English Football 11/12

That's all the no-necked ballbag is good for.

 

Terry's never been the best central defender at his club, never mind one of the best in the world.

Lampard and Scholes were never utilised by England the way they were for their club sides, hence their lack of success.

Rooney's never been close to being one of the best strikers in the world either.

 

He was amongst the best the year United won the CL with Ronaldo and Co.(2008) and should be amongst the best strikers since then too, except for some periods of blip.

 

No he shouldn't.

 

Rooney isn't world class.

 

For me Rooney would make the elite bracket of strikers but I do feel the word 'world class' is thrown around too much in football. I wouldn't say JT as ever been world class either, just a very good defender.

If I was doing a world 11 only Ashley Cole would make it from England. At a push, maybe Rooney but I can think of a couple of better strikers I'd rather have in my starting 11.

 

Difficult to say really, people will have different definitions of the term world class. But for me, it's someone that is in the elite bracket of players. Of course you've got players like Messi and Ronaldo who are just unbelievable players but then you've got another level of players like Xavi, Iniesta, Rooney, Cole etc who I would class as world class. I think what sets players apart for being world class and very good is decision making and it's as simple as that for me. How often do we see these fantastic players make the correct decision?

Plus I think you'll find more world class midfielders and strikers over defenders so it's hard to just put them in a number bracket. There is not many world class full backs in football nowadays but plenty of creating midfielders who decision making is just super. I've said before on here that I would class Silva as the best player in the Premiership at the moment (my opinion) but would struggle to get him in a world 11