Comments on: Should Rooney seek his fortune abroad?

By: SOCCERPROPICK.COM

SOCCERPROPICK.COM — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:34:55 +0000

Maybe he wanted his name listed in the history of manchester united, who knows,,

By: luis

luis — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:01:19 +0000

Are you nuts? I believe that Rooney will forever be a Man united Man. Following the steps of Giggs, solskjaer, neville, and scholes. He is one of the vital cogs in Man United’s offense.

By: TD

TD — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:05:35 +0000

“Ireland have all their squad playing abroad but never seem to win anything, why is this?”

First off, Irish players are not even considered foreigners in the Premier League.

“”A player is considered foreign if he is not eligible to play for the national teams of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland.”"

Secondly, Ireland has a population of around 4.5 million and football competes with Gaelic sports. All in all they are quite successful with what they are working with.

By: Serhij

Serhij — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:33:43 +0000

He will be a Manutd legend

By: Aogon Collins

Aogon Collins — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:52:49 +0000

Probably to captain the national team would need one based in the country so Wayne should not try to click on that mistake.

By: Dan United

Dan United — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:24:39 +0000

There’s only one reason why England are massive under achievers, our technique is embarrasing compared to the likes of Spain, Brazil, Italy etc.

These tournament winning nations win tournaments for their technical ability, the ability to string 10-20 passes together in the opposition half. Their ball retention is phenomenal and our ball retention and technical ability is somewhat poor in comparison.

England won’t be helped much by a Rooney or a Lampard or a Gerrard moving abroad, the technical ability is drilled into youngsters abroad from the moment they can kick a ball. Investment in youth football in this country is the only way we will ever compete in major tournaments.

People say we have a chance of winning in South Africa? Any time we come up against a technically nation we struggle – France, Spain, Holland & Brazil to name a few.

I hope England win the World Cup, but realistically we are a quarter final team at best.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:24:43 +0000

I don’t believe Rooney would do well abroad. It’s something to write about, this idea of him leaving the comforts of home, but even if some day her leaves Man U I can’t see him ever leaving the British Isles. He is destined to be a Kevin Keegan/Alan Shearer type legend, soccer heroes who never felt the need to go “foreign” to leave a legacy.

By: Marcus O'Mard

Marcus O'Mard — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:31:17 +0000

because very few Irish players are playing at top clubs. By top, I mean the superclubs that are playing in the knockout rounds of the champions league every year.

I’m of the opinion that most players cannot be considered truly great until they go abroad and achieve things on foreign soil. Rooney is still learning his trade as he’s only 24 and has another year or two before he reaches his peak.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:47:39 +0000

Ireland have all their squad playing abroad but never seem to win anything, why is this?

By: jonny on the ball

jonny on the ball — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:17:42 +0000

Maybe it would do Rooney good to go and play abroad. He may become a more rounded player even grow up a little.

http://jonnyontheball.blogspot.com/