Rooney retires from international football


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Could you imagine Jermain Defoe quitting on England. ...... Different mentality to these players who want to focus on their clubs .....

I could never turn my back on service for my country. Still hoping to be spotted :confused:
 
We would have won Euro 2004 if he hadn't got injured.

I was there and every fan thought we were on the verge of something special and then he got injured and the hope disappeared... I was gutted.

He was simply awesome in the tournament, and although he has had a great career , never reached the heights for England as he did in that tournament, which is disappointing as really thought he was going to turn into a true world class player the country had been waiting for.

It may seem harsh for someone who has had a great career and possibly the best English player in my lifetime, but it could have been even better especially at international level.
 
Gets a lot more criticism than he deserves. Been a great servant to club and country his whole career and is retiring as England all time top scorer, not sure too many people can complain at that. Yes he didn't do it in major tournaments, but there's more to England than Wayne Rooney and the whole team failed to perform.

Exactly this!!!

Some seem to think because he didnt single handedly carry endless shote england squads to a world cup he isnt an all time great
 
Exactly this!!!

Some seem to think because he didnt single handedly carry endless shote england squads to a world cup he isnt an all time great

I don't think it's that he didn't carry poor England teams, in was the fact that apart from 2004, he himself was very poor in major tournaments ,agreed along with many other players.
 
Never been as excited about a player coming through as I was watching him at Euro 2004, that Croatia game he was unplayable. Loved the dream playing for his home town club and man united. Some jealous people always wanted to knock him down but he's had a brilliant career and won just about everything.
 
Cue everyone forgetting everything but the goals about his England career and screaming for his return next time England get beat.
 
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