Jack Wilshere has taken enough stick from here and elsewhere since his arrival at West Ham but the time has come to get behind the guy as it has the rest of the lads.
Nobody can overstate the importance of the next nine games – they could well prove historic – and we need both every player to be at his best and every supporter to be giving them 100 per cent backing pof course.
That’s the way it works isn’t it and today we are taking Jack at his word when his reveals his feelings during a latest interview.
He makes it crystal clear that he’s fully fit, couldn’t wait to get back into training and is now desperate for matches having been reminded of how a younger Wilshere was performing a few years back.
We can see no way he can start but there’s a real opportunity with the pressure and intensity associated with the number of games being played in such a short period for him to have a role off the bench.
Speaking at https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2020/june/09-june/jack-wilshere-watching-myself-tv-during-lockdown-has-inspired-me he said: “I’m just desperate to get back to playing football. At first, lockdown was nice spending time with the kids and the wife, but then Sky Sports was killing me showing games from 2012 and 2014 and I was playing in those games!
“There’s not really one game that stuck out, but there was a few from 2012 and a couple from 2014. There are just certain games and you forget about things. I was just looking at the way I played then and the way I play now. There were a few games from a few seasons ago as well, it was interesting.
“I just want to get back out there playing. It’s been too long. At first, I just wanted to train, but now I am just desperate to get back into that game situation.”
“I was watching myself quite closely and thinking about the player I am now and the player I was then, what has changed and what I can add. It’s inspiring, but it’s frustrating as well because you just want to get back out there.”
“I’ve said it before and I don’t want to keep saying it, but I’m still as hungry now as I was then and I’m in a position now where I just have to play games.
“I can’t miss any more for the sake of nobody other than myself, physically and mentally, because it’s a long way back when you get that little bit older.
“I know I’m not old, but I’m not 21 and it takes a while to get that sharpness, you feel really tired after training and it takes a while to recover, but I feel like now I just want to play.”
Have you nothing better to write about, I can think of 25 other players in our squad who deserve more written about them. He warrants no air time as he has done absolutely nothing to deserve any respect from West Ham fans. The best thing he can do and if he has respect for the club and fans is to tear up the last year of his contract and walk away. Then and only then would he warrant any coverage.