can england win the world cup without wayne rooney?
356713
no they cannot.\nthey are really in need of a good striker and a good goal keeper. Rest all is ok.
1118506
According to me, Brazil will win the World Cup with players like Ronaldinho and Kaka. Other than them England have a great chance as Wayne Rooney is back from his injury.
1095605
England is not going to win the World Cup so that question is very pointless.
508077
I`m sick of all the hype about this because its detracting from the rest of the team/squad.Rooney is a unique English player and I think he should travel regardless but our chances of winning the world cup are a degree less likely without him.
513813
I think if luck goes our way for once, and our best players remain fit then we have a cracking chance of winning the World Cup. Wayne Rooney is a-list, as we all know.  However, England have other superb players, who can shine on the World Stage. Gerrard, Lampard, Terry, Cole, the list goes on. So may of our best players have had really good seasons, and won trophies. I think that Owen will be a massive hero this summer. Come on!
535044
I don't understand why you would answer a question if your just going to give a stupid answer. Rooney? Beckham? Terry? Best!!!? The only player around now who could be considered is Shearer but he hasn't won anything. It can only be a player who helped to win us the world cup so I would say Bobby Charlton as he's also Englands top ever goal scorer.
620579
not far, quarter probably since Rooney is injured, Owen just recover from injury. England don't have any talented striker beside those two, so sorry to say. Even they have Lampard, terry,beckham...
622578
Brazil have a bad record playing in Europe....\n\nEngland have a great chance, With or without Rooney.
685253
Italy not only has a chance to win the world cup but also it is one of the only countries that has a chance to win. I fully support Italy and know this year Italy playing in Europe will help them to go to the final match. Italy will be the champions. In this world cup Italy will humiliate Brazil. Wait and see. The only dangerous teams for Italy would be England (if Rooney is back) and Germany. The rest will be a piece of cake to platy with.
996400
poor baby owen hes not havin much luck bless him!  Yeh Cole and boo to sweden for scoring Beckham will pull through and arrange a nice little goal for our Rooney!\n\nI'm really into this match have taken hayfever tabs and drinkin wine really tipsy right now lol
482566
except brazil, current top contenders are Argentina, Germany and Italy. Holland could be the dark horse of the tournament. However, if Wayne Rooney becomes match fit to play, England should be considered as a top contender too.\n\nAny of the above countries could win the world cup 2006.
418739
i think that England will have a high chance in this year World Cup.It's not bout Sven Ericsson.It's because this year,England got a bunch of good players and one that can turn a game around would nonetheless,Wayne Rooney.I do hope that England will win cause it's been a long time since England won a major trophy
661893
It's going to be tough now that they lost Rooney for at least six weeks. But they still have anough scoring options to make a run at it with Owen, Lampard, Gerrard, and Joe Cole. They have a very good team, but it might be tough for them to find the back of the net enough times to carry them to the final.
419349
Probably not.\n\nBefore every world cup or european championships there is a lot of hype from the press, usually generated from one of the "star" players. In this case Wayne Rooney. They've got the heart to win it, but I'm not sure about the skill.\n\nI'd love to see them win it, but they'll get beaten in the quarters or semi's.
540268
pre-world cup performance does not guarantee a world cup win. we can take the example of 2002 Japan Korea world cup, where Brazil struggled to qualify to become one of 32 nations to play the tournament, and then won the world cup for fifth time ! France and Argentina were the top favorites to win the cup, but they were eliminated in the first round. and what South Korea did? they played in the semi-final!\n\nwell, temperament will be the name of the game as soon as the world cup begins. tradition will come second. for such reasons, only 5 countries lifted the world cup for 15 times out of 17 tournaments followed by 2 countries won one time each.\n\nin my opinion, top contenders of this Germany 2006 are Brazil, Argentina, Germany and Italy. Holland could be the dark horse of the tournamentand hence, should be watch out carefully. If Wayne Rooney becomes match fit to play, England should be considered as a top contender too.\n\nAny four of the above top contenders would play in the final of the world cup 2006.
720231
No chance this time...Rooney injured...crap manager...Owen doubtful ( even if he goes, he'll hamstring as usual)...Defence shaky at times...all down to sven gormless erika jonston..sorry to say he is the worst manager England ever had...The world cup will prove it.
1176500
we've lost owen, but rooney seems to be back (and could well be fully match fit after an outing against ecuador).\n\ni doubt if any world-cup squad can lose one of its best players and still be a favourite for the tournament - but teams have been lucky in the past (uruguay in particular).\n\nif england can get through to the semis anything might happen.