Why is Jack Wilshere playing for Capello and not Pearce?

I really can’t understand the decision to put Jack Wilshere in the senior squad when Stuart Pearce’s side is facing an important play-off qualification match against Romania. While I am great supporter of Wilshere and believe that he will definitely be a star with the national team in the near future, I think he will be more important to the U21’s than that his place on the bench against Montenegro.

I understand that it is also an important match for Capello’s side in their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign but it can’t be that senior squad cannot do without the 18 year old prodigy. Is the England team suddenly experiencing a shortage of midfielders? As far as I know, the only face missing from the usual squad is Frank Lampard. There must be countless others that Capello can call upon like James Milner, Stewart Downing or even Jamie O’Hara whereas Wilshere is one of the key players in the U21 set-up. His performance against Romania in the first leg proves that he is indispensible to the squad.

It is a testament to the good form Wilshere has shown for Arsenal that everybody is fast brandishing him as the next great hope for England. In this case however, it is definitely a really bad decision to let him play for the senior squad when the U21’s really need him in Bucharest. Leading 2-1 in the match doesn’t guarantee England an easy ride into the 2011 Finals so Stuart Pearce would be hoping he does not regret giving up the teenage prodigy to Capello for such an important match.