Lessons to be learned from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 versus Stoke: Part 2
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Stoke City are famous for their body-play and aggressive style. Often http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tony-c35440 Pulis and his team have gotten under the skin of Arsene Wenger with Stoke coming out on top most of the times. Arsene Wenger claims Stoke City as a rugby team.
Their styles of play are different, their philosophies different and now the relationship between the two teams does not seem to get any better in the near future.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jack-Wilshere-c17463 started playing football in 2001 as he was inducted to the youth squad of Luton Town. In the same year he moved to the Gunners’ training camps and got the required coaching there for another seven years until finally he found his calling in 2008 and was made a part of the first team squad.
Wilshere has also been a part of the English national football team since the under sixteen squad, which he joined in 2006. The player then climbed the ladder through the under seventeen, nineteen and under twenty-one squad to finally make it into the ranks of the three Lions’ first team squad in 2010 and since then has represented the national squad four times.
Jack Wilshere led the charge in a series of heated arguments and some fiery rifts. The 19-year-old Englishman has seen a break-through season in the centre of the Arsenal mid-field with a sensational 45 appearances to date for the Gunners including 9 assists and 2 goals. He has been the orchestrator of the mid-field and has played wonderfully with a lot of heart and flare.
His time at Bolton helped him create a no-nonsense feel about him. His forward runs are scintillating and has been the best player for Arsenal this season. His intelligence and creativity are at par with that of the maestro, Fabregas.
A minor confrontation with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jermaine-Pennant-c18364. It was wonderful to watch the young Gunner give the Stoke’s players a taste of their own medicine.
Wilshere’s aggression has been widely publicised. He is a ferocious competitor and tends to lose temper at times The Arsenal outfit needs to welcome his attitude and respond in a similar way.
Backary Sagna has time and again said in interviews that the Gunners are too nice for their own bad and need to be a strong sensible physical side. If the Gunners want silverware next season, they need to learn something from Jack Wilshere’s intent and determination. Such attitude is necessary if they want to go past the physical sides like Sunderland, Bolton, Birmingham and Stoke.
Article continued in Part 3 of Lessons to be learned from Arsenal versus Stoke
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