| Rooney getting another England cap 18:21 - Nov 4 with 8275 views | BlackCrowe |
Ridiculous and indicative of the circus that our once great game has become. He wasn't even that good for England. Thought Southgate had more backbone and purpose. Discuss. |  |
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| Rooney getting another England cap on 15:24 - Nov 5 with 1537 views | kensalriser |
Be great if you could slip in a go bollox to the Barclay brothers during your coverage. |  |
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| Rooney getting another England cap on 17:13 - Nov 5 with 1478 views | 00calben |
| Rooney getting another England cap on 12:40 - Nov 5 by Dorse |
I read the post title quickly and thought it said 'Rodney'. I must say I am disappointed to find it is Rooney. |
It's just copper plate writing |  | | |
| Rooney getting another England cap on 20:32 - Nov 5 with 1403 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| Rooney getting another England cap on 13:45 - Nov 5 by Northernr |
It's not right. Certainly there shouldn't be caps given out if it's literally a charity game.
Sven did irreparable damage to the value of winning a cap for this country the way he dolled them out to all and sundry and messed around so much in the friendlies. He made it clear that it was a farce that he wasn't bothered with, which shifted the power further towards the clubs and away from the national manager when it came to calling players up. He wasted opportunities to work on persistent problems with the team, so the same problems arose in every tournament. He ended up awarding ridiculous amounts of caps to crap like Jenas and Phil Neville, taking them past genuine greats of the past in the stats.
I mean just look at the absolute state of this from the game against Australia at Upton Park...
James (Robinson 45), Neville (Mills 45), Ferdinand (Brown 45), Campbell (King 45), Ashley Cole (Konchesky 45), Beckham (Hargreaves 45), Lampard (Murphy 45), Scholes (Jenas 45), Dyer (Vassell 45), Beattie (Jeffers 45), Owen (Rooney 45).
Subs Not Used: Wright, Joe Cole, Upson, Parker, Davis.
But to start handing them out just because somebody's had a good career and is giving a load of cash to charity is a step even further. I mean if Richard Branson offers £30m to charity in return for coming on for 10 minutes for England we gonna go for that as well are we?
Are clubs forced to release their players for this glorified circus? If I was a manager I'd tell the FA to go bollox if they wanted one of mine at a really busy time of the season, coming into December with its unworkable fixture list.
If they think it matters so little that you can get a call up just because you're a good lad and you're giving money to charity then why on earth should anybody else care?
Anyway, I'm covering it for the Telegraph that night so that should be fun 
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The hilarious thing about your post, and that squad of mediocre shite is that four of them ended up with us and doesn’t even included Anton Ferdinand, Jay Bothroyd, Luke Young, Andy Johnson, and Rob Green.
I’m sure I’ve missed some too. [Post edited 5 Nov 2018 20:32]
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| Rooney getting another England cap on 08:14 - Nov 6 with 1303 views | TheChef |
That article also made me angry as it had a picture of Rooney wearing that fvcking awful England kit WITH RED SOCKS!!! |  |
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| Rooney getting another England cap on 01:42 - Nov 7 with 1227 views | timcocking |
https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/football/46115082
I'm confused - is he being picked because he's good enough still? If so, wtf is the problem?
If they are literally giving him a testimonial...seems a bit...naff. [Post edited 7 Nov 2018 1:47]
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| Rooney getting another England cap on 09:54 - Nov 7 with 1186 views | daveB |
| Rooney getting another England cap on 01:42 - Nov 7 by timcocking |
https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/football/46115082
I'm confused - is he being picked because he's good enough still? If so, wtf is the problem?
If they are literally giving him a testimonial...seems a bit...naff. [Post edited 7 Nov 2018 1:47]
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He retired a year ago from International football, it's just a good will gesture. Beckham was offered the same thing but had the class to turn it down and let the next generation play. |  | | |
| Rooney getting another England cap on 10:07 - Nov 7 with 1173 views | CiderwithRsie |
| Rooney getting another England cap on 01:42 - Nov 7 by timcocking |
https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/football/46115082
I'm confused - is he being picked because he's good enough still? If so, wtf is the problem?
If they are literally giving him a testimonial...seems a bit...naff. [Post edited 7 Nov 2018 1:47]
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It's clearly the latter. And, yes. |  | | |
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