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ever get that feeling of déjà vu?
At least Sir Bobby's record is safe
What he does is pick up space in the most cowardly possible fashion.
Great midfielders pick up space in the most dangerous of areas, they find little pockets and hurt the opposition.
Rooney's idea of picking up space is literally finding empty areas of the pitch so he can get on the ball with no pressure. That position could be left back, right wing, between the centre backs or deep in midfield when everyone else is pushed forward. He melts if he's pressed and gives the ball away so spends the entire game trying to find somewhere get can get the ball with acres of space and time.
People have been complaining about Rooney for a while but this really does seem like the end point. If he isn't dropped now then when?
It's been the case for 3 years now. It's a joke he still starts for us.
He's still got a few years on that contract, hasn't he?
It annoys me it took some of you this long to realise this. It's been fecking obvious for at least 2 years that he was finished.
The worst part about Rooney playing, isn't that he misplaces two of every three to the opposition, or that he can't weight a pass to save his life, or that the only time he tries to pass forward instead of sideways or backwards he lobs it into row Z, or the only time he attempts a shot he scuffs it so badly it goes for a throw, the worst part is he feckS our formation every game.
He's like having a useless fecking willow tree in the middle of a basketball court, you just have to try and play around him and hope the ball doesn't bounce off him. He's preventing genuinely good players like Pogba playing further forward, stopping Herrera and Mata playing at all, stopping a known class player like Carrick have a swan song, stopping Schweinstiger and Schneiderlin from having a look in, stopping Ibra from playing deeper and letting Rashford play up front. He just fecks it all up.
feck Rooney and feck Moyes for giving him a new contract like a farewell kick in the teeth.
Yep, what has he got over this club? It's bizarre. I hope Mourinho has the bollocks to drop him but I just don't see it happening, something stinks in suburbia.Fergie knew it 3 years ago. Amazed that every manager since hasn't copped it.
For once I'll give him a little backing here by saying that he was far from being the only problem today. But he was awful and is long finished.
He needs to replace Schweinsteiger as our social ambassador.
He'll get a revolt from some of Rooney's mates in the press, we'll start to hear stories of "bizarre training methods" and we'all hear about what we're missing that "Rooney brings to the table".
And what if they do?
Seriously, if a manager fears doing something because of the press, he has no business being a manager at all.
That one was obvious, he was right there next to Shaw and just stood.Is Mourinho blaming Rooney for not pressing in the second goal?
This is 2016 and a manager has to respect the power of the press. It's a sad truth.