Rooney's record and International Football?

Firstly, well done to England on qualifying, you've been professional in how you've gone about your business.

I'll put this bluntly, Rooney is not one of England's greatest players and it's appalling because this record is going to put him into that category- well it will give people that perception.

The facts are he has scored 6 goals in International tournaments and he has played in five of them. Is that really a great record considering he's playing for England who are usually one of the top sides in Europe and in the World?

Simply banging in goals against qualification minnows and in International friendlies should not gloss over history for future generations as to how good Rooney has been for England.

This is becoming a problem with International football in general- the standard of opposition the top teams have to face nowadays is at its weakest in years because of the ridiculously easy nature of the qualifiers. For the Euros, it's almost impossible to fail.

All this will do is see people get more fed up with International football as it just becomes more of a hindrance to the Premier League and the top leagues in Europe. Qualifiers are now viewed as an interruption and not as football matches to look forward to.

Unless they radically overhaul International football the fans boredom of qualifiers will be exploited by the richest leagues in football to further diminish international football's status.