Spoilt brat

[andsome]

Who saw Rooney's reaction at his substitution in last nights match? What a spoilt baby brat he is. He really threw his toys out of the pram. He needs his bottom smacking.

[Thos]

Who saw Rooney's reaction at his substitution in last nights match? What a spoilt baby brat he is. He really threw his toys out of the pram. He needs his bottom smacking.

A bit of passion is no bad thing and I wouldn't like to be the one who raised his hand to him!

Thos.

[andsome]

He is paid more in a week than a good many people EARN in a year. A little self control should have been taught to him and a lot of others at an early age. He made himself look an absolute Pratt in front of the worlds television cameras.

[Thos]

He is paid more in a week than a good many people EARN in a year. A little self control should have been taught to him and a lot of others at an early age. He made himself look an absolute Pratt in front of the worlds television cameras.

Aren't you the martinet, then?

Thos. :P

[dadyassa]

He`s a street kid who wants to play football, a few more like him an Joe Cole would do the England team proud.

In sport you need people who want to play, not just there for the dosh.

Speaking from coaching experiance ;) ;)

[AlanHo]

I agree with andsome - so called celebrities really ought to accept that the price for fame and wealth is to set a good example to others. Unfortunately - Rooney has yet to realise this.

[catgate]

He made himself look an absolute Pratt

So..... That's what he is. "Full weight without wrapper".

[andsome]

He is paid more in a week than a good many people EARN in a year. A little self control should have been taught to him and a lot of others at an early age. He made himself look an absolute Pratt in front of the worlds television cameras.

Aren't you the martinet, then?

Thos. :P

I see no harm in children like him being taught self control. It's this lack of control that is making peoples lives a misery because of yobs. He is obviously too immature to handle all the media adoration. I still think his mommy should smack his bottom. He needs to grow up.

[Thos]

I see no harm in children like him being taught self control. It's this lack of control that is making peoples lives a misery because of yobs. He is obviously too immature to handle all the media adoration. I still think his mommy should smack his bottom. He needs to grow up.

That's your view. Mine is that I deplore the lack of control on the pitch which causes reckless challenges and possible injury to others, but I welcome the passion associated with a desire to play on and win.

Thos.

[andsome]

I see no harm in children like him being taught self control. It's this lack of control that is making peoples lives a misery because of yobs. He is obviously too immature to handle all the media adoration. I still think his mommy should smack his bottom. He needs to grow up.

That's your view. Mine is that I deplore the lack of control on the pitch which causes reckless challenges and possible injury to others, but I welcome the passion associated with a desire to play on and win.

Thos.

I too deplore the lack of control and discipline on the pitch, but he is hardly presenting an example to the children watching by throwing a childish tantrum when fetched off the pitch. It is totally irrelevant that he may or may not have a desire to play on. Football is a TEAM game, and as such, the team as a whole must come before him and his childish wants. There have been and still are many fine sportsmen and women who are capable of considering the team above their own feelings. I would prefer to see the team do without him, if he is going to break down every time the manager decides to do his own job.

[Belatucadrus]

Football is a TEAM game

:lol:

What gave you that idea. England hasn't had a team for years, what we've got is eleven prima donas who just happen to be wearing the same strip while being on the same football pitch. Note the pundits comments last night " They need some training, to rectify their faults" TRAINING !!! now, it's not as if the World cup was sprung on them at the last minute, how come they still aren't ready and can't play properly as a unit. How come when they come up against inferior players who CAN play as a team (Sweden) they come unravelled. They haven't really looked any good since they beat Germany.

You can fly as many cheap Chinese made nylon St Georges flags as you like, this lot have no chance and realistically never did.

[andsome]

Football is a TEAM game

:lol:

What gave you that idea. England hasn't had a team for years, what we've got is eleven prima donas who just happen to be wearing the same strip while being on the same football pitch. Note the pundits comments last night " They need some training, to rectify their faults" TRAINING !!! now, it's not as if the World cup was sprung on them at the last minute, how come they still aren't ready and can't play properly as a unit. How come when they come up against inferior players who CAN play as a team (Sweden) they come unravelled. They haven't really looked any good since they beat Germany.

You can fly as many cheap Chinese made nylon St Georges flags as you like, this lot have no chance and realistically never did.

I agree with your points. Football however IS a team game. The fact that this bunch of prima donnas do not treat it as such is beside the point. It's about time some discipline both on and off the field was instilled into them, than maybe thay would become capable of playing as a team. Just consider their obscene payments for kicking a ball about a field, and yet some can't even behave like men. They should ALL be on the dole.

[-pops-]

I am not normally a fan of "trash" television but I've recently been watching DVDs of the series Footballers Wives. It is unbelievably close to the real thing (if you are to believe even a small fraction of the things that get into the media). I would recommend it to anyone who is in need of a good comedy show.

But, but, but, my point was going to be that in the 1960s, Nottingham Forest won the FA cup and I lived in Nottingham at the time. I remember that one of the star footballers of the team, together with his wife, had to run my local corner shop to make ends meet. All of his colleagues were in a financial similar position. Compare that with the totally unwarranted status enjoyed by these jumped up prima donnas these days. (Please, nobody point out that prima donna applies to females only - I know what I'm saying).

[andsome]

Those were days when football was a sport and NOT a business top heavy with money. When I was an apprentice I helped to set up the Apprentices Association at I.C.I Witton. We invited Ronnie Alan of West Bromwich Albion to come along and give a talk in the evening. He did this gladly without expecting anything in return, and what a gentleman he was. Sure, in those days of course players were guilty of fouls, but NOT the gross attempts at crippling the opposition that happens today. Players did not lie down in mock agony every time they tripped over another player, and they did not act in a yobbish fashion either on or off the field. The pay was adequate but not anywhere near todays obscene wages. A hand shake or pat on the back was sufficient reward for good play or a goal. Now these yobs rush from one end of the field to the other and fall to their knees asking the crowd for adulation. Unfortunately Rooney is not the only spoilt brat in football.

[Thos]

Isn't everyone (well almost everyone) getting a bit het up over quite a minor matter. Football, even at what you consider to be a poor standard, is enjoyed by many millions, not least because most men think they could, with a bit of training, do better. If you don't like it, so be it, but many do and love the ability to shout and clap and moan at the Rooneys ( I wish there were more of them).

Thos.

[andsome]

I think that those who found Rooney's behaviour offencive were merely pointing out the potential damage to the attitudes of the young. As has been stated, he gets paid much more than enough to expect him not to be so childish.

[bvw]

I thought he was angry at himself for not playing as well as he usually does.... perhaps I got it wrong.

[catgate]

I think the whole business of international sport is utterly ridiculous.

We are rigorously instructed, cajoled and threatened about the "evils of racism" and how we should live the doctrine of PC. Then, in four year cycles, we have the World Cup and the Olympic games, and in two year cycles we have the European Cup (or something similar), whilst every year we get the endless ennui of cricket Test Matches.

All these are state sponsored/encouraged festivals of racism, run and controlled by sleaze, corruption and cronyism.

As far as supporters are concerned I think the only true ones are jock straps.

[artist]

I thought he was angry at himself for not playing as well as he usually does.... perhaps I got it wrong.

I think that was part of it - but surely he must have realised that if he wore himself to the ground then he would be of no use in all the other games to follow (I hope!)

I know it's bad luck for Owen - but isn't it time he realised he needs another career - he's always off sick, for god's sake!!

[Besty]

At least he enjoys what he does he has the choice to do that which is good to see and as far as celebrity antics he isnt as bad as alot of the other tossers out there with too much money and too little brains. And desperate housewives far surpasses footballers wives