"Worst performance of the season", and still involved with both goals.
Man, what a player.
Man, what a player.
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Was furious with Valencia I believe then. Someone should've been coming on the right, but noone did, and he lost the ball.
He lost the ball for the first because he completely lacks any kind of pace at all. The second was a poor cross that any goalie above pub level should catch with ease.
It was a completely rubbish performance, and he's supposed to be our talisman on the pitch. That being said, he's been good lately and he is usually just a wee bit crap after an injury, so let's see how he performs against Liverpool first. No doubt that LvG doesn't have the same rules for all players considering return to starting XI after an injury though...
You are a funny guy. That's like asking three years ago when could we have a game where both Nani and Valencia were good on both flanks. Asking a bit too much, mate!
Rooney didn't really press Fonte into a mistake, he actually had a poor touch.
Fonte wasn't really under pressure, he just didn't expect RVP to be there.
The free kick wasn't a great ball, it was a high floater which Southampton should have dealt with.
Fact is today RVP was very good while Rooney was poor.
Role reversal of what was happening a few weeks ago.
The thing that got me was how many people were writing off RVP.
Not a good game by him but chipped in when he needed to. However I feel the forwards were really abandonned by the wing backs especially, at one point in the second half Rooney had kept the ball decently up front and Valencia hadn't made the run down the right, which made Rooney really angry, and there was another instance before that as well. Not good as I said but our all round team performance was disjointed.
Jesus, now it's a 'poor cross'.
You won't get many people disagreeing that Rooney had a bad game but that's ridiculous: his pressing on Fonte that led to the poor back pass was good, and his assist for the second goal was absolutely brilliant.
Harsh.
I disagree on both counts.
Battled hard in a tough game with little service. Surprised that him and Mata don't link up better but he helped out Young a lot and sacrificed his performance for the team.
Hey, you almost have 10.000 posts mate! Make it a good one
It's a little harsh, but he was rubbish!
Did well with the cross for RVP's second, but overall a poor game from him. It's the type that we usually get from Wayne whenever he's been out with an injury. The ball just seems to bounce off him. Hopefully he'll play himself back into form sooner rather than later.
How is helping the team out sacrificing his performance? That's just giving him excuses for being poor.
Disappointing performance and he did seem frustrated which didn't help him at all. Peach of a free kick for RVP's goal though.
That's one thing you can never doubt about Rooney. He could be having a shite game with nothing going for him and then he will pop up with a piece of great play. He's not the most consistent of players game in game out but his ridiculous productivity can never be brought into question.
I'm pretty sure he's saving his best for the Scousers as well. Watch him tear them a new one next match
That's one thing you can never doubt about Rooney. He could be having a shite game with nothing going for him and then he will pop up with a piece of great play. He's not the most consistent of players game in game out but his ridiculous productivity can never be brought into question.
I'm pretty sure he's saving his best for the Scousers as well. Watch him tear them a new one next match
2nd worst player on the pitch after Elbows for me.
I just explained to you on van Persie's example that opposition defence weren't the main reason, because van Persie just played probably his best game in last year and a half against same defence. Rooney couldn't do the simple stuff right.
As for his involvement in the goal, wow, Rooney actually pressed Fonte, well done, I am surprised ref didn't give gift him the match ball at the end for his contribution.
And RvP is the hero because not only he scored two goals but because he also looked few levels above our any other player in all around play too.
He was very bad today, but worked hard all match and provided crucial assist for brilliant Van Persie finish.
Hope he ups his game for Liverpool on Sunday, we'll need both him and Van Persie being at the best!
Hope he ups his game for Liverpool on Sunday, we'll need both him and Van Persie being at the best!
So if one forward has a good game, that means the opposing defence must have been rubbish, and all of the forwards should therefore have had a good game? That seems to be your basic point, and it's a non-sequitur.
Good ball into the box for the second goal but a below par game apart from that.
It's only over the last 6 weeks or so that persistant doubts about RvP have started to creep in, despite nearly 18 months of underperformance by his standards. Whereas Rooney's been getting it in the neck from a certain section of the 'Cafe for years.
Not a great game from Roo today, but like I always say, at least he doesn't hide when things aren't going well. He keeps going, and thankfully provided an assist for Robins second goal, which was a great finish.
Poor game. Still got the assist though and so he continues his style of being effective even when poor. Hopefully he lifts for Liverpool though.
Poor performance. Hopefully he'll be back in form on SundaySunday
His ability to score or make an assist even when playing terribly really is remarkable.
I'm not his biggest fan but you have to credit him with that, he's always making something happen even when he's rubbish.
I'm not his biggest fan but you have to credit him with that, he's always making something happen even when he's rubbish.
I didn't say they were rubish, but surely they weren't great either considering they are pretty much one of rare defences this season that van Persie had a good game against, especially in his all around play, part of his game in which he was very poor this season. After all, they conceeded two goals tonight from only 3 shots. And again, it's not like you could admire their defending, it was Rooney who made a mess out of simple things in whole game.
They have the best defensive record in the league, even after tonight's result.
And Rooney didn't make a mess of that ball into the box, which lead to our winning goal - and my hunch is if AdM had delivered the exact same ball, people would be
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Again with the fecking injury. He was out for two days!
Was only able to follow the start of the game in the match thread and the comments about "Typical Rooney after injury" just left me with what the heck are people smoking? He was maybe out a couple days. He had longer out after the red card in terms of being match sharp and he did more than well coming back. Have not seen the game but, saying he played badly because of coming back from injury speaks volumes as to how people have just made their minds up about a player.
Struggled tonight and got a bit frustrated as a result. A lot of people, myself included, tend to mythologise the player he was when he was 22 or 23 but the big difference now is that he can have a poor game but still make a telling contribution. That was a terrific delivery for the 2nd goal so despite being well below his best, he was a lot more significant than a lot of our players who played just as badly but don't have the quality to produce a moment like he did.
Told you he'd be awful after being out.
Admittedly he's still been involved in the goals which is fair enough.
Admittedly he's still been involved in the goals which is fair enough.
Seemed like he had butter on his boots tonight, lots of touches where the ball got away from him, but it's fair to say that Mata and Fellaini gave him very little to play to when he got the ball higher up the pitch, neither exactly bust a gut to give him an option.
I'm just hoping this is a once off bad performance, not just for Rooney but the whole team (apart from RVP and De Gea) were complete wank, plus we're in dire need of Shaw and Rafael back.
He had a bit of a mare, including being carded for descent, but he deserves the benefit of the doubt that it was an anomaly, just hope he turns up against the scousers.
That corner was special.
Had a big miscue earlier in the season as well - weird.
I'm not sure if anyone noticed but he nearly rolled his left ankle taking that corner. Imagine that, getting injured taking a corner.
I notice that a lot with players, not just at corners. Seems to happen a fair bit.
Not his fault either that corner, if you look closely his standing foot raises the turf, knocking the ball out of place.
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