The Tabloids Defend Rooney

And so the great rationalisation begins: apparently England were cheated.

Rooney's sending off was nothing to do with his stamping on an opponents goolies IN FRONT OF THE REFEREE, it was Ronaldo's intervention!
Otherwise, Rooney would have stayed on, England would have miraculously found their form in the last half an hour against the cheatin' Portugeezers and we'd have gone on to sweep past the French on our way to beating the Hun.

My point: England scored five goals in five games, and one of those was an own goal.
They were rubbish, and as long as the commercial world continues to whip up the flag of St. George in blind support of the patently obvious mediocrity, and the FA believe the jingoism, then there is no hope of English football creating a world beating side.

It's the Brian Clough conundrum. The right man, but the wrong board. As long as people allow themselves to be deceived by the false prophets who say otherwise, we're doomed.