ONCE a loser, always a loser. But at least he is consistent.

Steve McClaren might be a YouTube sensation, yet as a soccer coach he is still a dud.

And no amount of phony Double Dutch can disguise that fact.

The former national boss returned to London for another dose of capital punishment, as his team were once again humiliated in this Champions League qualifier, second leg.

And no one benefited from his tactical shortcomings more than Theo Walcott, the kid he axed from his England squad.

McClarens first act on taking over from Sven Goran Eriksson was to dump Walcott, following the kids shock World Cup call-up by the Swede.

It was arguably the only decision he got right during his disastrous 15 months in charge of the national team.

For Walcotts progress since his high-profile move to Arsenal has been painfully, disappointingly slow.

But they say revenge is a dish best served cold and the teenager showed at least there is nothing wrong with his timing, as he ripped McClarens Dutch cloggers to pieces.

McClaren must have feared that Arsenals only Englishman would come back to haunt him here and those fears were realised in full.

The Walcott-inspired Gunners won with such ease it was hard to believe this was a team supposed to be in crisis.

The return of Cesc Fabregas to pull the strings in the middle of the pitch steadied the ship after Saturdays capitulation at Fulham.

Fabregas presence allowed Walcott and fellow wide man Samir Nasri the opportunity to cut loose against poor Twentes shocking full-backs.McClaren fooled no one but himself when he declared he had outwitted Arsene Wenger during Arsenals 2-0 victory in Arnhem a fortnight ago.

Yet there was nothing clever about his tactics this time as his team just got bodies behind the ball and looked to kick the Gunners out of their stride.

It was a game-plan doomed to failure and the only surprise was it took the home side 27 minutes to breach the Dutch defence.

Walcotts cross was rescued by Robin Van Persie, Nasris sublime first touch sent the entire Twente defence the wrong way and his second despatched the ball into the bottom corner.

Arsenals flicks, tricks and back-heels were carving Twente apart. But the finishing touch was missing, as Denilson, Van Persie and Walcott all missed out.

The outclassed visitors from Enschede had no answers, apart from trying to put the boot in. And they were not even very good at that.

Wenger, though, was taking no chances. He withdrew Nasri, already battling a stomach virus, at half-time to spare him any further punishment.

Arsenal remained streets ahead and increased their lead in the 53rd minute. Keeper Nikolay Mihaylov could only push Nicklas Bendtners shot straight into the path of William Gallas.

Fittingly, it was Walcott who all but finished off Dutch Steve, racing on to Bendtners mis-control to score from an angle. It was just the sort of poise which has earned him an England recall to Fabio Capellos squad.

If only he could produce this sort of performance on a regular basis, Walcott might yet turn out to be the player the whole country was dreaming of a couple of years ago.

There was still time for Bendtner to add a fourth from Denilsons clever back-heel on 89 minutes. This was by far Arsenals most convincing performance of the season, though the poverty of the opposition makes it impossible to draw any serious conclusions.

It has taken McClaren a mere handful of games to get FC Twente playing like England. Yet that fact was not appreciated by disgruntled Arsenal fans, who greeted him with chants of You f***** our summer up.

Luckily, there was no chance of him f****** up Arsenals European ambitions.

The Gunners will go into todays Champions League draw as one of the eight seeds.

And Wenger knows there will be much tougher challenges ahead than Steve McClaren.