Wayne Rooney is a supreme footballing talent - that is unquestionable. He plays regularly for one of the best football clubs in history and is his nations only real hope of winning a trophy. What is questionable however, is Rooney's behaviour on the pitch - to match officials.
The Guardian newspaper has written an article about how, when England play badly, and don't do simple things like passing correctly, it makes Rooney angry, frustrated, and causes him to verbally abuse the referees. This is probably correct, however Rooney often becomes frustrated with himself. He often gives the ball away and takes it out on his team-mates with awful glares and waving of the hands as well as the referees and this really isn't a good sign. Yes, it shows that Rooney is a winner, it shows that he is eternally passionate to play and win in football. But for England's talisman to lose his temper when the rest of the team are doing badly really isn't a good sign for England if they want to win the World Cup - or anything for that matter.
In the Premier League, Rooney seems to get away with constantly shouting at the referees. As a Manchester United fan, I'm not complaining, but he has to realise that he will not get away with such abuse with the World Cup referees. They won't care that you are the golden boy for England. They won't care that you are England's talisman - England's best hope. They will send him off.
Some have said that they would be surprised if Rooney doesn't get sent off at some point in the World Cup. We have seen it happen before in major England tournaments; the 2006 World Cup - if I was to say Carvalho and testicles...
Four years on and the problem with Rooney's temperament that the majority had thought was disappearing is exposing itself once again. Why? The pressure of a whole nation perhaps?
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