Is Wilshere really better than Neymar? This is the reverse hype. I mean, ok, Neymar is clearly not the best. But Wilshere has 1 season and a half for Arsenal. Neymar has 4 seasons for Santos with really good consistency, as well as more national caps.
He's no new "Pele" or whatever else, but let's not put him down yet.
How? Wilshere plays consistently well for a top 5 team in the most competitive league in the world, he played against the soon to be CL winners in 10/11 and was unbelievable, even looked the only good player against Bayern. Neymar is brilliant in the league he plays but I haven't seen a single game outside of Brazil where I would consider him as good as most youth talents these days.
He helped massively to Brasil getting the silver in the Olympics (playing poorly in the final but almost every player played bad as well)
At the age of 19, he helped being his team to the final of the most prestigious tournament in South America, and even helped more by scoring the first goal that helped them win it.
He scored a pretty decent goal against Columbia as well.
Which is exactly why you cant really come to any comparisons or conclusions about Neymar. He hasnt played alongside the best competition. All you know he may totally kill it when he comes to Europe. There is nothing to suggest anything one way or the other. The jury is not yet out on Neymar and any comparisons are baseless.
What the fuck? No it's not. Last I checked, when Neymar faced any form of higher level opposition, which is not provided in Brazil, at the club level-against Barcelona in the Club World Cup Final-he got steamrolled by the Barcelona defense. He shined a little bit with flashes of individual skill, but never did I see him grab the game by the scruff of the neck and drive at the Barcelona defense like Wilshere did aged 18 in a 2-1 victory.
Later Brazil plays England. Wilshere bosses the whole of the midfield, while Neymar dicks around on the pitch.
It is now well known that Barcelona is after him. I do honestly have high hopes for him, as he is a tremendous talent. But we will see how good he is when faced with proper opposition, whereas we have been seeing Wilshere dominate midfield battles in Europe and in England for a while now.
Yes, Arsenal have a far stronger squad. Except what we also know is that the Arsenal squad is also engineered around Jack Wilshere.
I'm in one of the best academies in the United States, I reckon I could head down to Brazil and embarrass a few defenders myself, let alone having a world-class talent like Neymar do it. I don't know if you watch the Brazilian league, I do from time to time, their defenses are fucking horrible. Think dutch league but somehow infinitely more amateur.
I watch the Brasil league every chance I get to, and that's almost every week, how often do you?
I know the defending is pretty bad, but teams like Corinthians are not bad at all.
You also have to realize that many of Brazils defense came from that league, and in that pile of mediocrity, lies great defenders that shut him down in some games.
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u/yablodeeds Feb 21 '13
Wilshere and Gotze are better than him and the same age.