Podolski and Schweinsteiger are in the 90s for Germany, at a similar age.
Podolski is overrated. I dont particularly rate him.
Podolski is good for nothing......
United fans turning this into a mindless slog against Podolski.
You guys are off topic
I dont care about Germany,but for England that is impressive. he could pass the 120 mark (peter shilton)
LOL supergoon, you brought him up.
Anyhow, back to topic. Yes, Rooney's cap number is impressive but Bastian's et al is more impressive.
If Rooney didnt have (Or used to have) a discipline problem and also some injury issues, he should have had more.
Just a sign that there are way too many internationals these days.
Get rid of some friendlies and change qualification for WC to similar to other similar sized confederations. (ie minnows play knock out rounds, and count Euros towards it as well.)
If Rooney didnt have (Or used to have) a discipline problem and also some injury issues, he should have had more.
Agree was about to say same....
Podolski is automatically rubbish now and a bottler
Podolski is 27 and has 98 caps
ronaldo has 90s too
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i dont remember him playing once for England......
I think it's quite an acheivement considering we get knocked out of the major tournaments nice and early, and didn't even get to Euro 2008 to play a single game.
I'm not sure missing Euro2008 made that much of a difference to the number of England games played TBH... I seem to remember teams that had qualified used us as friendly opponents in their warm-ups - that probably compensated for the 3 games we would have played in 08 before being sent home early.
The thing to also remember is had Ron Greenwood not been terminally indecisive about whether Shilton or Clemence was number one, one or the other of them would have exceeded the current record by rather a lot of caps.
The other thing to remember is that in the old days you were allowed 1 substitute.
Nowadays in some friendlies just about the whole team gets changed during the course of the match, so something like 17~22 caps are being handed out per match, while back in (say) the days of Bobby Moore and Bobby Charleton it would only have been 11~12 caps per match. That's why the modern footballers dominate the caps league tables.
ok but how many international goals has he got in that time?????
is far as i know he has a terrible strike record for England... has probably been booked/sent off more times than he has scored.
IMO he is very overrated as a striker.
Rooney has an excellent strike rate for England, new some bitter numpty would try and say he's overrate blah blah doesn't score enough blah blah well it's very good so you look like a prize tool
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posted on 13/6/12
Podolski and Schweinsteiger are in the 90s for Germany, at a similar age.
posted on 13/6/12
Podolski is overrated. I dont particularly rate him.
posted on 13/6/12
And Mertesacker.
posted on 13/6/12
Podolski is good for nothing......
posted on 13/6/12
United fans turning this into a mindless slog against Podolski.
You guys are off topic
posted on 13/6/12
ronaldo has 90s too
posted on 13/6/12
I dont care about Germany,but for England that is impressive. he could pass the 120 mark (peter shilton)
posted on 13/6/12
LOL supergoon, you brought him up.
Anyhow, back to topic. Yes, Rooney's cap number is impressive but Bastian's et al is more impressive.
If Rooney didnt have (Or used to have) a discipline problem and also some injury issues, he should have had more.
posted on 13/6/12
Just a sign that there are way too many internationals these days.
Get rid of some friendlies and change qualification for WC to similar to other similar sized confederations. (ie minnows play knock out rounds, and count Euros towards it as well.)
posted on 13/6/12
If Rooney didnt have (Or used to have) a discipline problem and also some injury issues, he should have had more.
Agree was about to say same....
posted on 13/6/12
Podolski is automatically rubbish now and a bottler
posted on 13/6/12
Podolski is 27 and has 98 caps
posted on 13/6/12
Rooney
posted on 14/6/12
ronaldo has 90s too
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i dont remember him playing once for England......
posted on 14/6/12
I think it's quite an acheivement considering we get knocked out of the major tournaments nice and early, and didn't even get to Euro 2008 to play a single game.
posted on 14/6/12
I'm not sure missing Euro2008 made that much of a difference to the number of England games played TBH... I seem to remember teams that had qualified used us as friendly opponents in their warm-ups - that probably compensated for the 3 games we would have played in 08 before being sent home early.
The thing to also remember is had Ron Greenwood not been terminally indecisive about whether Shilton or Clemence was number one, one or the other of them would have exceeded the current record by rather a lot of caps.
posted on 14/6/12
The other thing to remember is that in the old days you were allowed 1 substitute.
Nowadays in some friendlies just about the whole team gets changed during the course of the match, so something like 17~22 caps are being handed out per match, while back in (say) the days of Bobby Moore and Bobby Charleton it would only have been 11~12 caps per match. That's why the modern footballers dominate the caps league tables.
posted on 14/6/12
ok but how many international goals has he got in that time?????
is far as i know he has a terrible strike record for England... has probably been booked/sent off more times than he has scored.
IMO he is very overrated as a striker.
posted on 14/6/12
Rooney has an excellent strike rate for England, new some bitter numpty would try and say he's overrate blah blah doesn't score enough blah blah well it's very good so you look like a prize tool
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