[quote:25589f1ae9="oli"]No way does he seem like a 17 yr old tho, hes massive! Compare him to skinny gerard or Butt. Was good to see he wasnt taking any s**t from the turkish players.[/quote:25589f1ae9]
Did you see the slow-motion 'Rooney highlights' the BBC showed at half-time? It was great to see the English schoolboy/brickhouse shoulder-charging a Turkish player to ground. It shows the completeness of the player already, at such a young age. He can tussle with the best of them, but then has the deft skills to try backheels and juggling the ball in the air in an international match.
I don't care what people say about treating him with kid-gloves and high expectations - that's for managers and clubs, I'm a fan and I say Rooney is the next Gazza but even better!
(ie: he'll avoid Italy, wife-beating and endless pissups with Chris Evans and fat geordie friends)