Rooney is definitely more efficient with chances than say Carroll or Welbeck, but Rooney has never really performed for England, so I don't know. Without Sheva, Ukraine doesn't stand any chance, so the result's not in any doubt, but I've never seen any of the brilliance that Rooney shows for United when he plays for England.
Rooney didn't play that well for me, you could tell that he's not fully match fit yet and should've been taken off a lot sooner than he was. England rode their luck and treaded on extremely thin ice for the majority of the game and had those shots outside the box fallen to a team with better strikers of the ball, they would've lost this match.
Yeah, but what exactly does Busquets give you even as a defensive/box to box player? He's not that quick and it's not like the rest of the midfielders aren't good at possession or dispossession/intercepting passes. I know, Del Bosque plays a 4-2-3-1, where Xabi Alonso and Busquets are your holding midfielders, but couldn't you just drop Xavi or Iniesta a spec down the pitch? Admittedly, this might hurt Spain's offense, but they don't really need two holding midfielders. Use Torres up top, and support him with Xavi, Iniesta, Fabregas, and Jesus Navas, and then just have Xabi Alonso a little behind them supporting the back line. Although, Spain's back line is questionable...I don't know.
. Del Bosque could be fixated on having those two mids playing back to keep possession and smothering the opponents box to box. I do think a Spanish side playing two strikers would be a bit odd though, at least without Villa in there.
Yeah, I know, that's the problem. While I like the idea of 4-2-3-1, I don't think it works perfectly with the players the Spanish have at their disposal. It leads to better players being out of the squad.Hah, I guess you sort of answered your own question