He's never played well for England, ever? Sorry that's utter balls, when he first came through he was outstanding and was in his youth better than Ronaldo and Messi, maybe not as skillful but more dynamic. Of course as they've aged, Ronaldo and Messi evolved way beyond him and have totally eclipsed anything he's ever done. I think his problem is he was built up too much at a young age into the "White Pele" by the English media and didn't think he needed to try harder. Add arrogant personality traits and a dubious lifestyle and he was always the new Gazza rather than a Pele.
Still a "good" player, but never reached the heights he could have done. Its quite sad really. He still produces the occasional moment of magic but I do think the younger England player are clearly better than him in his position.
I do think its totally wrong they keep trying to change the formation just to fit him in and its weakening the whole team. If the other players are better, sorry time to say goodbye Wayne. Maybe being benched might make him raise his level. He seemed to raise his game to get that £300,000 a week deal at Man U and then slacked off again immediately afterwards. Perhaps if he realises his England career is on the line and all the lucrative sponsorship deals will go it will have a similar effect?