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I'm not sure where my abuse came from either - because there wasn't any. So...scoring 43 goals for England is "laughable" is it ? Right-o. Carry on.

Well aside from what might have been, I think his goalscoring record puts him north of "good" but a bit south of "great".

Whether Rooney had better players around him is a moot point and highly debatable. He had more over-hyped players for sure, due to the era in which he has played his career. We could probably pick through the England teams of their respective eras and pick some right old duffers they had as...

I've never said he's world class.

Well, he scored a fine equaliser in the Champions League Final against the best team on the planet at the time, but as Man U went on to lose, its largely forgotten. And England simply have not been good enough during his era to get deep enough into a tournament to give him a platform for a...

Lineker has not played "many less games" in WCF's than Rooney though, in fact he played more. He played 11 in total (5 in 1986 and 6 in 1990). Rooney played 3 in 2006, 4 in 2010 and 3 in 2014, so 10 in all. As for being "injury free" - he went to the 2006 tournament crocked, missing the first...

How much of that is his fault though ? England as a collective have utterly STUNK in the last 3 World Cups, not just Rooney. Lineker did at least play in a pretty decent team in 86 where it all started to click after he formed a potent partnership with Beardsley. And the 1990 squad had some...

43 International goals and 30-odd Champions League goals isn't scoring at the top level ?

The likes of Greaves and Charlton filled their boots vs your Luxembourgs as well you know. Lineker got a hattrick in the 8-0 Turkey-shoot when they were shite, as well as many other minnows. They weren't ALL against Germany and Argentina. You might not like Rooney as a person or a player, but...