++ [ originally posted by denco ] ++
Please tell me what Zlatan has done to justify any kind of hype whatsoever. I mean in the Swedish national team he was completely overshadowed by a player who had retired in Larsson and if not for that flick which may or may have not have been a fluke, his contibution to that tournament would have gone totally unnoticed. And whats the point in hyping up a player who does all the hyping himself.
Ronaldinho, if you do not know has been over hyperd for years, the difference being , he has just started to justify that hype and most critics call him the best in the world
Not sure if you normally hang about with guys 5 years your senior but from what i can see, Ronnie, Zlatan and Rooney are hardly contemporaries.
I have never rated Owen as he way to one-dimensional for my liking and for him to be claiming a goal he hardly touched against Cska Moscow just shows how desperate he is.
But for Rooney at 18 to be almost like a leader of a side which inludes not just Owen but Beckham as well, is something to be commended not derided.
Cruyff does just praise ppl for the heck of it unlike Pele who will tell Osama he is the best footballer in the world if he was in Afghanistan
Well i think Zlatan Ibra would've been a lot more hyped had he been English. As much as Rooney mind you, if not more. You mention his moment of brilliance/fluke (the flick) whatever it may have been to be the reason he got noticed. Id still say Zlatan is undoubtedly a talent, anybody would want on their team. From what i remember of Euro 2004, all i can think of was that 1 run in from Rooney that won England a penalty against France. Yes 4 goals in total at the championships, 2 against the Swiss. But really? Did that justify his price tag which rocketed close to 50 mil. and besides that hes done precious little on the club front for everton. While away injured, his summer transfer to ManU got all the hype it wouldve needed, and then his debut, which was fantastic, no doubt, just made things hit the roof. Well from what i can see, in this whole time, there has been one glaring ommission from the Rooney hype. And that is his consistency. He hasnt proven any sort of consistency and great players ought to do that. Which is why i feel he needs his time to mature before he justifies any of this hype. Think about it: people say hes 18 and he can only get better, well what makes them think there isnt a possibility he could get worse? And if that ever happened, one of the main reasons contributing to that would be this hysteria.
As for Ronnie, well from what i remember, i dont think he has been half as hyped as Rooney has, even early on in his career. Today, people go on about Rooney. Well even at 24 (which is also relatively young), id still consider Ronaldinho the player who deserves to be spoken about. Why? Because hes quickly turning in to the best player on the planet.
When i speak of these players being contemporaries, i mean theyre the bright young talents of their respective squads, and are a generation that are likely to grow old together in World cups and Euros. For lack of a better word then, id still say they're contemporaries.
I dont think any of us here deride Rooney's commendable achievements. But i think its not right to do that to a young kid's career. Its one thing for him to be given important responsibility, but its completely another to put him up on a pedestial which he has not earned the rights to, just yet.
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