The Jack Wilshere Appreciation Thread

Peyton Manning

Never before have I taken such pleasure from the performance of an English player over the course of 90 minutes. An absolutely imperious performance, he's fast installing himself as one of Arsenal's most important players. Should now be one of the first names on Capello's team sheet too as there really hasn't been a player like him of English blood in God knows how long. Terrific stuff, well done Jack the lad.

Grab a ticket, queue up and wax lyrical about this boy.

That_Guy

When he's not being a whiny wee runt on Twitter, he's actually a quality player. Fantastic player.

Le King

He should definitely be in Capello's team. Best CM in England atm.

Cracking player.

mike65

Great performance, thought he was a bit naive when I saw him playing for England last week but given licence to get forward he looks very tasty indeed.

Le King

That_Guy wrote: »

When he's not being a whiny wee runt on Twitter, he's actually a quality player. Fantastic player.

One aspect I don't like about him. Him and Piers Morgan on Twitter. :mad:

MrStuffins

Only England friendlies so far............. any Irish grandparents? :pac:

Frisbee

If he could cut out the darker side to his game he'd be imperious.

Instead he's just brilliant

Sergio

Man of the match for me great performance!

He should be in the england 1st 11 imo!

That_Guy

Le King wrote: »

One aspect I don't like about him. Him and Piers Morgan on Twitter. :mad:

If he could tweet as well as he could play football... I'd be well jealous. :pac:

Johner

He's no Josh McEachran.

That_Guy

Johner wrote: »

He's no Josh McEachran.

To be fair McEachran plays in a different position to Jack AFAIK

MUSEIST

Was ok tonight, gave away the ball a few times in the first half. Looks excellent for the long term though.

FlawedGenius

For once an English player who isnt over hyped.:rolleyes: Hes the new Scholes.

Lukker-

Great little player, that must have been one of his best performances in an Arsenal shirt. He's lovely to watch on and off the ball.

I have high hopes for a very similiar Chelsea youngster called Josh McEachran. I think when both these lads gain a bit more experience we'll have an English Xavi and Iniesta.

mike65

Liverpool can throw in the next John Barnes - Raheem Sterling (he's only 16 though) could be quite a team in 4/5 years!

MrStuffins

mike65 wrote: »

Liverpool can throw in the next John Barnes - Raheem Sterling (he's only 16 though) could be quite a team in 4/5 years!

didnt he just score 5 goals in a game in the past week or so?

Mr. Guappa

Wilshere, McEachran, Wickham, Sterling, Carroll, Walcott, Gibbs and Rooney... 'Arry will win the World Cup with that lot!!

On topic: Wilshere has settled right into the Arsenal team and looks to have the temperament for big games too. He has the potential to be one of the very best.

mike65

MrStuffins, he did.

KeithAFC

Lukker- wrote: »

Great little player, that must have been one of his best performances in an Arsenal shirt. He's lovely to watch on and off the ball.

I have high hopes for a very similiar Chelsea youngster called Josh McEachran. I think when both these lads gain a bit more experience we'll have an English Xavi and Iniesta.

One of the best midfield performances iv seen from an Arsenal player in a shirt. Outstanding.

srfc19

KeithAFC wrote: »

One of the best midfield performances iv seen from an Arsenal player in a shirt. Outstanding.

Can't remember any Arsenal players playing shirtless!! When did that happen??

dreamers75

FlawedGenius wrote: »

For once an English player who isnt over hyped.:rolleyes: Hes the new Scholes.

Dont overhype then do ?

Headshot

He's going to be one of the finest English players of his generation some day.

Amazing he's only 19 and put in that performance tonight, it has to give Arsenal fans goosebumps

bob50

What a great player tonight man of the match imo even tough hes only 19

L'prof

Headshot wrote: »

He's going to be one of the finest English players of his generation some day.

Amazing he's only 19 and put in that performance tonight, it has to give Arsenal fans goosebumps

What gives me goosebumps is the fact that he's been at the club since he was 9, seems to genuinely love the club and the fact that we might just hang on to this one for quite some time...

Headshot

L'prof wrote: »

What gives me goosebumps is the fact that he's been at the club since he was 9, seems to genuinely love the club and the fact that we might just hang on to this one for quite some time...

He has to have Barca DNA in there I reckon :pac:

Fizman

He was excellent tonight.

What terrifies me though is that I clicked into a thread that is an appreciation of his football ability, and I'm reading posts about how he tweets?

He is 19, I couldn't give a fiddlers fcuk what he gets up to online. He's a 19 year old lad and a man on the pitch. He is quality. This coming from a Liverpool fan, but I genuinely look forward to watching him play football over the coming decade or so.

Here's hoping he avoids injury.

The Volt

Wilshere and Rodwell for England's midfield in a few short years is mighty.

Mars Bar

Wilshere is the one player (ok, Fabregas too) I envy Arsenal for.

L'prof

mars bar wrote: »

Wilshere is the one player (ok, Fabregas too) I envy Arsenal for.

And van Persie, don't forget him too

Frisbee

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FlawedGenius wrote: »

For once an English player who isnt over hyped.:rolleyes: Hes the new Scholes.

Except he's consistently backing up the hype.

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

Wilshere, McEachran, Wickham, Sterling, Carroll, Walcott, Gibbs and Rooney... 'Arry will win the World Cup with that lot!!

On topic: Wilshere has settled right into the Arsenal team and looks to have the temperament for big games too. He has the potential to be one of the very best.

You could add Welbeck to that list too.;)

Kylo Ren

Saying it for a while now. Some player.

Mars Bar

L'prof wrote: »

And van Persie, don't forget him too

If he wasn't injured so often then maybe. But we have Berba, Rooney and Chicharito so I'm happy.

Would love Fabregas, Wilshere or Nasri though. 3 quality players right there.

L'prof

mars bar wrote: »

If he wasn't injured so often then maybe. But we have Berba, Rooney and Chicharito so I'm happy.

Would love Fabregas, Wilshere or Nasri though. 3 quality players right there.

You just think you don't want him, it's only a matter of time

tony1kenobi

Can't believe someone is dragging up a 3 year old thread.

Paully D

Park Ji Sung wrote: »

You could add Welbeck to that list too.;)

Very true, although I hear Gyan and Mensah are trying to convince him to play for Ghana. He won't though, he'll be an England international very soon and would have been called up for the game against Denmark if he hadn't got injured IMO.

Henderson's another one to stick on that list.

Headshot

pfft he's no Darron Gibson

x PyRo

Words cannot describe what I think of this fellow. So I'll not even bother trying to explain it.

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Paully D wrote: »

Very true, although I hear Gyan and Mensah are trying to convince him to play for Ghana. He won't though, he'll be an England international very soon and would have been called up for the game against Denmark if he hadn't got injured IMO.

Henderson's another one to stick on that list.

If Fergie hears of that, he'll be on the next bus to Manchester.:eek:

Paully D

Just off the top of my head (so I've no doubt forgotten a few) without even really thinking about shape, etc:

Hart

Walker Dawson Smalling Baines

Walcott Wilshere Henderson/McEachran Adam Johnson

Carroll Rooney

Subs:

Foster/Stockdale
Cahill
Milner
Henderson/McEachran
Lennon
Young
Bent/Welbeck

Paully D

Park Ji Sung wrote: »

If Fergie hears of that, he'll be on the next bus to Manchester.:eek:

His middle name is ''Nii Tackie Mensah'' :pac:

Cracking player though, you lot should let us loan him next season too. You know we'll look after him

thorbarry

I've been watching him all season. He oozes with quality. He really does get better and better. The way he shields the ball is fantastic

Essien

Headshot wrote: »

pfft he's no Darron Gibson

Exactly, hence the appreciation thread.

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@Zonal_Marking
Zonal Marking
Wilshere 24 from 24 passes?! Superb. Xavi the leader, of course.

Not surprising really. The stats don't show how he got out of situations where there were 3-4 players around him, and he easily escaped with the ball, and picked the right pass.

KeithAFC

x PyRo wrote: »

Words cannot describe what I think of this fellow. So I'll not even bother trying to explain it.

lol.

KeithAFC

The ball he played to Fabregas was pure skill. Can't explain just how much control in tight situations you need to do that.

Hank Scorpio

I thought he was a very good player until tonight

He got the ball alot of times in really tight situations and always turned into space. Think he only gave the ball away once too. Really impressed, he just went from a very good player to exceptional for me

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nuxxx wrote: »

I thought he was a very good player until tonight

I very nearly clicked reply after this line.:P

He got the ball alot of times in really tight situations and always turned into space. Think he only gave the ball away once too. Really impressed, he just went from a very good player to exceptional for me

0 times going by the stats above.

niallo27

He was excellent tonight but has looked fairly adverage at times this season, o have a feeling he'll be destroyed in the nou camp

enfant terrible

And we have to try and fit Ramsey into the midfield next season too.

Maybe we could drop Song and play Ramsey, Wilshere and Fabregas.

The future is Arsenal:D

KeithAFC

niallo27 wrote: »

He was excellent tonight but has looked fairly adverage at times this season, o have a feeling he'll be destroyed in the nou camp

No he hasn't. Wilshere has probably been in the top 3 best players this season for us.