posted Sep 7, 2008

What are you talking about Rooney has gone down hill because of Fergie? The guy has been playing alongside Cristiano Ronaldo- (the best player in the world) so how can you say he's gone down hill? Rooney plays a promenant role in the United team- but obviously doesn't all get the plaundits (rightly so) because of the fact Ronaldo is there! He does a lot for the team without getting noticed BECAUSE OF RONALDO!! He has not gone down hill- Ronaldo has just improved massively!

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posted Sep 7, 2008

Ultimately the team and capello will be judged on results against the stronger teams - they were requred to beat Andora and did so, even though it wasn't pretty.

Good to see Capello giving Cole and Rooney a rollicking though, it must be the first time in years an england manager has dared to have a go at the players and will hopefully lead to an improvement.

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posted Sep 7, 2008

ronaldo has got absolutely nothing to do with it, if anything ronaldo doing so well makes rooney look better! and seeing as this is a thread about england, suprisingly my comment was about rooney with england where he hasnt performed in years, and where in my comment did i say BECAUSE of fergie?? i dont think it is fergies fault because hes changed rooney to the player he needs but, IMO rooney is not as exciting as he used to be and has failed to live upto expectations

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posted Sep 7, 2008

I think we can take positives from Capello. He didn't pick a team based on what the fans or media wanted, he showed he wasn't afraid to take risks and best of all, he showed he wasn't afraid to criticise big name players.

Although, admittedly, it was against Andorra...

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posted Sep 7, 2008

comment by LCFC-PL-2012 (U12765907)
posted 10 Minutes Ago

What are you talking about Rooney has gone down hill because of Fergie? The guy has been playing alongside Cristiano Ronaldo- (the best player in the world) so how can you say he's gone down hill? Rooney plays a promenant role in the United team- but obviously doesn't all get the plaundits (rightly so) because of the fact Ronaldo is there! He does a lot for the team without getting noticed BECAUSE OF RONALDO!! He has not gone down hill- Ronaldo has just improved massively!

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I gotta say i agree with this.
last season what happened was that rooney and ronaldo swapped position,ronaldo became the striker and rooney the winger.
since rooney's been playing as a winger for so long ,his striking abilities have decreased.
So if there is some1 to blame its ronaldo. But still thats no excuse for the whole team playing bad.

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posted Sep 7, 2008

im glad capello had a go at rooney and cole

it shows no-one in the team is untouchable

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posted Sep 7, 2008

I agree and disagree with this article...Rooney is not a out and out striker, he likes play in front of the midfield just behind the attack...ok I agree he performances have been below par lately and he also upset cappello by dropping back alot in the second half.

We need Strikers, ok I am not living in the days of Lineker and Shearer who lead the line good but we someone like that, Crouch...actually for a person his height actually does have some good ability with his feet but we always play to his head, defoe just seems to drift in and out, owen when fit could become effective again.

I think we have a pretty good defence, I think we still have a problem on the left hand side for England (have we not always had this) On the centre, we are putting up with Beckham and hopefully bentley will come into that role, Central...well thats the problem, we have about 5-6 good individuals which play good as individual's and not as a team, for the last 2-3 years I have said that Cole is prob one of England's better players...so like alot of the other posts - it is getting the balance right...I do worry for england really I do...I love them but worry.

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posted Sep 7, 2008

Only problem with the Rooney/Ronaldo situation is that for United, Rooney is expected to work hard to engineer space and opportunities for Ronaldo (the star player). For england he situation should be different - Rooney is the star player who should be saving his energy and getting in good positions - someone else should be doing his legwork Unfortunately he doesn't seem to have grasped this, hence Capello having a go at him...

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posted Sep 7, 2008

jayjay1306 (U12492739)
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Before you call me an idiot, Rooney didnt score a goal in the qualifiers for the 2006 world cup!

He's a striker, he needs to score, get used to it you arrogant "fan"

Rooney doesn't score enough and only deluded utd fans would disagree! And you say 2 games since russia? He didnt score in any friendlies either so before you start throwing your weight around get YOUR facts right!

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posted Sep 7, 2008

comment by JR-ArsenalFan (U12279350)
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jayjay1306 (U12492739)
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Before you call me an idiot, Rooney didnt score a goal in the qualifiers for the 2006 world cup!

He's a striker, he needs to score, get used to it you arrogant "fan"

Rooney doesn't score enough and only deluded utd fans would disagree! And you say 2 games since russia? He didnt score in any friendlies either so before you start throwing your weight around get YOUR facts right!


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You said competitive games d1ckhead and if you check out his united goals he is almost a 1 in 2 goalscorer, not bad for a player who is played out of position an awful lot.

And to point out, he isnt what you would call an out and out striker he is a linkup man so again, he hasn't got a bad scoring record. I think you need to watch rooney play a bit more, did you not see his defence splitting pass last night!

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