Haven't been a fan of Rooneys performances this season, but really liked what I seen today. His best game of the season IMO. Reminded me of another brilliant lead the line game he had against Spurs away circa 2010.
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And some people still try to claim he's not a top striker.
Figures like that and he's making three great headed clearances out our box in the 84th minute of a three nil win. Special player. We should be very glad we have him.
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What's been wrong with his performances this season? He's been at least good all the time, despite having to play in CM half the season.
Does the man never just deserve some unconditional praise? For me, he's been a good player and captain all season and he was excellent today.
He's only three behind Andy Cole now in all-time Premier League goals.
I've been critical of him in the past, but he's easily our best forward. He shall play up front.
I'm glad we're playing him up front again, should take care of all this nonsense about Kane being the best English striker these days 
Hopefully we'll continue with him up top for the foreseeable future as well. He makes shit happen, and he scores goals. It's basically all you need from your main man up top.
Hopefully we'll continue with him up top for the foreseeable future as well. He makes shit happen, and he scores goals. It's basically all you need from your main man up top.
I think today's performance was his probably best of the season, I really like what I saw from him today. Waaay better than any of his recent ones which were bit overrated because he was scoring goals even though his all around play was very average. Still, even those were better than most of van Persie's and Falcao's this season, so there's really no reason to start any of those two ahead of him up front.
A little while in his career I thought he was finished as a lead striker, I really thought his touch pace had left him for good. It's great to see him looking settled and happy again, and I think that coincides with how good his form has been recently. He's definitely relishing playing upfront again, and is making those runs in the channel we have desperately lacked recently. I wish we stuck him upfront months earlier as we would comfortably be in 2nd/3rd place by now!.
A nostalgic aura around that solo goal from Wazza. As Benjamin Franklin once said :
‘’ Hide not your talents, they for use were made,What's a sundial in the shade?”
The decision to play Rooney in midfield was only limiting him in his strengths. 246 competition goals ( including Everton) , what makes people think that Rooney lost his edge ? He should be nowhere near a midfield position, perhaps in a later stage of his career. He thrives on his energy and finishing abilities and where best to do that around/in the 16 yard area.
‘’ Hide not your talents, they for use were made,What's a sundial in the shade?”
The decision to play Rooney in midfield was only limiting him in his strengths. 246 competition goals ( including Everton) , what makes people think that Rooney lost his edge ? He should be nowhere near a midfield position, perhaps in a later stage of his career. He thrives on his energy and finishing abilities and where best to do that around/in the 16 yard area.
I'm glad to see Rooney regain that sharpness and speed of thought that he used to have when playing up front during the 2009/10 season. I used to think that his best performances nowadays would come with a strike partner, but he's done very well when leading the line in the past few matches. This is the sort of striker we needed for so much of this season, and it's refreshing to see Rooney perform like this. His touches may still be a tad heavy, but he's really improved in controlling the ball in tight spaces, so much so that he's been very good at creating spaces all by himself.
This is a striker who's perfect for van Gaal's system (the ideal one). van Persie and Falcao have shown their potential up front here and there, but Rooney's been the only one who's consistently done it for several matches (since his last time up front against Southampton away when he was quite poor). He has to be our main leading striker from here on in with either van Persie or some attacking midfielder behind him. Either that or him playing with a strike/goalscoring partner.
This is a striker who's perfect for van Gaal's system (the ideal one). van Persie and Falcao have shown their potential up front here and there, but Rooney's been the only one who's consistently done it for several matches (since his last time up front against Southampton away when he was quite poor). He has to be our main leading striker from here on in with either van Persie or some attacking midfielder behind him. Either that or him playing with a strike/goalscoring partner.
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Rooney was really good today and honestly has looked sharp for weeks. His mental game seems to have improved quite a bit imo. We have an exciting future if we play him as lone striker imo
His performance today shows why a new striker in the summer shouldn't be anywhere near a priority. Rooney as a lone striker up top in a 4-3-3 can score 30 a season.
Just an opinion. I said he was excellent today, just havn't enjoyed his performances this season in midfield or as a support striker. Been saying it for years but for me he's a number 9 all day long. Looked very dynamic today and was running at players which i havn't seen him do much this season.
Sorry Sir Bobby.....Rooney will get the record next seasonNow just twenty goals behind Sir Bobby.
Some people think he's best as a striker. Some think he's best in the hole. Some think he's destined to be a midfielder. I think they're all right to some extent. The way you get the most out of Rooney is to play him as a false 9, the way he was against Tottenham.
He's been a 9 for the last 5 years or so, at least. And he's very good at basically everything a 9 has to do. I wish the club thought of him like a Lewandowski or Benzema type. #NoMoreCentralAttackers
Dare I say it, watch out Shearer?
Great performance. Great response to that silly video. Spoke really well after the match too I thought. Really impressed with Rooney's attitude this season and is showing that he was right choice for captain. Should have been playing as the striker a lot earlier but glad van Gaal got it right before it is too late. Hopefully RvP doesn't come straight back in because he doesn't deserve it.
All depends on where he'll played in the future. If we keep playing him up top, he has a decent chance of catching Shearer, but he will likely need at least three more seasons as our first choice striker. Not sure I see it.
Dare I say it, watch out Shearer?
He should catch both of Charlton's club records, 249 overall and 199 league goals, within two seasons though. He's currently 229 (20 off) and 169 (thirty off). And he's off course just three goals off his England record, so he'll have that within the year.
So I just saw this video, now I know what his celebration was about
Am I the only one who thinks it looks more like he slips because hes wearing socks on a hard floor rather than actually being put down by the slap?
Shades of old Rooney with his runs and touch on point. He should stay up top with that form and we should definitely keep playing with one striker. I've always been of the idea that him, RVP, and Falcoa should fight for the position.
I tried to pull a similar pass once to disastrous proportions. Mind you I'm stronger on my right foot but I attempted the pass from the right side of the pitch with my left. I'm obviously a top player in my head .
That pass to Fellaini with the outside of his foot
I tried to pull a similar pass once to disastrous proportions. Mind you I'm stronger on my right foot but I attempted the pass from the right side of the pitch with my left
. I'm obviously a top player in my head .That goal reminded me of a young Rooney. Great celebration as well!
He needs 4 more 20 goal seasons to pass Shearer
time to make him number 9, permanently.
bring in a couple of top wing forwards next season and just play 4-3-3.
bring in a couple of top wing forwards next season and just play 4-3-3.
His game against Arsenal in the league was as good as this one, imho. Although in terms of the quality of the goal, this is his best.
Couldn't believe he did it. I did a belly dance, celebrating that goal.
Great to see him leading the team the way he is. His goals will drive us to the top 4.
On other note, good performance today with a goal to show for it.
I think he should try a Fellaini uppercut before the dippers game.
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Impressive performance. Managed to strike a good balance of playing off the last man with dropping deeper to pick up possession. I think he works well with Fellaini because they rarely look to occupy the same spaces. I just hope LVG leaves him as the #9 when RVP becomes available.
God I miss Ruud, one of the best goalscorers in the last decade.
Phil Bardsley's girlfriend has come out and said he was only pretending to be knocked out. Sat up, laughing, a second after the Sun cuts the video.
What's that title about?
*** pass
Ok fair enough. I personally felt he actually did pretty well in midfield given that it's far from his ideal position. He dominated the Newcastle game from the middle and still found time to score a brace, just for starters! Not many players can put in performances like that when out of position, so it seems a bit harsh to use that period as a reason to be disappointed with him this season.
There tends to be a bit of a trend on here that after a great performance we act as if it's the first one of the whole season. There have been a number of good games from us this year, especially recently - it's been our inability to produce more than one in a row that's cost us. And the same is true of Rooney. This was a good game from him but by no means an unusually good one or necessarily his best this season.
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