Wilshere vs Cleverely

New debate on the street, which is the better out of two of Englands brightest talents in midfield.. Jack Wilshere OR Tom Cleverely.
If you're biased you're clearly going to side with one or the other because that's what football fans do! I'm not going to bombard anyone with stats as most football fans in general aren't interested in them, all i'm going to do is offer my opinion.

                                                                  Tom Cleverely

As a Manchester United fan I appreciate the job what Tom Cleverely does in our team and he's probably more under-rated than he is, over-rated. Considering the midfield options that United have, Cleverely has done a very good job in making a spot in midfield his own as he has to battle with the likes of Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick, Shinji Kagawa and Anderson who all offer their own specific duty to the team. Having been sent on loan by Sir Alex three times, to three different clubs since he was brought in from Bradford in 2000 and having had a spell throughout the majority of our youth teams i have nothing but praise for the youngster himself. Now he doesn't have the vision as of yet, that the majority of the players i mentioned above do, however he does bring a lot of energy in midfield not to mention he often become an available, unmarked option for you to pass the ball to, to get the ball up the field and out of danger often using one-two's to get out of tight situations. He doesn't score as many goals as most midfielders out there as he's not renown for his shooting ability or finishing ability but he has brought more goals to his game this season than in the past so it can't be a bad thing. Unlike Jack Wilshere most of all, he's made more progress in the first team having missed his first season with the first team with injury, he's coming along nicely to become an integral part of both Englands and Manchester Uniteds team.

                                                             Jack Wilshere
Jack Wilshere's done a lot to come back from the injury problems that have plagued his career up until this season which has been a shame, as most football fans enjoy watching him dictate most football matches he plays, one including a certain match against Barcelona in the Champions League which says a lot seeing as Barcelona's midfield have dominated so many games in recent times.
Now what differs from him and Tom Cleverely is that, Jack Wilshere is seen by many as a "playmaker" who can make things happen and makes that his own duty in football matches to supply team-mates with goal scoring opportunities whereas Cleverely is a box-to-box midfielder or just a midfielder who brings his own abilities to whichever team he plays in.
Now despite many saying Jack Wilshere's lacking in first team progress, it turns out he's actually made more first team appearances for Arsenal than Cleverely has for Manchester United, but he's had more injury problems than Cleverely which does account for a lot. Having been loaned out to Bolton Wanderers in the 2009-2010 season, he was praised a lot by a lot of managers of teams he played against in that season which was counted a lot towards his first team progress in the premier league.



All i'm saying is i don't feel the need to compare the players abilities against one another as they not only play a completely different ball game when they play, they play different roles in their respective teams and when they both peak they should hopefully become class internationals in Englands team come future world tournaments and winning trophies for their clubs.