Comments on: Arsenal – Right or Wrong For Jack Wilshere?

By: World Wide News Flash

World Wide News Flash — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:14:04 +0000

Arsenal ? Right or Wrong For Jack Wilshere? ? Back Page Football…

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By: Kevin Coleman

Kevin Coleman — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:46:27 +0000

I’d tend to agree with the Arsenal fans on here.

Arsenal is the right place for the personal development of Wilshere, and although winning regular silverware would be nice it’s not necesssary in making a player a world class one.

Cesc Fabregas has come to be one of the best in the world and something of a hero at Arsenal, with no silverware in his time there (luckily he’s Spanish, so international football is reeling in the silverware for him).

Wilshere can do the same, and who knows, Wenger might splash the cash on creating a team worthy of winning silverware. With Wilshere in the heart of that team – fighting for a trophy and ultimately winning one will heap greater personal benefits than jumping ship at this stage of his career.

By: Neil Sherwin

Neil Sherwin — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:39:04 +0000

Fletcher? As in Scotland’s Darren? Pretty weak example when you’re making a case for English players being ruined.

By: Neil Sherwin

Neil Sherwin — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:33:46 +0000

In fairness, Arsenal haven’t won a thing in five years. They’ve huffed and puffed but largely disappointed, in part due to Wenger’s reluctance to spend big in the transfer market. We all know the money is there but for whatever reason it is not being used to take the club to the next level. Until that changes Arsenal will continue to lag behind the European big guns.

To say that no other clubs play footballers that young or in greater numbers isn’t necessarily true. Despite being able to buy pretty much anyone they want, Manchester City continue to do just as much, if not more, than Arsenal in terms of giving opportunities to top prospects.

How many of Arsenal’s young English contingent will go on to win caps at senior level? And how many will go on to emulate the likes of Jerome Thomas, Kerrea Gilbert and Justin Hoyte? I’d say most will follow the path of the latter rather than the former.

By: Varun

Varun — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:21:44 +0000

Wow! Just Wow!
Not at the article but at the comments, i guess “backpagefootball” now knows which clubs fans read their blog now,
(so get your advertising/marketing on overdrive guys, target the sheeps)

As someone on Guardian i believe it was, wrote.

“This kid seems really good, hmmm
Now how are we going to mess him up?”

Sums it up.
England lacks quality players.

Put Xavi in their midfield England will still play like they do now.
Reason: Have you seen the 1st touch of players?

What is Wilshire going to do for that, he’ll do his part sure, but that doesn’t win World Cups or make you reach a major international Final.

(44 years and 0 Finals appearance)
You can be loud in comments online, but that doesn’t win Finals either.

Keep Sucking, it feels good. doesn’t it?

By: Jeffersafc

Jeffersafc — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:15:41 +0000

2 minutes of my life I will never get back …. next time you have a thought … do us all a favour …keep it in your head … rubbish piece … nonsense ….

By: Anand Viswanathan

Anand Viswanathan — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 08:48:31 +0000

We are just seeing the making of Jack Wilshere. The kid has a lot of match minutes to go before he thinks of his future. I find this discussion very premature. Currently, he is under the best youth setup in the country and in a club where he’ll have a lot of opportunities to play first team football at the highest level. So, can we have this discussion may be 3 years from now ?

Arsenal fan from India

By: Smifffy

Smifffy — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 08:21:01 +0000

Idiotic argument. That Wilshere should only play where he can supposedly win trophies regularly is a rationale for only those clubs winning trophies. Go back to the pub and think it through again.

By: LB

LB — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 07:52:22 +0000

Without Arsenal there would be no Jack Wilshere. The question you should be asking is why only Arsenal produces quality English players who can pass, dribble, move well, etc. If you want such talent destroyed, then send them to “clubs that win tropgies regularly” so they can take the talent out of him and turn him into a Lampard or Fletcher.

By: Dom

Dom — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 06:48:09 +0000

What a long winded way to say nothing.