Roy Hodgson has moved us forward, striker says
Rooney: England were too honest against Uruguay
At the side of the pitches in Urca, there was a man from Sky talking of the dead men not walking, but doing their stretches. Luke Shaw misplaced a pass in one of Englands training routines and Roy Hodgson could be heard bellowing his disapproval. Television cameras were lined up along the side with the greatest views, Guanabara Bay to the front, Sugarloaf mountain to the right. Yet the audience was smaller than usual. The television crews from South America, Australia and various parts of Africa and Asia, with their lorries parked all the way down to the ocean, have moved on already.
Hodgson will offer his thoughts on Sunday when he and Steven Gerrard appear before the microphones. One will say he wants to stay; the other will be asked to confirm if this is the end. Gerrards retirement from international football is not official yet but when it was put to Wayne Rooney and Joe Hart that it was the captains last tournament, nobody from the Football Association thought it was worth correcting. Frank Lampard will not be making an announcement but, at 36, he will be done as well after Tuesdays game against Costa Rica. Third in line for the captaincy, Rooney will take on the armband when the qualifying process for Euro 2016 begins in Switzerland in September.
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Rooney: England were too honest against Uruguay
At the side of the pitches in Urca, there was a man from Sky talking of the dead men not walking, but doing their stretches. Luke Shaw misplaced a pass in one of Englands training routines and Roy Hodgson could be heard bellowing his disapproval. Television cameras were lined up along the side with the greatest views, Guanabara Bay to the front, Sugarloaf mountain to the right. Yet the audience was smaller than usual. The television crews from South America, Australia and various parts of Africa and Asia, with their lorries parked all the way down to the ocean, have moved on already.
Hodgson will offer his thoughts on Sunday when he and Steven Gerrard appear before the microphones. One will say he wants to stay; the other will be asked to confirm if this is the end. Gerrards retirement from international football is not official yet but when it was put to Wayne Rooney and Joe Hart that it was the captains last tournament, nobody from the Football Association thought it was worth correcting. Frank Lampard will not be making an announcement but, at 36, he will be done as well after Tuesdays game against Costa Rica. Third in line for the captaincy, Rooney will take on the armband when the qualifying process for Euro 2016 begins in Switzerland in September.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 2 hours ago.