Oh you're right, a couple of isolated examples clearly puts that argument to bed.
Wayne Rooney | 2012-14 Performances
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Oh you're right, a couple of isolated examples clearly puts that argument to bed.
If you're trying to say Rooney is a better goalscorer than Ruud was you're having a laugh.
Yeah, because when considering who the better goalscorer is there are more important considerations than the actual number of goals scored...
I find watching the two players works quite well.
What was the goal like tonight?
Free header.
England would be completely fecked without him.
can you send me a dube?
cool. Had to be scored.
Difficult to compare considering Rooney plays much deeper than Ruud but when Rooney did play up top, he scored 34 in 44 which suggests that there's little in it.
He was class in the first half, then somewhat abandoned in the second.
We will never know, since Rooney played up top only for a bit.
However, Ruud had that scent for a goal like Inzaghi did. Born goalscorers. I don't see that in Rooney.
I love Ruud and he is the best out n out center forward I've seen. Rooney is different - more rounded, but not that predator that Ruud was.
I see what you did there.
Thought he played really well, even when others dropped. That chip was per instinctive Rooney and he's usually great when he just plays it rather than slows his game down. Continuing his goal scoring form, hopefully he can get a break for the weekend and is fresh for chelsea.
Thought he was superb too.
Welbeck never follows the ball in!
He really is the anti-striker. Does everything so well until the striker bits.
It's not difficult to compare if you're old enough to have watched them both.
It obviously is difficult to compare if one has played as the main striker his whole time at United and one has played various roles including left wing and behind striker. Like I said, the one season Rooney played as a main striker he was no way inferior to Ruud as a goal scorer. If Rooney continued to play as the main striker, who is to say he wouldn't score more goals than he does now playing in a deeper role?
Ruud the main striker is a better goal scorer than Rooney the left winger or Rooney the second striker but is he a better goal scorer than Rooney the main striker? Not much in it for me.
Ruud the main striker is a better goal scorer than Rooney the left winger or Rooney the second striker but is he a better goal scorer than Rooney the main striker? Not much in it for me.
You're clueless, end of.
35 goals now for England. And still only 27.
he must be in with a shout of Sir Bobbys record of 49 surely?
he must be in with a shout of Sir Bobbys record of 49 surely?
Rooney really is a far better player when he lets his instincts take over and plays without overthinking it. After all, even his biggest supporters would have to agree his brain isn't his most well trained and reliable bodypart.
You're a troll, end of.
Rooney is definitely better as an out and out forward for me, his best role by far.
I agree with this. He is a very good finisher, especcially one-on-one - but not enough grace and guile to be be a world class #10. The good thing is, he has more grace/guile than most #9's though, so he is always likely to link well with a good #10. Just not enough magic/spark to be a very top #10.
I am positive he is going to break Charlton's record for both club and country. Its just a matter of time. The country record will be much harder to break but since there is a shortage of good strikers for England at the moment, I think he will use there more often and hence will get more opportunities.
I’m not knocking Rooney but I would disagree with this. I can think of countless one on ones over the years that he should have really scored that he missed. He has obviously bagged a few of course, but I wouldn’t say he isn't great in that situation.
In the ultimate one on one (penalties) he isn’t great either.
In 07/08 he missed more one-on-ones than most strikers do in a career.
Yeah seemed to be over thinking his finishes a lot that season. Seems strange to think he was only 22 back then.
The variety of finishing in his game is very good, he can score all types of goals. Capello once described him during that time as a scorer of great goals but not a great goal scorer, then in 09/10 it seemed to be opposite with him scoring a lot of goals in the box.
The variety of finishing in his game is very good, he can score all types of goals. Capello once described him during that time as a scorer of great goals but not a great goal scorer, then in 09/10 it seemed to be opposite with him scoring a lot of goals in the box.
I dunno, I actually trust him more than Van Persie (who I think is better than Rooney) in certain finishing situations.
I think he picks his spot very well from within the box, very clinical in such occasions. He may not have the range of finishing that Persie does, but one-oon-one - I think he shades it.
Rooney has learned the deft art at one on ones. He used to be terrible at them and simply blast them. Now he aims for between the keeper's legs and goes for placement in the corners.
Out of all the bad things being said about Rooney's game these days he deserves a lot of credit for become so clinical.
Out of all the bad things being said about Rooney's game these days he deserves a lot of credit for become so clinical.
I'd trust Rooney over RvP to put away with the simple chances which is something RvP just can't seem to do.
I can't see him doing it for some reason. I reckon he'll land on 46.
Loved that finish against Liverpool last season where he put it through Reina's legs with his left foot.
Rooney is probably the player I trust the most to bury a one-on-one. Chicharito, Welbeck and RVP seem to be less clinical in this department. (Well, one of them isn't even debatable)
I remember that one well. I thought he would feck it up because he had so much time to think about it. He missed a few one on ones against Liverpool before too.
That finish was Ole-esq.
Hate the media slamming Rooney for not being the greatest of finishers and England need a world class striker apparently? Do they realise if we didn't have RVP he would play much more out and out role and it plays to his strengths, he plays a job for Manchester United as he is a top player, but to say he isn't lethal in front of goal is strange, his only season up top returned quite fruitful, he's no RVP in the box but a deadly finisher he is.
He will take it comfortably.
Rooney's got 35 for England, exactly the amount (depending on the source, wiki says one more) RvP has scored for Netherlands only that he needed 7 more games to reach it (81) I think. Hernandez has been lethal for Mexico as well, 30 in 46? Such an amazing set of strikers we've got here.
Even Welbeck's international record can't be that bad.
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