IS ROONEY A WORLD CLASS PLAYER??? DO THE ENGLISH FOOTBALLERS DESERVE THAT MUCH???

Photo: Jennifer Thompson, a prostitute who says she had sex with Wayne Rooney while his wife Coleen was pregnant


Wayne Rooney’s performance at the 2010 World Cup was so shambolic, only pity and concern for Rooney’s reputation stopped Capello substituting him. Of course, his failure is not the only reason England failed, again. We are only 8th in the FIFA world rankings so a last 16 place is about right – to make it to the quarter finals or beyond would be punching well above our weight.
Yet already the media talk of new players, of needing to make at least the semi-finals at Euro 2012 to get back to “where England should be”. Do they never learn?
Until we develop young players who relish technique and speed more than drinking off the pitch and thuggery on it, “where England should be” at the beginning of July is precisely where they are now – on the beach.
Rooney is a prime example of  misguided belief in England’s supremacy – we are constantly told he is a genuine world class player – so important to our success that the team must be built around him. England even chose to play with effectively 10 men by playing Heskey – just to try to make Rooney look good.
This is like trying to build a house on quicksand – squeaky bum time when it rains.
The ostrich fans in their armchairs speak in awe of Rooney’s 2010 PFA Player of the Year award, his 34 goals for Man Utd, his goals in the World Cup qualifiers but does that make him world class or just a very talented club player?
Dig beneath the Sky Sports hype, remember that his club performances are for arguably the best team in the Premiership and that much of his goal tally comes against teams like Portsmouth, Wigan, Hull – hardly world class defences.
Ignore the pundits – just compare Rooney’s international prowess with lamentably forgotten England strikers like Peter Crouch:

FOR ENGLAND	Wayne Rooney	Peter Crouch
Games	59	40
Goals	25	21
Goals per game	0.4	0.5
Total minutes played	4247	2111
Minutes required per goal	169.8	100.5
Goals since March 2006 (run up to 2006 world cup)	14	21
Red cards	1	0
Yellow cards	8	3
World cups played in	2	2
Goals at world cups	0	1

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But perhaps Wayne shines more in Europe than in World Cups?
No, he has scored 21 in 54 European games (0.38 per game) compared to Crouch’s 18 in 44 (0.41 per game).
In the Premiership, Rooney does score many more than Crouch – he is in a better team and his physical style suits the frantic hurly burly of the Premiership perfectly.
But overall, Crouch has a far better record for England and a better record in Europe – in internationals, against world class opposition, against the best teams, there is no doubt Crouch shines ever brighter – whereas Rooney dims and fades – the better the opposition, the further Rooney falls behind.

Yet Flopello chose to believe the hype and pacify the media by playing Rooney (and even Heskey) at the expense of Crouch. Flopello has difficulty speaking English, perhaps he can’t read it either – their goal scoring records for England could not be any clearer.

It is quite natural that people around the world may see Rooney as a representative of the England team as a whole. Players in England earn quite a lot of money compared to much better players from other countries. But what really England team presents its supporter with when it really matters. When England team plays with a big team, it is never favorite because of its record is terribly poor. Technique, strength and stemina -- none of these was better than the Germans in last world cup. Those who have seen England vs Algeria match, can easily pick up that English players were not fit compared to the Algerian players. If Algerians had a little better techniques, the match would not end up in a draw. Getting a giant amount of money (thanks to media hype) does not make a footballer a better player. Beckham is not Meradonna or Zidan in football. But anybody can imagine the difference what media hype and excessive propaganda earned Beckham compared to those two icons.