I don't think Alan shearer uderstands that Speed isn't everything. Theo might be a world class sprinter, but he has the slowest brain.
Bad decision to leave him out. With this wacky ball, and the altitude; balls over the top are running away from players. Walcott's pace would have b een an advantage in this regard.
I was laughing at some blog entry I read a couple of weeks ago. They were talking about how the England squad is shite and said, "We basically have three players who're exactly the same." Walcott, Wright-Phillips, and Lennon -- He has a point.