Rooney back to Everton
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Paul Scholes went @ 30... Philipp Lahm went at 31 as wellDaveMehmet said:Appreciate why he's done it but 31 seems a ridiculously young age to retire from international football.
Think the issue as well is the fact that International Football seems to be on a huge decline and winning things at Club Football is a bigger thing these days than winning something with your Country it seems
(Of course; Lahm has won everything and fully retired this year)1 -
i don't agree with retiring from international duty.6
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Nor do I... Its akin to turning your back on your country!!cafcdave123 said:i don't agree with retiring from international duty.
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He's doing his country a favour, imo.ForeverAddickted said:
Nor do I... Its akin to turning your back on your country!!cafcdave123 said:i don't agree with retiring from international duty.
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he did start very young though, so in terms of miles on the clock he's a very old 31! Over 750 senior games alreadyDaveMehmet said:Appreciate why he's done it but 31 seems a ridiculously young age to retire from international football.
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Merciful God, what a goal!
By Sigurdsson, that is.1 -
Don't think Scotland qualify for enough competitive fixtures for you ever to have to worry about that mate.cafcdave123 said:i don't agree with retiring from international duty.
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That's one helluva goal by Sigurdsson0
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It's strange with Rooney. On the one hand, he's our country's record goalscorer and at club level he's won everything with Man Utd.
On the other hand, he's performed dreadfully at international tournaments and been surrounded by world class players at Man U.
But when I think of him, I struggled to answer this question: What is he good at?
Think of ANY other world class player, past or present, and you'll straightaway have a word or an image in your mind of something they do excellently. I don't know what Rooney does. I don't know what he's best at.0 -
Statistically he's best at scoring goals for his country and for one of the biggest clubs in the world.
I've slagged him off in the past and I'm sure most England fans have at some point. Fact is when you sit and think of all the players, fantastic players at that, that have played for England and even more so Man United it's incredible really to think nobody has scored more than Rooney. Fantastic achievement and I think the fact he has re-signed for Everton when he could have doubled or even trebled his money in China says a lot about him. Yes, he's still paid a fortune anyway but a lot of players would have taken the pay rise for their last few years in the game.1 - Sponsored links:
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You can't put that in Rooney alone - it's the England team that never turns up when it really mattersSELR_addicks said:Greatest ever English striker when playing amateur teams.
Shame he never turned up when it actually mattered.
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Speaking of Everton, Sigurdsson had a wonder goal today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_bau9Fyjxs 3 -
How many of those goals were scored in meaningless friendlies? How many of the other 'top goal scorers' had access to that many friendlies?stackitsteve said:Statistically he's best at scoring goals for his country and for one of the biggest clubs in the world.
I've slagged him off in the past and I'm sure most England fans have at some point. Fact is when you sit and think of all the players, fantastic players at that, that have played for England and even more so Man United it's incredible really to think nobody has scored more than Rooney. Fantastic achievement and I think the fact he has re-signed for Everton when he could have doubled or even trebled his money in China says a lot about him. Yes, he's still paid a fortune anyway but a lot of players would have taken the pay rise for their last few years in the game.
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If it was so easy to score in meaningless friendlies and against the minows why havent others scored as many?Stu_of_Kunming said:
How many of those goals were scored in meaningless friendlies? How many of the other 'top goal scorers' had access to that many friendlies?stackitsteve said:Statistically he's best at scoring goals for his country and for one of the biggest clubs in the world.
I've slagged him off in the past and I'm sure most England fans have at some point. Fact is when you sit and think of all the players, fantastic players at that, that have played for England and even more so Man United it's incredible really to think nobody has scored more than Rooney. Fantastic achievement and I think the fact he has re-signed for Everton when he could have doubled or even trebled his money in China says a lot about him. Yes, he's still paid a fortune anyway but a lot of players would have taken the pay rise for their last few years in the game.1 -
Commentary courtesy of Swedish ChefNapaAddick said:Speaking of Everton, Sigurdsson had a wonder goal today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_bau9Fyjxs3 -
How many friendlies were played when Greeves or Lineker played? I'd imagine not many.
I'd bet if you look at goals per game in competitive matches, Rooney wouldn't be top.
I'm not trying to say Rooney is a bad player, I just don't think he's ever done much for England.1 -
I actually agree, with his England record there is always room for debate because of the quality of opposition.
He's still the record goal scorer for Man United though, and I think that is incredible when you think of the players they've had.
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On the other hand, a lot of the other countries were much weaker, the standard of international football is a lot stronger than 30/50 years agoStu_of_Kunming said:How many friendlies were played when Greeves or Lineker played? I'd imagine not many.
I'd bet if you look at goals per game in competitive matches, Rooney wouldn't be top.
I'm not trying to say Rooney is a bad player, I just don't think he's ever done much for England.1 -
Very true... Back in the 80s we twice beat Turkey 8-0... Look how quickly that changed...killerandflash said:
On the other hand, a lot of the other countries were much weaker, the standard of international football is a lot stronger than 30/50 years agoStu_of_Kunming said:How many friendlies were played when Greeves or Lineker played? I'd imagine not many.
I'd bet if you look at goals per game in competitive matches, Rooney wouldn't be top.
I'm not trying to say Rooney is a bad player, I just don't think he's ever done much for England.
https://www.11v11.com/teams/england/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Turkey/
Interestingly; six of Gary Lineker's goals came in one of those 8-0 wins and in a five 5-0 over Turkey back then...0 -
Everton have been given a tough group in the Europa....Lyon & Atalanta0
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Fair point.killerandflash said:
On the other hand, a lot of the other countries were much weaker, the standard of international football is a lot stronger than 30/50 years agoStu_of_Kunming said:How many friendlies were played when Greeves or Lineker played? I'd imagine not many.
I'd bet if you look at goals per game in competitive matches, Rooney wouldn't be top.
I'm not trying to say Rooney is a bad player, I just don't think he's ever done much for England.0 -
Arrested for drink driving. Silly boy0
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Idiot. No excuses for his actions.2
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Poor guy probably couldn't afford a taxi after he'd taken Margaret down the bingo.1
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I heard he took Margaret up the bingo3
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What a plonker!cafcsinger said:Arrested for drink driving. Silly boy
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Lucky he didn't kill anyone, fucking twat.11
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The words Dick and head come to mind, it's not like he's short of a few bob for a taxi.1
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Same with Tiger Woods, there's no excuse when anyone drink drives, but with that amount of money it's just unbelievable.addickfanatic said:The words Dick and head come to mind, it's not like he's short of a few bob for a taxi.
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Was nicked driving a VW Beetle.
Both car and driver failed their emissions test.8
