deliver the sort of performances they came to expect from the talismanic Frenchman.