Morning all.
A question on many Arsenal and England fans mind no doubt.
Can and will, Jack Wilshere come back from his latest, and what he says is his most difficult injury, and be stronger and fitter than before?
Talking to the Arsenal Player, he said:
It’s going well. I’m working as hard as I can to try to come back. I know what it takes because unfortunately I’ve been injured a few times in my career and I know what it takes to come back. I’m not going to rush it. I’ll make sure my body’s right and at the moment I’m feeling good.
Mentally this one has been the toughest to take because I had a big injury last year, came back, got myself fit, back in good form, played for England. Then I cut my holiday short for two weeks and came in to try to get myself right for this season.
I thought, ‘This season I need to be fit for the whole season and go into the Euros with a whole season behind me’. Unfortunately on the last day of pre-season I got injured so it was probably the toughest one for me to take.
We fans get frustrated when the same players suffer injury time and time again and Jack Wilshere isn’t the only one. Abou Diaby and RvP in the past and more recently, Tomas Rosicky, Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain but as much as we get frustrated, being injured so often must really cheese the players off, after all, all they want to do is play the game they love. As Jack alludes to in his interview, not only does he want a strong season for his club, he wants to be in France playing for his country at the Euros and England are missing him right now.
We often joke about RvP having one good season for Arsenal and by that I mean, one season where he was fully fit for most of it and scored goals, plenty of them and it would be really horrid and sad for Jack, if his career followed the same path.
He’s still young in footballing terms so he has a time on his side but the more he suffers, the harder it will be for him both physically and mentally. Jack has Tomas Rosicky and Danny Welbeck for company in the long term injured category:
We all know it’s difficult and just being around other people helps. At the moment it’s me, Danny and Tomas because we’re the only ones with long-term injuries. Just being around other people, speaking to them and having a bit of banter with them helps as well.
We’re still early in the season and the busiest part of the season is coming up. I want to be part of this team and I proved last season that I can get back and fight for a place. I know it’s not going to be easy but that’s what I want to do.
Fingers crossed this is his last serious injury and any others he might suffer, keeps him out for days or weeks rather than months, half or an entire season and he can have a great career at Arsenal which so many fans believe he deserves.
Finally, well done to ROI who last night secured their place at Euro 2016 in France with a 2-0 over Bosina and as England face France at Wembley tonight, I hope it’s a peaceful evening for all….
Have a good Tuesday guys and gals…
Lidl going to sponsor England… lol.
England national team sponsored by German value company… 😉
Good read Rico
Adam on the previous post, you list a prile of absolute anuses!
Morning all just wondering will the Scottish keep an eye on the rest of the UK and the ROI while the rest of us are away in France next summer. 😉
Why not Ts? They are better than Waitrose…. 😉
Morning all.
Reading between the lines of what Jack reportedly said, I get the impression that there is some doubt in his mind about ever playing again, at this level. Of course he is working his way back to fitness, our sort of fitness! But I suspect he has been warned that he should prepare for the worst, if he gets crocked again!
I hope I’m wrong but his tone seems very pessimistic.
May be the prevailing weather conditions here that’s colouring my view, grey and overcast, again!
lol Rico… Not complaining at all…; i would have thought a British company could afford to sponsor our national team…
I guess we live in a global society so…
Morning all.
Morning Brudder. Nice of you to say so. 🙂
I’ll raise you though Joey Barton, Alan Hansen, Phil Neville and Danny Murphy! A quartet of sphincters……………….
The list is endless Brudder…….
Blimey, what a downpour that was for over an hour….. 🙁
Rico. It’s pouring here and I am stuck over the washing up with the floors to do next. 🙂
Followed by the shopping and then dinner. A woman’s work…..
🙂 Adam… Welcome to my world… lol
Adam you’ll make someone a lovely wife….
He’ll be exhausted after a week… lol
Thanks Rico and Brudder. I am already feeling the pace. 🙂
It’ll fly by Adam… lol
Afternoon All…
Afternoon Rico, I am sure that the post is another exquisite work of journalistic skills and I shall read it forthwith, or in a minute. ?
Afternoon Ginge, Adam, Coach et al…
Coach, that best ever XI, was it something like;
1. Petit
2. Petit
3. Petit
4. Petit
5. Petit
6. Petit
7. Petit
8. Petit
9. Manu Petit
10. Petit
11. Emmanuel Petit….
?
Cheers Rico. 🙂
Brudder do you shake and vac?
Adam, Paul Scoles is the sort of guy who should be employed turning a spit on a mangal…
A ginger turd…
Rico I was listening to an interesting interview last evening, with Graham Hunter and Charlie Nicholas…
Charlie used to wear shin guards down his calves and ankles instead of his shins…
Could be an idea for Jack?
The way that Charlie was talking and considering that he’s a Jock and grew up a Celt, I got the feeling that he loves Arsenal even more than Celtic…
Graham Hunter was also quite a closet Arsenal fan, which did surprise me…
How’s it going Riz…?
Afternoon Kev, you making the most out of the rain? 😉
Could be a good idea re Jack Kev, Charlie should have a word with him…
Saucy.
Jack is a strong boy, very strong boy…and he’s a great player too. The day it dawns on him that he’s not made of steel instead of bones , then starts getting wise with challenges, that’ll be when his injuries woes will be over. And he’s a player whose potentials for greatness are not in doubt.
But if he comes back, continues with his reckless playing style, he won’t last up to three months to get back to treatment table.
What to make of the ‘Alexis injured’ stories?
Read mixed reports, some say he’s injured, other say he’s set to play tonight… All rather odd…
Until we see Chile’s line-up tonight we may never know on Sanchez.
Rico. I bet Wenger is wondering too.
The manager has hinted at playing him regardless…
Adam, I bet he is…. If he is injured, no way should he be starting regardless of how minor any injury might be,
Rico. This stuff goes on all the time. When Jack comes back Hodgson will flog him to death. And Jack won’t change his style of play. With him the second touch is a tackle.
You can say that again of jack, Adam.
Agree Adam, seems Roy is struggling without Jack. Wonder where he’ll fit in at Arsenal when he comes back..
Treatment room?
Cruel Lee… 😉
Old article but….
http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/20/jack-wilshere-statistics-reveal-arsenal-are-three-times-as-likely-to-win-without-the-england-midfielder-5028750/
One could argue that we are doing ok without him in the league this season too but my guess is that when he comes back, Santi might get a rest….
Santi is one of the first names on the team sheet imo.
He is mine too but at some stage, he’ll need a breather. Our next four fixtures look good on paper, good time for the odd player to be on the bench before we face City. Depends how much Arsene Wenger wants to get through in the CL too…
Hmmmm…I’m beginning to get worried how people believe our next five fixtures in the League are all easy wins. I hope Wenger and his players do not think like that or we go through a horrible patch!
Haven’t said they are easy, just ‘on paper’, we won’t get a better chance to rest one during the odd game..
That is of course if our injured return after this break.
It’s not just you Rico…it’s all over the place. In Wenger’s shoes I’d start any first choice as long as he is fit instead of resting him for international duties.
All PL fixtures are tricky though Rico. The mark of champions is that they can maintain their quality through a season, albeit with the occasional blip. For too long we have allowed other teams to drag us down to a lesser level. Hopefully that will be different this season although we dropped against Spurs and in the early CL games.
Well it’s not me, nor do I think anyone here has said our next four are easy….
Don’t get the ‘resting for international duty’ comment?
Has Arsene Wenger ever rested a player with an international fixture in mind? I don’t think he has…
I know Adam, but we can’t then moan about injuries being down to players being overplayed if/when they suffer injury….
I didn’t expect you to get that either.
I doubt anyone does but there aren’t any international fixtures between now and Christmas to worry about. Perhaps that’s why I didn’t understand your comment.
Squad depth again Rico.
That’s more like it Adam. But at least Debuchy and Ollie might get a rest if Theo and Hector are back, Campbell too if Ramsey is fit… 😉
Thank gawd Low didn’t pick Ozil too.
What I meant is…I will always play any fit player in the League, no rests or deliberate rotation if we really want to win it…instead of resting players, only to get to internationals and are fielded in two high-intensity games in less than a week. Whoever gets injured gets injured…after all Wilshere got his long lay off in training.
Ok.
Night all.
Night Rico
RIP Jonah Lomu!
Dreadfully sad news…
RIP Jonah Lomu!
🙁
Morning Lee and all..
Morning Rico…
Did you watch England Lee?
Morning Rico, Brudder and all. Sad news about Jonah indeed.
Morning Adam.
Morning Rico,
I am beginning to think that Jack might have become perennially injury prone.
That might be because of the way he dribbles with the ball using only his left foot, or it might just be that it is in his genetics.
Moving away from the football aspect for a moment, if you drop a glass object it is sometimes possible to glue the pieces together,but if it happens again the next repair tends not to be so good, and eventually the object is not capable of being fixed anymore.
Jack is not a piece of glass, of course, but the number of similar injuries does beg the question as to whether or not his ankles are ever going to be up to the rigours of professional football.
Morning Henry.
I’m not sure how many more injuries he can afford to suffer either, in fact I’d never be surprised to hear he’d retired. There’s only so much a body and it’s bones can take. Let’s hope this is his last though for a long time..
I wouldn’t bet on it though….
No Rico I didn’t…………
Morning Rico and all…
Another 90 minutes for Sanchez then?! FFS. If he breaks…….
Re Wilshere: I have my doubts he’ll ever be a player that can be relied upon to be fit most of the season. Until he proves he can be, a replacement should be brought in.
Lee, one bad moment I thought and that was Ali’s ‘strong’ tackle of one of the French guys. Pogba lit the game up a bit in the second half…
Morning Ts
That tackle was poor and inappropriate considering the occasion. Hardly entente cordiale. More straight out of the sewer known on maps as Tottenham High road.
WC qualified Lewis, they were always going to play him. He’s got to have a rest soon, surely…
I thought so too Adam. Disrespectful to say the least. On another day, he’d have been show a red card imo…
New post up now.