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There was a time where he could/should have been dropped, he's not invincible. And he wouldn't have a sniff.
Very good player, never lived up to the hype of when he was a teenager.
You don't get much for £300K a week these days do you?
Just to humour you with this - how many games did Crouch play out on the wing or behind the main striker?Peter Crouch: 22 goals in 42 games. Extrapolated over 100 games he'd be six ahead of Rooney.
Fair play, Rooney has been a decent servant for England but failed to live up to his initial promise.
Played up front, he would have been a lot more effective. As shown by his two poachers goals last night.
Which specific part are you referring to? He scored in a champions league final when Man Utd hardly had a touch of the ball. He settled a Manchester Derby with an amazing over-head kick against a multi-million pound side. He's performed in plenty more high pressure games. Alot of the time for England in tournament finals he's been surrounded by average players or has been injured or has had to play out of position or with negative tactics.Aye mate, let's rewrite history.
Just to humour you with this - how many games did Crouch play out on the wing or behind the main striker?
Which specific part are you referring to? He scored in a champions league final when Man Utd hardly had a touch of the ball. He settled a Manchester Derby with an amazing over-head kick against a multi-million pound side. He's performed in plenty more high pressure games. Alot of the time for England in tournament finals he's been surrounded by average players or has been injured or has had to play out of position or with negative tactics.
I'd have him ahead of RVP, Huntelaar and probably Benzema.
Agreed though he could of done better
Fuck off*have
Isn'tBenzema is a better player than rooney.
Let's keep this seasonal.....................Oh yes he is.Fuck off
Isn't
His International career has been nothing to shout about. Continually falls short at tournaments. Most notably in South Africa when he was absolutely atrocious and should have been dropped. His club career has been up and down performance wise. He's the best English striker ATM but that's not saying much TBH.Just to humour you with this - how many games did Crouch play out on the wing or behind the main striker?
Which specific part are you referring to? He scored in a champions league final when Man Utd hardly had a touch of the ball. He settled a Manchester Derby with an amazing over-head kick against a multi-million pound side. He's performed in plenty more high pressure games. Alot of the time for England in tournament finals he's been surrounded by average players or has been injured or has had to play out of position or with negative tactics.
His International career has been nothing to shout about. Continually falls short at tournaments. Most notably in South Africa when he was absolutely atrocious and should have been dropped. His club career has been up and down performance wise. He's the best English striker ATM but that's not saying much TBH.
He'll end up record caps holder and record goal scorer.His International career has been nothing to shout about. Continually falls short at tournaments. Most notably in South Africa when he was absolutely atrocious and should have been dropped. His club career has been up and down performance wise. He's the best English striker ATM but that's not saying much TBH.
Good for you rocky.He'll end up record caps holder and record goal scorer.
I thinks thats a lot to shout about tbh.
Not me, man. Rooney.Good for you rocky.
I really rate Rooney and don't get the stick he gets. Just thought his record was crap in tournaments. As it happens it's not too bad.6. But considering he's played 17 tournament games, he was struggling with injury for a couple of the tournaments and he's been in a poor team with the exception of 2004, his record isn't that bad.
Rooney gets so much stick because he isn't Ronaldo or Messi and he hasn't won us a tournament single handedly.
Needs to get them in the qualifiers and friendlies as he won't get them once the real stuff starts at the finals.
Had a cracking game, but needs to turn up to a major tournament to avoid going down as a flat track bully.
When should he ever have been better than messi and ronaldo by some distance?When you should have been the best in the world by some distance, as he looked like he was going to be when he was 17, only being in the top three players in the world when you're in an advert with the other two is a disappointment.
The other issue is that the lack of progression is for the want of trying. He was absolutely terrifying when he burst onto the scene. Then he got used to the celebrity lifestyle and was made far too comfortable too early to have to worry about improving. Compare with Ronaldo, Messi and all his other peers who have a culture of learning throughout their career instilled in them. English lads are spoiled by money - that's the endgame for the vast majority of them.
He may end up holding all the records, but it's still a case of what might have been. Poor opposition and lack of real competition for his place at international level have made that look better than it is in reality, which I know is now second to the almighty god that is statistics.
His International career has been nothing to shout about. Continually falls short at tournaments. Most notably in South Africa when he was absolutely atrocious and should have been dropped. His club career has been up and down performance wise. He's the best English striker ATM but that's not saying much TBH.