There are defaintly some strange choices Henderson being one of them, he should be no way near the squad I agree. Downing I can't believe neither, have never been a big fan, but after the season he had I don't understand how he can be on the plane. Maybe Roy has a Liverpool fetish lol.
Thing about Rooney Dale, he is one of very few world class players that we have. It is a judgement call because if England went out in the group phase then the gamble would have backfired, but then if we went through it would surely justify the decission. Fact is you need your top players to have any chances of competing and that includes Rooney. Yes Gerrard is coming towards the end of his career, but he is another one I would put in the Rooney bracket and we do need experience to go with the youth, also Gerrard as captain is the right choice for me.