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Originally Posted by chicka
Rooney obviously way over-rated. He gets the ball he can't pass it off fast enough. No creativity at all. You watch the other top players and even some of the lesser but all of the forwards are looking for the ball and trying to do something with it. He just wants somebody to set him score.
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Come on, you've seen him in the Premiership and Champions League, up against far stronger opposition than he's faced so far in the World Cup. His performances in those last two games in no way reflect what he's actually capable of. It's the same with Lampard. Clearly the problem isn't with the players, who've more than proved their worth many times over. The media's a fair shout but then I don't think they apply any pressure than the Brazilian or Argentinian media apply to their national teams, both of which seem to do ok. As with Domenech, I increasingly think there's been some kind of breakdown between Capello and the players. There's a very interesting post-match radio interview with David James [EDIT: a different one to the one o o o is talking about] where he's almost explicitely showing contempt for Capello. Rooney and Lampard are having an awful tournament but I think it's more a problem within the camp itself than one either with them as players or the pressure the media are putting them under.