Wenger fears Walcott’s blinding pace

(29-10-2010) Arsene Wenger is worried that flying winger Theo Walcott’s searing pace could be the route of his injury battles. The 21-year-old England international has suffered a string of knocks over the past two years. "At his pace, when you get stopped, you are always vulnerable,” commented Wenger on Thursday. "Against Newcastle (in the Carling Cup on Wednesday) he got one or two tackles and he got away with it because he did not have his full weight on his standing leg.” Added Wenger: "When you play against a player who is so quick, sometimes you can mistime tackles. It's not necessarily always that you want to hit him, but he is so quick that you think, 'Now I can get the ball', and it has gone away."