Gerrard did play behind Rooney prior to worldcup a move that failed and was widely pooh poohed by all experts, not sure why this time it would have made a difference. I think everyone has collective amnesia about that now.
it was less of a mistake bringing heskey out as much as it was keeping rooney on, Rooney was a non factor the entire tournament, really is not special.
Sven was not a bad manager either, I bet those who in the english media were against sven now see that he delivered quite a bit with the ‘talent’ he had at his disposal.