Comments on: Jack Wilshere – Another victim of English hype

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:26:14 +0000

Yup and england can;t figure out why their National Team was finished below the US in the WC group stage and was knocked out just like them in the next round.

At least in the US we are not delusional about the quality of our player pool just because the EPL is one of the best leagues in the world sadly it is the foreign talent that makes it that way.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:18:58 +0000

Agreed it would be nice if Arsenal had a stronger team so He was not relied on so much at the club level also at his age he should be in a rotation of quality players NOT starting every game until he is injured. (the long term injury he has we due to a stress injury (as in over played and playing through lesser injuries) I agree all that is being asked of Jack in hurting his career NOT helping it. But England Like Arsenal are SO short on true creative talent that the first spark of talent and then want to push them straight to he top over night in other clubs and other national teams there is already very talented stars so there is NO hurry to push a young player into the spot light until they are ready.

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By: David

David — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:17:22 +0000

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/9878484/Dani-Alves-urges-Barcelona-to-make-move-for-Arsenals-Jack-Wilshere.html

perhaps not so undervalued abroad by everyone.
wilshere is also streets ahead of rodwell and all the others you mentioned at this stage.
wilshere is miles and miles ahead of thiago who flatters to deceive every week, and sergio robert wont make it at barcelona

By: Tom Painting

Tom Painting — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:20:34 +0000

Pep Guardiola ahead of Arsenal Vs. Barcelona: ‘Wilshere is a good player but I have many Jack Wilsheres in my second team.’
Mario Balotelli just before his move to England when questioned on what he thought on Jack Wilshere. ‘Who? I have never heard of Jack Wilshere’. (I know, it’s Balotelli, but at least you know he’ll be honest).
That shows you just how highly he’s thought of abroad.
What is now being said about Wilshere being the England midfield’s great white hope, if you were to cast your memory back a relatively short amount of time, the exact same things were being said about Michael Johnson, Jack Rodwell, Ross Barkley and Phil Jones. In Johnson, Rodwell and Jones’ case purely because of one good run of games, (like Wilshere seems to be on at the minute) and in Barkley just because of hype. If you look at those players now, after bursting on the scene with a good run of games and being hailed as the next England captain, fast forward six years and Johnson is currently without a club following his release from Man City and an unsuccessful loan spell with Leicester. Jack Rodwell now spends most of his time sitting on Man City’s bench and unless he leaves will probably play six or seven games a year. Ross Barkley unfortunately suffered a serious injury that kept him out for around a year, had a decent loan spell with Sheffield Wednesday, and earlier this year went to Leeds on loan, but was sent back because he couldn’t get in the team. Phil Jones is now doing fairly well, he put in a good performance against Real Madrid last week, but he certainly hasn’t played anywhere near the standard of the marauding world-beater that he was made out to be after his initial run of good games for Man Utd.
I just feel it’s more than likely that Wilshere fade out like everyone else, and soon we will be talking about another young midfielder set to lead England to glory, who will do exactly the same. I’d love it if he were to develop into the next Iniesta, but I just don’t see it.
On one last note, Guardiola wasn’t wrong about having many Jack Wilshere’s in his reserve team. Thiago Alcantara and Sergi Roberto will both go on to become much greater players than Wilshere. And that’s just in terms of midfielders. It’s almost embarrassing when you see that the brightest prospect on England’s books is this kid Jack Wilshere, when you look at Spain who have Isco, Deulofeu, Juan Bernat. And then when you look beyond prospects into young players who are already world beaters you have Juan Mata, David De Gea, Javi Martinez, Jordi Alba.