England v Brazil: Theo Walcott says he can be up to scratch for Roy Hodgson's men I might keep it and get a few more. It is a different test, which hopefully I passed. It is not always going to be pretty for yourself, but it was important for the team to win. "The manager [Arsène Wenger] has come to me afterward and said, "well done," which was great. The next test is to get my England career back where it should be. I want to get in the starting team. There's some great players. You need to get into the manager's [Roy Hodgson's] face in training. It's about getting into the manager's face and proving how good you are. If I can produce the form I'm in for Arsenal, hopefully that will make England into a better team. We've great talent across that front line. Two players [Jermain Defoe and Daniel Sturridge] have sadly dropped out, so this is an opportunity to show what I can do. Danny Welbeck is expected to start with Wayne Rooney against Brazil tomorrow, but Walcott also partnered Rooney in training at St George's Park on Monday. "If the manager decides to pick that, it could work," said Walcott. I am a runner, Wayne likes to drop and he can see any ball. He's special and definitely in top form. I am probably slight quicker than Wayne off the mark. We tend to look at each other, where we are on the pitch."" Walcott spent 90 minutes last month discussing the art of attacking with Thierry Henry, the Arsenal goalscoring legend who was briefly training at London Colney. It's probably the best hour and a half I've ever had. I always listen to people but when it's my hero I extra listen. Walcott has focused on such things as varying his movement when out wide, on "the right moment" for "coming off the line" and "not just making the same runs all the time." He has worked on being more selfish in the area. "If that means being greedy at the time you've got to do it,"" he said. He is enjoying being used more centrally, a plea he made when discussions began about a new contract last year. "Of course there is nerves and a lot of pressure in any game but when you are demanding to play in a certain role you need to perform," he added. Hopefully and thankfully it has gone well so far. He said the last three weeks before his contract signing "was probably the hardest. It was on my mind too much. My dad was always on the phone. My fiancée Mel as well. At times it was putting me off my game. Against Swansea, I had a lot of chances I missed, scuffed quite a lot. It was too much to bear, from the summer onwards. Luckily I coped with it all. But it could have swung the other way and been chaos. It shows strong character there. It shows I've got some fantastic people around me as well. I believe in the team. That's the main thing. This team should be right at the top. That's one of the main reasons why I wanted to commit my future here; we've got great potential but we just need to show it more often. He wants to reach 100 caps as Ashley Cole will do on Wednesday. Walcott has 30 caps aged 23 years 325 days; at the same age, Cole had 22 caps. Walcott was quick to praise Cole. He's very difficult to play against. The last couple of times I've had the better of him, I think. We've had a good laugh on the pitch. He might have lost a little bit of pace maybe - or I've gained a bit. He reads the game very well. Asked who was the most difficult left-back he has ever faced, Walcott replied: "Him [Cole] and Leighton Baines is definitely the next one." Cole, Walcott, Baines and the rest of the England squad had a meeting last night at St George's Park in which they analysed the best way to stop Brazilian stars such as Neymar. Neymar for me stands out. I have watched him a lot of times, but if we pressurise him and not let him do his tricks, he is going to be very quiet.