SPACE, SERVICE AND AN IDIOT
Last updated : 10 October 2006 By Ed
Gary Neville has been left to answer questions on Wayne Rooney's form again ahead of the international game on Wednesday.
"There was not a lot of space and service for Wayne to feed upon against Macedonia - but that will come.
"We need to improve on Wednesday in Croatia and get some better service into the front players and, with that better service, Crouchy and Wayne will do well.
"Wayne will come good. He is a fighter. He gives 100% every game. He's such an exciting player. Let's look forward to seeing him playing. That's the way I would always look at Wayne Rooney."
Meanwhile Wigan chairman Dave Whelan has blamed Sven Goran Eriksson for Rooney's poor form. From the Sun:
“That manager we had absolutely killed him. You just hope his enthusiasm hasn't been killed by that idiot.
“I watched the Portugal game in the World Cup and felt so sorry for him. That bugger played him up front on his own and he so wanted to do well but was desperate.
“He was fighting like hell for the ball but they had two men on him and that was it, game over.
“Then he got sent off but that was because he was fighting and running so much.
“Rooney was pulling his guts out for England but the previous manager killed him stone dead. I just felt so very sorry for him.”
