Its a valid point hes fat because he s a boozer, boozers tend to go off the fitness rails at 28 - 29 the real pros can go to 34 i think, it depends on many things position etc, but rooneys game was about sheer pace power and a lot of it suprise, add to that any injuries he has had and they all take the edge off his game, Apart from that if he really is a bad boy in the pubs and that there is the risk that he will think or has alredy started tothink 'there is more to life than football' and then he is finished as a footballer i would never have him at liverpool hes been to 3 world cups i think and i don't even recall him scoring any goals