You can't really argue with Rooneys club form, he is a brilliant player. He just doesn't do it for England much. There's quite a few players in the England squad who play well for their clubs but not so much for country. As long as he keeps playing well for UTD, the media will big him up for International games. I'd love for him to score every game for us, but it's not likely.
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That's the thing with players like Rooney.
With clubs, they do play extremely well.
But with the International games, something seems to be missing. He just looks ordinary at times, rather than the lightening fast players that people know he can be or whatever.
I don't know if it is because they cannot gel with different players in the England team or they are used to the backups that they get from their own club players but it kinda highlights that they aren't really that great if they cannot change their style to suit the team and take advantage of it.
I just hope its not about money
I just wonder if they are like journeymen of football, selling their services for the highest bidder but not for pride. It kinda seems like that sometimes when they don't quite show their club form.
For example, Ronaldo from Portugal missed quite a few chances of goals, but at least he was actively making them and making good plays and so on.
However, I will say that International football can be a harder game as the players can be playing alongside players that they may not know as well and against teams that may have a lot of talent and high workrate to tire them out.
Which reminds me, a commentator was telling the viewer to expect the players to conserve their energy as they would get tired legs. That struck me as odd, these guys are professional players. They are PAID (highly) to keep running and have extreme endurance and be able to run the other team ragged. And while controlling a small ball with the aim of getting it in the goal.
Just struck me as odd.
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