Gallagher Fuming About ‘world-class’ England
By WENNTuesday, July 13, 2010
Soccer fan NOEL GALLAGHER has lashed out at England’s star players for the team’s lacklustre performance in the World Cup.
The former Oasis star admits he was disappointed by his national team, who were sent home from South Africa following a 4-1 drubbing at the hands of Germany - and he’s picking on the players he feels let the side down.
Speaking to the BBC ahead of Sunday’s final between Spain and the Netherlands, which the rocker attended, he fired off about Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard, Jr.
He said, “He (Rooney) played like he’s been hypnotised in the tunnel before and somebody had whispered in his ear, ‘See the round thing, when you get out there, you’ll never have seen one of them before and you won’t know what to do with it.’
“At the end of the day, they (England) are not good enough. Next season, when I’m watching TV, I don’t want to hear about Wayne Rooney or Frank Lampard being world class.
“World class means coming to a tournament like this and pulling it off on the world stage and they’ve never done it. Are there many English world-class players? I don’t think so.”
And Gallagher’s soccer remarks should be heard - he correctly tipped Spain to win the World Cup at the beginning of 2010.
