Wilshere

The question of how exactly English football is going ruin Wilshere may have been answered this week.

Why we must savour the rare English delicacy that is Jack Wilshere Barney Ronay 2010

Wilshere is in Fabio Capello's England squad for Tuesday's game against Montenegro.

Why we must savour the rare English delicacy that is Jack Wilshere Barney Ronay 2010

Competitive international debuts will come and go and Wilshere is good enough to thrive.

Why we must savour the rare English delicacy that is Jack Wilshere Barney Ronay 2010

Particularly because, in Wilshere and Kevin Davies, this England squad offers polar opposites in the range of English archetypes.

Why we must savour the rare English delicacy that is Jack Wilshere Barney Ronay 2010

Alternatively, we might choose to ruin Wilshere by making him go a little bit mad.

Why we must savour the rare English delicacy that is Jack Wilshere Barney Ronay 2010

Wilshere is a delicate thing, to be dandled and stroked and made much of, perhaps even quartered in a very small secure dark room, some kind of sealed basement annexe.

Why we must savour the rare English delicacy that is Jack Wilshere Barney Ronay 2010

Wilshere is English and a better story for the parochial audience.

Arsenal v Shakhtar Donetsk – as it happened Paul Doyle 2010

I can recall Wilshere's through ball to Simpson in the Carling Cup game against Wigan, but putting that competition aside, I'm guessing you have to go back a long way.

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Wearing an England shirt remains a kind of honour, or at least a pleasure, as Jack Wilshere is demonstrating.

Fabio Capello has failed to help England's elite beat their demons | Paul Hayward 2011

Capello is keeping his eye on Chris Smalling, at present with the Under-21s but on standby for the Ghana game, and is willing to confirm that Jack Wilshere is not only going to be a regular selection from now on but an eventual England captain.

Fabio Capello hands back England captaincy to John Terry 2011