He’s not the sharpest tool in the box. But he praised them for not interfering with the team. Something Fergie did a lot.
Rooney Praises the Glazers
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To be fair he didn't even say they did well for the club. He just said they did fantastically well ( a 100 mil investment into a 5 bil + return, means they did very well for themselves ), and are hated by the fans and need to leave.
Maybe Rooney isn't as thick as most on here seem to think, and gave a technically correct answer, not burning bridges. Seems like a nothing statement to me
Maybe Rooney isn't as thick as most on here seem to think, and gave a technically correct answer, not burning bridges. Seems like a nothing statement to me
I asked a boss in a completely different field nothing to do with football what was the secret to his success and he was very successful. He replied " All the team around him at his most successful time were thick" and consequently never doubted him and done everything exactly what he asked. They weren't distracted and it was an avenue out of the deprivation of the late 70's council estates.
Saf lead some of the most successful teams in the country. God bless them
He probably also thinks Glazers buying us was one of the main reasons why we won the treble in 99. The guy was always dim so no real surprises there. Pretty amazing to not know whether glazers were owners when he signed 
I don't get this 'not burning bridges' BS. I mean, we're talking about a guy whose net worth is 170m dollars. Don't tell me he can't afford to speak his own mind up to defend the very fans and the very club that made him? Unless of course he can't give a feck about both.
The same and worse can be said by Sir Alex Ferguson. The guy is worth 70m dollars and he's 81 years old. That money will keep his family well off for more generations of Fergusons that the guy will ever have the privilege to meet. Surely he can afford to show the middle finger to any ceremonial jobs the Glazers provides him with and to finally defend the club that made him. After the Rock of Gibraltar's mess he owes the club that much
The same and worse can be said by Sir Alex Ferguson. The guy is worth 70m dollars and he's 81 years old. That money will keep his family well off for more generations of Fergusons that the guy will ever have the privilege to meet. Surely he can afford to show the middle finger to any ceremonial jobs the Glazers provides him with and to finally defend the club that made him. After the Rock of Gibraltar's mess he owes the club that much
He's actually on the payroll, as a director. Doesn't change what your feeling is.
https://www.premierleague.com/clubs/12/Manchester-United/directory
He has his own reason to take this role. I don't know. You have your guess. SAF is bound by his role to stay on his employer good book, unlike Rooney. That's point.
The reality is, whilst people come on here don't like the Glazers, it seems that they actually got on quite well with the players and Ferguson. I know people want them to come out and criticise the Glazers, but that just isn't going to happen in this instance. Do you tend to come out and criticise people in public who you know quite well?
To the players and Ferguson, the Glazers are actual people that they, likely, have spoken to, but to people on here they are like comic-book villains.
In the end, Rooney has his view and has seen first hand what the owners are like; this is a view that most people will not get. He played in a period of enormous success with the Glazers as owners; they didn't interfere in the management of the football side, unlike an owner like Boehly.
To the players and Ferguson, the Glazers are actual people that they, likely, have spoken to, but to people on here they are like comic-book villains.
In the end, Rooney has his view and has seen first hand what the owners are like; this is a view that most people will not get. He played in a period of enormous success with the Glazers as owners; they didn't interfere in the management of the football side, unlike an owner like Boehly.
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Something about Rooney that I always felt he lacked self-awareness and was very self-absorbed. Great player but doesn’t go far beyond that
What's feelings got to do with it? You are saying that SAF is a Glazier puppet. Thats an insult to SAF
Where did I say it?
You made assumption all by your own because you get emotional for nothing. You're the one brought up SAF for the comparison with Rooney, which is different scenario. I am not the only one responded to you
SAF literally is an employee now. As an employee of the club, he doesn't feel the Glazers treat him wrong, then he has his right, and being honest to say SAF treat him right. How the club is run as football operation is another matter and it doesn't need any explanation. Two different matters.
If you interpreted it as a puppet, then it's on you. Prove that I said SAF read the script Glazers force him to say/ act on.
from what i read, Fergie liked the fact they didnt interfere much, so they stayed out of the way while he ran the club. i thought Ole was against them as a player
Here’s everyone’s favourite legend praising the Glazers yet again in an interview with Ornstein.
I don’t suppose a first team player has much dialogue with the Glazers outside of shaking their hands after winning a trophy really. They paid him handsomely and nothing more. Any day to day interactions was with Ferguson.
I‘d pay money to ask Ferguson about the ‘no value in the market’ times and ask him to answer it without being diplomatic and without his politician hat on.
I‘d pay money to ask Ferguson about the ‘no value in the market’ times and ask him to answer it without being diplomatic and without his politician hat on.
To be fair back then he was often feeling angry and confused so probably didnt pay a lot of attention or he did but couldnt grasp the situation.
People dont seem to understand that Rooney is in the game. If you go slagging owners off, how terribly does that reflect on him? What if the owner of Lille is friends with the Glazers? Or Brighton need a new manager and their owner is put off by Rooney burying the Man United owners in public? Stop acting like Rooney is a fan. What he said was harmless enough.
The Glazers are no one’s friend…
If the Glazers were an ice cream flavour, they be Pralines and Dick.
Embarrassing from fans criticizing Rooney here, calling him dim witted. He's taking the objectively smart road by not burning bridges. Considering his USA ties now, it would be stupid to hurt that network to appease opinionated xenophobic fans who haven't done enough to get the Glazers out themselves.
Party on Wayne
Party on Garth
He’s also not exactly wrong. They have been successful (for themselves) and fans do want change. They have built the clubs value immensely and they will certainly not get thanks for that from the fans.
Whats up with the thread title?
Chance for some more Rooney bashing I guess.
Chance for some more Rooney bashing I guess.
We don't anymore speak about Wayne Rooney eh?
And you too fat man, because you're not welcomed anymore.
And you too fat man, because you're not welcomed anymore.
1. Players will always have a very different relationship with the club compared to fans. During his time here, he won every trophy possible and probably didn't see anything wrong.
2. It took the likes of Gary Neville 17 years and the Glazers threatening to break away from the Premier League before him and other ex players realised they were bad.
2. It took the likes of Gary Neville 17 years and the Glazers threatening to break away from the Premier League before him and other ex players realised they were bad.
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There's absolutely nothing wrong with what he's said. It's the most diplomatic answer to give when pressed on the matter.
Im guessing he wouldnt have got that contract he did with many other owners of top clubs. It was insane at the time and even more so looking back.
Then we did the same with DDG.
And it seems like we tried to do the same with Pogba (who thankfully turned it down, because of his own greed)
Then we did the same with DDG.
And it seems like we tried to do the same with Pogba (who thankfully turned it down, because of his own greed)
Clearly playing the long game, wants to manage the club and knows they'll still be here in 10 years.
He didn't have a problem with the Glazers when he was manager. They allowed him to run the club without much interference and took care of him when he retired by putting him on the board. Since he retired I'm sure he's disagreed with a lot of decisions they've made, one being Ed Woodward who SAF reportedly couldn't stand.
Stop speaking sense. Stop using your brain instead of your emotions for a reply to this thread.
This is all true up to a point.
But there’s also players who’ve been let down / outright hurt by the Glazers awful handling of things, players like Rio or more recently de Gea for instance.
Then you’d have players like Ronaldo who have blatantly stated that the way they run club is crap and not to the level befitting a giant club in the modern World.
Then you have countless managers who’ve been let down by them and feel the way they operate is crap.
Rooney himself publicly stated that he felt the club lacked ambition - and given that the club at that time was managed by SAF, I doubt he was talking about the manager.
Rooney’s either deluded by the wealth they gave him, or simply covering his bases to suggest the Glazers have ever done anything for Man Utd.
They’ve done plenty for him, but he shouldn’t confuse that with them ever doing anything for Utd.
Hoping to manage the club one day?
Very successful? Is he having a feckin laugh? A decade of underachievement since the goose that laid the golden eggs retired doesn't look like success to me.
Care to explain what the leeches 'have done for the club', Rooney?
Xenophobic fans? Absolute nonsense. What a clueless post.
He's also had a pop at the fans here, claiming they don't recognise what the Glazers have done for the club. Well, they've done feck all.
The Glazers don't make personnel decisions IIRC.
I assume he's talking about how American owners are hated more than petrol-state owners.
Unrelated, but I was in the UK for 2 weeks recently and it seems the UK generally has a very negative view of Americans.
Rooney glazes the praisers.
Every decision apparently has to go through them.
Certainly contract stuff as with DDG.
And Rio’s send off was handled by their lead puppet at the time.