Rooney after match quote

[bensonio]

The Rooney you saw at the end of the game was the real Rooney...not the one speaking to the press after being told by his agent/Nike/Coca Cola what to say, which areas to cover etc but him as his true self. It was a stupid thing to say in the heat of the moment and was as he said in frustration at himself AND the team performance.

 

BUT in defence of him...I think he's more of a victim of circumstance not only in the situation after the game, BUT the game on a whole.

 

Young players who have agents telling every club they're gonna be world class and asking for too much too young. Gone are the days of progressing slowly-it's now expected straight away that any player with potential should reach it within 3/4 years of their debut, an if not they drop quickly through the net to obscurity.

 

He didn't ask to have all the expectations of a nation thrust on him, there are 10 others on the pitch who were getting booed, who were probably thinking the same, but

A- didnt have a camera on them

B - KNEW not to say it

 

I really hope he'll learn from it but it's obviously managers of England (maybe the through the F.A.'s insistence on their appearance at the tournament for P.R. reasons) who need to change THEIR attitudes...how many times have we took and even played unfit players only for them to further damage their reputation/career for the sake of playing 90 mins too soon or not at 100% and also taking the countries chances down the drian with them?