So really you would've preferred an "interested to see what happens" option then, maybe?
@Pexbo is to blame for this.
I just can't appreciate Rooney after his attempts to move, his public questioning of the club's ambitions. He's all for himself, rather than the club. At least that's how he comes across to me. I got the impression Ferguson would have moved him on if he got the right offer.
He's obviously a good footballer, but I think the aura around him is what it is only because we generally produce very average players in the UK (given the resources in our game and our population) and that there are many players around the world who for me at least, relegate Rooney to very good rather than world super star á la Messi and Ronaldo.
He's our captain only because I reckon it would have put his nose out of joint had RVP been given it. We seem subservient to him as a club, I don't think that's healthy - perhaps Barca and Madrid are to Messi and Ronaldo, but I think they provide more back.
I don't know him, but I don't like how he comes across (so don't particularly "like" him) and feel he's not got much to say and doesn't appear to be a very inspiring character.
I also felt that for a long time too much of our game was routed through him - that he tried to play a multitude of roles, most of which he does not excel at - for me he should be a striker, but he tries to be Paul Scholes without the tackles (this weekend excepted) and his spraying of passes across the pitch slows our play down.
I think because he takes such a prominent role we aren't as fluid as we could be. I do acknowledge that he works hard, covers a lot of ground, and in that respect he does set an example I suppose, but I do feel he does it because he thinks he's the dog's bollox, not because he is the dog's bollox. That said though, the lack of a decent CM for so long has led to this so managers are to blame too.
Whatever.
He's a scouser.
