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British Football Week : March 9th 2010
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EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF PLUS MUCH MORE... ISSUE 1243 | TUESDAY, MARCH 9 --- MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010 $5.95 | New Zealand: $5.95 (inc GST) Singapore: $5.50 (inc GST) Brunei: $6 Hong Kong: $HK35 THE football world mourns the shock death of Macclesfield manager Keith Alexander at the age of just 53. PETER Crouch strengthens his claims for a place in the England World Cup squad with a double in the 3-1 win against Egypt after coming off the bench. VILLA-RATING! >> FULL REPORT P20&21 FOOTBALL'S rule makers have slammed the door shut on the prospect of goalline technology in the immediate future, arguing that the human element of football should remain. Wad a blast for 'young' Walcott ASTON Villa are within one game of a second Wembley final appearance this season after a thrilling come-from-behind FA Cup quarter-final victory over Reading at the Madejski Stadium. A double from Shane Long had given the Championship side a 2-0 lead at the break but Ashley Young pulled one back before John Carew blasted a hat-trick to give Martin O'Neill's side a 4-2 win and set up a semi-final showdown with Chelsea. The Villans will be desperate to reach the final and atone for last month's Carling Cup final defeat at the hands of Manchester United. >> PAGE 8 >> PAGE 3 >> PAGE 24 CHRIS Waddle has questioned Theo Walcott's (pictured) England credentials and claims the Arsenal winger ''doesn't understand the game''. Walcott, 20, gave a disappointing performance in the 3-1 victory over Egypt, and England improved after he was replaced by Shaun Wright-Phillips early in the second half. Four years ago Walcott was selected for England's World Cup squad before he played a first team match for Arsenal. However, his prospects of ear ning a place on the trip for the finals in South Africa this summer may have diminished after his underwhelming display at Wembley. Waddle has serious concerns about Walcott's development, and the 49-year-old former England winger, who won 62 caps, criticised the young Gunner's knowledge of how to fill a wide role. ''People keep saying he's young but Wayne Rooney understood the game at 16, 17,'' Waddle said. ''I've never seen any difference in Theo Walcott since he was at Southampton and broke into the team at a very young age. ''I've never seen him develop. He just doesn't understand the game for me --- where to be running, when to run inside a full-back, (when to) just play a one-two. ''The ball comes to him and if he gets a good first touch he might be on his way if he shows pace. But he has a plan in his mind before the ball comes to him. He's not looking as if to think, 'This is where I want to be, this is where I want to go, and this is what I'm going to do'. ''It just seems to be all off the cuff. ''People keep saying to me, 'Oh he's young and he'll lear n'. ''I keep thinking, 'Fabregas has lear nt and he's young, Rooney has learnt... they all read the game so well'. ''I just don't think he's got a football brain and he's going to have problems. ''Eventually he could play up front but would he know where to run? Let's be honest, good defenders would catch him offside every time. ''I just don't know whether he studies the game, lear ns the game, or what. He's at a great club where they play fantastic football week-in, week-out, and I'm just surprised he's never developed his game.''
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