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Interesting viewpoint. Clearly there has been something going on, as his performance in qualifiers has generally been good. Even against poor sides at tournaments he's been shite.

His goalscoring record at the top level is awful. Pretty good in qualifiers though.

Seriously? One is probably the best player in the world at the moment. The other would struggle to feature in a top 20.

You're probably right but we'll never know. As a teen Rooney was clearly the more effective player of the two.

The more I practice the luckier I get. Ronaldo is said to be obsessive about training. Rooney comes back into pre season training overweight. Ronaldo is tee-total even in the off season. All the small things add up. To be an elite footballer now you have to be 100% dedicated.

A little illustration of why Rooney's career has been so frustrating. Look at Rooney and Christiano Ronaldo at 18, who was the better player? I'd argue it was Rooney. Who's the better player now? All because Ronaldo devoted himself to the game, looked after himself, didn't get distracted. The...