Richard Williams: There's a need for speed - so don't clip the wondrous wings of Theo Walcott

There's a need for speed - so don't clip the wondrous wings of Walcott Fabio Capello needs to show a faith in Theo Walcott that has been absent for previous young English talent Theo Walcott takes the ball past Danijel Pranjic of Croatia. Photograph: Phil Cole/Getty Images If Fabio Capello were to follow Chris Waddle's advice and drop Theo Walcott from the starting line-up this evening, there would probably be riots around Wembley. Ninety thousand people have not bought tickets for the match against Kazakhstan to be denied a good long look at the hat-trick hero of Zagreb. Capello admitted this week that he had not expected Walcott to make quite such an impact as he did against Croatia, when the 19-year-old Arsenal player's goals reinflated the leaky balloon from which England's World Cup hopes are suspended. It was... [read full story]