Just watched the extended highlights of the England game. Rooney looked sharp. Good to see, hopefully we will see him up top for United!
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Play him up top, he'll get you goals. It really is that simple.
Please the feck play him as a striker Van Gaal, enough of this CM shit.
Souness is such a bitter cnut.
Rooney is best as a main striker. The only time he is good as a 10 or support striker is when his partner is a poacher with pace like Chicharito or Saha.
Souness is a pundit I usually like but he is acting like an idiot here, just picking a fight with Carragher because Scotland lost the game, poor show from a guy of his experience.
A-fecking-men.
If Van Gaal picks Rooney in central midfield in Arsenal I'm going to be seriously irritated. Would almost be the tipping point in my belief in him as a manager. Rooney's always been a player who has hot streaks, seems to be hitting some form in front of goal, has a fantastic goal-scoring record against Arsenal and they're stricken by central defensive injuries.
Would be beyond stupid to play him so far away from their goal.
On the currenent form, he's simply our best player (with De Gea)
But how can Van Gaal, who loves RVP so deeply, can bench his favorite against his former club ? If he didn't benched him earlier, he won't do this now.
Our only hope will be us playing in a traditionnal 4-2-3-1 with Wazza the higher possible and not playing like a 9,5 + 8 + 6 + 7 + 11 + 4.
I just hope we can one day partner Carrick-Herrera-Di Maria in the midfield and Wazza upfront
But how can Van Gaal, who loves RVP so deeply, can bench his favorite against his former club ? If he didn't benched him earlier, he won't do this now.
Our only hope will be us playing in a traditionnal 4-2-3-1 with Wazza the higher possible and not playing like a 9,5 + 8 + 6 + 7 + 11 + 4.
I just hope we can one day partner Carrick-Herrera-Di Maria in the midfield and Wazza upfront
Needs to play further up for us. Nice goals last night and we need something like that at the weekend and in future games. Sick of seeing him deeper in midfield and clearly it's not his best position.
Bitter but I think he is right in saying that Rooney should not be undroppable for England.
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I don't see why we can't play him in an advanced role?
DDG
Rafael Rojo Jones Shaw
Blind Carrick
Herrera ADM Mata
Van Persie
..............Rooney
DDG
Rafael Rojo Jones Shaw
Blind Carrick
Herrera ADM Mata
Van Persie
..............Rooney
FIFA would not allow that team to be played
I'm not sure the opposition would be happy with that.
Because we're only allowed to field eleven players?
Van Persie so far has a decent record against Arsenal so I too would be loathe to dropping him. But we really ought to be playing Rooney who is our best player in his best position ongoing.
So clearly change RVP for ADM, and ADM with Mata and remove Mata so it's Herrera ADM with Persie in front and Rooney up topWhy would you play van Persie as a #10 at the expense of Mata or even Herrera?
I'd play Mata personally over RVP, but think due to LVG loves of RVP, he will be played, couple with that the fact LVG doesn't seem to love Mata, and it's not too farfetched. I'd also never have Herrera as a 10 when we don't have a brilliant midfield, So Carrick holding, blind box to box, Herrera and ADM are the inside of the diamond, able to cut in with ADM as a play maker and RVP as a support striker, he's played a lot better further back recently.
Definately LVG should put Rooney up front. He's best there for us and also he's really got the bit between his teeth at the moment. He's work rate, positioning and movement is top notch at the moment. He'll cause all sorts of panic for the Arsenal defence....
Personally, I would just drop van Persie altogether, as the majority of his performances do not warrant a starting place. However, I agree that van Gaal will probably shoe-horn him into the team in some capacity, whether it's to the detriment of other players or not. It's not far-fetched, it's just illogical favouritism on LVG's part.
In the short-term, I think the 4-4-2 diamond should be our go-to formation, but even that is fallible. When we deployed that for a few games, I think we saw the best of our attacking football with a lot of fluidity and free-flowing play, but were more vulnerable defensively with that formation, due to the lack of defensive cover and protection Blind and the back five received. Since, we've been playing the 4-1-4-1, we've been a lot more compact and solid defensively, but it's greatly hindered our attacking game and namely di Maria who needs to be restored to a central position.
I think a lot of that is down to personnel however. If we were to play the diamond with Blind or Carrick as the pivot, di Maria and a strong, box-to-box midfielder on the left and right (albeit we don't have the latter, despite Fellaini acquitting himself quite well there), Herrera at #10 and Rooney a support striker to Falcao, I think we would see far greater balance between attacking and defending. That would provide us with a far better platform in midfield for Herrera to thrive in and I think his vision and creativity goes up a notch when he is more advanced (as he demonstrated against LA Galaxy) opposed misplacing many attempted through balls when he plays deep.
Mata and van Persie would be the odd men out, although the general consensus on the Caf seem to agree with that anyway.
Thought he played well last night, albeit against defenders from Hull, Blackburn and Norwich (i.e. 75% Championship standard). And it'll only take a loss on Saturday for the knives to be out again.
Definitely looks sharp though, and he was full of running last night. Has also started to skip past players again, which is a part of his game people have been lamenting the loss of for ages. Maybe a change in coaching methods is helping him in that regard?
Who knows, but we'll stand much more chance of beating Arsenal with a fit and fired up Wayne Rooney taking it to them.
Definitely looks sharp though, and he was full of running last night. Has also started to skip past players again, which is a part of his game people have been lamenting the loss of for ages. Maybe a change in coaching methods is helping him in that regard?
Who knows, but we'll stand much more chance of beating Arsenal with a fit and fired up Wayne Rooney taking it to them.
Couldnt agree more. Would almost be the tipping point for me too.
Prepare yourself for RvP as the lone striker mate.
I don't mind RVP as the lone striker as long as Rooney is not as deep as he was at City and against Palace.
With the state of our midfield, he just might have to.
Assuming carrick is fit, we can play him, Hererra and Fellaini as a midfield three. feck it, I'd rather play Fletcher in there than play Rooney as a CM again. Complete and utter waste of one of the best strikers in the league, if not in Europe.
Rooney is a striker, and he is looking real sharp right now ... we need to freaking let him ravage Arsenal.
If Carrick will be fit and if Herrera will start, which he should, no reason to play Rooney in CM pos.
After the Palace game, Van Gaal stated that at half time, he told Rooney and Fellaini to play higher up.
‘I said at half-time to Rooney and Fellaini that you have to play higher up in support of Van Persie. I had to correct them.’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ics-Manchester-United-boss-seeks-balance.html
Not sure I noticed much of a difference, but hopefully they do so against Arsenal. At least one of them should support Van Persie anyway - preferably Rooney.
Exactly. Sadly I think we'll see Van Persie up top and Rooney in midfield with Fellaini, and if Carrick is out, Fletcher. Shudders...
With Mertesacker and Monreal there, or even Chambers, Rooney will ravage them if he plays upfront
They should revoke Souness' media positions. What an unobjective, bitter old arsehole.
Is it just me or does that seem like the most put on argument ever? I'm sure they're all being told what to say. Just looks so fake.
He definitely should be playing up top. He's better as a striker than some makeshift cm or a nine-and-a-half or something daft like that.
Both Rooney and RVP should start vs Arsenal. Rooney looks really sharp at the moment.
Is it me, or is he trying to dribble with the ball more often again? He made that run in the City game, a run in the England game which led to the pen and yesterday he picked the ball up on the left and almost scored after dancing his way into the box. I'm liking what I see from Rooney.
Yeah, he did seem to have an added burst of acceleration against Scotland. He was making the right decisions with the ball as well in terms of keeping it and laying it off to a teammate when needed.
He scores goals in bursts and has tendency to score for consecutive matches when he strikes goal scoring touch. Hope it continues vs Arsenal.
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