EPL: Cup win will spur us - Walcott

Theo Walcott says winning this season's
FA Cup could prompt the return of regular
silverware to the Arsenal trophy cabinet.
Walcott ruptured the anterior cruciate
ligament in his left knee during the
Gunners' FA Cup third-round victory over
Tottenham at the Emirates in January.
The injury ruled him out for the rest of the
campaign - and out of the club's challenge
to end nine years without a trophy - as well
as England's World Cup campaign.
"I think next season will be a massive one
for myself and the team," said Walcott,
whose side face Hull in the end-of-season
showpiece at Wembley on May 17.
"If we win the FA Cup, which we have a
great chance to do with the way we are
playing, the players are going to want
more trophies.
"I think the first one is so important - once
you win that, you'll win more and more.
I'm pretty sure of that.
"It would be great for the boss to win a
trophy again, too. He's shown so much
belief in us throughout the years. If we
don't play well, he always reflects it back
on him, even though it's our job to go out
there each week and try to perform.
"That just shows how much faith he has in
us all and it's really important to him. The
years just before I arrived here were
unbelievable and he wants that again."
Arsenal were a point above Manchester
City at the top of the Premier League when
the 25-year-old suffered his injury on
January 4 but the winger felt the absence
of other key players was just as damaging
to the club's title aspirations.
"Losing Aaron (Ramsey) and then Mesut
(Ozil) and Jack (Wilshere) soon
afterwards, the boss admitted it was
difficult for us to cope," he said. "If you
take three main players out of a team, it's
going to affect you.
"It was sad for everyone to get injured
around the same time but you deal with
that as a squad. You want to try and keep
your main players fit and sadly we
couldn't."