International Thread Part Trois
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That was a good result for England. Switzerland pressed very hard and had opportunities on the break. Good result to come out with a 2-0 win....the game certainly livened up after Kane's goal.
I'm willing to bet it won't. With the quality of the opposition England play in qualifiers I give it 10 years after Rooney's retirement tops that someone beats his record.
However, Rooney has another couple of years to add to it and that record stood a long time. To beat it someone will have to be the main striker for years.
Bad co-commentator.? Blimey, ITV's commentator couldn't stop wetting his pants. England turning on the style.? What.? And in the end I asked him if he could just concentrate on the game rather than gushing. Awful commentator. No better since Andy Townsend parted from ITV. Basically, they're just **** at doing this sort of stuff.
100% record without getting out of 2nd gear in the group...very impressive! A pivitol night for Ireland went our way last night. By God we were poison but we did enough in the end. I'd put us no more than 50/50 to get third place at the moment. Germany will beat us and we haven't beaten a decent team like Poland since we beat Holland in 2001! The Scots and Poland game will reveal what we need in Poland anyway. Have the flights booked over and can't wait for it! As for Wayne Rooney...A poor mans Robbie Keane on the international stage
How many of his goals after his first twenty caps were actually good quality finishes against decent opposition? How many in significant games?
Well this is it. Very few in tournaments.
Well done to him. It's a record. If MLT had been given the chance to do it I would be hugely enthusiastic myself. Unfortunately, the media gush so much it kind takes any real thrill away. In the end, the abiding feeling is one of wishing they'd just shut up about it.
What Fran said. Rooney could still be playing for England for the next two qualifying competitions at least, plus the tournaments and all the friendlies in between. He could easily add another 10 goals in that time. And don't forget it's taken Rooney over 100 games to get his 50; how many strikers will play that many games in the 10 years after Rooney retires?
When we have a player with a list like this, we can say they were something special...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_goals_scored_by_Pelé
However, it isn't quantity but quality which marks great players. Maradonna scored 34 international goals - so many of them vital and in huge matches. Sometimes even with his hand!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_goals_scored_by_Pelé
However, it isn't quantity but quality which marks great players. Maradonna scored 34 international goals - so many of them vital and in huge matches. Sometimes even with his hand!
The great Gerd Müller scored 68 goals in 62 appearances for [West] Germany. Finishing was his art. He did fairly little else, but he was always there on the end of things. And in the end, it's goals that count.
Miroslav Klose eventually broke his record by scoring 71 goals in 137 games. These kinds of records never last for ever.
Miroslav Klose eventually broke his record by scoring 71 goals in 137 games. These kinds of records never last for ever.
They are just balancing out the people who are going waayyyy overboard gushing over him.
Of course it's a fine achievement and in years to come will be put into its correct perspective alongside other players like Charlton, Lineker, Greaves, Owen, Shearer, Channon, etc.. Unfortunately, it's the best news the England team can generally offer these days. In years past the football itself was the thing best remembered.
Yeah I agree, I'm not trying to say he's one of Englands greatest players or anything cos that would simply not be true, all I'm saying is that it's a 45year old record which will probably stand for a damn long time as well. Just seems a lot of people are reluctant to give him any credit at all which is unfair as he deserves it imo.