You have to accept Jack for what it is. An antediluvian jingoistic GEL. He'll do a Terry Butcher every for England and Arsenal game if he's asked and will never willingly say he's injured and come off the pitch. Very stupid.
One aspect of our injury record that gets ignored is players honesty and ability to know their body. It's only worsen during an era of really young players who are naturally eager to be in the team, mark their place in the team and thus not jeopardise their position in the squad by taking time out. So they're more likely to be dishonest about their physical health and also likely not to know when they're injured- talking about minor niggle here and there that people dismiss and ignore as placebo which overtime develops into something worse.
Hudgson and Arsene especially are the ones that need to be stronger and pull him out when he's appearing injured. If you need the physio's attention after every tackle, something isn't quite right. You don't need a prevention and wannabe like Verheijin to state it for you.