Many say that Jack has the potential to the best English midfielder our country has seen in a long, long time.

Lol he wont even get close to gerrard lampard scholes.

Indeed, hopefully he will better all three and win a trophy with England

He still hasn't hit the heights of breakthrough season. I hope he doesn't end like Rooney, when he first broke through he looked like he was going to take the world by storm but never fully reached that. Although he still has had a great career, he should be up there with the very best in the world.

He still hasn't hit the heights of breakthrough season. I hope he doesn't end like Rooney, when he first broke through he looked like he was going to take the world by storm but never fully reached that. Although he still has had a great career, he should be up there with the very best in the world.

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Rooney has been world class for many years and will go down as one of United best ever strikers. Why wouldn't you hope Wilshere ends up as the midfield version of that?

If Jack can be as successful for Arsenal as Rooney has been for Man U I will be very happy. Unlike Rooney though, I hope he can replicate it for the national team.

So are his current 'limitations' down to poor form, down to the fact he hasn't finished developing yet or down to it not being within his ability to ever put them right?

Rooney is top class

comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 9 minutes ago
Rooney is top class
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well said

Wilshere has more natural talent than Scholes, Gerrard and Lampard. Those midfielders all had different attributes but with Jack he has a bit of all their styles within him. In terms of running a midfield he can better all 3 however he will really need to improve on his goal scoring and shooting to match them statistically.

Wilshere has a screw in his ankle. That affects his passing because he is unable to judge the speed of the pass. Slow passing obviously looks as if the pass is inaccurate because the player has moved from his position. So he is more deliberate and that obviously slows down the passing movements of the entire team. Thus making it harder for us to break down the opposition.

Thankfully the screws will come out as his ankle get stronger and we will get Wilshere of all that potential back.

Wilshere has more natural talent than Scholes, Gerrard and Lampard.
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Embarrassing load of nonsense.

Sheriff

Yes he does that's why Dani Alves said he'd buy him for Barca if he could. He has the drive of Gerrard and vision of Scholes in his locker. He's more complete talent-wise but he obviously will have to show it.

The 10-11 season showed exactly what he's capable of and there's certainly more capabilities than most former England stars

Wilshere is showing various facets of his talent, his dribbling, passing, creativity, movement, and ability to score some incredible goals. The problem is that he is missing one important ingredient, consistency. And he has a tendecny to try to play his way out of trouble whne things aren't working for him, as opposed to keeping things simple. This will improve as he plays more and more since its similar to the issues that Ramsey was facing.

Wilshere is a year or more behind Ramsey in coming back from a long term injury and look at what people were saying about Ramsey a year ago. Wilshere is showing a lot of good signs and people forget how young he is and the fact he missed over a year of playing. He will come good.

"Yes he does that's why Dani Alves said he'd buy him for Barca if he could. He has the drive of Gerrard and vision of Scholes in his locker. He's more complete talent-wise but he obviously will
have to show it."

Sorry, bro. Wilshere couldn't lace Scholes' boots. Scholes is the best passer of the PL era and an all-time great. Wilshere probably misplaces more passes than all our midfielders. No basis for comparison at all.

He doesn't have Gerrard's drive either.