Theo Walcott insists Arsenal are on the brink of something special - so long as the squad stays together.

His impatience is synonymous with that of the club - he arrived in January 2006, midway through the first of what have been five barren seasons - and he knows it is about time something was done about it.

"If we stay together it will come," Walcott told the Telegraph. "The fans have been patient and we want to do something for them. It's been too long now. We have always used that excuse that we are still learning but now we need to go one step further. It has got to be silverware now. This team have got to be winning things."

Walcott, the pain of defeat in the North London derby still raw, is getting fed up with just flirting with success. He wants to go the whole way.

"The most important thing as a player is to win trophies. This team, if a lot of us could stay together, could get into the history books for winning trophies. I know what it feels like to lose. I got to the FA Youth Cup final with Saints. Lost that. Got to the Carling Cup final. Lost that. Got the European Under 21s final with England. Lost that. I want to win. Even if you don't play well, no one cares. You just want to win. No one remembers how you played in a World Cup final, they only remember who won it.

"We have to do the dirty work and grind the results out. We've done that a lot this season, against the likes of Stoke and Bolton. There's been a definite improvement and we're a few points better off than last season as well. But you can have the best stats in the world, keep the ball for most of the game but the only stat is that one in the top left-hand corner of the TV screen."