dave_rhino said:
did no one see the footage from before the kickoff? the reason Rooney was so pissed off with Ronaldo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylMqeyMgsxs
at like 1:35... watch what Ronaldo does to Rooney. (not friendly imo)
that twat has NO sportsman ship. i can't wait for him to get back to old trafford, see how many friends he has now...
Which made it more important that Rooney
didn't react to provocation.
I'm not happy with Ronaldo's attitude either (life is going to be....interesting for him, from now on when he returns to the UK), but in the end the England team knew what the refs were like in this World Cup (ask Bruce Arena & the USA). To me, Ronaldo's wink was "job done - Rooney's out."
Rooney needs to learn from this experience.
And we ultimately lost because we simply didn't convert our penalties - despite Portugal's two misses. Is it coincidence that Hargreaves (who plays in the
Bundesliga) scored his pen?
Yes I'm still pissed off at Ronaldo, but I also hope England's exit will ***** a serious re-examination of our team, management & set-up - if we
really have a "Golden generation", how can we get the best out of them?
I also hope that people don't get blinded by media hype next time....