Group G - Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, England

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Prime Rooney < Average Scholes

No. Prime Rooney was a monster and actually played some of his best football for his country.

 

[wpdavid]

So Sterling is a modern day John Barnes then.

I'd argue that Barnes did more for England than Sterling has ever shown us.

EDIT
And referring to previous posts, prime Rooney's not a bad call.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Tunisia not looking so good today.

EDIT: I was going to delete this but I'm a man of my convictions.

 

[harsh.ag]

Whatte start

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

These 20 minutes have been wilder than the entire rest of the Cup combined.

 

[wpdavid]

Tunisia not looking so good today.

EDIT: I was going to delete this but I'm a man of my convictions.

Yeah, I think the Tunisia goal is a blip rather than a serious indication of where the game's heading.

Belgium to score 5 imo.

 

[GIMH]

No. Prime Rooney was a monster and actually played some of his best football for his country.

In the future this is how he will be remembered but I guess currently many focus on the lumbering oaf he became in his last couple of years

 

[harsh.ag]

I do remember Rooney playing extremely well in some matches for England, but he always seemed to miss important games. Is that an accurate impression?

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

He also stomped on Carvalho's balls, good guy Wayne.

(I've ****ing hated Wayne Rooney as a player, so you won't find me praising him very often.)

 

[GIMH]

I do remember Rooney playing extremely well in some matches for England, but he always seemed to miss important games. Is that an accurate impression?

Nope

 

[Spikey]

it's more england missed playing in important games

 

[vcs]

He was very exciting in Euro 2004 from what I remember, and hardly did anything of note in any other international tournament. Was unlucky to get injured before the World Cup in 2006 and should never have played that tournament.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Belgium look so good

 

[wpdavid]

He (Rooney) was very exciting in Euro 2004 from what I remember, and hardly did anything of note in any other international tournament. Was unlucky to get injured before the World Cup in 2006 and should never have played that tournament.

Sounds about right.

 

[harsh.ag]

He was very exciting in Euro 2004 from what I remember, and hardly did anything of note in any other international tournament. Was unlucky to get injured before the World Cup in 2006 and should never have played that tournament.

Yeah that's what I remember

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

He was quite good in multiple qualifying campaigns iirc.

 

[GIMH]

Yeah it was ridiculous. We lost Owen to injury during that tournament too. He wasn’t the player he had been by then but was still quality, a fit Owen and Rooney in that tournament and we’d have been a threat I reckon, though the same old frailties haunted us in the end.

Rooneys injury against Portugal in the 04 Euros was a hammer blow too. A big ‘if only...’ that one

 

[GIMH]

He was quite good in multiple qualifying campaigns iirc.

Indeed. 50 goals for England, you can make whatever you want of various things but that speaks for itself

 

[vcs]

Batshuayi

 

[wpdavid]

Batshuayi

Indeed. But he got there eventually, and there's the 5 I predicted.