Chris Duffy’s Monday column - Rooney definitely out, Heskey defiantly in

Sunday was a rare football-free day which allowed everyone involved in the full list of international fixtures on Saturday to reflect and recap. Some 19 of the 32 teams who will compete in South Africa next summer are now known and only two group winners are yet to be confirmed in the European region. Switzerland are in pole position to top Group Two, while Slovakia and Slovenia look set to battle it out for automatic qualification in Group Three. The penultimate round of World Cup qualifying matches certainly did produce some talking points, however players and managers alike