I have not at all been updating this page as I should be. At some point or another, I would like to come back here and try once again with what I first started this page for! Casually sharing doodles and pieces I have in progress, perhaps even lengths of time before I publicly post them anyhow. But until I find success with more reliable situating myself and successfully maintaining this page for more than the first few months of opening, this page will be a temporary little relic, if not somply a 'placeholder' of sorts!
Hey everyone! Brianna here; or, as a lot of you may more commonly know me as, Orlando Fox!
I'm just a teenager that tends to visually portray herself as a cartoon fox online! I'm very shy and socially awkward in person, but if there's one thing I adore in this world (let alone, am most 'skilled' at), it's drawing. Day and/or night, I practically commit all my free time to it! Without the support and kindness of many friends and folks, I wouldn't have gotten where I am today. And, while I still have a lot to improve upon in my work and the thought of making a Patreon here hasn't crossed my mind much before, but I thought I'd give it a shot and try my luck with this thing!
Though... I'm gonna be honest with you; while I have a huge love, admiration, passion; pretty much positive outlook about art and engaging in it myself, I'm not the most 'consistent' or 'organized' in theme of what I do. I don't do daily sketches of a particular nature, weekly portraits, or anything like that. I just doodle what comes to my mind, be it fan art or anything else. And eight times out of ten, I decide to post it online somewhere. However.. I do tend to draw many things that never see the light of day. Never do I think to post them at any point, or go back and finish them.
There won't be any schedule as to when I post what either! I'd like to aim for at least one or two things weekly (anything I can manage to do during school and such)! But aside from that, digital/traditional stuff galore may come from me!
So... yeah! That's all I have to say here! Thank you so much for giving this page a look! Have a nice day!


The United National Party says that several religious activities will be performed and carried out from today onwards to bless former Army Chief Sarath Fonseka currently serving a 30 month imprisonment at Walikada Prison.
The series of religious programs are scheduled to start at the Pugoda Temple with the presence of opposition leader Ranil Wickramasinghe. UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake said that the programs will be carried out island wide and will be held in various religious centers around the country.


Notorious for his hilarious high pitched vocal tone and his cheeky chappy image, Essex-born Joe Pasquale has long been a firm favourite with the nation. His stand-up comedy and trademark slap-stick antics have delighted audiences up and down the country, as well as millions on TV, and he shows no signs of slowing down!
From tour dates to pantomine performances and countless television appearances, to learning how to fly, Joe has always been proud to maintain his Essex roots.
Born in Grays, Joe lived with his father (also Joe, who worked in a margarine factory), along with his mother, Ethel, his two older sisters, Julie and Lorraine, and his younger brother, Paul.
From an early age, Joe displayed an interest in fossils and geology.
It wasn't until after a serious accident occurred that Joe's sense of fun and performance came to the fore.
It was to spark the beginning of a very successful career in show business.
Joe left school at the age of 16 and had a crack at a variety of different jobs, ranging from factory work, plastering and even trying his hand at being a clerical assistant, before realising his true vocation.
Having exhausted a mixture of different jobs, Joe became a Green Coat, entertaining and orgainising the holidaymakers at a Warners Holiday Camp. In the early eighties, Joe started to enter various talent contests and it was not long before his big break came in the form of the TV talent show New Faces, in which he respectably took second place.
The rest, as they say, is history. As the months and years followed, Joe grew in popularity and talent. However, his attitude towards comedy has always been the same.
Joe has tried his hand at a variety of other interests outside the world of showbusiness, most notably overcoming his fear of flying and learning how to become a pilot. Joe has also taken an increased interest in fitness.
'I took up boxing classes at my gym and cannot imagine giving it up, now. It is really exhilarating and incredible fun! Over recent years I have become so much fitter and also lost weight. I seem to have much more energy and now really enjoy being active. I've even entered the London Marathon, which I completed in five hours and twenty minutes. That is an achievement I'm very proud of.
Joe's love of how the planet works has never diminished over the years. In fact, if anything, it has grown.
'My interest in science never waned and a couple of years ago I embarked on a degree in natural science, with the Open University. My course specialises in earth science which I find fascinating,' he continues. 'Since I began my degree a few years ago, I have discovered a real passion for studying. Yes, I just had an interest in the way the planet works and a general interest in how this planet was formed and how the solar system got here. It gives me a perspective of how short our time on this planet is.
It all sounds like a million light years away from those early beginnings in Essex, but Joe never forgets where it all started.
Despite a very busy life in show business and an impressively long list of interests taking up a lot of his time, Joe shows no signs of slowing down and will always be an Essex boy at heart.


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Honestly, when you look at the contents of some "healthy" granola in the supermarket, you may actually be better off eating Coco Pops!
Grain & refined sugar free granola really shouldn't work, but this does!
Add all the dry ingredients to food processor & pulse for about 30 seconds. You want to grind up the nuts and seeds so you have some finely ground & some coarse pieces.
Next, melt the coconut oil with the honey & vanilla.
Add the the dry ingredients and mix well until everything is evenly coated.
Spread mixture onto a baking tray & bake for approx 35 minutes until everything is toasted. Toss the mixture mid way through to prevent burning.
Turn off the oven and allow to cool in the warm oven. This allows the mixture to dry out further & crisp up without over cooking.
You can store this in an airtight container for around 2 weeks.
Now... I never usually look at calorie content of foods, mainly because I just adopt a common sense approach to eating these days, but I just know someone is going to ask about the calorie content & nutritional value. Obviously there are a lot of nuts in this mixture which are pretty high in calories... BUT... firstly, all the ingredients have excellent nutritional benefits... healthy fats including MCTs from the coconut oil, anti-inflammatory & metabolism boosting properties as well as being 100% natural.... who wouldn't want to eat that?
**50g of this granola with 100g of Greek yogurt & 50g blueberries comes in at around 430kcal.


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Kolkata's Kishore Bharati stadium turned into a Covid-19 care centre
Kishore Bharati Krirangan was converted into a covid-19 care centre in less than 72 hours, thanks to the joint efforts of the West Bengal government and ITC Ltd.
Kishore Bharati Stadium turns into COVID care centre (Source: ITC/Twitter)
Abhijit Nair
Published: 30 April 2021 11:44 AM GMT
The famous multipurpose stadium in Kolkata, Kishore Bharati Krirangan was turned into a covid-19 facility today. The make-shift facility with more than 150 beds were opened for the public around 4pm IST.
#Good_News
Kishore Bharati Krirangan (under Medica 033 6652 0000 ) is opening with 153 beds (including both General & ICU) by 4pm today. Share you leads with Medica, they will push them to Kishore Bharati Krirangan. Hurry up!
— Srijit Mukherji (@srijitspeaketh) April 30, 2021
Kishore Bharati Krirangan was converted into a covid-19 care centre in less than 72 hours, thanks to the joint efforts of the West Bengal government and ITC Ltd. The make-shift hospital includes both general ward and ICU with ventilators.
ITC is humbled by the opportunity to support the setup of a 200-bed medical facility in Kolkata by Medica Superspecialty Hospitals for COVID-19 treatment. The Kishore Bharati Stadium, provided by the West Bengal Govt, was converted into a makeshift hospital in record 72 hours! pic.twitter.com/tM7sXXuB6L
— ITC Limited (@ITCCorpCom) April 30, 2021
This development comes at a time when West Bengal is facing a grueling second wave of coronavirus following the assembly elections in the state. As per a report in NDTV, the state registered 17,403 new infections – a record high, on Thursday. Kolkata and 24 North Parganas continue to be the epicenter in the state registering more than 3,900 cases each.
A stadium being turned into a covid-19 facility is not new in West Bengal though. Prior to this the famous Saltlake Stadium in Bidhannagar and the Eden Gardens have acted as covid-19 facility during various phases of the virus outbreak since last year.
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The Camden County Animal Shelter boasted a live release rate of 92 percent in 2017. Credit: Camden County.
Camden County Animal Shelter Improves to 92% Save Rate in 2017
By Matt Skoufalos on February 1, 2018 Camden County, Government
Shelter director Vicki Rowland said the facility has made improvements to its live release rate by forming better connections with area animal rescues and foster families.
By Matt Skoufalos | January 31, 2018
Camden County Animal Shelter Stats for 2017. Credit: Camden County Animal Shelter.
The Camden County Animal Shelter had a watershed year in 2017, notching a historic "live release rate" of 92 percent, according to figures published this month.
Thanks to improved collaboration with other regional animal rescues and an expanded array of services at its Blackwood headquarters, the shelter placed 5,150 of the 5,480 animals it admitted last year in homes or other shelters.
The live release rate, or Asilomar rate, calculates the percentage of animals admitted at the shelters to have been returned to their owners, adopted by new families, or transferred to other rescues.
The 92-percent tally is up from a live release rate of 84 percent in 2016, and a 2015 live release rate of 79 percent.
The shelter only euthanizes those animals that can't be rehabilitated because of aggression or "extreme medical conditions," said Vicki Rowland, its executive director.
In 2017, the county shelter put down 160 dogs and 265 cats classified as "unhealthy and untreatable," and another four cats categorized as "treatable, including guardian-requested euthanasia." That's 429 animals in total, down from 793 in 2016 and 926 in 2015.
"We do not euthanize based on space or length of stay," Rowland said. "We evaluate based on behavior."
Vicki Rowland, Camden County Animal Shelter Executive Director. Credit: Camden County.
As an open-admissions shelter, the facility is obligated to receive any animal presented there, which can make the euthanasia statistic a stubborn one to budge.
Rowland said partnering with smaller animal rescues, to which it can transfer some animals to free up space for new intake, has helped improve its save rate.
"[It takes] a community to help our animals find a temporary home," Rowland said.
"It frees a space, and it saves a life."
The county provides the shelter with $180,000 in annual funding. It costs about $250 to house an animal at the shelter for 30 days, the average length of stay there.
Foster families help soak up other costs, as well as increasing the variety of channels through which people learn about the shelter and its other services, Rowland said.
As many as 123,000 of the state's 1.3-to-2-million stray and feral cats may live in Camden County, according to figures provided by the freeholder board. Last year, the county completed a $1-million upgrade to facilitate the shelter's low-cost spay and neuter program, which Rowland said helps control the local feral animal population. In 2017, veterinarians there performed nearly 4,000 sterilization surgeries and administered more than 4,000 vaccinations.
Camden County Freeholder Jonathan Young. Credit: Camden County.
"Everything that comes through our clinic revenue helps us," she said.
"[Spay and neuter surgeries] will decrease our intake, which will help our save rate," she said.
Camden County Freeholder Jonathan Young, liaison to the shelter, described it as "a great public service.
"It's a full-range clinic with true vets that we partner with," Young said.
"It's always busy; the parking lot's always full. We're expanding here to allow them to do more services for the public."
The Camden County Animal Shelter is located at 125 County House Road in Blackwood.
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Fabio Capello was at home in Italy when Uefa's decision to rule Wayne Rooney out of England's Euro 2012 group games was delivered to him by the Football Association.
At that moment Capello knew his plans for the tournament in Poland and Ukraine would have to be divided into two phases. He must devise a strategy to ensure England safely navigate their way into the knockout stage, then make sure their finest player is in the right mental and physical shape to enter Euro 2012 at the sharp end.
England coach Capello made optimistic noises about Rooney only being suspended for the opening game when he was sent off in Montenegro for needlessly kicking defender Miodrag Dzudovic during the 2-2 draw that confirmed qualification.
Rooney may have made a written submission to Uefa on his own behalf and left the pitch in Podgorica without contesting referee Wolfgang Stark's decision - but the damage, lots of it, was already done.
The reality was that Rooney was always looking at a two-game ban and such a rash act carried the ominous threat of the maximum punishment that Uefa has meted out. Rooney will now have a large portion of Euro 2012 to reflect on his stupidity.
It has tossed Capello's preparations on to the fire and created a sideshow surrounding Rooney that was the last thing England needed as they attempt to right the wrongs of the World Cup debacle in South Africa.
Once the scale of the setback - described to me by former England captain Terry Butcher as "a hammer blow" - sank in, the questions came.
Should Capello even take Rooney to Euro 2012 when he knows he will be nothing more than a tourist for the opening games? Would the presence of this combustible, and highly frustrated, character impact on the delicate balances of team spirit?
This should be one of Capello's easier decisions. Rooney's talent and importance makes him a special case, the one player England would take to a tournament in this situation. The temptation of having him ready for action in the expectation of qualifying from the group games will be impossible to resist.
England have attacking options but none of them provides what Rooney does. The price for his genius is that occasionally he can be a liability, as he was in Montenegro, and the cost to England of his misdemeanour is huge.
Rooney is also central to Capello's team shape and methods. After finally tearing himself away from his beloved 4-4-2, Capello has used the Manchester United striker to great effect linking midfield and attack.
He was flanked outstandingly by Ashley Young and Theo Walcott in the win in Bulgaria, while he was pivotal working with the same pair in Podgorica, with Darren Bent providing the attacking spearhead.
Rooney gives Capello tactical flexibility, creativity and a threat that is feared by the best defences - even if it is accompanied by a temperament that causes him to live on the edge of indiscipline.
So Capello will not leave Rooney behind. The possible rewards of keeping him with England at their Polish base outweigh the risks of dismissing him from his plans altogether.
If Capello found one positive as he scoured the damage done by Rooney's red card, it is that he can create a real atmosphere of opportunity for England strikers who want the vacancy his absence has opened up.
Capello can now conduct an eight-month fashion parade of attackers who have a chance to make a mark and take a place that was not open to them until Thursday evening.
Aston Villa's Bent might be in pole position after another goal in Montenegro, but Manchester United's Danny Welbeck has a confirmed admirer in Capello. He is growing in stature and the Italian made a point of praising his brief contribution as a substitute in Friday's final qualifier.
Capello will also give Fulham's Bobby Zamora his opportunity and he has noted Jermain Defoe's improved form at Tottenham, while Gabriel Agbonlahor at Aston Villa will have his advocates too.
It appears he has finally - and perhaps harshly - given up on Peter Crouch, so what greater incentive for Liverpool's Andy Carroll to demonstrate why Kenny Dalglish thought he was worth £35m and, at the same time, aim for the considerable goal of a starting place at Euro 2012?
Chelsea's Daniel Sturridge is another outsider for a place but looks more impressive with every outing. There is every chance Capello will start to monitor his developments more closely as he explores all alternatives to Rooney.
And here is a name that never fails to divide opinion when mentioned in connection with England - Michael Owen.
Capello has never shown any real enthusiasm for Owen since his appointment as England coach but the Manchester United striker has always harboured ambitions of returning to the international side. If - and it is a big if - he can get regular football and scores goals this season, then Capello would surely have to examine his form?
There are plenty who would have a fit Owen in the squad - not as a starter but as a wild card substitute - and even the player himself might just sense a very small window of opportunity opening.
It would all have been so much more straightforward had Rooney decided against indiscriminately kicking Dzudovic but at least Capello has plenty of notice of the gaping hole left in his line-up for next summer.
Any body else think this could be a good thing, as long as we top our group? A raring to go Rooney is one hell of a prospect for any side (except Spain). He will want to make up for his mistake and almost definately make a huge impact on the whole team.
He is so far past it now, it's like asking Shearer to come back.
Sturridge looks promising, hopefully he gets a chance in the friendlies. Caroll is not the way forward.
I don't think I'd take Rooney, if it was my decision. The tournament's short enough as it is, and missing half the games means we might as well leave him out of the squad completely given we won't get past the quarters. Give Welbeck a chance to play as England's main striker.
Does anyone actually give a monkeys about international Football anymore? I can't remember the last time I saw someone walking around with an England shirt on.
Platini and his gang strike again!
It was a staight red so should miss the next game. End of.
You're having a laugh Phil, there is no way Fabio can afford to have Rooney in the squad now - we can't garuntee to get through the group stages without him!
Owen: Every time he does play for United he looks awesome but I doubt he plays often enough for Fabio to be interested.
Crouch: Can be great but gets done constantly by international refs due to his size. He might as well retrain for basketball and have him give Chris Finch a yell!
We have Defoe, we have Bent, we have Zamora, we have Carroll. They may have to do us!
Hello everyone. Must confess to playing Devil's Advocate with Michael Owen. I don't think for one second Capello will take him but you can be sure he will get a mention in the weeks ahead.
I confess if he played games and scored some goals I would be very tempted to take him, not as a starter but a wild card sub. Don't see it happening though.
Some simple questions to debate.
Is the ban too harsh? My view is that Rooney can have no complaints as he kicked an opponent.
Should the FA appeal? And if they did, what would their stance be if Rooney was sent off for Man Utd for a similar offence this season and they received an appeal from Old Trafford?
Should Rooney actually go to Euron 2012 now? I would take him.
And who would you put in the team as his replacements? Leave you to ponder that.
Let's debate all the issues around Rooney here. The floor is yours.
Overrated, bad tempered little oik.
Place him in the context of the game's true world class talents - Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Aguero, Silva, Villa, Sneijder, even Tevez - and only an Englishman would say he is fit to lace the boots of any of those.
I don't know what the best thing for England is in this sticky situation. First of all what formation do England have without Rooney in the team. Do they revert back to a 4 4 1 1 as soon as they get to final 8 as so many English supporters seem so certain of. Failing to qualify for Euro 2008 followed by a disastrous World cup and a group stage without your top goalscorer. Fair play to your optimism. it is my opinion that getting out of the group is a great achievement as the competitiveness in Europe is at an all time high. The team that get's out of this group is a team which will be on a high and a harmonious one. Bar John terry who seems more distracted by players off the pitch, I would believe there would be a lot of bitterness from some English players. If capello is true to his promise that Rooney won't figure in the warm up matches he will have gone 8 months without an international game before starting England's biggest game in 6 years. Either way, Rooney is an idiot who is overly protected by referees in England by demand of the FA. There is countless examples in games against Fulham, Stoke and Wolves at top of my head where it was scandalous that Rooney was not sent off. Well done Rooney.!!
Punishment is excessive. If you watch the replay the opposition player stiffened his legs and deliberately thrust his buttocks in to Rooney before Rooney reacted. No one seems to have even mentrioned this. Two matches would have been fairerer. Seems he and Louise Hamilton both get maximum punishments whenever they transgress.
It was bad. Did you actually see the tacle. Rooney kicked the guy. He is a great player but not a good representative of a nation. He needs to learn.
I would take both Owen and Crouch. Both have excellent goalscoring records for England and against European opposition. Owen is a poacher, just the sort of player England need, and Crouch is excellent at holding the ball up and laying it off.
However, I don't believe that Capello will take either and instead will take Defoe, who blows hot and cold, and Bent, who misses far too many chances. I don't think Carroll is ready yet for a regular England place, but will do in a couple of years.
I would also take one of Sturridge and Welbeck.
another blog about wayne rooney, how original. of course england will take him, of course he's a good player. get a grip, he will be back for the knockout phase. If england cant make it out of the group stages just because one player is suspended then they wouldnt have the slightest chance of winning the thing anyway.
Tell you what, lets not bother going at all then. Might as well give the players a rest and be done with it. We should be good enough to get out of the group without him, but the fact that he will be available for the business end of the tournament means he has to go. I'm not saying he should walk straight back into the 11 if our attack is firing, but he's too good a player to leave behind.
Why not play Gerrard in that no 10 role?
Crouch and Carroll would take the team the wrong way, but having Defoe at the head of the triangle ahead of Gerrard should work well in the 4-2-3-1 formation. Or, play Young in the middle (in the Rooney role) with Johnson/Downing on the left.
Keep the team mobile, ball to floor, and we stand a chance.
It's only a side show because the media (including you Phil) are making it into one. He got sent off, it's not a big deal especially when you factor in his dad being arrested. The media circus is ridiculous, trying to make out that he is seething rage machine when his record utterly contradicts this notion. This could have happened to any player in that situation, any player, anyone. Instead of raging at him, why not try putting ourselves in his shoes and getting behind him for once. Imagine how good he would be if the country was behind him completely.
I don't mean to be one of those annoying people who just moan about the article, but I cannot believe you've used the word 'genius' to describe Wayne Rooney. Messi, perhaps, but Rooney is a very good club player but nothing more. I actually think the impact of his absence will be fairly minimal. These big tournaments, of course, require great individual technical skill (which Rooney has), but also some gray matter and maturity (which Rooney has none of). This is coming from a Man Utd fan!!
What kind of message is the FA sending out here by lodging an appeal? Are they saying they think it's OK to kick someone as hard as you like from behind as long as it's because you can't control your temper? That should go over well in the youth soccer camps and Sunday leagues. So much for the so-called "sportsmanship" campaign to clean up the game. Do as we say, not as we do. What Rooney did was assault and should be punished. What's everyone so worried about anyway? Now we have our built-in excuse for failing at Euro 2012, which is exactly what we would have done with or without his royal highness.
There is no way I would take Rooney. What's the point? Capello has already said he won't start him in the build up friendlies and completely sends out the wrong message that he can miss 5 or 6 friendlies, 3 group matches and then waltz into the team in the quarter finals (if we make it) after all the other players have done the hard work. If I was say Darren Bent, banging in goals in friendlies and the group stage, only to be left out in the knockout games, I'd be gutted and would probably retire from England duty there and then.
england will get past the group stage, to not take rooney would daft.
Theres no doubting this is a blow to us, but lets try and put a positive spin on it.
A year ago i'd say we were doomed, with little chance of progressing out of our group. However now we have two young bright sparks who have emerged over the last 6-12 months in the names of Danny Welbeck and Daniel Sturridge.
Lets do what Germany did in World cup 2010 and give the youngsters a go. We need fresh ideas, welbeck and sturridge are fresh and both looking dangerous.
Still take Rooney to the finals but lets start with sturridge and welbeck, or 1 of them with young and adam johnson playing as advanced wingers.
Rooney admittedly lost it, and acted rashly, red mist etc. But do we ever see action taken over pre-meditated action were a player may simulate or cheat which is a canker at the very heart of the game which far more requires addressing than a young man losing his head and kicking someone in the back of the leg!
I just hope Capello doesn't revert to 4-4-2 again, without Rooney, play an AM and a striker with pace, Welbeck or Sturridge. I would still take Rooney and definatly no to Owen, I wouldn't take Crouch either however I think it way too early to say who goes or not.
English players are going to have another season of hard competitive football where the majority of them will get quite far in Europe, so by the start of the Euros they are going to be burnt out. Since the EPL doesn't have a winter break, the media will start talking about it closer to June.
Rooney is going to be one the players in the squad who plays the most games in domestic league and Europe and will no doubt end the season a bit knackered.
Rooney is, arguably, England's best player.
What England are looking at is playing approximately the first 2 weeks of the tournament without Rooney, so other players can prove themselves on the big stage. England will most likely get out of the group stages, then Rooney will return, fresh, rearing to go, and boost the moral of the other players on the pitch. You never know, maybe even scare the other team a bit.
All in all, this is a good thing.
and whats all this nonsense about cappello suddenly having a " headache " ?
take your art and fine wine cappello and scuttle of back to Italy where you rightfully belong.
all we need now is that " root and branch " investigation hopefully leading to the sacking of them all.
Plenty of steel in the midfield, plenty of creation in the midfield, vibrant wingers, a quick good centre forward,decent defence. we must go with this.
Yes Zeemo, Platini just likes to strike does he not? Recall Platin and Baltter supsending Zidane for 3 games in the 98 World cup with France playing at home, when Zidane received a red card in the opener against Saudi Arabia.
But that was little nobody Zidane. THIS IS ROONEY, HOW DARE, JUST HOW DARE UEFA supspends him for 3 games? Yep must be Platini.
If i was a striker left at home for a player that could not play i would be livid. If we get through the groups then we will be doing something right ,in this very tough tournament ,so why would you change that anyway.
Its a no brainer you cannot take a player that could only be available for a game that may never come .
Three game ban totally deserved, and if the FA appeal unsuccessfully then UEFA should double it. Rooney is a clown and while Crapello is in charge I have little interest what happens to England in Euro 2012. Even if Rooney played we are not good enough against the likes of Spain and Germany. So roll on 2014 and Harry's England.
I want to see England take some risks with the striker choices. We have safe pairs of hands which we know pretty well. These are Bent, Crouch, and Defoe. They will do okay but are simply bot tournament-winning quality. If we play them they'll put in a good shift and we'll go out quarters best. Screw it, we have nothing to lose, let's take a chance on untried players with great potential - Sturridge, Welbeck, Agbonlahor. It's the only way to go to the next level. If you've been playing Fantasy Premier League you'll know all three have made serious measurable impact when they've had chances to play.
Crouch: Great record, but little form and little class. I actually think that of the other established strikers he is the best but any team he plays in seems to revert to playing to his height. Understandable, but not actually playing to his strengths and not a way to progress in an international tournament.
Defoe: can look great but, more often, looks poor. Not quite a poacher, not quite a complete forward. Not quite an England player.
Owen: damn I'd love it if he was playing week in week out. But he isn't. So, we don't have a clue how good he is now. Likely to have an injury at some point anyway.
Agbonlahor: can look great one game in five. Generally doesn't look great. Not good enough.
Basically, our progress from the group stages depends in some part on the progress of Sturridge and Wellbeck this season. Personally, I think Sturridge has the tools for the international game and, assuming he develops over the season, I'd like to see a partnership between him and Bent. Means we'd be restricted to 4-4-2 (don't put him on the flank in a 4-4-3! It isn't a place for strikers) but our best bet for the group stages.
Given we're only going to be there for the group stages anyway, there is no reason whatsoever to take Rooney. The opportunity to change the culture of automatic picks has landed in Capello's lap, but somehow I can see him contriving to squander it.
Rooney was going for the ball!
R.e. Owen - I'm not too sure why he's being suggested. Surely Rooney missing for the first three games is another *not* to include Owen? We'll take four strikers (plus Walcott, whilst Gerrard may play the Rooney role). Taking Rooney and Owen as a super-sub leaves us with two starters for the group games.
So he got the ban most knowledgeable fans expected, so now lets move and do without him for the tournie. Sorry but no one in a England shirt is that special. Thats our problem, the press hype these guys up to be untouchable and then find out they are not. It would be totally unfair to take him and have him sitting hoping that we qualify and then playing in the quarter, Semi etc. The team would have played differently and then have to change again to accommodate Rooney, and we would get knocked out. You dont need to be brave just a good manager, lets see what Capello is really made of..
I wonder if Rooney's father had money on him being sent off?
The only 2 players capable of fillings rooneys role in the 4-2-3-1 formation are Ashley young as he did at villa last year and Gerrard as he did behind Torres at Liverpool. All the talk of other stickers getting a chance is nonsense unless capello reverts to 4-4-2. if young moves in then capello will probable go for downing or Milner or johnson wide left.
If the EPL issue a standard 3-game ban for violent conduct then why is this one so shocking or surprising?
Rooney is the one at fault here, nothing to do with Platini and any imagined UEFA conspiracy that you've dreamt up.
Rooney hasn't been sent off in something like 5 years as far as i know and it was a stupid kick and bad sportsmanship. He immediately showed remorse, he handled the sending off well and then wrote a letter and did everything in his power to correct himself which shows some level of good character.
This is just Fifa's way to kick the boot into England, Platini was perplexed when English Clubs were owning the CL. We get a clear goal disallowed against Germany and Barcelona get every descion going for them.
Its a disgrace a 3 match ban.
Even if we dont deserve it i hope the other English players galvanise.
i haven't been terribly interested in the england team since we've been employing foreign managers, that may sound xenophobic but it's not; isn't the whole point of international football one nation against another? i'll renew my interest when we get an english manager.
hopefully capello will leave rooney out of all the friendly games then, depending on his united form, just take him along when the time comes. this will enable rooney to concentrate wholly on uniteds' campaign (which, to me, is a lot more important). that way he'll be a lot fresher and raring to go, if england qualify from the group stages of euro 2012. in the meantime capello has an opportunity to give chances to the younger strikers with an eye to the future (not that he probably cares much about that!). i really don't see the point in reviving owens' carreer & crouch, who has always performed for england, is about as popular with the england management as le tissier used to be!
if, in the meantime, we find englands' next shearer (welbeck maybe?) the whole thing could turn out to be a blessing in disguise.
Can't really argue the ban is infair since he has previous.
While you can argue Rooney should go for the latter stages I don't particularly see the point. Capello has to build a team capable of getting out of the group stage, assuming he does that, why would he then change a successful formula just to accomodate Rooney?
Agbonlahor and Bent to start, let's hope they can convert a decent club partnership into England goals.
It's no big deal. Rooney is part of the failed generation and as such as with all otgers of that generation - Lampard, Terry, Cole, Gerrard should told thanks for all your efforts but goodbye. Take the youngsters and give them tournament experience, you never know they might win it before all the 'joie de vivre' is coached out of them by the England set up.
As for Rooney, well, how can you play 5 friendlies, 3 group matches, then suddenly fit him into the system?
Assuming England progress of course.
Maybe Rooney has played his last England match?
Not great news for England but fantastic news for United! No point playing him in any of the silly friendly's now and quite possibly (but lets hope not) all of next summer off. Sir Alex must be rubbing his hands in delight, as many United fans will be.
Last world cup, all be it a short one for England, out of the 25 players, quite a few were never used in the group stage games.
In the Euros, at the group stage, England will have a strong enough squad to get by, leaving room for Rooney.
This season will reveal our future stars, such as Danny Welbeck, who i think has it in him to be a world class finisher, and a few other young players who are getting more opportunities to shine at club level.
By the end of this season, these players will have gained valuable experience and will have shown drastic improvement (we hope).
They are key to success in the group stages of the Euros, of course with experienced older players too. But come the quarter finals (optimism prevails) England will need a world beater in that team.
Rooney may have shown immaturity, but it was clearly a one off situation that the media has pounced upon. OK so perhaps "One off" is being kind to him, there is no denying he can get carried away with his temperament, but it is much less often, and it was highlighted how he reacted well to being red carded, a small victory I know, seeing as he did get sent off, but it demonstrates an improvement in attitude.
We have to take roo. if we get past the group stage (which we still should even without him, if everyone else is fit) he could make the whole important difference if he's fresh and ready for the knockout stages.
For the group stages, this would be my team: Hart, G. Johnson, P. Jones, Terry, A. Cole, Parker, Barry/Lampard/Wilshere, Walcott/Adam Johnson, Gerrard, Young, Bent.
Other strikers in the frame: Sturridge and Welbeck in great form for the big boys, Agbonlahor is also doing well at Villa, Zamora is actually starting to look a decent player again at Fulham, Crouch has lots of international experience, Defoe should always be in the mix if he can find his goalscoring touch at spurs again.
Carroll is nowhere near international form right now. needs a run of games and plenty of big goals against big teams to be in with a shout. Owen...just no.
didn't see the kick, apart from a brief tv replay. not good, but when i watch constant, blatant cheating week in week out in europe (eg czech dive in box, scotland out), which is worse? one moment of petulance gets you banned for 3 games but diving/gamesmanship/"simulation" goes unpunished simply because a referee doesn't see it at the time and fifa/uefa don't see the need to retrospectively see the truth and act upon it. i'm afraid that if we use racial stereotypes, the brit tendency towards good old-fashioned thuggery is far more blatant and obvious than the latin acceptance that obtaining decisions from referees by less than honest means is simply part of the modern game.
There is no point taking Rooney now he is out of the group stage. There are two scenario's that could play out. Firstly, England don't qualify from the group so he wouldn't play at all. Secondly, England do qualify. How could Capello then justify dropping a player from a winning team? It would destroy the morale of the squad which frankly is far more important than the selfish Mr Rooney.
England won't win Euro 2012 regardless of whether Rooney is selected. It should be an opportunity to have a real look at a Welbeck or a Sturridge. England have talented younger players and this could actually be a positive for the future as Capello is forced to try something else.
The England team has potential and a good talent level. I personally believe they can have a successful tournament without Rooney. He is a huge player but no one is untouchable and England HAVE to find another way.
go with youth please, then its not all about rooney..
it won't be long before the blog is saturated with the red,green and gold mouths of surrey and asia chime in supporting the buffon that is rooney.
maybe gerrard if hes not crocked too?!!
I don't think Capello is going to finalise his squad this weekend. I have a hunch he'll probably dither and wait until a few short weeks before the finals commence, and then rashly take account of the fitness, form and mental state of eligible players before announcing his choice of players. And who knows what other circumstances might affect the squad selection?
I am reliably informed by an insider that Rooney is going to have another extra-marital affair, and Darren Bent is going to re-evaluate his monotheic beliefs and refuse to play on a Sunday. What else might happen to influence Fabio's thinking?
I am not sure if people have seen the stats not only for Rooney but for all English strikers. IN fact our best striker is crouch in the recent years. Defo coming second with a goal in every 3 games and then Carrol with one goal in 3 games.
So in short we lacking. Wellbeck is yet to score, so unless we have more faith in a partnership with Wellbeck, Young and Carrol then we are big trouble. I think in midfield we are not doing to bad, and probably ok in defence. But we are with or without Rooney struggling and now its all down to the younger players to start proving themselves.
We have almost 2 seasons to prepare so we have time, and we have some potential players that can come up and prove and maybe there energy will get us into a respectable position in the Euros. Germany shocked the world with a fairly bad world cup qualifying campaign but a very good display in the world cup so we have hope and all is not lost and by rights which add up to nothing we should make it through the group stage.
So now anything past the group stage is good, and if we do get through the groups and then add Rooney and lose then its look very bad on him indeed. His position at this moment in time for English football is looking very bleak.
It's difficult to really care too much about what happens to England. I find international football utterly tiresome. With or without Wayne Rooney what are England going to do at Euro 2012?
Rooney's reaction was stupid and idiotic but that was the one time in the second half where one of his team mates had got the ball anywhere near him and he miscontrolled it and lost possession.
Rooney should retire from international football. Get the summers off and concentrate on club football.
An average team coached by a hopeless manager. And i'm sure his successor will be equally as bad.
Well, Capello has to take him. England can qualify from the group without him, but they can't win without him and would probably struggle in the first knockout game without him - especially since his absence means that second place in the group may have to be the target, depending on the draw.
The problem is that it's going to unbalance the squad. Does Capello take the 23 he'd have taken anyway, and trust that the squad will be be good enough to get through the group, or does he take an extra striker as cover? If he does take an extra striker, who gets left behind - and will that mean someone going in the full knowledge that he's only there to make up numbers in the group stage?
Personally, I think he should stick to a balanced squad and accept that he'll be a striker down for the group stage. And, even if Rooney wasn't suspended to begin with, Capello would still need a player in the squad capable of covering for him in case of injury or in-tournament suspension. It just matters more now that we know this is a reality, not just a worst-case scenario.
As to who I'd take, I'm no great fan of Darren Bent, and others such as Gabriel Agbonlahor and Jermain Defoe just don't look quite up to the required class either. Assuming that Capello takes just four strikers, my choice would be Rooney (of course), Peter Crouch, Daniel Sturridge and Danny Welbeck - Crouch because he's a proven goalscorer in an England shirt, and while he may be a little short of top class he's the kind of player who will score a messy goal to defeat a lower-ranked team in the group stage (and Ashley Young's emergence as a genuinely international class winger means that Crouch would have plenty of crosses to feed off), and Welbeck and Sturridge because they represent England's future and, let's face it, developing the next generation is a far more realistic target than actually winning it this time.
The main alternative to Crouch would be Bobby Zamora, but unless he gets plenty of playing time in the friendlies it would be a big risk to take someone with so little experience. Realistically, Michael Owen is out of it unless he gets a lot more time on the pitch than he's had in a Man U shirt up to now. Andy Carroll might come into the frame as an alternative to Welbeck or Sturridge, but he needs to find his form and start scoring goals before that happens.
There is a bigger picture at play here.
Fabio is not going to be leading England in the Autumn, England (an I am English) are not going to win the Euros, the FA are under scrutiny on many levels concerning their stewardship of the national game and Rooney will be 28 going on 29 should we qualify for the the finals of the 2014 World Cup.
Although a fit and ready to go Rooney would no doubt want to make an impact in the second phase of the Euros, a manager concerned about building a momentum and a genuine team mentality would not entertain taking Rooney. He would choose instead to use the time between then and now to find 4 strikers to fit a couple of systems and give them the opportunity to fight for selection in the tournament. Fabio, no doubt, does not much care about the medium term impact of of taking 3 plus Rooney and disregarding their efforts by picking Rooney first up if we get out of the group stages. If the argument is that Rooney may have to start from the bench in the first knockout stage because of the form of others then it undermines any argument for taking him at all.
England won't win the tournament. They might, however, do better than usual in the World Cup in 2014 if the emerging generation comes good. Not necessarily win it of course, but do well. Rooney has been to tournaments before, he knows all about them. there are potential strikers who haven't. This tournament should be used as a building block to 2014, and the opportunity to blood a few other strikers should be taken. Let's engineer a situation here we have a wealth of experience in 2014.
The FA have to look at the bigger picture. He is banned by UEFA, but can be subject to sanction by the FA. As has been said, the mixed message of appealing the ban, and even allowing him to be named if the appeal fails, is not the right message. Rooney is a talent that kids in this country want to emulate, my kids included. The FA should shut a few doors to him in 2012 and leave a bigger door ajar in 2014. Remove him from contention, and let it be know that he has to go away and prove himself. People have mixed views on Beckham, but he fought hard to regain his stature and respect in the game, and the adulation of a generation of players. Rooney, to date, has shown by his general behaviour that he is not inclined to follow that example. Let the FA make the choice simple. 'Forget 2012 altogether. Prove you are a star in 2014, on and off the field'.
Rooney's time in 2014? Fabio has said he won't pick Rooney in the build up to 2012 now. If he doesn't go to the tournament his next game will be the Autumn of 2012 in 2014 qualifying (or a meaningless friendly to induct the new manager ahead of that). The equation for him should be that he has 12 months now to sit out ahead of 18 months or so of the most important time of his international career heading into 2014. Benefit from the relative rest, rehabilitate yourself publicly, keep proving your class for Man Utd and hit qualification for, and the tournament of, 2014 with the chance to carve your name in history.
The alternative, for me, to the above is the FA appealing and making a mockery of their domestic stewardship of the game, Capello being allowed in the crudest of terms to disregard the long term for a short term gamble on at least reaching the semi finals and Rooney not making the move from immature, reckless, loose cannon to world class, widely applauded, ambassador for our game.
The FA have a chance to prove they are not what we all suspect they are. Capello has a chance to leave a legacy, even if he is leaving the bank account empty. Rooney has the chance to be a Beckham-esque phoenix from the flames, not a [insert unpopular footballer here]-esque pigeon taking another unwelcome dump on the sport we love.
Carroll is too one dimensional and easy to snuff out, at least for the moment. Whether he can improve on that between now and the end of the season remains to be seen, but right now, he's simply not international class. I'd even take Crouch ahead of him.
I'd also like to see capello picking a starting XI like this or as close to as possible. Question marks over the right back position (i do like Smalling but it will be interesting to see how much game time he gets at RB when rafael returns and also on the progress and form of Richards, Walker and potentially Kelly), also depends on whether adam johnson gets enough playing time over the course of the season and if not could possibly shift sturridge to the right wing where he has been playing for chelsea recently. I think its important to keep the experience of terry, cole and gerrard (provided he can find himself again after injury) around and think that we have good impact players left on the bench such as cleverly, sturridge/welbeck (whoever doesnt start) and walcott who i think is far more effective coming off the bench against tiring defeners!
Should add, too, that both Ashley Young and Theo Walcott are capable of playing up front as well as wide, so assuming they're both in the squad (as I'm pretty sure they will be, barring injury or catastrophic loss of form) then Capello has options available even without needing to take an extra striker just for the group stage.
My last post for the day after reading Phils response is that yes he will go, but should he go. That is the bigger question.
At this moment i cant decide, Owen should not go, only because he will take an extra space and plus he can only ever be good for a late sub in desperate measures.
Thats not a slate at Owen, he is or rather was our best ever striker in the last 20 years or so. But his day is done.
Rooney will only go because if he didnt and we did get out the group stage and come up against the bigger teams and lost then the loss would be blamed on Rooney not being there.
But on the other hand of we found a formation that worked without him then why would he be automatically selected.
It has in fact become a big headache for Capello if he thinks it thorugh properly. Which i doubt he will, he will think like this.
I need to find a team for 3 games and use the friendlies to work out what is the best formation and players.
Then if we get through i will build the team around Rooney.
It all boils down the that no matter what we think and speculate.
Firstly, OBVIOUSLY it should be a 3 match ban...it wasn't as though it was a miss timed tackle or a second yellow. HE KICKED AN OPPONENT OUT OF FRUSTRATION. 3 match ban, standard. Secondly, Capello still has to take him. If we squeeze out of the group, then he would bring a huge boost to morale as well as his world class ability on the pitch. There's no need to panic, Welbeck has been class, and he showed he can handle the international scene with his brief cameo against Montenegro. I mean, he beat 3 players in one run with his first touches, that's more than we managed as a team all game combined. And there's still Carroll, Bent, Defoe, Crouch and STURRIDGE to choose from. How Sturridge wasn't in the last squad is beyond me.
I for one am not worried, we will get through the groups and have our best player fresh and ready to redeem himself.
Also COME ON WALES (rugby)!!!
Michael Owen? You must be joking !! He is the past. How many games does he get for United. And his main interest now is horses not football. You'll be suggesting that he be paired with Heskey next.
As for Capello's decision. It's simple. Leave Rooney out, he'll not get a game since England will most likely be coming home after the group stage.
So a whole summer off for Rooney. Sir Alex will be chuffed !!
Maybe give another striker a chance, on international form Rooney would not be missed. After all these years he's never put in a match winning performance in fact, he's rarely even been worth his place.
Rooney is a wonderful footballer but a complete thug. Why should we tolerate such petulance, all because we might win (might being the operative word)? Its about time the sycophants shut up and the bigots look up. Our national team is average at best so take the opportunity to technically coach our youngsters and lets start again.
Oh, and by the way, Michael Owen commenting on the England Rugby louts? Shut up Michael, you know nothing if you support or excuse their behaviour.
Where the hell are standards these days? Where the professional discipline? I just feel so let down by all this and more.
The only other English player in the "Rooney" role is Gerrard. If he's fit he's the natural replacement. One of Capello's problems has been that Rooney and Gerrard play the same game. Trying to shoe-horn Gerrard into a midfield role has never been a success - particularly as it led to he and Lampard stepping on each other's toes. Provided he's fit I don't really see it as much of a step down.
At least we still have Hesky . . . . . . . . . . .
unfortunately that's not going to happen because the ridiculous situation we find ourselves in is that the managers tenure finishes at the end of this tournament, he has no interest in the future, his ultimate aim is to win this tournament. not at all a good thing for the future of the england team.
Firstly it was an obvious three-match ban. The guy has red mists like his elbow last year, but UEFA are obviously stronger than the FA in punishing thugs. You can admire his talent without trying to make excuses for a dreadful act of petulance.
Secondly "should we take Rooney?". Why decide that now? Surely the last world cup showed us to only pick players on form. Rooney went to the last world cup and was dreadful (and he wasn't the only one). Let's see what his and our other players form is like when we pick the squad and decide then. If Rooney is fit and playing well then I see no reason not to pick him in the squad other than his questionable temperament. If he is out of form like last year after his injury then don't pick him.
It's impossible for Capello to take Rooney now, Rooney will play the game after group stages after which we will get knocked out. We may as well get a team sorted now, stick with it and see where we get, not as if England are expected to win anyway!
Agree with post 76, Gerrard can play the '10' role, he did it successfully for Liverpool behind Torres and can do it again. A front 4 of Gerrard, Young, Bent and one over will get us out of the group stages at least.
Firstly the European Championships in its current format is arguable one of the hardest tournaments in the world, depending on England's seeding we could end up playing Spain, Portugal and Croatia or Even worse if we're in pot 3 we could end up with Spain/Germany, Holland and Croatia and that with or without Rooney is a tough ask.
and what's to say you pick another striker, stick with the 4-2-3-1 and play Gerard in the hole, its his best position and probably the only way he gets into a balanced England team if you play Wiltshire and Parker in midfield.
The real question to pose is who makes up the 23 man squad?
Rooney is a selfish, petulant, overpaid liability that does not deserve an England team shirt evidently demonstrated by this latest debacle. His 'mercurial brilliance' rarely turns up when its really needed in internationals.
I'd rather give any of these strikers a chance to prove they are really hungry for a place. Sometimes the best teams are produced from players who don't believe they have a god-given right to be on the field.
Rooney will miss the whole tournament.
Because without him England wiil not be able to survive the group stage.
Rooney - only at at times, though - is the only world class player England has got. Germany and Spain have got at least seven each, for example.
Let's face it, no other England strikers have Rooney's quality yet. However, if Welbeck and Sturridge continue playing and playing well for United and Chelsea, then those 2 would surely have to be the choice to play. I would even go as far as saying they should both play with Rooney when he's not suspended. Could be a great blessing having Rooney fresh for the big games in my opinion. Just getting rid of the other rubbish in the squad is more of a problem Capello has. He won't address that though, it's way too obvious.
I think it's a complex issue as to whether you take Rooney. On the one hand he is arguably our best player and you'd want him in the bigger matches, but on the other hand there is no guarantee we get that far, we are far from being a contender to win. Additionally, a possible scenario: we pick a team that qualifies from the group without Rooney, foster a team spirit and cohesion through three hard fought matches, then reward one of those players who have stepped up to the mark by dropping them for Rooney straight away. I don't think that is great for team harmony.
Personally I would take him but I think it is really touch and go. I'd like to see Ashley Young in Rooney's role and bring in Adam Johnson on the flank.
As far as the main striker role, if Darren Bent is the answer then what the hell is the question?!
"Is the ban too harsh?"
It was direct violent conduct - a straight red and we would expect 3 matches in Premier League. Why are we surprised?
The FA frequently try to assert their authority and return home with tails between their legs. Pick your battles, this isn't one.
"Should Rooney actually go to Euron 2012 now?"
Clearly England are lacking attacking talent. Fabio messed up with the 'randoms' in the squad last time, Rooney is now the wildcard inclusion. Yes of course we take him.
Rooney messed up. Again. A few months of correct behaviour doesn't detail a turnaround. Frankly I question Fabio's decision to play him given the circumstance. Hot, tempermental player, with sudden influx of personal issues. "Oh you say you are OK, fair enough then......" Fabio messed up with too much trust of established players at the last tournament, and a similar failure of judgement transpired here.
No complaints - the punishment should fit the crime - if I kicked someone at work I'd be sacked. Simple..don't kick your opponents and you won't get sent off. Rooney is an idiot and can't control his temper - its always the same with him....everyone wringing hands and saying it is all so unfair. Get a grip of yourselves, no team revolves around one player and there are others that can step in. As for Owen, give me a break - the man is made of glass and past it.
Rooney will never change and will thus always be a libility. As for taking him, what's the point?
The Euros are a mighty difficult tourney to win and there are no second chances in the group stages. IMO whether Rooney goes or not, its academic as I don't see this current England setup and management getting us into the knockout stages. Except for Germany in the WC qualifiers, when did England beat a top side in open Play in a major tourney?
I think its about time all of the old boys were dropped, except gerrard as captain. terry, rio, carrick, barry, owen, crouch (even though i rate him) even ashley cole. its time to blood the youngsters now and give them the experience.
rooney should be part of future england set up, but not at euros. wellbeck has looked as good as him at man u anyway.
Capello shouldnt carry that sulky brute through the tournament, its just going to happen again. Capello has no idea how to handle him like Ferguson has thats the main problem. So you can just see a repeat coming. Give Agbonlahor a chance.
The arguement that Rooney 'left the field quietly' and should therefore have a ban of fewer games is laughable. Let's not forget that he actually kicked someone seconds before leaving the field. Anyway that's how people should react after being sent off! When have you ever heard of a player being shown a red card before having it immediately rescinded after shouting in the ref's face about how wrong he is? Sad to think that the questioning of the ref's decision is to be expected, however futile it is.
I would also like to add as a seperate note that our traditional pundits seems to be losing the plot. Where many of them were fresh and independent when they started so they are sucked into the whiney "poor me" culture of current celeb footballers, and old fashioned biases. MOTD has become awful for the quality of punditry, and a pundit claiming shock at a 3 match bad for Rooney is totally disconnected from the real world. THe FA argument was that he;s been quite good since 2010.....wow. Impressive.
Fergie will be sitting at home chuckling to himself knowing Rooney will have a long summers rest next year. Wouldn't even surprise me if Rooney retires from International if dropped either.
Bent/crouch/defoe these guys are all ok but are they going to win you a tournament? of corse they arent!!
welbeck/sturridge/agbonlahor these guys have something different. we MUST take these along with rooney .if we go along the lines of crouch/defoe/ bent the same old average stuff then we might aswell not even bother.
Rooneys ban will hurt us as much as capello allows it to.
If he replaces rooney with crouch or defoe, we're doomed.
If he replaces rooney with welbeck or sturridge we've got every chance.
LETS LEARN FROM THE GERMANS AT SOUTH AFRICA. Blood the youngsters!
I'd select both Welbeck and Sturridge. Both young pacy players who should show what their made of this year. The experienced players are no great shakes and Andy Caroll? You have got to be joking! He's about as good as a donkey. Rooney has to selected. If he's not selected, then England have no chance. Not only does Rooney bring a different element to the team, it would also signal to others that we don't feel we can progress past the group stages if we can't carry Rooney in the groups.
I think England should play a fluid 4-3-3 when Wilshere is fit again. I;d get rid of the old guard and start afresh with Parker as the holding mid along with Cleverley and Wilshire in the midfield - 2 genuine ball players- and then I'd have Young, Rooney and 1 other to become a fluid front 3.
We may actually win the tournament now. Rather than messing around trying to play "football" with Rooney. A player whose technique is embarrassing by comparison to the likes of Silva, Iniesta, Villa, Sniejder, Ozil etc.
Pick Crouch up top and play long ball, kick and rush football.
I personally cannot understand why Wayne Rooney should ever be considered to play for England again regardless of his undoubted skills on the football field.
Players at the highest level are in general paid a disproportionate sum of money to those in everyday life. They have the opportunity to lead by example in terms of influencing the behaviour of others for good or bad.
Just what message does it send that repeated violent behaviour can be ignored. I seem to remember a previous MU colleague of Wayne Rooney sabotaging England's world cup chances by being sent of for a needless fowl.
Is it not time the English FA issued a directive that any player wearing the English Shirt has to be above reproach both on and off the field and that this is non negotiable.


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Perpignan's England prop Perry Freshwater believes their Heineken Cup quarter-final clash against Toulon at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona has all the ingredients of a "firecracker".
The Catalan giants will fulfill a long-held ambition by taking their knock-out tie to the heart of the region next Saturday.
It will be the first time the football-mad city of Barcelona has hosted a Heineken Cup match, once again expanding the boundaries of Europe's premier club rugby competition.
And, with the likes of Jonny Wilkinson, Carl Hayman and George Smith potentially lining up for opponents Toulon, Freshwater believes the game can match the occasion.
"This has all the ingredients for being a real firecracker of a game," he said. "It has been an aim of the club for some time to stage a home quarter-final in Barcelona and now there is real excitement that it's going to happen.
"Everyone has been talking about this game for weeks, even the players, and we know there will be huge support for us.
"It's a massive game not only for the Catalan identity but also for rugby and financially for the club. Barcelona is a major market to tap into and it's great for rugby to be on such a big stage in a famous football city such as Barcelona.
The two clubs have starkly contrasting pedigrees in Europe. Perpignan, finalists in 2003 after reaching the semi-finals in 1999, take on a Toulon side competing in their first season in the tournament.
However defeats both home and away in the Top 14 against opponents who boast a star-studded squad has left Freshwater in no doubt as to the size of the task at hand.
"We haven't had a fantastic season by our standards," he added. "We've played Toulon twice this season, including a big game in Marseille, and lost both so we have a point to prove against them.
"They have quality throughout the side and some big-match players who played very well. In the past you could say Toulon were a collection of individuals without team cohesion but Philippe Saint-Andre has obviously brought that dynamic he honed during his time in England.
"He has also addressed the problem they had in recent years when their forwards could have been stronger by bringing in some big names.
"When you have a guy like Carl Hayman trotting onto the pitch, you know you are in a strong position. But the Georgian David Kubriashvili has come along very well and Sebastien Bruno is also coming back, so they have real strength in their front-row.
"Then of course they have Jonny, who has this amazing calming effect on everyone he plays with. He controls the game and steers the ship for them.


Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerView from above the Senate Chamber dais in this January 2010 file photo.
TRENTON — A little known pilot program that allows children to attend school in districts they don't live in would be made permanent under a bill that cleared the state Senate today.
The bill makes the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which started in 2000 and has continued as a pilot program since expiring in 2005, permanent. It passed 38-0 and is set to be taken up by the Assembly this afternoon.
There are 15 districts that participate in the program — the maximum allowed under the pilot program — with about 900 students attending participating districts they don't live without having to pay tuition. If the bill becomes law, there would be no limit on the number of districts that will be able to participate. Districts that want to join the program would apply to the commissioner of education.
Districts would be able to restrict the number of their students going to other districts at 10 percent of the students in each grade level or 15 percent of their total student enrollment.
To enroll in another district, students will have to spend at least one year in their local districts.


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Nintendo Switch Boost Mode: Everything you need to know
The Nintendo company and home developers are creating tools that allow the Switch console to work faster.
Rebecca Spear
Nintendo has been rumored to be working on experiments to create faster, more-efficient gaming experiences for the Nintendo Switch. Home developers have also been getting in on the action and have been able to temporarily increase clock speeds for the hybrid console, making it faster and more efficient. We'll explain why this is important and what it means for you.
What is Nintendo Switch boost mode?
Basically, "boost mode" refers to speeding up the Nintendo Switch's loading times and minimizing lag for a better gaming experience. The name is semi-inaccurate but it's what the internet has chosen to call this process. To understand how "boost mode" is possible, we'll have to go into the Switch's specs as well as its history. Some of this information can get a little technical but we'll guide you through it.
When the Switch was released, many people were surprised that Nintendo decided to give the hybrid console a Tegra X1 mobile processor. This meant it would have significantly slower processing times than the Xbox and Playstation consoles currently on the market. Granted, the Switch has done very well for itself, but speed is definitely an area where the Switch doesn't measure up to current video gaming trends and technology.
Via the Wall Street Journal, we know that Nintendo itself wants to create an improved version of the Switch. It's been confirmed that the company is currently conducting performance-enhancing experiments by overclocking its hardware and testing thermal management techniques. Basically speeding up the processor past Nintendo's specfications in order to make it work faster and finding ways to keep the console cool so it can last longer by not using as much power.
Meanwhile, gamers and home developers have also been dreaming up ways to improve the Switch's performance and have even produced some fantastic results. To understand the significance of these experiments, we first need to know the abilities of the Switch console. Here are the specs according to the finding of Digital Foundry:
Nintendo Switch Specs
Docked
Undocked
CPU clock speed 1020MHz 1020MHz
GPU clock speed 768MHz 307.2MHz
Memory clock 1600MHz 1331MHz
What difference does boost mode make?
Some home developers have enabled the Switch console to temporarily reach a 1785MHz CPU clock speed while docked, much higher than its standard 1020MHz docked clock speed. This huge jump makes Nintendo's latest console about as fast as the PS4 and Xbox One S. This is still nowhere as fast as the far-more-powerful PS4 Pro or Xbox One X, but it's a major improvement.
Additionally, in these experiments home developers have been able to temporarily raise the undocked GPU clock speed to 460MHz. That's 50% faster than the usual 307.2MHz handheld clock speed. This means faster loading speeds, less lag, and fewer wait times while playing your favorite games on the go.
These home developers have also discovered that the speed at which a game will play, actually depends on the game itself and how it's designed to load. So results vary depending on the game being tested.
For a more in-depth look, check out Digital Foundry's video.
How can I overclock my Switch?
To be able to increase the speed of your Switch, you'll need a technical understanding of the console's software and physical components as well as access to frequency monitoring software. It should also be noted that any modification to the Switch negates your warranty and might even lead to your console getting banned from Nintendo's online services. Unless you know what you're doing and you don't mind the risks, you really shouldn't do this to your Switch. But with any luck, Nintendo will perfect these improvements and employ them on a new version of the Switch in the near future.
Could Nintendo's testing be for the Switch Mini?
We don't know for sure but, yes, it's possible. The Nintendo Switch Mini is still a widely speculated and unconfirmed piece of hardware, but reports from the Wall Street Journal have shown that Nintendo has intended to create a "brighter, thinner and more energy efficient" version of the Switch. Experimenting with the processing and loading speeds of the current Switch could likely be to help Nintendo create a new version of the console.
The Boost
Nintendo has been very private when it comes to releasing details about its current hardware and software projects. There are sure to be more developments when it comes to improving the performance of the Nintendo Switch (both from Nintendo and from home developers). We'll keep our ears to the ground and let you know if we discover anything new.
What do you think about the Nintendo Switch's boost mode? Tell us about it in the comments.
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Revealed: the worst – and best – hotel chains in the UK
Britannia Hotels has been rated Britain's worst hotel chain for the seventh year running in research by consumer group Which?.
Guests were 10 times more likely to award it a poor rating for cleanliness than any other hotel.
At the other end of the spectrum, Premier Inn tied with Wetherspoon Hotels for top spot.
Britannia, which has 61 branches across the country, was given one-star ratings in nearly all categories included in the survey, and an overall customer score of 39 per cent.
Poor cleanliness was a major complaint among guests, with survey respondents using words such as "filthy", "dreadful" and "scruffy" to describe the hotels' cleanliness.
A Which? investigator stayed overnight at the Britannia Lodge at Gatwick as part of the research and found "damp smells" coming from a clogged ventilation fan and a "grubby" bathtub.
EasyHotel was also among the worst hotels, according to the survey
Meanwhile, according to Which?, an ultraviolet light showed up stains that could not be seen with the naked eye on the bed sheets and walls surrounding the toilet.
EasyHotel and Ibis Budget were also among the worst hotels, but Britannia was the only brand to score one star in eight out of the nine categories included in the research.
When the Telegraph reviewed a Liverpool branch of the chain, it was awarded an overall six out of 10. The lowest score across Telegraph Travel's ratings was for 'Style and Character'.
Telegraph Travel expert David Atkinson wrote: "Don't expect a boutique experience, or even a homely b&b. This is the kind of place where you lay your head, not linger."
24 cool budget hotels in London, from Soho to Shoreditch
The Which? survey included more than 40 hotel chains with 8,000 hotel guests asked to rate hotels on the following categories (stars were awarded, from one to five, and the scores across each category were collated to give an overall customer score):
Bathrooms (including fixtures, fittings, lighting, towels, toiletries, shower or bath)
Bed comfort (including quality of mattress, pillow and duvet)
Bedrooms (including furniture, air conditioning, heating and facilities)
Cleanliness (including bedrooms, bathrooms and communal areas)
Communal areas and facilities
Description matching reality
40 brilliant budget hotels in Britain, from country houses to seaside inns
Britain's worst five large hotel chains were as follows, according to the research:
Britannia Hotels – 39 per cent
EasyHotel – 58 per cent
Ibis Budget – 60 per cent
Mercure – 62 per cent
Copthorne – 63 per cent
Guests paid an average price of £78 to stay at Britannia Hotels. This was £8 more than the average price for Premier Inn, which was rated the best hotel in the survey.
EasyHotel is on average cheaper than Britannia and avoided any one-star ratings. However, it still earned only two stars in a number of categories, including bedrooms, cleanliness, bed comfort, bathrooms, description matching reality and value for money.
Ibis Budget was the cheapest on average among the three lowest rated hotels, yet it scored only one star on three categories (bathrooms, bedrooms and food and drink).
Premier Inn shared the top spot with Wetherspoons Hotels
Britain's best five large hotel chains were as follows, according to the research:
Premier Inn – 79 per cent
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Hilton Garden Inn – 78 per cent
Radisson Blu Edwardian – 77 per cent
Hilton Hampton – 74 per cent
Holiday Inn Express – 73 per cent
Premier Inn secured the top spot for the fourth year in the row, but this year it shares the accolade with Wetherspoon Hotels.
The budget brand was awarded five stars in the bedroom category and was most likely to be rated excellent value for money. Prices were as low as £39 per night, plus an extra £5 for breakfast.
Which? included smaller and medium hotel chains in a separate ranking. It found Apex Hotels (76 per cent), Warner Leisure (76 per cent) and Q Hotels (74 per cent) to be Britain's best three smaller or medium-sized hotel chains.
EasyHotel chief executive Guy Parsons said: "Which? used to have a reputation for being… a genuine source of advice and guidance…. On many occasions, we have invited Which? to visit and inspect our new hotels and these requests fall on deaf ears… Repeat bookings and customer feedback paint a very different picture indeed and we are hugely proud of the amazing service that we provide."
A spokesperson for Ibis budget said: "Our hotels offer outstanding value for money, as highlighted by the Which? report, with the joint lowest average price of all the chains surveyed. The research also recognises the good customer service and the cleanliness of our hotels."
Telegraph Travel contacted Britannia Hotels for comment.
This article was originally published by Telegraph.co.uk. Read the original article here.
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Select Committee on European Union Fifteenth Report
CHAPTER 6: Increasing the Jurisdiction of the CFI
174. The force of the recommendations made in the previous Chapter is directed at the reduction of the CFI's workload and the speeding up of existing procedures. It might therefore seem odd that we should be considering increasing the CFI's jurisdiction at the present time. However, the CBI paper proposes, as a corollary to the establishment of a new Competition Court, that the CFI take over, from the ECJ, jurisdiction for requests from national courts for preliminary rulings in the competition field. The CBI envisages the number of such requests increasing following the modernisation in the application of the EC competition rules brought about by Regulation 1/2003[70] as national courts faced with problems in their application of Community competition law seek clarification from the ECJ.
The preliminary rulings procedure
175. Article 234 TEC enables the courts or tribunals of Member States to refer points of Community law to the ECJ for interpretation. It is an important jurisdiction of the Court having regard to the fact that provisions of the Treaty, as well as other EC legislative instruments (e.g. regulations, directives, decisions), may produce direct effects and create individual rights which national courts must protect. Further, it is well-established that Community law has supremacy over national law. It is important therefore that national courts should have access to a definitive source for interpretation of Community law. Article 234 thus plays a key role in ensuring the uniformity and consistency in the determination and application of Community law.
176. Preliminary references make up approximately half the cases heard by the ECJ. There has been steady growth in the number of references for preliminary rulings: this reflects both the increase in the subject matter covered by the Treaties and also the enlargement of the Union from six to, now, 27 Member States. A table showing the expanding workload of the ECJ is set out in Appendix 3.
177. In practice the national court can expect to wait 21 months for an answer to its questions. Various suggestions have been made over the years as to how the position might be improved, including limiting the national courts empowered to make references (e.g. excluding national courts of first instance) and the introduction of a filtering system. In 1999 the ECJ also suggested that the CFI might be given a preliminary rulings jurisdiction, possibly with an increase in the number of judges and subject to the inclusion of a mechanism for ensuring that the most important question would always come to the ECJ.[71] This idea was taken up by the Member States in the Nice Treaty.
The Nice Treaty
178. Article 225(3) TEC provides that the CFI may have such jurisdiction in "specific areas" laid down by the Statute of the Court. Where the Court of First Instance considers that the case requires a decision of principle likely to affect the unity or consistency of Community law, it may refer the case to the Court of Justice for a ruling. Further, decisions given by the CFI on questions referred for a preliminary ruling may exceptionally be subject to review by the ECJ, under the conditions and within the limits laid down by the Statute, where there is a serious risk of the unity or consistency of Community law being affected.
179. The proposal that the CFI, if it became the first court of appeal against judgments of the EU Competition Court, might also be given a preliminary reference jurisdiction in competition cases is not developed in the CBI Brief and raises some serious issues.
180. There is, it should be acknowledged, a certain logic in the proposal, as Judge Vesterdorf observed and M. Petite, for the Commission, agreed (QQ 422, 342). Peter Roth thought that there might be a case even without a new Competition Court. He said: "There is something artificial and discordant in the present structure, whereby appeals from Commission decisions are primarily determined by the CFI whereas references from national courts are determined by the ECJ, when these different procedural routes are common strands in the development of competition law jurisprudence" (p 155).
181. Sir Christopher Bellamy also saw merit in the idea, particularly as regards "cases which can be properly identified and isolated as being pure Article 81 and Article 82 cases. Indeed, I think there is some argument for saying that the Court of Justice is not particularly well-adapted to doing those kinds of cases in a sort of oneshot way. They tend to be very factintensive and the Court of Justice is not geared up really to factintensive cases" (Q 231). Allen & Overy identified the potential benefits: it "would consolidate, and not dilute, the expertise of the CFI and, at the same time, free up resources at the ECJ level" (p 117).
182. The OFT was firmly against the idea: "First, references from national courts to a lower Court would not appear to be consistent with the constitutional and legal significance of competition cases. Secondly, the very objective of the preliminary reference procedure is to ensure the uniform application of Community law. It is not clear, for instance, why competition cases should go to a lower Court, but cases on discrimination or equal pay, should go to the highest Court; or why cases raising similar issues of principle but in different policy areas (e.g. competition and consumer law) should go to different Courts; or what would happen to cases which raised both competition law and other EU law issues" (p 153).
183. Other witnesses identified problems of definition or characterisation. Preliminary references do not always come neatly wrapped and often raise general issues of Community law (e.g. the nature and extent of remedies, as in Courage v Crehan[72]) or involve Treaty Articles in addition to 81 and 82. Judge Vesterdorf acknowledged the potential difficulty: "you must recognise that certain of the references concern at one and the same time competition law and perhaps other areas of central Community law, like free movement of capital, goods or other things. Therefore, it might, in certain of these cases, be a question of who should deal with that sort of case" (Q 423). Temple Lang and O'Donoghue pointed to potential political concerns: "Article 86 cases present a difficulty. What seems to be an Article 82 case may prove to be an Article 86 case, which the State would not be satisfied to have decided by the CFI" (p 162).
Consequences of Modernisation Regulation
184. Judge Vesterdorf, in his 2005 paper, envisaged the changes in enforcement regime introduced by Regulation 1/2003 (the Modernisation Regulation)[73] giving rise to a greater number of preliminary rulings by the ECJ and recognised that "it may be more coherent to allow the CFI the power to deal with such preliminary rulings as is possible under Article 225(3) EC". The CBI shares that view (p 2).
185. It may well be early days but such an increase in requests for preliminary rulings has not yet materialised. Indeed the evidence given by Philip Lowe, Director General of the Commission's Competition Directorate General, would suggest that a great increase is unlikely. Mr Lowe has been looking at this issue in conjunction with national competition authorities. The Commission had met with judges in different jurisdictions and the heads of national competition authorities (NCAs) to work out what would be the most appropriate and effective system. The view of the judges was that the preliminary ruling procedure, whichever court (ECJ or CFI) took them, was extremely lengthy. National courts had to reach a decision quickly and, Mr Lowe said, their tendency in practice was to ask for evidence or for the appearance of the appropriate NCA rather than to seek a preliminary ruling. So while it is accepted that it is ultimately the Community Courts that have responsibility for ensuring coherence and consistency of application of the Competition rules, preliminary references would be exceptional and rare given the delay which they inevitably involve (Q 361).
Enlarging CFI's jurisdiction
186. As mentioned, ensuring competition is central to the activities of the EC, and the detailed rules in Articles 81 and 82 and the EC Merger Regulation play an important part in delivering an effective internal market. It is therefore not surprising that the ECJ may not be disposed to a transfer of competence in competition questions, at least at the present time. M. Petite said: "[The ECJ] hold the view that they should remain the sole court dealing with this essential, uniform interpretation of Treaty and Community law which the preliminary rulings are about. They are very reluctant to transfer to the Court of First Instance any power in the area of preliminary rulings which puts the system in a kind of unbalanced situation" (Q 342). Furthermore, any attempt to confer a preliminary reference jurisdiction on the CFI could lead to serious problems of characterisation and definition. Questions relating to the Competition rules are not easily separated from other free movement issues. As Sir David Edward said: "They do not come in nice little boxes" (Q 327).
187. In any case, since a new Competition Court seems most unlikely at the present time, the "logic" that if the CFI became the first court of appeal in certain competition cases[74] it should have a preliminary reference jurisdiction falls away. Clear benefits therefore need to be identified before any change is made. Improving on the position of litigants in the ECJ, by reducing its workload with the possibility of improving service in other cases, would be an obvious benefit. But conferring a preliminary reference jurisdiction on the CFI in relation to Community competition law would not greatly reduce the workload of the ECJ. The volume of business is quite small.[75] While the modernisation of the enforcement of the EC Competition rules could lead to an increase in the number of references this is not yet the case and any increase in litigation following upon the Commission's recent Green Paper[76] promoting the private enforcement of the Competition rules is even farther off.
188. We therefore see no urgent need for the Community Courts to consider the question of conferring preliminary reference jurisdiction on the CFI.
189. Were appeals from OHIM in EC trade mark cases to be transferred to a judicial panel, as has been mooted in Chapter 5, the question arises as to whether the CFI should have a preliminary jurisdiction in relation to trade marks. It might be argued that the same logic which would confer such jurisdiction in competition matters were a new Competition Court to be established should apply. We did not take evidence on this question but consider it a matter which would need to be examined most carefully if our recommendation on the transfer of trade mark cases is taken forward. Whether the ECJ would be more receptive to this than appears to be the case in relation to competition matters needs to be explored.
70 For some 40 years enforcement of the Community's competition rules was centralised. While the competition rules in Articles 81 and 82 could be enforced by national competition authorities (pursuant to Article 84) and applied by national courts (by virtue of direct applicability), the Commission was in practice the principal and almost sole enforcement agency, its procedure being governed by Regulation 17 of 1962 (and in transport cases, sector specific implementing regulations). A major change occurred on 1 May 2004. Modernisation of the application of Articles 81 and 82 was effected by Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (sometimes referred to as the Modernisation Regulation). Responsibility for applying the competition rules is now shared between the Commission and national competition authorities (NCAs) and national courts. The main features of the regime introduced by Regulation 1/2003 are: (1) the end of the notification of agreements to obtain exemption under Article 81(3) and the introduction of self-assessment; (2) decentralisation of enforcement with greater involvement of national courts and competition authorities in enforcing Community competition rules; (3) a strengthening and clarification of the Commission's enforcement powers. While the Commission has lost its power to grant negative clearance and/or exemption to a particular agreement or practice it retains the power to take decisions requiring the termination of infringements and to fine undertakings. It also has powers to co-ordinate enforcement action with NCAs and to intervene in actions before national courts. Back
71 The Court of Justice set out its idea in 1999 in a discussion paper entitled The Future of the Judicial System of the European Union. Back
72 Case C-453/99, [2001] ECR I-6297. Back
73 The issue has become relevant following the fundamental changes in how the EC Competition rules (Articles 81 and 82 TEC) are enforced which were introduced by Regulation 1/2003 (the Modernisation Regulation)-see footnote 70. The Commission no longer has a monopoly in enforcing the rules but shares this responsibility with national courts and NCAs. Back
74 i.e. challenges against Commission decisions in application of Articles 81 and 82 or under the EC Merger Regulation. Back
75 Judge Vesterdorf said: "As a matter of fact, last year the Court of Justice received seven references on competition law, in one year it only received one and the highest number over the last fiveyear period was 15 references and that was in 2001. That represents two to three per cent of their caseload regarding references so it is not a major problem numerically" (Q 423). Back
76 Green Paper: Damages actions for breach of the EC antitrust rules, COM(2005) 672, 19 December 2005; Commission Staff Working Paper: Annex to the Green Paper "Damages actions for breach of the EC antitrust rules", SEC (2005) 1732, 19 December 2005. Back
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