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Demantoid
Oh, cobblers. Talk about shooting the messenger.. Rooney is the architect of his own downfall. He was worse than useless in the World Cup and nobody knew his free-range todger had been up to its old tricks then. Nobody made him go to prostitutes while his missus was pregnant, any more than they made him do the same when they were engaged. If Capello had any balls he'd have dropped him already for playing like crap, so the question of this story 'ruining' England's chances wouldn't even arise. NOTW knows its market. If people weren't interested in lapping up this kind of sleaze, they wouldn't write about it.
Having read this thread, I thought I would save myself writing loads and piggyback on another post which most accurately reflects my opinion. Demantoid has pretty much summed it up for me.
Does Rooney live in a bubble? Has he never read a tabloid paper exposing a footballer's indiscretions - think Terry?
Given past experience, why does he think this would not come out?
Rooney is not the only person who plays for England. Why do we the English focus on one or two individuals, thinking that their abscence means we will never achieve anything. As good as Rooney is, he will not achieve anything if the rest of the team play poorly (see World Cup).
A plea to everyone. Stop buying the tabloid papers and the women's gossip magazines (they are mainly full of crap, speculation and pure lies). Yes there will be redundancies (not good), but the overall affect will be for the UK to be a less gossipy-tattle driven society. And the England team may do much better.
Oh and yes, dropping Rooney may have a more positive affect on the team.