[Phang]

ronaldinho isn't a forward. eto'o is the only player on that list who i accept as being arguably better than rooney right now.

and by "potentially in two or three years" i mean "if he adds a couple of nuances to his game", not "assuming he gets eight or nine times better in every way". he is already a consistently outstanding player, with far more to his game than nistelrooy ever ad or ever will have. nistelrooy scores goals, fine, but he doesn't create them. If you mention the unfairness of the offside rule, then at least I can take comfort in the fact that the bollocks you are spouting is not based on watching the sport.