It 's Hot or Not time again as Ian Ladyman reveals what 's been making him feel warm this week and what 's been leaving him cold inside . David Villa has hit the ground running in New York and Wayne Rooney 's celebration was a knockout . But Fulham are staring at successive relegations and questions remain about Roy Hodgson 's England squad . WHAT 'S HOT . DAVID VILLA . The former Spain forward is New York City FC ’ s captain and lit up Yankee Stadium in front of 45,000 last weekend , scoring one and making one . Meanwhile , Frank Lampard has played precisely two hours of Premier League football since choosing Manchester over New York in December . David Villa scored for New York City against New England Revolution last weekend . WAYNE ROONEY . Great goal against Tottenham , great celebration too . After news of his kitchen boxing match with Phil Bardsley appeared in the Sun , though , there are lessons . Choose friends you can trust and never again be caught wearing white socks anywhere other than on a tennis court . Wayne Rooney responded to a leaked video of him boxing with a knockout celebration against Tottenham . Rooney fell to the Old Trafford turf as if he had been knocked out , as appeared to be the case in the video . PAT MURPHY . Interviews by broadcast sports journalists can occasionally lack a little depth but BBC ’ s stalwart came off his long run when questioning national selector James Whitaker on the Kevin Pietersen issue this week . It was captivating work , born of courage and great experience . GEOFF THOMAS . A good footballer but even better person , the former England player has kept cancer at bay for 12 years now and has raised thousands in the process . If his decision to ride several Tour stages with Lance Armstrong this summer does not please everyone I am sure he will cope . Geoff Thomas ( right ) plans to cycle several stages of the Tour de France this summer with Lance Armstrong . WHAT 'S NOT . FULHAM . Five years ago this week Craven Cottage witnessed a 4-1 destruction of Juventus . Now Fulham are threatened with relegation from the Championship , having won once in thirteen games . This is what happens when you choose the wrong managers . Fulham 's 3-0 defeat to Leeds in midweek left the Cottagers mired in a relegation battle in the Championship . Five years ago , Fulham beat Juventus at Craven Cottage en-route to the Europa League final . ROY HODGSON . An England squad with almost as many left-backs ( three ) as strikers ( four ) suggests Hodgson is about to experiment with 7-2-1 against Lithuania or doesn ’ t actually know where Leighton Baines plays . It ’ s a dispiriting selection and tells us all we need to know about our prospects at Euro 2016 . ALASTAIR COOK . English cricket ’ s sense of self-pity has now spread to those who haven ’ t even been playing . Cook should realise that although the decision to appoint Eoin Morgan as World Cup captain wasn ’ t right , it doesn ’ t mean that jettisoning him beforehand was necessarily wrong . RAHAT ALI . After his dropped catch eased Australia ’ s passage to the last four of the World Cup , the young Pakistan fielder looked shell shocked but the worst is yet to come . At some point in the coming weeks , young Ali will have to go home . Pakistan 's Rahat Ali drops a catch as Pakistan were knocked out of the World Cup by Australia .
David Villa scored one and created one against the World Cup . Geoff Thomas will not be fazed by criticism surrounding Lance Armstrong . Five years on from beating Juventus , Fulham slumped to another defeat . Roy Hodgson picked three left backs in his latest England squad .