I agree with him as someone who also watched every second of those seasons. The peak of Rooney was the 09-10 season until the Bayern injury, which changed him forever, and then the tail end of the 10-11 season with the run to the CL final and his great performance in the win over Chelsea 2-1 to secure the title. In 11-12, he started like a house on fire, and put up great numbers (huge amounts of penalties though it must be said) and dwindled badly come Christmas. By January 2012 the "shit first touch, slow" Rooney we came to hate had started to make the odd appearance. Don't let the numbers in 11-12 lie to you - he was a far, far better player the previous two seasons.