Jack & The Olympics: Time For That Chapter To Be Closed

Having seen a key player miss a large portion of a season through injury, the last thing that Arsène will want to do is trust Stuart Pearce with another. The friction caused by the wrangling over Theo Walcott is in danger of being repeated over Jack Wilshere. That the youngster has missed this season is not down entirely to England; Wenger pursued his policy of including him even when his own GPS statistics urged caution. Capello and Pearce continued to utilise him even also. There is a collective responsibility for this that shows little chance of underpinning any commonsense approach for the future.
Pearce has too much power in the national game at the moment. His role as England caretaker should preclude his role with TeamGB for the comi...