Playing the game is hardly a barometer of knowledge is it.
it helps though.........blatantly saying 442 is outdated shows a lack of understanding imo.
Playing the game is hardly a barometer of knowledge is it.
it helps though.........blatantly saying 442 is outdated shows a lack of understanding imo.
Due to the paucity of talent in this country, many have looked to Rooney to be the potential saviour and thus have heaped enormous pressure on him ( which he can't cope with ) They overlook his consistent ability to fail to raise his game at the highest level and as each major tournament dawns, he is bigged up as our one world class player that we can pin our hopes on.
Frankly, I think he short changes club and country. Quick enough to claim his club lacks ambition, he slaps in hefty wage demands every 2 years but his contribution fails to match the support his club and fans give him.
His game doesn't seem to have moved on in 7-8 years and his fitness levels always leave a lot to be desired. In short, he hasn't worked hard enough at his game to become a higher class player.
He is past his peak now and its all downhill from here. Sure, you will get the odd cameo moment against a PL ' lower light 'but don't expect much from him now. Fergie always said that players mature at 25-26 and yet dear old Wayne is still talking about learning at nearly 30!
For all the big talk, I still believe deep down that he has a fairly fragile level of confidence. This may sound strange when you watch the apparently strong confident player on top of his game but his game does fall to pieces too often, when he can't even seem to trap a bag of cement.
Every time I hear the pro's talk about him they are always extolling his virtues, calling him world class etc. They obviously know more than little ol' me.
I feel like I'm done with England now. I came very close to jacking it all in after the Algeria match in WC2010. It wasn't so much the poor performance as Rooney's contemptuous dismissal of the supporters afterwards. It may have hurt his precious ego but he had precisely no empathy with frustrated supporters who might have saved up for their trip over a year or more.
Fast forward to 2014 and we have the unedifying spectacle of tumbling out of the competition at the earliest possible opportunity.
It isn't the performances as such. We really don't have a squad capable of making an impression on the world stage but so what? I supported Brighton all those years down in the basement with no prospect of success and had some of my most rewarding times following the team. What does for me is the sense of entitlement that simply oozes out of the England camp. Many of these people have probably been told that they were wonderful since they were 10 and cannot comprehend the world of the people that turn up to validate them every Saturday.
It just feels like watching a different species to me now. Enough. No more. 100% Albion.
I understand your frustration with Rooney, but I can see it from his point of view too. 41 goals in 96 matches for England is a decent return, and 15 in his last 27 since 2010 indicates that the decline - if at all - has only been minor.
If he scores 8 in his next 10 he matches the great Bobby Charlton's record. Indeed, if he stays fit this is quite likely - our next 10 are against San Marino (twice), Slovenia (twice), Estonia, Lithuania, Scotland, Republic Of Ireland and Switzerland (twice).
The problem is NOT Wayne Rooney.
should pay Brendan Rodgers a ton of money to manage both Liverpool and England
I think that quote is shocking. And after the game Rooney said he is still learning. Learning what exactly? He should be at his peak now. There were players at the ages of 22 and 23 tearing up the world cup..and the self-styled 'big man' of English football is still learning.
Rooney's 41 in 96 is a good record ,But Malta's Micheal Mifsud has 39 from 103 in a team that loses most of their games .Does this mean Mifsud is world class as well?But he has only scored 1 goal at a WC. It's all very well smashing them in against San Marino but he needs to deliver on the biggest stages. Suarez played in a pretty ordinary team but he managed to show what can be done with world class talent and pedestrian team mates.
Rooney's 41 in 96 is a good record ,But Malta's Micheal Mifsud has 39 from 103 in a team that loses most of their games .Does this mean Mifsud is world class as well?
But he has only scored 1 goal at a WC. It's all very well smashing them in against San Marino but he needs to deliver on the biggest stages. Suarez played in a pretty ordinary team but he managed to show what can be done with world class talent and pedestrian team mates.
I understand your frustration with Rooney, but I can see it from his point of view too. 41 goals in 96 matches for England is a decent return, and 15 in his last 27 since 2010 indicates that the decline - if at all - has only been minor.
If he scores 8 in his next 10 he matches the great Bobby Charlton's record. Indeed, if he stays fit this is quite likely - our next 10 are against San Marino (twice), Slovenia (twice), Estonia, Lithuania, Scotland, Republic Of Ireland and Switzerland (twice).
The problem is NOT Wayne Rooney.
I understand your frustration with Rooney, but I can see it from his point of view too. 41 goals in 96 matches for England is a decent return, and 15 in his last 27 since 2010 indicates that the decline - if at all - has only been minor.
If he scores 8 in his next 10 he matches the great Bobby Charlton's record. Indeed, if he stays fit this is quite likely - our next 10 are against San Marino (twice), Slovenia (twice), Estonia, Lithuania, Scotland, Republic Of Ireland and Switzerland (twice).
The problem is NOT Wayne Rooney.
"We'll find it hard to bring attendances back to very high levels because the opponents we're playing won't excite the public," said Hodgson (BBC Sport website)
Er, no Roy - it's because England are s**t and none of the players try, so what is the point
of bothering you misguided moron.