sambosa75

What?!? Goal disallowed to book a West Ham player?

West Ham will score. I'm convinced.

in to stoppage time... 5 mins... are you f*cking kidding me?

Unlucky Rickie...

come on saints, pull it together FFS.

De Ridder coming on to run the channels. Come on Stevie son...

Come on Saints... another goal please. Don't fancy our chances keeping a clean sheet tonight.

Agent Dowie... haha good lad.

West Ham now got 3 forwards on... interesting.

bye bye Taylor...

Let them start of the front foot... come at us all you like, we'll pick you off. Haha, Man City 1-0 down!

Come on Saints, lets have a win here...

Club form tells you he plays well in a team that is studded with players not legible to play for England. That's all. Rooney is every bit as involved in selection "due to image rights" as anyone else you may care to suggest. England players should be picked based partly on club form, but also their ability to fit in to the national side and make it a better side. This is why Senna played for Spain for years at the expense of Xabi Alonso and Cesc Fabregas. Not because he was technically a better player, just because he made Spain a better team. Rooney has not made England a better side since 2004. In fact, I would go as far to say he has made us a much slower, more pedestrian side than we would otherwise be in his last 2 World Cups. Unlike you, I am unwillingly the read in to his performances against the likes of Montenegro and Bulgaria in qualifying, which despite perhaps not being the worst in the world, certainly weren't that of an automatic, no-questions-asked starter.

I know what you are getting at but we don't benefit from it. If anything it hampers us. The difference is two-fold. Firstly Sheringham was better than Rooney at it for England and secondly, Rooney doesnt have the luxury of an Alan Shearer already leading the line.

Where has this love-in for John Carew come from? He's an absolute donkey.

you tried flying from east midlands?

check out skyscanner.

Agreed. Surprised Sky tried rationalising it by saying it to be honest.

Pompey isn't much better though to be fair...

Shocking thing is that among the people that walked by was a women hand in hand with her daughter, by the looks of it a similar age. You'd think maternal instinct would kick in and she'd do something about it...

Exactly. I don't really get emotional or angry about things but this make me feel sick to the stomach. Particularly the first incident where the driver stopped, obviously thought about getting out and seeing if the kid was alright before thinking "nah, f*ck it" and running over her with the rear wheels.

Shocking. Just shocking. http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16091304

Oh well if he's turning it on against the likes of Macedonia then we HAVE to take him to the Euros... If he can do it against them, he's going to run rings around Spain, France, Holland, Italy, Portugal and Germany... You say Rooney makes space for the pacy, attacking guys but surely as a forward it should be his responsibility to be in these positions he seemingly "makes space" for. I just don't buy in to this theory that his positional discipline, or lack thereof, is of benefit to the national side.

I haven't seen him create too many problems for defenders for England recently. Welbeck has been more of a threat than Rooney in his brief cameos. Nothing in his performances for England suggest we miss him or are better off with him on the pitch. He's absolute pony for England and that's a fact. He's also shown himself to be a liability with his discipline. Just because he's good for Man Utd doesn't mean he is good for England. Whether it's the system England play, the other players or the fact his ability just might not be up to the standard required for international football he doesn't cut it for England and hasn't since 2004.

Nothing to fear here. West Ham will fancy their chances and come at us. We love it when this happens and will pick them off. Comfortable 3-1 win me thinks.