OPINION
Theo Walcott has had an underwhelming few months and the call for him to be axed from the Everton line-up reached fever pitch in the wake of his latest anodyne performance in the 2-2 v Watford on Monday night. The January signing from Arsenal was named in the starting XI for the 15th time in the club’s 16 Premier League matches this season but last just two-thirds of the game before making way for Ademola Lookman. Many Everton supporters are keen for that to become a permanent arrangement, as they believe the younger man to have the technical ability and quality not always consistently displayed from Walcott. Certainly, the right-sided attacker was poor against Watford in what was a generally underwhelming team performance after so many impressive ones of late. Walcott’s distribution and decision-making wound up Evertonians good and proper, and they are right in calling for him to be dropped in the next game.
This Is Futbol has rounded up some of the best tweets below:
Coleman and Walcott on one side is nothing more than a liability at the moment
— Joe Cook (@Joe97C) December 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/kevin41782920/status/1072257215690670080
Couple of really poor individual performances out there tonight. I don’t like digging players out but Walcott was awful on the ball and invisible off it. Needs dropping. #EFC
— ??? ?????? (@danshanks) December 10, 2018
Disappointing result for #EFC today. After such a promising derby performance to drop four points at whole against Newcastle and Watford. We lack a top class striker, and Walcott is so frustrating. Andre Gomes though is just brilliant #COYB
— Daniel Button (@D_Button) December 10, 2018
The right side is looking a problem for us. Coleman/Walcott out of form and don't link well. Gylfi either looks class, or is a passenger, same goes with Bernard today. Overall we didn't work hard enough off the ball #efc
— Moshiri Out. (@BlueDanEFC) December 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/Magsy1978/status/1072246218431041536
In the end thats a great result looking back on the game, but jesus cheist, that was a shocking performance from twenty minutes in , #EFC keane had a stinker today, coleman 2nd half gana all game walcott woeful, sigurdsson awful again
— James (@SavEliiz2014) December 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/busjharv/status/1072248701102497799
Theo Walcott was a waste of money #efc
— Ash Gollins?? (@GollinsAsh) December 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/batchybaby/status/1072242237399011328
https://twitter.com/supernaturalbro/status/1072231151564189697
Just don't see the point in Walcott brainless
— Albie Donnelly (@bickfordblue) December 10, 2018