Jack Wilshere and our future midfield

[Nayan]

Too bad he doesnt have Makeleles footballing IQ.

Makalele was in a 1990s the Nantes Atlantique B team at age 20. Wilshere was already in the middle of a modern champions league and premiership outfit and being taken seriously for England.

Allowing for age Wilshere's IQ is ahead of where Makalele's was as a young man. The Makalele you are comparing him to is the one who left a gaping hole in the middle of real madrid when they allowed him to go make chelsea tick.

So unless you were watching French football in the mid 90s and can honestly say that this guy:


was streets ahead of this guy:


Then I respectfully suggest you are talking out of your arse being a bit hasty in your assessment.