Just got the scoring record. Tonight has been a microcosm of his career Andy. He's been awful but he will get the headlines. Not his fault.  To be fair he spoke well after the game.

-- Edited by smiler on Tuesday 8th of September 2015 09:43:39 PM

This is a bit of a ps. Wayne Rooney is obviously very good at football. I get frustrated not with Wayne Rooney but with people who describe him as 'world class' or 'the best England striker ever'. He always makes himself available for club and country and I am sure he always gives his best. He is a bit like Gazza in that whatever else he clearly loves playing football. There are spells however when confidence seems to drain from him and he looks like he has not mastered the basics. He is not in my opinion world class but he has just scored his 50th goal for England and he is the only person ever to have done that, which by any measure is something that deserves special recognition (albeit not the hyperbole that commentator on ITV was spouting). I feel better now.