*sigh*

Congratulations to Chelsea for your second consecutive win as champions of the Premiership! What is quite distressing however is that Rooney had to be taken out for a metatarsal fracture he encountered just outside the Chelsea penalty box. And like all adult fractures it takes on average a minimum of 6 weeks before he can start using it again. But 6 weeks is when the bone has just fused together. The healed bones would still be too hard with surrounded fibrous callous around it. Remodelling has to take place where the bone regains its flexibility and normal tissue matrix which takes another 6-12weeks. Basically he's out of the World Cup and personally I think that just dimishes any hope, however slight it might have been, for England to... I can't even type it out as I'm still transfixed to imagine what the lad is going through at such a peak form and age that he's out of what is probably every football player's dream to achieve... The World Cup overall would be a bit more interesting if he was able to play. Well, but we all know that football isn't a one man show, yes it's a team effort, but Mr Rooney there... he's quite special in his own way.