Wilshere in England Squad

[DB10GOONER]

Brilliant. Genius. Hasn't played in over 17 months. Has barely kicked a ball since his return. Not even match fit yet and they call him up.

He will get injured.

[Henry Norris 1913]

shows how desperate england are.

hope he does well though, he seems to love playing for england

[SteveO 35]

I think its been very kind of Arsenal to release him for this and even more thoughtful that we've adopted the slow, laboured, unable to string 3 passes together approach that the England national team prefers......so it should be a seamless transition for Jack

[flash gunner]

shows how desperate england are.

hope he does well though, he seems to love playing for england

This has to be the biggest part of it. Arsenal can not stop aplayer joining their national team but surely Jack could turn round to Woy and the FA and say do you know what im not sure im ready after just 2 1/2 games...... If Jack were to speak to them i cant see a problem all round but he obviously doesnt want to

[GranadaJoe]

I'm not happy with it but I'll reserve judgement until I see what happens. I think Woy is pretty sensible. If Jack does some training with the squad and plays the last 15 minutes I won't mind (after all, he is banned for Saturday's game). Anyhting more would be reckless.

On a separate note, I'm glad to see Leon Osman in the squad. He's performed well for years and has seen the likes of Henderson picked ahead of him. Not international quality, but a good, hard-working pro who can score.

[donaldo]

Cant see the problem.Is Wenger saying if he hadnt got sent off on saturday he wouldnt have started v Fulham.And remind me did he get injured in an England shirt or an Arsenal shirt

[skizz_b]

+1

fuck off internationals, completely outdated concept nowadays

[supergeorgegraham]

I have never seen a good international friendly in over 15 years. Should stop them altogether. If he gets injured Wenger must explode all over the Emirates

[Barriecuda]

I'm not happy with it but I'll reserve judgement until I see what happens. I think Woy is pretty sensible. If Jack does some training with the squad and plays the last 15 minutes I won't mind (after all, he is banned for Saturday's game). Anyhting more would be reckless.

On a separate note, I'm glad to see Leon Osman in the squad. He's performed well for years and has seen the likes of Henderson picked ahead of him. Not international quality, but a good, hard-working pro who can score.

+1 this post, though I think JW should be good for 30-45 minutes. We can't wrap him in cotton wool, but at the same time I do hate the prospect of him potentially getting injured again.

I really agree with you on Osman however, and I'm glad to see some players being rewarded on form rather than on their name value. I think more "hard-working pros who can score" is what England needs - workman players with heart.

[northbank123]

I'm not happy with it but I'll reserve judgement until I see what happens. I think Woy is pretty sensible. If Jack does some training with the squad and plays the last 15 minutes I won't mind (after all, he is banned for Saturday's game). Anyhting more would be reckless.

On a separate note, I'm glad to see Leon Osman in the squad. He's performed well for years and has seen the likes of Henderson picked ahead of him. Not international quality, but a good, hard-working pro who can score.

+1 this post, though I think JW should be good for 30-45 minutes. We can't wrap him in cotton wool, but at the same time I do hate the prospect of him potentially getting injured again.

I really agree with you on Osman however, and I'm glad to see some players being rewarded on form rather than on their name value. I think more "hard-working pros who can score" is what England needs - workman players with heart.

I think it makes no difference because Osman, Shelvey and others in and around the squad are so so far off international quality it's embarrassing that they're in the England squad. Osman might deserve it more but when compared to the players that the top international squads have they're both equally shit.

[safcftm]

Speaking as an England fan I think it was a strange decision to call him up. I'm hopeful that he won't play the lad (why bother risking his recovery in a pointless friendly?) and that he just wants to get him around the squad (there's a few new lads in so getting Wilshere to mix with them might be decent in a sort of team building type way) ready for when he's ready to start competing for a place on the team again. I'll be a bit disappointed in Hodgson if he plays the lad for anything more than about 15 minutes at this stage in his recovery