Quote Originally Posted by Grebbo View Post
I agree he's one of our few bright lights and is wonderful to watch. I do think his stock has risen substantially with him not playing though. He's now regarded as Arsenal's and England's saviour and he wasn't even an England regular when he was fit!
He was an England regular by the time he got injured - in the sense that he was getting picked and going to get picked every game. He was truly brilliant last season - there's no getting away from it. I don't think his stock has risen. I think people have completely forgotten about him. I think Fabregas and Nasri's stock has gone up a lot with them not playing for us. All the talk is about missing Nasri and Fabregas but Wilshere was the midfielder who out-performed them comfortably over the season (there was a 2 month period where Nasri was a lot better but Wilshere was consistently excellent).

Wilshere is underrated in the same way Bale is - because people think they're 'overrated'. After the initial over-praising of Bale after he destroyed Inter Milan, he has still been quality but people laughed off claims of him being the best winger around with comparisons with Messi, Ronaldo etc. He might not be the very best, but he's fucking good. Same with Wilshere. Jack was fucking good. Now though, who knows.