thick doggin twat.

What I was trying to say earlier was that Gerrard and the like know that they have virtually no serious competition for a place in the England squad mainly because there are no other players in the same mould as Gerrard and Co. Who’s going to seriously threaten John Terry’s or Rio Ferdinand’s place in the England squad? What’s happened is that Gerrard and Co have this thought running around that should they have a bad game, they’ll always have the next game to make it right. That’s the problem.

If there’s a system whereby Capello had to say, “okay, Gerrard and Rooney, you didn’t perform in the last game, so I’m replacing you with Carrick and Defoe”, then the likes of Gerrard and Rooney and the rest of England starting lineup would realise that if they don’t perform, they will be replaced. And they’re not being replaced with just any players. They’re being replaced by players who spend most their International career warming the England bench so when they get a chance to impress and they know that if they impress, Capello will seriously consider them, they’ll perform well which in-turn will force Gerrard and Co to up they’re game.

LOL! he scored against Russia in Feb i think it was and if anyone needs to be dropped it is Lampard! everytime without fail we see him in the starting XI why!?! he doesnt do anything…. he can’t play with gerard possibly englands best midfielder…. you never see him attack all he does all game is lick his top lip :S and plus England qill be lucky to get to the world cup in my opion if we do great im behind them but 2-0 against andorra and we had to wait for joe cole to come on isnt good… so saying it rooney fault is just wrong he works just as hard maybe harder who ever he is playing for club or country. im not saying this because im a united fan, im saying it because its true drop Fat Lumpard and get Barry back in!

The problem with the English press is that when England stop performing, they look for a scapegoat and 99.9% of the time that scapegoat is in the form of a United player eg. Beckham after 1998 World Cup, Scholes for retiring, Ronaldo for 2006 World Cup, Mclaren (ex United) for Euro08 Qualifiers (though it may have been justified) and now Rooney for England’s current form.

It really rattles my cage when people blame the performance of 11 men on 1 man. Englands lacklustre performance is down to Leadership and a lack in depth. Rooney, Gerrard, Terry, Ferdinand and the like, know that they are the current best English players at their respective positions which guarantee’s a place in the starting lineup. Capello should be brave enough to drop those players and replace them with fringe or young players just to prove that no player’s position in the team is guaranteed.

In my opinion, his form is a bit wayward at the moment, but dropping him is a ridiculous notion, especially when you consider the alternatives.

I very much doubt that any of these “experts” or “critics” actually watch Rooney play week in, week out because if they did, they’d see he does a whole lot more than score the occasional goal.

I don’t care what anyone says. In my eyes, he’s United most important player.

Imagine England are playing Croatia tomorrow night? Easy right?

Now, imagine if the starting XI to face them consisted of Wayne Rooney playing in every position. That’s right, 11 Wazza’s against any country in the world even.

Now, imagine the exact same thing but with any other England player you like. Is that player going to do better than Wayne?

The answer is: NO!

Do you see?