Personally i'd go so far as to say Rooney was cynical and knew exactly what he was doing ,he's not really young any more in the sense he is married with a family ,the punishment is harsh ,take the scotland game the other night ,Pique slides in and takes the ball off CMS the pundits describe a world class tackle ,he took the ball but was off his feet ,if it had been micheal dawson it would have been reckless .there is some anti English feeling in the powers that be ,but it comes from the fact they fear becoming marginalised by the prem and other successful euro leagues .International football is very low on the players priorities now as their bread and butter football holds their focus ,thats where the cynisism is for me ,i don't think he cares if he's there or not,along with a few others ,scholles/ vidic for example .it could be argued that while he brings some star quality to the side ,it can be devisive to the team ,its a little like King with us last season he became our talisman and was skillful,but we went off the boil with his introduction