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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
To be fair Walcott is injury prone, Wright Phillips has done nothing at international level & Lennon blows hot & cold and is very much a confidence player, Crouch has never really done anything against any significant team & Upson doesn't really have a lot of international experience. Barry is solid if unspectacular.
I still think that after England's starting 11 they're pretty weak.
I do think people talk up the South American teams far too much, Rooney is just a good a player as Messi.
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Its because South America produces players like Messi almost non-stop, most don`t achieve Messi`s international fame because of bad transfers to the wrong clubs, not being able to adapt to the european game, injuries (watch Brazilian league football and you`ll see what I mean) or just transferring to inferior leagues for the money where they don`t develop any further, its almost a non stop gravy train. So if one highly talented Maradona style player falls by the wayside, there is always another one to replace him.
Whereas with Rooney, he`s a talent that comes around in northern european football once in a blue moon, England may well have to wait another decade or more to get another Rooney.