Wed 3 May 06
Palace Coup?
Everyone at Maple Lions wishes Wayne Rooney a speedy full recovery. But why have many forgotten that England possesses a formidable striker worth calling up for Germany?
Andy Johnson was second in the top scorer rankings of the 2004/05 EPL season, making him England’s top striker then. In the April 2006 Four Four Two’s rankings of the 50 best players in the Football League, at third Johnson was the highest rated striker.
England has depth, folks.
Paul Canniff
Sorry, I can’t agree. England have plenty of striker that can come in and do a job for them, but none that can unsettle opposition defences as Rooney can. I am absolutely sickened at his loss.
Hopefully, the news of cluster fractures is premature, so that the 6 wk timeline remains. If that’s the case, Sven has to take him, and use him in the Round of 16 or the Quarters.
In the meantime, I think a good plan B would be to put Gerrard into the hole position behind Owen, and then bring in Carrick to play the holding role. Gotta see it as an opportunity, there’s no other choice.
Just feel horrible for Rooney. He was going to have a monster World Cup.
I know this could’ve happened at anytime, but why didn’t Ferguson sub him off before then? It was 3-0, United were never going to get 4 goals in 15 minutes to keep the championship alive.
Just horrible.
What a coincidence! I’m a big Palace fan (so I’d have to agree with you about Andy Johnson) plus I wrote and sang(?) the rap which is part of the unofficial England World Cup song ‘Hansen’s Eyebrows’, which just won a BBC Listeners’ poll as the best song!
Question: are you rooting for USA, or Iran?
Hope it’s all good north of the border.
Cheers, MC Jabber