Wow, this is fantastic to see. Theo is someone I really looked up to! Met him once, (2008) and he was so down to earth and polite - even signed my Arsenal shirt. I had finance issues at the time and was offered £350 cash for it, but I kept my pride and refused to sell. I am very comfortable now and still have the shirt, so it was a win-win!🎉 This is a great interview (one of my favourites, alongside Chris Eubank Senior). Keep up the fine work, sir. ✨️👌
Theo Walcott was one of the players like RVP, Nasri and Fabregas the reason i became an Arsenal fan. I bought my first ever Arsenal kit 10 years ago with Theo's name on it.
You must regret it. 🤣🤣🤣 I can relate, because I bought a Juventus shirt with Del Piero name on it. Years later, I wish I got Zidane or Davids instead. 😭😭😭
I respect how honest Theo is. If he was not ambitious or had the drive to win trophies while playing and only played for arsenal because he loved football and the club then fair play to him. I personally dont consider this "loser" mentality. He loved the game and the club and this was more important than ruining his relationship with his peers and club potentially speaking against the club, or fighting to leave. I respect that, he was a good servant and watching him growing up, I would never question his desire to fight for the badge.
Really enjoyed this ,nice to see a grown up conversation,Theo’s always come across as very honest . Like listening to Simon always let other person speak without interrupting .great podcast ,il listen to more now .
Thank you Theo, your contribution to arsenal will forever go unnoticed you're part of a selfless squad of unsung heros that allowed Arsenal to stabilise and set the foundation for where we are now some us won't forget the sacrifices you made for this club. I'm glad you enjoyed your time in doing so and look back so positively about your time in the trench for us 🙌
He's a credit to his profession. Never his fault that he was called up for the world cup at 17. Had had a very good career, a relatable guy though, sems grounded. Nice lad
Ahhh this is my sort of channel! Love Simon Jordon, not everyone's cuppa obviously, but for me! I would happily have a chat with him! Yes he is direct, blunt and sometimes rude, but you will ALWAYS know where you stand with this man!
Being a posh softie isn’t a mark of intelligence. If anything, he lacks intelligence marked by how he hardly ever made the right pass or consistently missed sitters.
Really enjoyed this podcast with Theo!! Great insight on his up bringing and his time at Arsenal. Looking forward to seeing more former Arsenal players on this podcast in the future 🔴⚪🔴⚪
Disappointing that Theo didn’t mention that Arsenal challenged several times in the league from 2007-2014. The team was few points away from winning the title!!
@@Dercudezspoken like a man who doesn’t support a team. The fans at the ground every week would have talked about it every week and will still remember the feeling of hope. Bet you watch games on the telly.
Tbeo ...I can remember vividly during his teen age when he sign for arsenal he was well managed by Wenger till he grows up to first squad at 16 he got his first call up into england squad
Theo absolutely bang on regarding youth development. Players now days are just tactical robots with no expression allowed so that they fit under any manager
@@onepunch2j308 That is what I remembered. He sat up on the stretcher, while he was being carried off, and made a 2 - 0 signal with his hands. That is what I remembered
This is a premier league thing. My lad is at a League 1 club Under 18s and they all do the old jobs apprentices used to do. Boots, clean changing rooms, pump the balls up for the first team before training and so on.
Simon drilling him about his lack of success. Bro, there is no divine right to win trophies. Three cups, he scored in a final, scored more than 100 goals for Arsenal, set financially forever. Decent bloke, family man. haah that is some success if you ask me!
I mean, ultimately you could do the same with Ronaldo couldn't you. Oh you've been successful but never won a certain cup with Portugal. There will always be something but at the end of the day, it's a team sport and very few win everything
I don't know why, but I never knew he was a bit posh I used to love him years back, his pace was unreal, I must have never heard him do an interview before. Seems like a proper nice fella!
As much as i loved Wenger Theo really shows why we didn't win the league during his time - we didn't have the mentality and that was facilitated by Wenger.
As a lifelong Gooner- I love Theo- lovely chap and was a good servant to Arsenal FC in the end! However , (i don't want to be a hater btw!!) hes a player i watched extensively and he just didnt seem to develop during his career....he had some obvious flaws in his game and he didnt appear to be able to improve on them. Makes sense that he started late- it looks to me that he was like ' this is me, these are my attributes...and thats it'. Shame really cos he had the raw tools to be twice the player he was
It’s amazing how a team like Arsenal can stay within the rules of the game and spend less than what they bring in. Build a new stadium while staying within the financial guidelines and get all criticism for not winning loads trophies. Yet you have Manchester city who go out there and have 115 charges against them for financial doping and basically breaking all the rules and everything gets shoved under the carpet
Lovely guy, and probably institutionalised in to the ‘different culture’ at Arsenal at the time that he joined the club. Simon is right to question the change in mentality at Arsenal, but Theo was so young that he probably wasn’t even aware. What I would say though, from a mentality perspective - is that Theo seemed happy to be there. A productive player, with brilliance at times - but probably an insight in to the culture at the time at Arsenal. Happy to be there, take direction. A good time guy - but not a killer. He seems robust, for sure. An independent thinker too - but not a killer. If he was, he might have left Arsenal sooner and achieved much more like RVP, Fabregas and others that left. That’s no criticism either, he was just a player that was grateful of the opportunity and did his best I am sure.
Theo is a great lad & decent player. He never really developed much after he arrived at Arsenal. Arsene was too patient with him and others that stagnated - ending up costing Arsene his job.
This showed us A LOT of Theo’s character… someone who would shy away from responsibility & lacking conviction but in his head, he’s ALWAYS doing the right thing and nothing is his fault…
Simon jordan is honest and blunt, and i know he wants the same from whoever he might be interviewing. To me, he sounds more like someone who wants to validate what he believes - so not just for his listeners to learn as he claims because his questions one by one always have another one loaded behind them - 'yes, but you said'. The start of trying to catch you out. Picture, businessmen with podcast that haven't sold their shares yet, just like simon on his podcast, asked why his crystal palace fell flat but pocked at his awnser for what they believed to be the real reason.
Which Liverpool away game was Theo referring to when he saw Arsene be really mad for the only time? It can't be that 5-1 defeat in 2014 as he was injured.
Walcott was strangly guarded in this interview, even though he's retired now and doesn't owe anyone anything. I feel like he wanted to go off on Ozil but kept his tongue.
Speaking as an Arsenal fan, Theo seldom convinced he was ever a nailed on starter during his time at the club. Yes, he had a decent career with perfectly respectable figures for goals scored and assists for a wide attacking player but he begged Arsene Wenger to play him through the middle and the results were so underwhelming this was abandoned very quickly. He also flattered to deceive in an England shirt and no-one can really argue he merited all 47 of his caps. I think Paul Merson hit the nail on the head when he agreed that Walcott was talented but 'just didn't have a football brain' i.e. his decision making in the final 3rd was no better at 15 than it was at 34. That said, being an unused member of England's 2006 WC squad at just 17, before he had even played for Arsenal probably did his credibility in the eyes of others more harm than good. Simon Jordan asks Theo the most pressing question in as polite and gracious manner as I can paraphrase for him here: Why were you satisfied with a mediocre Arsenal when you could have gone elsewhere and won silverware? Theo's response that he 'just loved playing football' seems evasively non committal and symptomatic of Arsenal gradual descent into the top 4 = success mindset.
I don’t get it 🤷🏽♂️ I’m so confused, apart from Phil Foden getting player of the year, playing in Peps perfect team, what’s Foden done for England? Apart from scoring 4 goals in 37 games? Questions please?
Why is anyone giving The Author the time of day? He never showed any improvement in more than ten years at Arse'nal and was the epitome of the mediocrity there during that period.
@cjewe1z Nobody knows you. You could have named any of your achievements but didn't. People want to hear the interview and you came to leave numerous negative comments. All this says plenty about you
@@silewis9396 This is not about me. It's about some journeyman footballer. Why would anyone want to hear from a journeyman? I'd rather be inspired by a Champion. Do you want to learn how to be a journeyman?
3 Arsenal players that really could have done it all... Walcott, Wilshire and Diaby. Injury is a real bitch for the latter two but a major lack of real proper development and guidance is what let Theo down. He was just thrust in to it all and set up for failure, imo.
To think he started at 10 and 7 years later he went to the World Cup, that is mental
The fact he grew taller and changed his name to
Dominic Calvertlewin to keep playing is a testament to his dedication to the sport
🤣🤣🤣
Some people says that Hamilton retired after the 2021 debacle ending the F1 season, and Mercedes let Walcott change name and drive the car.
😂😂
Yeah except Calvert Lewin wasn't the most overrated englush player like Walcott was.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Simon Jordan having a normal chat for once in his life. Theo Walcott is a great guy who you can’t argue with or hate. Class
He won’t get anyone who wants to be interviewed if he is his usual obnoxious self.
Yet here you are watching
Walcott is so bland and vanilla on and off the field that he will never offend anyone even if he tried his hardest. 🤣🤣🤣
@@cjewe1z Well said Sir.
@@cjewe1z He wound an entire Spurs crowd up once. Just by holding up a few fingers. Shows what you know.
Wow, this is fantastic to see. Theo is someone I really looked up to!
Met him once, (2008) and he was so down to earth and polite - even signed my Arsenal shirt. I had finance issues at the time and was offered £350 cash for it, but I kept my pride and refused to sell.
I am very comfortable now and still have the shirt, so it was a win-win!🎉 This is a great interview (one of my favourites, alongside Chris Eubank Senior). Keep up the fine work, sir. ✨️👌
Theo Walcott was one of the players like RVP, Nasri and Fabregas the reason i became an Arsenal fan. I bought my first ever Arsenal kit 10 years ago with Theo's name on it.
Remember sign da ting
You must regret it. 🤣🤣🤣 I can relate, because I bought a Juventus shirt with Del Piero name on it. Years later, I wish I got Zidane or Davids instead. 😭😭😭
@@lukingforabettername that was for Auba
How can you put Walcott on the same level as Van Persie, Cesc, or Nasri 😂😂😂
@@tournaline3448 I start supporting Arsenal at that era, can you blame me?
I respect how honest Theo is. If he was not ambitious or had the drive to win trophies while playing and only played for arsenal because he loved football and the club then fair play to him. I personally dont consider this "loser" mentality. He loved the game and the club and this was more important than ruining his relationship with his peers and club potentially speaking against the club, or fighting to leave. I respect that, he was a good servant and watching him growing up, I would never question his desire to fight for the badge.
I like the sound of this young footballer, he has so much potential.................
He's 36
@@whodoyouratemorer/whoosh
he's bloody 35 he said it himself we're you not listening to it
🤣🤣🤣
Word of the day: Sarcasm
Really enjoyed this ,nice to see a grown up conversation,Theo’s always come across as very honest . Like listening to Simon always let other person speak without interrupting .great podcast ,il listen to more now .
The expectations this guy had on his shoulders was insane at the time, the fact he started playing football at 10 is just even more insane.
He couldn't handle it.
@@cjewe1z He shouldv'e done what Odegaard did at Real Madrid (leave), but he stayed
@@cjewe1z he scored 108 goals for arsenal
@@cjewe1z Played at the top level for about 15 years, retired with a few trophies and on his terms happy and satisfied. Aye, you're talking shit.
@@SPARKLEGOTSECTIONED In how many games? 🤣🤣🤣
This was insightful! Theo’s mentality was a reflection of a top 4 is a trophy is the reason why the team failed to beat the top teams.
Thank you Theo, your contribution to arsenal will forever go unnoticed you're part of a selfless squad of unsung heros that allowed Arsenal to stabilise and set the foundation for where we are now some us won't forget the sacrifices you made for this club. I'm glad you enjoyed your time in doing so and look back so positively about your time in the trench for us 🙌
One of my favourite episodes yet, Theo comes across as such a humble and grateful guy for everything he has achieved in his life
Credit to Simon, he “wants to get to the bottom line and cut through the NONTHENTH”
😅😅 beat me to it
Every video. Boring clown
😂
bloody hell, that's so old and unoriginal. and pathetically juvenile.
@@stevenstrutt2430same lol
Theo is such a humble and respectful man. Arsenal Legend!!
What is he an Arse'nal legend for?
Not with that mentality
@@cjewe1z 108 goals for arsenal
@@SPARKLEGOTSECTIONED 108 goals... in 397 games. 🤣🤣🤣
@@cjewe1z 108 more than you 🤣
Very calm and composed guy, nice interview
He's a credit to his profession. Never his fault that he was called up for the world cup at 17. Had had a very good career, a relatable guy though, sems grounded. Nice lad
And won nothing of note.
@@cjewe1z and is a millionaire..jealous ?
@@SPARKLEGOTSECTIONED Jealous of what? Are you a groupie? 🤣
@@cjewe1z most footballers win nothing of note. Also, it's ludicrous to suggest that winning an FA Cup is not noteworthy.
Ahhh this is my sort of channel! Love Simon Jordon, not everyone's cuppa obviously, but for me! I would happily have a chat with him! Yes he is direct, blunt and sometimes rude, but you will ALWAYS know where you stand with this man!
Tea making ability aside, Walcott is arguably one of those rare players that combine natural next level talent with intelligence.
Being a posh softie isn’t a mark of intelligence. If anything, he lacks intelligence marked by how he hardly ever made the right pass or consistently missed sitters.
Great interview, and Theo,such a gentleman 👏
Nice bloke, very refreshing
Love the intro simon. As a rule for debate a fair space must exist. Well done pal
Great interview. Theo spoke so well, great insight into his career
Really enjoyed this podcast with Theo!! Great insight on his up bringing and his time at Arsenal. Looking forward to seeing more former Arsenal players on this podcast in the future 🔴⚪🔴⚪
Disappointing that Theo didn’t mention that Arsenal challenged several times in the league from 2007-2014. The team was few points away from winning the title!!
They challenged but ended up slipping every single time. That’s nothing to brag about.
Didn't win, so it doesn't matter. This is coming from an Arsenal fan.
It does matter to debunk the fact that Arsenal wernt ambitious, they were but fell short. There can only be 1 winner@@FFTsteel
@@robinndjavera5625 It does not because Walcott already stated that the aim was top four. It was very clear we were unambitious post Highbury era.
@@Dercudezspoken like a man who doesn’t support a team. The fans at the ground every week would have talked about it every week and will still remember the feeling of hope. Bet you watch games on the telly.
Simon's the best. Really looking for honesty. Great interview from a fantastic interviewer.
Great interview. Articulate individual who has a lot still to offer the game.
Good on you Theo.
Great and insightful interview from my club legend #COYG
Fair play. He’s cut straight through the vacuous, uninformed nonsense and got to the how, when and why
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ive watched a lot of these podcasts and this is definitely one of the best.
What a humble nice
Guy Theo comes
Across as
Allways liked Theo good footballer❤
32:43 wow 🥶 wasn’t expecting that even from Simon, hats off to Theo for holding back
Brilliant simon absolutely fantastic things back to normal no souness or Deeney love it a grt watch
Tbeo ...I can remember vividly during his teen age when he sign for arsenal he was well managed by Wenger till he grows up to first squad at 16 he got his first call up into england squad
Theo absolutely bang on regarding youth development. Players now days are just tactical robots with no expression allowed so that they fit under any manager
My favourite theo memory is him celebrating 5-2 against spurs on the stretcher… even injured he was “fuck these guys I just scored” 🤣
Memory? It was 2-1.
😂yes it was.. fa cup@@ninghir
@@donaldwalker4450it was 2-0 get your facts right
@@onepunch2j308
That is what I remembered. He sat up on the stretcher, while he was being carried off, and made a 2 - 0 signal with his hands.
That is what I remembered
Wow, still cleaning Kenwyn Jones’s boots… what a great example to young footballers today.👏🏽👏🏽
This is a premier league thing. My lad is at a League 1 club Under 18s and they all do the old jobs apprentices used to do. Boots, clean changing rooms, pump the balls up for the first team before training and so on.
Have to get sir Alex or Roy keane on here . Would be great to see Simon chat with one if not both
Kp as well
What a lovely well balanced young man. A great example to young Pro players growing up.
Will always be a arsenal legend
top notch interview!
Well done Theo. Great listen
Simon drilling him about his lack of success. Bro, there is no divine right to win trophies. Three cups, he scored in a final, scored more than 100 goals for Arsenal, set financially forever. Decent bloke, family man. haah that is some success if you ask me!
I mean, ultimately you could do the same with Ronaldo couldn't you. Oh you've been successful but never won a certain cup with Portugal. There will always be something but at the end of the day, it's a team sport and very few win everything
One of the best interviews
Always liked Theo . Now I know why .
What a nice guy
Not fully appreciated
Was such a good footballer and scored over 100 goals for us
In 400 games… for a forward that came for big money at the time. Really not that impressive when u break it down…
@@Dontbeafoool a winger you mean
@@SPARKLEGOTSECTIONED he was often on the right of a 4-3-3. So “forward” still stands.
He was a substandard footballer. Totally overrated. He averaged 9 goals a season.
@@BDOOM57 108 goals more than you
I don't know why, but I never knew he was a bit posh I used to love him years back, his pace was unreal, I must have never heard him do an interview before. Seems like a proper nice fella!
POSH 😂😂😂😂.THE VOICE AND HAIR LIKE A GIRL?
It's refreshing to see a black guy talk with an English accent, and not like a ting boy from da streetz. 😂I
@Revelian1982 he's mixed race not black he has a white mother
@@danhan835 WORD
Posh???? You mean speak normally which a lot of English people
Can’t manage - mumble mumble swallow words, slang, no pronunciation of T’s
Love theo man ❤
What a character Theo is
As much as i loved Wenger Theo really shows why we didn't win the league during his time - we didn't have the mentality and that was facilitated by Wenger.
Theo was about to take things to the next level before he tore his ACL. Very unfortunate timing.
Brilliant interview 👌🏻
Wrong info by Simon. Ozil signed in 2013 before Arsenal winning the 2014 FA cup 🏆 . He was part of the team.
I'm a toon fan i loved this interview honest firstly and I reckon we will see him in the future in some sort of football
The streets will never forget bolasie. Legend
Awesome player thanks for thE memories
come across as a really nice guy and i like the way he talks about football too
"cut thru the nonthenth" that's funnier every time I hear it
Did you learn something along the way?
@@Kishishev1903 Simon always makes sensth
Putting tea bags in a kettle at 15 😂😂😂
He must have been better at that than playing football. 🤣🤣🤣
I did the same around that age by putting coffee in the kettle when my aunt visited once 😂😂😂😂
As a lifelong Gooner- I love Theo- lovely chap and was a good servant to Arsenal FC in the end! However , (i don't want to be a hater btw!!) hes a player i watched extensively and he just didnt seem to develop during his career....he had some obvious flaws in his game and he didnt appear to be able to improve on them. Makes sense that he started late- it looks to me that he was like ' this is me, these are my attributes...and thats it'.
Shame really cos he had the raw tools to be twice the player he was
My only arsenal jersey with a player name number. 2009/10, home, short sleeve, 14 walcott.
It’s amazing how a team like Arsenal can stay within the rules of the game and spend less than what they bring in. Build a new stadium while staying within the financial guidelines and get all criticism for not winning loads trophies.
Yet you have Manchester city who go out there and have 115 charges against them for financial doping and basically breaking all the rules and everything gets shoved under the carpet
Will always remember Theo from that Fa cup run , Blew spurs to the ground 💨
From serenity and calmness comes a cocentrated mind
I need Simon Jordan to interview more than just sports people in this sit down format. He doesn't hold back and is not afraid to Grill a bit!
What a lovely bloke !!!!!!
I'm guessing you don't mean Simon
Very intelligent and I heard he was one if the most likeable players at Arsenal
Theo is so articulate
THEO, THEO, THEO 💪
He's one of the most talented players the country has ever seen. Imagine if he had always played the game
Talented at running fast. That's it
@@G-Man78 yer da
Lovely guy, and probably institutionalised in to the ‘different culture’ at Arsenal at the time that he joined the club. Simon is right to question the change in mentality at Arsenal, but Theo was so young that he probably wasn’t even aware. What I would say though, from a mentality perspective - is that Theo seemed happy to be there. A productive player, with brilliance at times - but probably an insight in to the culture at the time at Arsenal. Happy to be there, take direction. A good time guy - but not a killer. He seems robust, for sure. An independent thinker too - but not a killer. If he was, he might have left Arsenal sooner and achieved much more like RVP, Fabregas and others that left. That’s no criticism either, he was just a player that was grateful of the opportunity and did his best I am sure.
Arsene Wenger never got the best of him…at Southampton he was rising but at Arsenal he levelled
I wonder how much further he would have gone if Wenger moulded him into a striker from the very beginning
Gotta love Theo 😍
Theo is a great lad & decent player. He never really developed much after he arrived at Arsenal. Arsene was too patient with him and others that stagnated - ending up costing Arsene his job.
His mentality alongside Wenger's is what kept arsenal back all those years.
Legend
This showed us A LOT of Theo’s character… someone who would shy away from responsibility & lacking conviction but in his head, he’s ALWAYS doing the right thing and nothing is his fault…
18:04 where does that "thometimes" come from?
locked you all in the dressing room and said whos up first ?
Simon jordan is honest and blunt, and i know he wants the same from whoever he might be interviewing. To me, he sounds more like someone who wants to validate what he believes - so not just for his listeners to learn as he claims because his questions one by one always have another one loaded behind them - 'yes, but you said'. The start of trying to catch you out. Picture, businessmen with podcast that haven't sold their shares yet, just like simon on his podcast, asked why his crystal palace fell flat but pocked at his awnser for what they believed to be the real reason.
He was only good at some fronts but still he was a good player. No average players scored over 100 goals in the top flight.
Which Liverpool away game was Theo referring to when he saw Arsene be really mad for the only time? It can't be that 5-1 defeat in 2014 as he was injured.
Walcott was strangly guarded in this interview, even though he's retired now and doesn't owe anyone anything. I feel like he wanted to go off on Ozil but kept his tongue.
Theoooooo ❤
Speaking as an Arsenal fan, Theo seldom convinced he was ever a nailed on starter during his time at the club. Yes, he had a decent career with perfectly respectable figures for goals scored and assists for a wide attacking player but he begged Arsene Wenger to play him through the middle and the results were so underwhelming this was abandoned very quickly. He also flattered to deceive in an England shirt and no-one can really argue he merited all 47 of his caps. I think Paul Merson hit the nail on the head when he agreed that Walcott was talented but 'just didn't have a football brain' i.e. his decision making in the final 3rd was no better at 15 than it was at 34. That said, being an unused member of England's 2006 WC squad at just 17, before he had even played for Arsenal probably did his credibility in the eyes of others more harm than good. Simon Jordan asks Theo the most pressing question in as polite and gracious manner as I can paraphrase for him here: Why were you satisfied with a mediocre Arsenal when you could have gone elsewhere and won silverware? Theo's response that he 'just loved playing football' seems evasively non committal and symptomatic of Arsenal gradual descent into the top 4 = success mindset.
Theo, Theo, Theo!
🙌🙌🙌
Simon asking harder questions this time!!
He's good in Eastenders
I don’t get it 🤷🏽♂️ I’m so confused, apart from Phil Foden getting player of the year, playing in Peps perfect team, what’s Foden done for England? Apart from scoring 4 goals in 37 games? Questions please?
No need to add ”too early” in the sentence ”He went to Tottenham to early”.
I always thought that Theo is a bit of a politician.
This interview has ossified my opinion
мой любимый игрок при Венгере
Why is anyone giving The Author the time of day? He never showed any improvement in more than ten years at Arse'nal and was the epitome of the mediocrity there during that period.
Your achievements in life during this period please!,,I think Theo is more successful than you,stop being jealous,just enjoy the interview.
@@johnbarrert3732 Is that so? Do you know me, you tip rider?
@cjewe1z Nobody knows you. You could have named any of your achievements but didn't. People want to hear the interview and you came to leave numerous negative comments. All this says plenty about you
@@silewis9396 This is not about me. It's about some journeyman footballer. Why would anyone want to hear from a journeyman? I'd rather be inspired by a Champion. Do you want to learn how to be a journeyman?
It is a bit sad to hear a player talk about top 4 for arsenal being like winning a medal...
How many times can he say ‘sort of’
How can that happen in 2017? 1) Mikel retired in 2016. 2) Arsenal didn't make top 4 that year.
Theo perfectly illustrating the mediocre malaise that engulfed Arsenal for a decade.
“I was just happy to play”
3 Arsenal players that really could have done it all... Walcott, Wilshire and Diaby. Injury is a real bitch for the latter two but a major lack of real proper development and guidance is what let Theo down. He was just thrust in to it all and set up for failure, imo.
not diaby
Anyone know if Simon owned a football club?