So, Theo CAN score goals

On the back of the homegrown players debate yesterday, Kieran Gibbs was in action last night as England u-19s beat Croatia 2-0. In addition, Theo Walcott scored for the u-21s which proves that he does have goalscoring talent, even if he hasn’t completely manifested it in terms of club football just yet.

Young full-back Armand Traore has proved just how modernised footballers are nowadays, as he revealed that he uses YouTube to watch his forthcoming opponents. Well, that’s certainly original and the interviews on Arsenal TV Online at the moment if you want to watch it.

I’m going to the England-Switzerland game tonight and whilst I am aware there will be no Arsenal players on display, there will be a couple that have come through our Academy in Ashley Cole and David Bentley. It’s fairly safe to say that I’m not great admirers of either of them, at least we can say they are products of our Youth Academy. Hopefully the likes of Lansbury can follow their footsteps into the full national side in the not too distant future.