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Wayne Rooney insists he has no plans to step away from international football and intends to remain as England's captain for the 2018 World Cup qualification campaign.

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In times of great uncertainty at least we know we have our captain on board for whatever challenges may lie ahead.

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That Alli clip is disgraceful.

That poor attempt at a mid air back heel & then has the gall to put his hands up in a strop like someone was going to be on the end of that wonky pass.

I like him but for me he's a box to box player. Regardless of how good Poch makes him look behind the striker.

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Rooneys just thrown Roy and Raheem under the bus....

Sky Sports News HQ understands senior members of the squad were concerned Hodgson's tactics would not get the best out of the team, while others questioned the selection of players suffering a lack of confidence or form.

SSNHQ has been told that senior England players:

Were surprised by the use of a 4-3-3 formation, which had barely been implemented in any of England's friendly matches in 2016.

Questioned the selection of Raheem Sterling for the Iceland game, after he showed signs of lacking confidence throughout the tournament.

Felt momentum had been lost by making six changes for the Slovakia game, which they drew 0-0.

Wondered why Adam Lallana did not start against Iceland after his impressive performances during the group stages.

Debated among themselves the merits of playing Wayne Rooney in midfield, for the first time in his England career.

Were left frustrated that Marcus Rashford was left to warm up for approximately 10 minutes before he was sent on for the final four minutes of the Iceland game with England in desperate need of a goal.

Felt Hodgson's pre-prepared statement at the post-Iceland press conference was an indication he may have doubted the team's chances before the game. 

Sterling's inclusion was also heavily scrutinised by some players. Although popular with his peers, Sterling's confidence was thought to be low after a below-par performance against Russia, and seemed to take a further dip after his early miss against Wales, when his shot went over the bar from close range - the best chance of the opening 20 minutes in that game.

Sources have said a number of England players were surprised Sterling was included in the starting line-up against Iceland having been taken out for the Slovakia match. Many felt Lallana - who was considered to be one of England's best performing players - should have started, yet remained on the bench in the shock defeat.

SSNHQ was told a number of players felt momentum had been lost by Hodgson's decision to make six changes to the line-up for England's final group match with Slovakia. Senior members of the team are known to have understood the need to make slight adjustments to the side, yet felt Hodgson went too far by making as many changes as he did. England went on to draw the game 0-0 and only qualified from Group B in second place.

Rooney's midfield role was debated at length, in private, by his team-mates. While it is understood all were impressed with how the England captain adapted to the midfield role Hodgson deployed him in, some questioned the wisdom of playing him there in the first place - arguing that Rooney, England's all-time leading goalscorer, remained the best No 9 in the squad.

In addition to that, a number of Rooney's team-mates felt if he was not going to be used as a striker, he should have at least been played as a No 10, enabling him to contribute either by scoring England's goals or creating them.

The use of Rashford - or lack of - was also discussed by players, who saw the Manchester United striker sent to warm-up for almost 10 minutes, yet only introduced to the game as England's final substitution, in the 86th minute of the game.

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Louis V has left his fingerprint in this tbh.

He did the right thing by allowing Rashford to continue up top despite Waz coming bk from injury.

But moving him to Mid baffled Woy, if Lv doesn't make that decision to accommodate Rooney then neither does Roy imo.

If Lv drops Rooney I believe Roy does aswell, not saying it was possible but the selection issues were virtually the same, England had a new forward in better form just like Man U did and instead of dropping Waz both chose to shoehorn him in, which is madness in all honesty.

Can't remember many other times in history something like that has occurred.

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Lvg and roy had to play him its way bigger then them 

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At another club LVG would have completely destroyed Rooney in terms of telling him whats good. There is def some under lying agreements.

I will never forget when towards the back end of the season , Rashford or Maybe Martial had to be subbed off and Rooney had to go up top. Stories popped up minutes after the game saying Rooney wasn't happy with the decision.

Imagine

 

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29 minutes ago, Cole Des said:

Louis V has left his fingerprint in this tbh.

He did the right thing by allowing Rashford to continue up top despite Waz coming bk from injury.

But moving him to Mid baffled Woy, if Lv doesn't make that decision to accommodate Rooney then neither does Roy imo.

If Lv drops Rooney I believe Roy does aswell, not saying it was possible but the selection issues were virtually the same, England had a new forward in better form just like Man U did and instead of dropping Waz both chose to shoehorn him in, which is madness in all honesty.

Can't remember many other times in history something like that has occurred.

Really never ever......shoehorn ?

 

rinsimg m owen, even though his club form was gash -before capello  was manager  there ....

j terry would  still be playing if it wasnt for  that incident 

anyways whens stering going to upgrade his football brain i DONT care how much pace he has , been telling man at sunday league same princible i dont get this argument pace over everything  , 

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Really never ever......shoehorn ?

 

rinsimg m owen, even though his club form was gash -before capello  was manager  there ....

j terry would  still be playing if it wasnt for  that incident 

anyways whens stering going to upgrade his football brain i DONT care how much pace he has , been telling man at sunday league same princible i dont get this argument pace over everything  , 

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sterling ain't dumb, just has can't strike a football properly

even has trouble passing it

seen more power in the women's national team

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Playing someone not in form, yea.

Shoehorned into a new position, just before a major tournament aswell, nah, not really seen anybody with that type of power beside their name still.

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1 minute ago, Zizouz said:

sterling ain't dumb, just has can't strike a football properly

even has trouble passing it

seen more power in the women's national team

football brain dumb .....yes , you just having down to his kicking?? ......decsion making 

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His decision making's no worse than Rooney or the like. He was one of the few to not ignore Rose on the overlap. Had better movement than most as well, even if his teammates didn't have the vision to always find him. In the end his lack of power let him down. Had a terrible tournament.  Missed some big chances and too often failed to beat players on the dribble.

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If you're not tekd out, your footballing brain will get questioned sooner or later.

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