The best facepalm lookalike ........................ ever!!

SteveStrummerUK
 
I was bored

SteveStrummerUK
 
Only 17 minutes to go.
 
Then I won't be so bored.
 
 

Moshkiae
Hi,
 
Well, Rooney at least has one assist in the WC ... the rest of the English team didn't!

SteveStrummerUK
 Hmm. A few plus points, but sadly a few more negative ones. Why is it that we're still so dire at keeping the ball, especially once we get in the opposition half? It seems even the pundits seem to think our best (and most frequent) scoring chances are going to come on the break and from set pieces. I think Rooney's had his day too. I say 'had' his day, but when has he really lived up to the hype and potential when it's mattered? I know he's arguably been the best of the bunch for a while, but when you look at the players he's always classed alongside, they always have the knack of delivering. Rooney reminds me a lot of Graeme Hick. They both obviously possess plenty of talent, and in their time, both have been lauded as the saviour of the national team. But when measured against the very best, they come up short. With Rooney, he looks good posing around on a drizzly afternoon in December at Villa Park in a team constructed around him, but when he's been exposed at the very top, it's always been a different story. Hick was the same. He scored shed-loads of runs down the road here at Worcester against any number of journeymen medium-pacers, but once Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh got him in their sights, his footwork and shot selection let him down time after time. Maybe it's the media that over-hypes these players for whatever reason, but let's be honest, the wages they get paid and the esteem they're held in by people in their sports suggests they are, or at least should be, as good as the players they're always mentioned alongside. Maybe it's something more than just skill and talent that separates them. maybe it's 'passion' they lack, or even just good old fashioned 'bottle'. I don't know, but it's so fecking frustrating.