It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

Thanks skinny. It's hard to believe that Rooney is only 29, he seems to have been around for longer than that. I didn't see the England game the other night as I was watching the Spain match. Scotland were very average last night and nearly managed to snatch a defeat from the jaws of victory. Gordon Strachan is a good manager, but he' s got a difficult job with the current squad.

Sterling on the substitutes bench because he's feeling a bit weary! How old is he ?

I didn't watch the game - Raheem Sterling may be ‘tired’ but he still finds time to stretch legs

19yrs old. Seems ridiculous but who knows what is going on behind the scenes, maybe Brendon Rogers has had a word to the effect fxxk England, Liverpool FC pay your wages and look what happened to Sturridge? Stinks!

Can't imagine the likes of Alan Ball etc saying to Alf Ramsay "drop me I'm knackered" LOL!

And lets be honest Mickey Mouse replacing Henderson would have made an impact! :0)

You called!

Being discussed on Talk Sport as we speak.

Sterling is of obvious slight build. He is not a big guy. For instance, he wouldn't be much good at what is generally considered to be a typically good 'centre half'.

Objectively therefore, he must lack comparative strength in certain areas and it would not be surprising for him to become fatigued. It all depends on what happens in a particular match and how much work he has had to do in it - and also, as to whether he was fully recovered from the efforts of his last match.

Or with his girlfriend the previous night!

As in 'throughout the previous night'.

Bollocks Exec, he is a professional footballer. He is paid to play for LFC.

Bollocks to you Carson. Don't be so offensive! :-)

You don't know what Sterling was doing the night before the match. Neither, if it was likely to have a negative impact, do you know how long he was doing it for either.

Did you read about it in a tabloid?

We are all entitled to pass an opinion without it being trashed by others and with obscenites. FFS!

Are you suggesting that :-

"She Offered Her Honour. He Honoured Her Offer. And All Night Long It Was Honour And Offer!"

:0) I'm sorry Exec, just saying it as it is! Playing for England is not the honour it once was fact! The players earn obscene amounts of money and thanks to Sky, Premiership clubs live and die by staying in it. Managers are judged by the performance of the team, ask David Moyes.

You would have thought that he would have been gagging to play for his country. Gareth Bale played in the second half for Wales with a niggling back injury and he worked his socks off.

I really can't understand why professional footballers complain about fatigue when you compare the demands on tennis player's levels of fitness.

Accepted, Chris.

Sterling's mindset might also be connected to his Liverpool responsibilities and their recent (ups and) downs.

Exec - Sad but true.

Could be the night when little Iceland surprise mighty Holland....

Good call rf and the captain of Iceland is a bluebird !

I got to agree with Chris re Sterling . does feck all but train to play football then can't manage 2 games in 3 days or put another way 2 games in 2 fecking weeks !

He shouldn't be anywhere near the England squad if it's true but I'm not so sure it is.

And who would believe it Wales top of their group and we've only really got two players (Bale and Ramsey) and Ramsey is out injured.

We'll still cock it up though.