Two World Cups and two big shocks involving Theo Walcott. Four years ago almost no one predicted that the then 17-year-old would make it on the plane to Germany, but he went. This time around, most people had penciled him in for a first class seat, only for Fabio Capello to leave him out.

Given the fact the Arsenal man played in both recent friendly games and was at least as good as most other England men given a run out, his exclusion is something of a shock. However, when you look...

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