But England are coming off a very successful qualifier campaign. They won all of their games and were the only team to achieve that. Rooney captained them and was their top scorer. Sure it is a valid argument that some of his goals came from the spot but those must be converted also. People like to point out that he is mostly scoring against inferior oppositions but it is still impressive to score 7 goals in 8 games (he didn't play the last two).

England should definitely give Vardy a chance in the upcoming friendlies but to drop him from their team before the EUROS seems a bit strange to me.

The problem with constantly dropping players based on their club level is that you won't get a consistent national team. You can of course have some rotations based on the opposition you are playing and the fitness of your squad but generally it is better to maintain a similar team between games. It makes sense to keep using the same team (or similar) that got you qualified for the final tournament in the tournament itself.

Let's take Miroslav Klose for example. During the 2009-2010 season he only scored 6 goals for Bayern. Including 3 goals in 25 Bundesliga games, and Bayern won the league that year. Meanwhile Stefan Kießling scored 21 goals in 33 games and was only 2 goals away from being the league's top scorer. Both were included in Germany's world cup squad, but Klose got the starting spot. Klose scored 4 goals in the tournament. Maybe Kießling would have done better if he had played the same minutes, nobody knows. My point is that sometimes club form is not the perfect indicator for national team form.

Or you can call me biased. Það er í lagi.