Quote Originally Posted by mistaram View Post
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" Shearer can lay claim to England's best ever striker " Are we forgetting Rooney here 119 goals mainly from attacking midfield position
I accept your point and sometimes it's herd to compare players from different eras. I think you have his caps and goals mixed up.
However let us not forget that Rooney has 53 goals ( the record) from 119 caps. Whereas both Shearer and Lineker, even those before played far less and those days we didn't have the likes of San Marino, Gibraltar, Azerbaijan, Armenia and these other footballing lightweights. Plus more games too in major Championships (Euros I think).

So although Rooney did really impress in his early years, I think history will probably rate and rank Shearer and Lineker higher.