One obvious feature of international football is the way in which fans of different clubs are brought together, often cheering for the very players they've wanted to fail throughout the domestic season. And, as the players often discover, the fans are usually more interested in the team's success than the feelings of the players. As Wayne Rooney discovered on Friday night:
Wayne's statement got us thinking. In an ideal world, how would he have his fans behave? What does he expect? And, more to the point, what's it really like to be a fan of his full-time? The only way to find out was to ask long-suffering Manchester United fan and bloke down pub, Mac, for an insider's view:
"Rooney? - "Im saving my goals for the World Cup"? - not bothered he's not scoring at the moment...hold on, he got injured in a friendly playing for En-ger-land, played 60 mins in a meaningless friendly after pulling up days earlier - what about the 100k a week United are paying him and their run in? How about not saving your goals for the World Cup but being fit to play against Blackburn where it ended 0-0 - one goal would have won the title, made history - ditto Champions League.
"Then he says " I will win it for Kia!" Now, Kia is his bizarrely named offspring, how will Kia know he's won it? He can't read about it - and lets face it, being Rooney's kid he'll be 22 before he starts reading anyway...how about winning the league for the 48000 season ticket holders at United who have seen their ticket prices go up 4 consecutive years?
Why can't they be more like Carrick? Carrick - who didn't make the top 5 Opta stats in any category this season (passing, tackling, shots on target, interceptions) and was dire all season - is not in the mood to go to the World Cup, said a friend as reported in the tabloids.
"His wife has given birth to a son 3 weeks ago and he has hardly been at home - he just wants to be at home with her and the bairn, I don't think hes bothered about the World Cup" said a friend - thats the same Carrick couldn't be bothered to make a tackle against Bayern Munich to stop them scoring, who is the weakest tackler in the top four teams midfields, apparently - which United fans know all about, he pulls out of every tackle, can't be bothered, see? - being tackled by him must be like being repeatedly struck by midget suffering from brittle bone disease wielding a cotton bud - but fair play to him , even though hes probably still got his Christmas tree up, wont go to Tesco or Sainburys until they get motorised sit on trolleys and has a garage full of boxes from Ikea waiting to be unpacked, give him his due:
He's not bothered full stop for club or country - which is refreshingly honest, when you think about it."
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