Walcott is lightning quick, with great timing to his runs, and despite his clear discomfort playing in the build up phases of Wengerball, he has one of the most impressive first touches of anyone in world football when travelling at high speed. And yet, our midfield have been reluctant to play anything approaching a ball in behind for him to capitalise on.

In Mesut Ozil, we have a creator with a wand of a left foot.

In Granit Xhaka, we have one of, if not the best long passer in Premier League football. Yet neither have spent consistent minutes on the same pitch as Theo Walcott or attempted the obvious pass even when they have.

We are so often undone ourselves by a simple ball in behind. Make all the jokes you like about the quality of our defence, but having variety to our play and the ability to cause defenders headaches with blistering pace has earned Arsenal dividends in season gone by.

Yet we don’t use Theo properly.

The mind boggles.

But the landscape has changed somewhat.

Where we used to field four at the back, with wingers not wing backs offering width, that team desperately needed some direct running to push defences back and get support up alongside the lone striker.

In the new system, it is the wide defenders who smear their boots with chalk instead of genuine wingers, and you have to ask if there’s a place for Theo in the squad let alone the first team under the new regime.

After all, if we’re not going to play him, he’s still young enough (and English) that he should command a ridiculous transfer fee in today’s market.

But are we there yet?

Does he have a future at Arsenal Football Club or is there still space for Walcott?