England V Sweden

[AtW]

England will prevail.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

England will prevail.

This is a football thread dude

[Scoobos]

tis true though, I'm probably one of the very few who thought Monday's game was the strongest England performance for at least a year.

[AtW]

This is a football thread dude

Ah ok then: 4-1 to Sweden.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

tis true though, I'm probably one of the very few who thought Monday's game was the strongest England performance for at least a year.

Don't think so, I said that much earlier and many others felt the same. For the first time we felt the guys were giving their all (almost). They are not on the same level technically as France, Germany, Spain etc but they played to their strengths.

[gingerjedi]

Don't think so, I said that much earlier and many others felt the same. For the first time we felt the guys were giving their all (almost). They are not on the same level technically as France, Germany, Spain etc but they played to their strengths.

England hit a low when they were torn apart by a pretty average Germany at the last world cup, I think this has hastened the introduction of some much needed young blood into the squad which may not pay off immediately but could bode well for the future.

[Doggy Styles]

Rooney is still on a very, very small list of England players that would bit a first pick in most teams in the world

Maybe, but Cole and possibly Hart would be ahead of him.

[Old Hack]

Maybe, but Cole and possibly Hart would be ahead of him.

Not if he wasn't banned. No chance. Not a Utd fan, but the boy has a bit of class. I'll agree Cole and Hart are possibly the only other world class players in the team, but Rooney has something about him, clever footballer.

But, as someone earlier said, football creates conversations like this, and thats good.

[d000hg]

Have they announced the Olympics squad yet, if so anyone got a link?

[FiveTimes]

Not if he wasn't banned. No chance. Not a Utd fan, but the boy has a bit of class. I'll agree Cole and Hart are possibly the only other world class players in the team, but Rooney has something about him, clever footballer.

But, as someone earlier said, football creates conversations like this, and thats good.

Cole and Hart are the only true world class players we have.
Rooney is a great club player but when it comes to international football he hasn't performed.
I doubt he would walk into any of the teams currently above us in the world ratings.

The issue with Rooney is where to play him. As a lone striker he gets annoyed that players don't read him. As a no. 10 just of a no. 9 ? He has a tendency to drop too deep causing too much of a gap between midfield and attack.

I'm hoping that rooney/welbeck can link well as they have shown at man u.