Koeman wouldn't have touched him if we gave him for free and payed him half of the wages.
Rooney is finished
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Those results are more damning than I thought. Over 19 in 20 united fans want him dropped from here.
One day Rooney will be dropped. Properly dropped. He'll not play well, he'll go home, put the kettle on, go about his life and then when the next game comes round his name won't be on the team sheet. And it'll happen a few times. And then he'll have to compete for his position like everyone else.
It doesnt feel like it's going to happen imminently tho. When it does happen, however much I'm expecting it, it'll still be a huge surprise.
It doesnt feel like it's going to happen imminently tho. When it does happen, however much I'm expecting it, it'll still be a huge surprise.
I agree with them, send him off to America to play gridiron.
There's at least a couple of fans of other clubs in the 29 who've voted no to take the mick too.
This is a fact.
The no.10 is the most important part of a 4231, so Rooney being shit is really fecking up the entire thing.
I'm a longtime Gerrard was overrated person but he was never as bad as Rooney has now been for while. At least he gave Pool some deep passing.
He was very poor today. But he's still our most intelligent front 6 player. That's why he plays every week. Unlike Rashford or Martial or Lingard or Memphis - who are undoubtedly talented but play instinctually - Rooney plays with purpose. He knows what he should do and what his teammates should do, it's just that his physical abilities are letting him down. Unfortunately for Mourinho, there's nobody else to take the mantle of being that kind of leader.
Can you give some examples?
Rooney could still be useful in some games but for now he really should be dropped.
------------------De Gea--------------
Valencia----Bailly---Blind---Shaw
-----------Fellaini-----Herrera/Carrick----
------------------Pogba--------------
Mhiki/Rashford---------Ibra---------Martial
This should really be our team now, or at least give that a try.
------------------De Gea--------------
Valencia----Bailly---Blind---Shaw
-----------Fellaini-----Herrera/Carrick----
------------------Pogba--------------
Mhiki/Rashford---------Ibra---------Martial
This should really be our team now, or at least give that a try.
Anyone created a highlight reel of Rooneys game against Watford yet?
Can't find any on YouTube. Was unable to watch the game today so would like to see how bad he truly was.
Can't find any on YouTube. Was unable to watch the game today so would like to see how bad he truly was.
Just go back one page you'll find it in this thread.
A new high for journalism in England.
Obviously he'd be more intelligent compared to them because of experience.
Can't comment on the off-field leadership but on the pitch he hasn't shown leadership quality. Against Watford, when the going got tough he resorted to fouling and arguing with the officials.
Agree
I think Rooney's decline could've been compensated to an acceptable degree had we had good wingers. Instead we have wide forwards who like to cut inside and make overlapping runs but there's no one who can to pick them out.
So, by instructing them to maintain width, we limit there productivity and affect the team. The fault lies on the coaching staffs as much as on the decline of Rooney.
So, by instructing them to maintain width, we limit there productivity and affect the team. The fault lies on the coaching staffs as much as on the decline of Rooney.
If you had told me in 2013 he'd still be one of the first names on the team sheet in 2016 after spending god knows how much money, right after it was evident that SAF was done with him towards the end of the season, I would've been flabbergasted. He's been done at the top level for years.
I'm going to sell my TV on eBay, and to help me entice people I'm going to show everyone that it doesn't work.
This is one reason why our continued shitness is so frustrating. It's hard to feel like we don't deserve it due to bringing a large amount of it on ourselves.
How much of our rapid, recent decline (say the past 3 years) as a team is due to his decline as a player over the same period?
No coincidence surely? Take him out and put KdB in there where would we be?
No coincidence surely? Take him out and put KdB in there where would we be?
Clearly it was him that suffered the brain damage and not Cech. Karma is a bitch.
Finally looks like the media are slowly coming around to the majority of the cafs way of thinking (bar motd pundits).
Jose has got to make a decision on him which is long over due. I fear he may stick with Rooney saying it's a us versus them situation. We all know he likes a seige mentality at his clubs.
Jose has got to make a decision on him which is long over due. I fear he may stick with Rooney saying it's a us versus them situation. We all know he likes a seige mentality at his clubs.
Can't see this poll unless I log in.... shouldn't we make it a bit more visible for the casual on looker?
Good luck to Jose if he chooses that option
Both MOTD pundits saying Rooney should play in midfield. Do you think it's a secret conspiracy amongst United hating pundits to keep bigging him up so that there is a critical mass of people who think he should be in the team and that this somehow warps Mourinho's mind into selecting him every week while they laugh their assess off.
Nah I'm not feeling it either but his continued selection is clearly making me nuts and paranoid too.
Nah I'm not feeling it either but his continued selection is clearly making me nuts and paranoid too.
Most pundits didn't want Moyes to go. Most opposition fans didn't want him to go.
The only people who wanted him out were United fans.
Same deal here.
The only people who wanted him out were United fans.
Same deal here.
What is the confused face for? that's what the poll says.
He may know what he should be doing (I don't see this) but his lack of ability to execute even the most simple of passes is what the issue is. There are plenty of intelligent footballers out there but it doesn't mean they are any good.
One amazing moment yesterday was when he looped the corner kick completely out of the penalty box and Savage said "must have been something they practiced on the training round which didn't quite work"...
If you watch the replay everyone runs in the opposite direction of where Rooney skies it!
If you watch the replay everyone runs in the opposite direction of where Rooney skies it!
Gerrard was never even close to being as bad as Rooney was yesterday.
I don't want to be a drama queen but if Mourinho persists with Rooney like Moyes and LVG did, this is going to turn bad, quickly!
He actually wouldn't get a game for Watford!!! We are paying the prick £300k a week.
It wrong. So wrong. How on earth he stayed on the field yesterday is beyond me. Pathetic performance.
I dont think so but I like the fact you are at least addressing the question of WHY managers continue to select him when so many fans agree he should be dropped - that his selection is irrational, inexplicable.
At least your theory is a theory, an attempt to explain what might be happening in terms of Mourinho's thought process. And Van Gaal's before him.
I still think the "has to play" clause in the contract is neater. As for the pundits, they are just being loyal friends.
Exactly.
If he really had a clause like that in his contract, someone on Mourinho's side will leak it at some point.
Do we have any international assassins on here?
I have to face a class of 15 seven year old kids taking the piss every time we lose.
I have to face a class of 15 seven year old kids taking the piss every time we lose.
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