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[Letters]

it's just that some people seem to think he's the English Messi

Literally no-one thinks that.

[Power n Glory]

Literally no-one thinks that.

Indeed. There is only one player on these shores that gets mentioned in the same breath so often. Or one monkey should I say.

[Power n Glory]

cole was in a very similar position to wilshere right now, although more so for the national team than expected to perform at club level.

mourinho ruined cole. joe was so desperate to prove he was more than a few tricks and flicks he lost all of that for the sake of team ethic and became a workhorse. for different reasons, jack could fall danger to the same thing. what has stood out more than anything else about this season is his work ethic and desire to give his all for the team, more than the eye for a final ball or finished product. there is plenty of time to ensure all of that ability isn't lost but if we keep treading water as a club as we currently are and being so overdependent on the boy, then he could become just an excellent workhorse, which would be a crying shame.

The Chelsea years didn't help Cole and all those years under Mourinho sucked a lot of his natural game out of him. He wasn't a winger and eventually he became a player without a position. He wasn't allowed the freedom to express himself and now he's a mess of a player.

[Özim]

Literally no-one thinks that.

It was an exageration but you get the point, he's hype to ridiculous levels at the moment.

[Letters]

It was an exageration but you get the point, he's hype to ridiculous levels at the moment.

Is he? I don't think so. Not like Walcott was. But he's showed some promise and seems to 'get' what playing for The Arsenal is about.

[Özim]

Is he? I don't think so. Not like Walcott was. But he's showed some promise and seems to 'get' what playing for The Arsenal is about.

Definitely yes.

He's not really done that much on the pitch and quite often runs into players rather than releasing the ball to someone else, people blame that on the lack of quality around him, I'd say it's due more to lack of awareness at this stage.

Sure he seems to fight on the pitch etc, but young players tend to when they first start off especially if they've come through a clubs youth system. If he does become world class, we'll see if he sticks around if we're still where we are now and big clubs come knocking, not many players do these days and it's hard to say if he'll be any different at this stage.

[Letters]

Who has over-hyped him?

[Özim]

The media and there's certainly some hype on here as well.

[Letters]

The media and there's certainly some hype on here as well.

Obviously he's young and English so will receive more hype than he probably should. Has it really been over the top though?

Links to examples?

[Power n Glory]

You don’t have to look far to see the overhype. The story from GG on this thread which has kicked everything off is enough. He’s not a world class player yet, he hasn’t had a fantastic season yet he’s getting plaudits over players who contributed more for us this season. The Theo hype was high but this is bigger because he’s labelled as the saviour of Arsenal and England. Nobody put England or Arsenal’s future on Walcott’s shoulder and talk as if he was key to our success or England’s. That’s what’s happening with Jack at this moment.