When will we realise Rooney isn’t Superman?
The press who are currently crucifying Wayne Rooney should remember exactly who it was that kept telling us that Wayne Rooney could win the World Cup on his own. The tabloids have built him up to proportions that far outweigh his ability. His history for England shows no evidence to back up the ridiculous weight of expectation placed on the poor boys shoulders. The evidence actually is that when the situation gets tense his brains go out the window. He actually got sent off in the last World Cup Finals and we ended up losing the match against Portugal and coming home. He also decided to go and play left back in Russia and gave away a penalty that cost us qualification to the Euro Finals. He has made big contributions to getting us knocked out of the last two tournaments. So the expectation now should be that in a tense situation he is far more likely to do something stupid than good. The press and that loon Porky Parry on Talksport have added to his burden with their expectation forgetting that Sven had told us he could win the last World Cup . He didn’t even score a goal in that World Cup.
He will surely be selected as he is ‘Wayne Rooney Superstar’ but he doesn’t deserve to be on current form and his temperament is a big risk.
Crouch and Defoe is a partnership that works and would probably have been too good for Algeria. Picking a team to play around what suits Wayne Rooney, when on the latest evidence he can’t trap a bag of sand, could yet prove foolish.
Capello would do well to underline the fact that England are not a one man team and can win matches without Rooney. I don’t think the weight of expectation is fair on him or shows any sign of turning out to be justified.
