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Originally Posted by united
If anything Steven Gerrard is the classic case. It would take at least two hands to count the number of times he's withdrawn from a friendly due to "injury", only to show up perfectly fit 3 days later for Liverpool. He deserves to be on the England roster, as a substitute...That is, when he's fit.
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Bull.
Gerrard's had tons of nagging injuries throughout his career, look at the last two seasons for more proof, he'll miss a Europa game and play a League game a few days later. It happens if the injuries are small or if you're just playing too many damn games.
Either way, this whole sports business is a 'what have you done for me lately' enterprise. Face it, Rooney has been sandbagging it for England, you can tell because he mouthed off the fans in South Africa and then yesterday when he gets subbed off:
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Rooney was substituted in between Hungary's opening goal and Steven Gerrard's equaliser and with the Wembley crowd frustrated with a 1-0 scoreline in favour of the visitors, the striker was withdrawn to a mixture of boos and applause. He appeared to clap sarcastically to the crowd and then went straight down the tunnel.
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http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...ro2012&cc=5901
Class act that Rooney. Maybe hes spent too much time with Cristiano.