So Jack is out for practically the rest of the season, I'm seeing this as a blessing in disguise, even though personally I am gutted he will probably miss the WC.
The only thing that irks me with Jack is his constant love affair with the grass on a match day, every time he is fouled he is clutching his body and I definitely think opponents see this as a mental weakness and go even harder on him. IF he was to just get up and get on with it (do not let your opponent see you are hurt) I'm sure defenders would try other ways to get the ball of him. However enough of that let me move onto how this could work in our favour for the rest of the season..
Tomas Rosicky IMO should be playing next to Flamini in the middle for us. I personally hate it when Arteta plays but having Wilshere next to you doesn't really help, especially when DM isn't your preferred position. March is one hell of a month for us and I think Arteta is a big game bottler so Flamini has to start every game, and after Wednesday, where I think we will eventually get knocked out, one game a week is do-able for Flamini and Rosicky in the middle.
I don't think we will win the league do to Arsene's inability to mix up his tactics in the big games, which is unfortunate. However I would be content with the FA cup and 3rd
Another Wilshere article/Going forward
posted on 6/3/14
Hi John Smith Pundit, hope to see some more of your fantastic prediction articles this weekend.
posted on 6/3/14
comment by London Dave - The fluffiest of all the Bunnies (U1088)
posted 21 seconds ago
Just because a player hasn't been playing well doesn't mean you should wish he was injured. Even if he never comes good again, that's an awful attitude to take.
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You don't understand me. I am not saying I wanted him to be injured, but given that it has happened I don't mind because he isn't contributing anything to our side currently.
posted on 6/3/14
Just because a player hasn't been playing well doesn't mean you should wish he was injured. Even if he never comes good again, that's an awful attitude to take.
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Try watching Antonio Valencia for two years.
I reckon Wilshere will still go to the world cup anyway.
posted on 6/3/14
cant see jack missing the world cup , not that he will make the slightest difference anyway as england are shitte with or without him ,
probably be a bigger loss for us , think the best we can hope for is our usual 4th place finish , not unhappy with that as CL qualification is the holy grail for us and far more important than the fa cup --
posted on 6/3/14
Jack Wilshere is the finest talent since Gascoigne. Jack has never looked comfortable with his body this season he's not looked right, his ankles are not right, he's put in some good displays but consistently not his former self.
Yesterday he tried to pop the ball off, on the edge of box, look to play one-two's in a continental kind of way but no England player could understand it, would like to have seen Sturridge in front of Jack and then linking up but I don't think that's Roy's kind game.
posted on 6/3/14
Wilshere always was over-hyped, and now it appears he has ankles made of glass aswell.
posted on 6/3/14
Wilshere never had the talent of gazza and will never be capable of doing the things he did.
posted on 6/3/14
I said since Gazza, I wasn't comparing them, I agree we've never produced a talent like Gascoigne, he's out there by himself for sheer talent, but Wilshere has a different way of playing the game than most English players, like Scholes, a European way of playing from the midfield.
posted on 7/3/14
We have had talent since Gascoigne, the Premier league just messed then up.
Joe Cole is a prime example
posted on 7/3/14
Yet another example that seems to show that Arsenal players are extremely injury prone. On a different discussion one Gunner fan went to the trouble of displaying the endless list of Arsenal injuries this season, but did not attempt to address the question:
"Why is this happening to this extreme?".
Again I ask, is it a training issue, a fitness issue, poor tackling techniques, an act of God (Chelsea fan?)? Somebody should be taking a serious look at this, just in case there is something that needs to be corrected.
Personally, I believe a contributing factor is a combination of the type of continual "back and forth" passing game that Arsenal play and the talented, but fragile, players needed to execute this type of game, COMBINED with the type of rough tackling approach that some teams respond with. Also add in the fact that we do not have one or two enforcers (hard men) in our line-up that make it clear to other teams that this sometimes reckless behavior will not be tolerated. I don't know, but there has to be a reason for the seemingly large number of injuries this season. Maybe it is due to alignment of the planets? But it doesn't hurt to raise the issue.