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Post by spitthedog on Jun 25, 2012 0:15:14 GMT
I have several times now from commentators and critics that Rooney wasn't match fit
Why not?
I wasn't aware that he has been injured
Is it because he missed 2 games for suspension
So does that mean all substitutes who didn't play in those 2 games are also unfit
Surely missing those games would he would be fresh???
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Post by ichabodcheesecake on Jun 25, 2012 0:26:04 GMT
Because he got himself stupidly sent off in a qualifier and yaps about being proud to play for England
Same as that other moron, Gazza but some still think he's some kind of hero as well
Bless the simpletons X
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Post by djralphy2k9 on Jun 25, 2012 7:29:36 GMT
i blame that fucking hair  |
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Post by dadofsam on Jun 25, 2012 7:33:20 GMT
Another very, very disappointing tournemnt from Rooney - he just doesn't deliver for England and should have been subbed.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jun 25, 2012 7:41:17 GMT
The original poster makes a good point. Rooney's sending off and suspension meant that he had to miss the first two games of the tournament. It should not have meant that he looked half the player we see playing for Man Utd when he finally started the Sweden game. If Rooney could be expected to be only half fit by the time of the Sweden game then half the squad could be expected to be half fit. But I bet if players like Baines or Defoe had got on the pitch in either the Sweden or Italy games they'd have looked fine and run around like Duracell bunnies. For whatever reason, Rooney seems to have lost far more fitness (physical fitness not just match fitness) than he should have done during the period between the end of the season and the Sweden game. What concerns me most is that he seems to have managed to conceal this from Roy Hodgson and the England coaching staff.  |
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Post by philb on Jun 25, 2012 8:59:47 GMT
He's just another in a long list of players that play well for their club but shite for their country ala Lampard Milner Young etc
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Post by foxysgloves on Jun 25, 2012 9:24:18 GMT
Because he got himself stupidly sent off in a qualifier and yaps about being proud to play for England Same as that other moron, Gazza but some still think he's some kind of hero as well Bless the simpletons X The difference being, for all his failings, Gazza performed when we most needed him too. |
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Post by Kenilworth_Stokies on Jun 25, 2012 9:42:42 GMT
I've been saying this too. He only missed a couple of matches, which if anything should leave you more rested than everybody else. But he looked like he hadn't kicked a ball for a year.
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Post by rorymscfc on Jun 25, 2012 9:43:24 GMT
Surely if there had been concerns about his fitness then it would have been wise to give him more game time in the warmup matches? I was generally surprised at how out on their feet most of the England players looked after 30 mins or so. Was it down to the travelling from Poland? Or the rigours of the premier league? Will we see new calls for a winter break?
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Post by Jamo on the wing on Jun 25, 2012 9:45:48 GMT
He looked chubby again in my humble opinion and from the second he was put through by Gerrard against Ukraine, he was clearly miles off where his fitness levels should have been at.
He looked like he was running in quick sand.
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Post by thestatusquo on Jun 25, 2012 9:52:45 GMT
Gerrard getting cramp on 70 minutes would indicate a general fitness issue.
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Post by redsaturday on Jun 25, 2012 10:01:33 GMT
If messi had been out for a few weeks through suspension would he of been lacking sharpness as badly as rooney. Would if fuck, simple explanation is rooney has no where near the ability the media would have up believe.
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