Mixed performance. Thought he was excellent in the last half hour.
Don't think him playing CM suits him really, but he did a decent enough job.
Don't think him playing CM suits him really, but he did a decent enough job.
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- Appearances
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- Goals
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- Assists
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- Yellow cards
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- Red cards
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Started awfully then, especially in the second half, got better with each passing minute.
Welbeck syndrome can't be excused though. Great dribble but does too much and one of our best openings becomes a scrappy affair in which we should have scored but didn't through his poor choice.
Welbeck syndrome can't be excused though. Great dribble but does too much and one of our best openings becomes a scrappy affair in which we should have scored but didn't through his poor choice.
Good performance. He's never a central midfielder, though.
Absolutely superb once he settled. Really enjoyed his performance today....
Tremendous performance from him. Defending for Valencia at RB, to a near goal run himself... he was immense.
Yeah he was our best player again today, but I dont think Van Gaal should be experimenting with him in CM.
That one run was fantastic, and then he tried to turn in when he should have kept going. Good game though, nice to have him back.
Ran around a lot but with no real quality on the ball. Few decent moments but struggled overall. Game was a fast pace and wore out very quickly
That run was brilliant. Needed to get a shot off though. Started a bit rusty but got better. Worked himself into the ground. Well and truly ahead of Mata at the minute.
looked rusty at times...but showed why we need him so much.
Started playing well around 70th minute, everything started from that great run he's made. Other than that, nope.
Not that he's the only one to blame, mind.
Not that he's the only one to blame, mind.
Wish he had pulled the trigger after that run. Played OK really considering he's had a month off.
Did well today overall considering it was his first game back. Should have finished off that great run with a goal on his left and i'm sure he would have scored it if he'd have taken it.
Can't believe he didn't shoot... that was THE Wayne Rooney derby day moment.
Overall - Some very good stuff, some pretty rubbish stuff.
Overall - Some very good stuff, some pretty rubbish stuff.
Had a good 15 minutes at the start of the game and another good 15 at the end. Was sandwiched by 60 minutes of mediocrity though. Constantly gave the ball away when playing the flashy pass. Wasn't a very good performance. But then again he's only back from injury and playing in a position he's never been great in.
Started the game badly with a few misplaced passes and repeated hollywood passes that even Johnson could have defended but did very well in the second half when we were pressuring City in search of a goal. He simply walks into the team for me in place of Mata. Mata wouldn't have been half as good as that had he played, I swear.
I said he's always shit whenever he comes back after missing any games and was shot down.
The last 30 minutes today reminded me of the old Wayne Rooney. We need him to perform like that on regular basis.
Why couldn't Van Gaal have made DDG captain? What is gained by having to shoe-horn Rooney into every starting 11 whenever's he's available even if it means playing him in ridiculously out of position - like CM against a top team?
Argh it really annoys me.
Argh it really annoys me.
Did well towards the end of the game and was one of the main reasons we were close to getting anything from the game. Superb run through on goal, just wish he'd hit it with his left.
He is probably our best player at the moment...
Bizarre post.He had a very good game again today.
He hasn't played for 3 matches... and we did great against Chelsea without him.
Watch the first half again.
Not that I blame Rooney.
Had a shaky start but worked himself into the game. Was definitely better in the second half, especially in the last 20 mins or so. That run, though. 
What I like about Rooney, though, even if he is having a bad game and giving away the ball, like he did a few times in the first half, he doesn't shy away from the ball, and is pretty much always in the game. You need characters like that.
What I like about Rooney, though, even if he is having a bad game and giving away the ball, like he did a few times in the first half, he doesn't shy away from the ball, and is pretty much always in the game. You need characters like that.
JUPITER did Rooney bang your girl or something?
You seem to be the only person stuck on this. Yes, he shoulsdn't have played in CM but he was id very well all things considered. Not the reason why we lost
You seem to be the only person stuck on this. Yes, he shoulsdn't have played in CM but he was id very well all things considered. Not the reason why we lost
That run if he scored would have been the best Rooney moment ever. Reminded me of Higuains run in the world cup when he megged Kompany.
Didn't show any signs of lack of fitness and game practice which is usually case with him when he is out. Few misplaced passes early in first half apart, he had a decent game.
Plenty of games to come this season, and i'm sure he still has lots of great goals in him yet.
There's no doubt that Rooney wasn't great in the first half, but do you also criticise Di Maria, who also hasn't had the greatest of games in the last couple of weeks? If not, that really pees me off, because it just shows you have some sort of personal vendetta against Rooney.
I really like Rooney as a player, I don't blame him for being played wildly out of position! But as I've said elsewhere -
Watch the first half again and count how many times possession is gifted, unpressured, to City due to Rooney being played as a CM.
Watch how much pressure is invited onto our already makeshift defence because of this.
Count how many wild, cross field hollywoods are given straight to City for them to run straight down our weak right hand side and attack the vulnerable Valencia and Smalling.
Thought he was ok first half and then very good second half. Problems are individualities really though at the moment, it's getting them to perform cohesively.
Go to the Di Maria thread and search my name.
And I blame LvG for playing Rooney out of position, I'm a massive fan of Rooney, have been all his career.
Did we? I dont think so. Mata was awful and we would probably have won if Rooney was playing, he was just what was missing from that match
Watch the second half again.
Every 5 or 10 minutes, I just stop and say "Why didn't you shoot Wayne? Whyyyyyyyy!?"
I need help.
I need help.
Why did he turn inside on that brilliant run? Thought he was gonna toe poke it near post
ON DI MARIA
That, in comparison to the stuff you've posted on Rooney? Behave!
Bit rusty but is to be expected, worked hard and almost inspired an equaliser, good to have him back.
I hope we can see more of the Rooney from the second half and not so much of the Rooney from the first half this season.
ON DI MARIA
That, in comparison to the stuff you've posted on Rooney? Behave!
Nice one.He's shit
Pointless balls
feck off Rooney
To
Best attacking
Played well
One of our best players
This thread is bipolar
For me he had a rusty first 10 but played well after that, I have to admit though when he was running back like a bull after Toure I was waiting for a Red card tackle, but he didn't and won the ball. Good performance for a 10 man squad, getting better at his captain duties.
Pointless balls
feck off Rooney
To
Best attacking
Played well
One of our best players
This thread is bipolar
For me he had a rusty first 10 but played well after that, I have to admit though when he was running back like a bull after Toure I was waiting for a Red card tackle, but he didn't and won the ball. Good performance for a 10 man squad, getting better at his captain duties.
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