[Jay007]

I hate using World Cup qualifiers as an excuse.

Of course, it does disrupt. But we aren't the other ones in that position, and they should be able to deal with that.

 

[Jay007]

On the plus side, Rooney should have gained some confidence from scoring against Croatia, ditto with Nani after his goal against Denmark.

Yeah.

Unless theres injuries, I don't think World Cup qualfiers pose that big a problem. Yes there may be some jet lag or something like that, but there professional football players and they just have to deal with it.

Its a pretty poor excuse is anyone uses internationals as an excuse imo.