The Rain In the Game Falls Mainly on Wayne.
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- Created: Tuesday, 14 September 2010 13:03
- Written by Steven Hinsley
This isn't another article about Wayne Rooney and his s-excapades. At least it shouldn’t be. Instead I hope it to be the full stop on all this hysteria. Many trials have befallen the young Liverpudlian turned Mancunian lately, there has been revelations about his private life, speculation about his ‘waning’ ability and the back of a failed World Cup to add to the bloke’s hangover. The question you should be asking is, ‘does it really matter?’
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