No Falcao? Someone's jealous. Two players on 400k per week, it happens.
Here's that pass.
Here's that pass.
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Thing is that pass just turns out to be pointless in the end, because of the recipient. I suppose it might stop when turn back Tony isn't playing at all.
Credit where due, was very good yesterday, and played one of the best passes I have seen in years to Valencia.
Calm down. Di Maria's pass to RVP was something out of the ordinary. Lots of players can spray crossfield balls to the wing.
I thought he was good yesterday - he seemed a lot more adept than RVP at covering wide without the ball, and then with the ball he's always a lot better the further up the pitch he is. It seems to me that, at the moment, Rooney is more likely to look backwards for the quick pass than forwards, which is fine when you're up front and that quick pass is into ADM and Mata... but drop him down the pitch a little further and that pass is going to Blind or our CB's, which doesn't bring us forward quick enough.
With so many new (very good) players and a new manager, Rooney and the other "old" players need to adapt as well. So let's give him time but I'm sure he's glad he's got other players on the pitch who can create something now
There are levels to cross-field passes. Rooney's was not your average switch. Di Maria's pass was also exceptional, although not seen amongst good players. I've seen veron play that pass more than once, and Modric almost whenever he feels like it.
Interesting........
He's fat and slow, end of.
Reminds me of one he played to Giggs in the lead up to Scholes' goal in the League Cup semi-final Vs City in 2010:
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Read the comments below the tweet. There are people who still refuse to believe it, because it doesn't fit in with their preconceived notions of him being old, slow and past it.
credit it to him, he played really well and scored a really good goal. Its clear that if RVP, Mata or Falcao want his place they'll have to work for it
i think all the attackers played well simply by virtue of being surrounded by better players (obv i know)
wayne wasn't given overly special attention because QPR had other things to worry about, giving him more space and time to express himself
shame he couldn't get a shot away when he was put through 2nd half, the initial take was perfect but his second touch was too heavy
i think all the attackers played well simply by virtue of being surrounded by better players (obv i know)
wayne wasn't given overly special attention because QPR had other things to worry about, giving him more space and time to express himself
shame he couldn't get a shot away when he was put through 2nd half, the initial take was perfect but his second touch was too heavy
The same on here.
no, but hsi wife has an instagram account. Just remembering the Di Maria photoshopped pictures that United fans send her
Ah Instagram, the best transfer source of the summer!
Well, exactly. Hence there's only been 6 posts on here in the 6 hours since that stat was posted.
Had he been the slowest player on the pitch, you would have seen about 10 times that number saying he's over the hill and needs to be sold immediately,
It's funny how as soon as Valencia comes on he instantly reverts to "what to do, what to do, ooh I know, spray it out wide to Antonio repeatedly!".
Other than that he played really well.
Other than that he played really well.
No Falcao? Someone's jealous. Two players on 400k per week, it happens.
Here's that pass.
*sighs* Let's not pretend that the Matchday thread's Friends of Rooney don't have "Have that, you haters!1!" pre-typed in case he scores.
There is absolutly no way that Rooney is faster then Di Maria. No chance.
Those stats are bollocks.
Probably a burst of acceleration over a shorter distance or something
Well, the chips are probably back on the menu...
Seriously though, this thread's a wreck due to each side accusing the other of being kneejerk twits.
Caftards do love their myths more than facts, that's for sure.
Rooney has always looked better when surrounded by other top players (surprise surprise). He was more consistent with his overall play back between 06-11 when we had an all around quality team, with a good system, rather then just relying on moments of quality and the rest of the team being disjointed.
I love how so many people thought he'd be the fall guy but he's proven time and time again how good he is and how he fits into so many different systems and can always be effective. Very good game from him yesterday and I'm sure there's more to come.
I love how so many people thought he'd be the fall guy but he's proven time and time again how good he is and how he fits into so many different systems and can always be effective. Very good game from him yesterday and I'm sure there's more to come.
Those stats are from that one game, Di Maria might not have needed to use full pace where as Rooney was at his peak speed.
Rooney played well yesterday, amazing how playing with actual quality can improve performance.
That's the spirit. When stats don't back up your opinion it's the stats that are wrong, clearly.
Well, the chips are probably back on the menu...
Seriously though, this thread's a wreck due to each side accusing the other of being kneejerk twits.
This thread is no more of a wreck than dozens of others on here. Although it's definitely got more than it's fair share of nonsensical posts.
You only need eyes to see that Rooney is not faster then Di Maria. These are the same 'stats' that showed Rooney is supposedly faster then Robben a few years ago. Again, clearly he's not.
Human eyes are really not the most precise measuring instrument.
And these stats only tell us that Rooney was the fastest yesterday, not that he's faster than di Maria when chasing cars, or whatever young ones do these days to test their speed.
And these stats only tell us that Rooney was the fastest yesterday, not that he's faster than di Maria when chasing cars, or whatever young ones do these days to test their speed.
You can tell feck all watching on telly, that's for sure.
If you're at the game, you can get a better idea on who might be the quickest but it's still not easy. Most of them are wearing GPS monitors these days so a stat like this will be much more likely to be accurate than an opinion from someone watching from the sidelines.
So you think Rooney is faster then Di Maria or Robben. I knew your Rooney bias was strong, but this is amazing.
It's a marginal difference anyway and might be because the one time they both really opened their legs (when they broke the length of the pitch before Herrera's goal) Di Maria was running with the ball and Rooney wasn't.
Whatever, it confirms that Rooney is bloody quick and all this crap about him being physically spent is more likely based on biased preconceptions than his actual performances on the pitch.
Whatever, it confirms that Rooney is bloody quick and all this crap about him being physically spent is more likely based on biased preconceptions than his actual performances on the pitch.
Eh?
I'm saying that Rooney hit a higher top speed than Di Maria in one game. Never mentioned Robben. Well, I'm not saying it. Just repeating somebody else's stats. Read the posts before responding ffs.
The stats are not wrong. Measuring speed is one of the easiest things to do - simple division of distance covered/time.
ADM is probably quicker than Rooney yes, but he obviously just didn't have a sprint as fast as Rooney yesterday. I reckon Rooney's top speed came from our 2nd goal when he was busting a gut on the overlap of ADM then came inside. I can't remember ADM sprinting at full pace at any time without the ball yesteday. I'd say that that is a more reasoned explanation, rather than the stats being wrong.
All you can really says is that Rooney was our fastest player yesterday. Doesn't necessarily mean he's our fastest player period, as has already been pointed out.
But even being fastest in any one game isn't bad going for someone who apparently - if his detractors are to believed - now can't run for toffee.
Rooney was very good yesterday. The new players lessen the onus on him and mata to run things and it a better that way. They're both got to focus on doing the business further forward yesterday.
To be quite honest, people on the extreme end of both sides of the argument routinely come across like childish dickwits. The whole "I hate him I hate him I hate him" thing is just as much of a fecking chore at this stage.
Jonny Evans was clocked at 20mph according to that article, so I dunno exactly how they calculate it.
Rooney was never a slow player, it's just that his style in the last few years makes him look that way.
Rooney was never a slow player, it's just that his style in the last few years makes him look that way.
They calculate it distance/time, I'd imagine.
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