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Having made his long-awaited comeback against QPR on Saturday, Jack Wilshere has praised the club’s medical staff for their help during his injury absence.
A stress fracture of the heel and a knee injury robbed him of 12 months+ of his career, but Wilshere was keen to give them, amongst others, props for their hard work during his recuperation.
“I have to thank all the medical staff, Declan Lynch (1st team physio) and Colin Lewin,” he said. “When you go to the training ground day after day there’s times when you don’t want to do it, especially when you see all the boys go out to training. But it’s great now to be back and hopefully I can push on from here.
“Declan came in during June when I was really down and he helped me. Things like that – it wasn’t just his rehab, it was his attitude as well, he helped pick me up.”
The midfielder was also quick to note the changes in team personnel. A lot can happen very quickly in football when he last played for us the likes of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri were mainstays in the team, now they’ve been replaced by new players but Wilshere is confident he’ll click with them soon.
“Last time I played a Premier League game, I was playing with Fabregas, Nasri and Song. They’ve all moved on and so it’s like coming into a new team.
“Mikel Arteta is a leader both on the pitch and off the pitch and he talked me through the game and I can only thank the players for helping me come through slowly and helping me do what I wanted to do.
“It’s a dream for any midfielder to link up with him (Cazorla). Even the small things, like the pace of his passes, he just understands you and it’s good to play with.”
Although he says he’s ready to play in tomorrow night’s Capital One Cup game if needed, it’s unlikely he’ll be selected with the manager ready to use him at Old Trafford on Saturday.
The re-introduction certainly won’t be frenetic, but it’s good to have him back.
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Hey!? It removed my smileyface.. God damn it! (Fist-shaking)
Arteta is good example to follow for young guys like Wilshere, Coq and Ramsey. certainly better than Nasri.
Arteta just oozes leadership qualities. If he’d joined us earlier he would be captain now without a shadow of a doubt
Cazorla was first and now Wilshere have both reserved praise for Arteta. He is obviously a great guy, A true profession. Also he seems to have helped Wilshere in the grooming department.
Arteta-Wilshere-Cazorla = Best midfield in the league
I’m not sure I’m entirely comfortable with this ‘best midfield in the league’ talk. They’ve played 63 minutes together you’ve got to give them time before we can judge them properly. I think we’re lucky to have 3 such talented players but if one gets another injury its back to square one! Also if they have a couple of bad games together where it doesn’t quite gel and we end up passing in neat triangles and don’t actually create anything of note…..watch how the M’vila talk will come back and those who are critical that Wenger signs too many small players and no big fuck off leaders……Our fans seem to get more fickle by the season.
Our defence is statistically the best , so no need for big guys it seems . I feel since Diaby got injured we’ve lacked that ‘drive’ , very few players can dribble in the middle of the park like Diaby and Wilshere , that’s why we’ve been passing sideways a lot and have become predictable.
oh and Le Coq-Diaby-Ramsey/Rosicky is actually decent as a back up.
But yeah , they’ll need to gel for atleast a season , that’s always been our problem over the last year , we build good team , and some of the fuck off for more money and/or easy glory
starting to think we should shift Cazorla wide. He’s looking like he might struggle with the weight of responsibility. We are basically depending on him to create/do everythng. Wilshere will change that. But Wilshere and Rosicky together will be insane. Both like to drive at the opposition. Crazzzyyy
ARSENAL,
I agree with you, when we have Diaby or Rosicky he could move Cazorla to the right. But, there is a slight problem here!!!!!!.
Where is he going to play his pet project that is Ramsey?. You have just to look at this week, Le Coq was one of our best players in that shit CL mid week game, and he was dropped for jack (which is fair), for only to play Ramsey as a right winger instead of playing Le Coq, Arteta and Jack in the middle and move Cazorla to the right.
What is next when Rosicky and Diaby (one can only hope) are back, I wonder what would happen with the pet project that is Ramsey? Could he go even more crazy and play him as a lone striker? Surely not!!!!!!!!.
I agree with you, when we have Diaby or Rosicky he could move Cazorla to the right. But, there is a slight problem here!!!!!!.
Where is he going to play his pet project that is Ramsey?. You have just to look at this week games. Le Coq was one of our best player in that shit CL midweek game, and he was dropped for jack (which is fair), for only to play Ramsey as a right winger instead of playing Le Coq, Arteta and Jack in the middle and move Cazorla to the right.
What is going to happen when Rosicky and Diaby (one can only hope) are back?. Where are we going to play the pet project? Could he go even more crazy and play him as a lone striker as we seem a little light in the postition? Surely not!!!!!!!!.
I doubt anyone in a sane footballing world would have any bad words for ARTETA. He just oozes class. I mean I love him. Can we please work on some kind of youthful drug to keep him in our midfield forever……….okay maybe I love him a bit too much, still……
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
I love him too but I am a bloke at the same time.
don’t worry niko, i have an age nullifying element as well as medicinal properies so no aging or prolonged injuries as long as his hair is perfect. i got this under control and being so close to the ears, there wont be any of this…’barca dna rubbish’… going through his head this summer when the scumbags at barca come trying to replace song. trust in me mikel….trust in meeeeeee…..
Went a little bit too far to explain yourself. I couldn’t care about the future but right now I look around and I see an arsenal midfield of absolute top notch quality. Right up there!
we love arteta, we do…
Such a shame we didnt get Arteta earlier, anyhow lets hope he keeps going for a couple of years!
It seems like Wenger is going to have a little chat with Hodgson about calling up Wilshere for England too soon.
Should we tell him about Staurt Pearce or..?
i know its early in the season, but i would have preferred arteta as captain.
Well you got him as vice captain. Be happy.
Support verm too guys, don’t let him feel isolated.
Love Arteta. Love his Lego hair. Pure quality, & class
Santi needs a break. Believe d wk off will do both him & d team a lot good. Need our top player @ their best for sat.
coyg!!!!
I see Arteta becoming the “Pirlo” of Arsenal. But he might turn out to be actually better than Pirlo. Just a matter of time…
this week can now end.. Want to kill a little red devil with that arsenal cannon.. And we have so much ammunition.. Damn can’t wait.. We owe them one..
It must have been a strange experience coming back to a team which has changed so much but I honestly think Jack is with us for the long haul. He didn’t mind because he knows he’s going to have to play alongside many different players at his time with arsenal. What a leg-end
I noticed before the west ham game(I think) , when the team was warming up, arteta was the one giving the players instructions and motivating them. Pure class
Arteta should be club captain. As Frog points out, at the moment Vermaelen’s current form doesn’t justify a starting position for him in the first team. Kos and BFG should be our number-one centre-back pairing.
On other Arsenal sites there seems to be a lot of negativity about the game on Saturday at Old Trafford. I think that we’ll get something out of it. As I’ve said before, Man United’s defending will cost them the League: they are conceding goals for fun right now. We will score against them, and if we can defend well enough then we will get at least a draw in Manchester.
Agree with the first paragraph of your comment completely.
However, “Man United’s defending will cost them the League” – our defending isn’t too great either. The game on October 27th against QPR (a fairly poor Premier League team in all honesty) was our first clean sheet since the game away at Liverpool on September 2nd. That’s almost two months without keeping a single clean sheet, so I don’t think our defence is all that at the moment.
“We will score against them” – Perhaps, but then again we have been struggling for goals recently, and we have a habit of always rolling over and dying when we play the Scum.
But worst of all, besides that, is the fact that their attack is incredible. Valencia will tear apart Andre Santos, that’s clear for anyone who isn’t wearing Gooner tinted spectacles to see. Also, very unfortunately, I predict that the Dutch Skunk will score against us as well, considering his current form with them. I predict a Man U win, with Skunk scoring and us possibly getting one goal. It really does depend though on which Arsenal decides to show up.
Don’t forget how well we played the last time we went to Manchester. And if Sp**s can go there and win then so can we.
We have the best defence (goals conceded) in the league at the moment but it’s losing games 1-0 that’s killing us.
Conceded
Arsenal – 6
Chelsea and Man City – 9
Man Utd and Spurs – 13
If we can just work on scoring, we’ll be fine.
Arteta shall be the example Wilshere should learn from to be a captain of Arsenal himself one day. The blessing of disguise of RVP leaving. He won’t have to learn how to be a captain from the most individualistic player of the league.
Arteta is the living symbol of Victoria Concordia Crescit.
Captain Arteta > Captain America. Wait, it should be when Verminator at the bench. Never mind. I like it. Captain Arteta.
I was quiet impressed with Jack Wilshere’s sleek touches and his 100% pass rate! Give him 2 seasons I bet Barca or the likes will come begging for his signature!!! He is that kind of a player, and if he remains with us he will sooner or later have a statue outside the Emirates
United is awful in the middle, where we are now quite strong.
Also, Rafael is a rather shit fullback, who gets caught going forward too often. United have their own problems.
These are good players but Wenger is slowly ruining them with his stupid system. Arteta is playing out of position, he should be scoring goals and creating chances but is wasted as a DM. I think he will also get tired playing in this demanding position as the season goes on – making him prone to injury or a dip in form.
Wilshere is a little overrated, I still see him as a prospect, nothing more. He does not create much, does not score much and is not a ball winner. He drives from midfield though – but needs to be pushed much further forward.
Cazorla is over-rated. Very poor assists and goalscoring record – he would do better in a wide attacking role. He should play on the left/right with Podolski through the middle.
Rosicky’s career is over in my opinion. He is 32 and these injuries will probably kill him. Diaby is finished. To think Wenger got rid of Song because he thought Diaby would make a comeback. Totally idiotic management, and more evidence, as if you need it, that he is completely lethargic and clueless.
In the unlikely event I was manager I would have kept Song and played a midfield trio of Coquelin (or a new signing), Song and Wilshere, with Arteta and Cazorla on the flanks and Podolski in the middle. Or a different system altogether , but that’s difficult as Wenger needs three in midfield as the players are so physically light.
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Welcome back to Jack – glad he is living up to his potential – really needs a good long run of games- to kick on!