For me personally it just doesn't seem right that a player who's agitated to leave multiple times has been rewarded with two massive new contracts and now the captaincy.
Not that the captaincy means much these days but it's a matter or principal.
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Not that the captaincy means much these days but it's a matter or principal.
That's a mighty impressive record.
Surprised. Hope he doesn't feck it up.
He's played much better under Van Gaal to be fair.
He's played much better under Van Gaal to be fair.
His England one is pretty good for a bloke who has supposedly never turned up for them, as well.
That's a mighty impressive record.
Not my choice for captain but looking at the players we now have Rooney is the default choice. If health had not been a problem, for me, Fletcher would have made a better leader.
At last I called something correctly. 
He is looking in great shape and I think he will literally lead from the front.
He is looking in great shape and I think he will literally lead from the front.
I am completely disappointed. It may aid in the club's marketing strategy but this is a horrible football move. What happens when Rooney goes through his usual slump? He has just been made basically undroppable.
We've no real leaders in the side so why not give it to our most capped player who's in his best years.
He played in position in which he is much better. Out and out striker. I like that.
Beauty of LVG is everyone is droppable, see RVP the dutch captain.
You really need to stop posting about rooney. Brings out your inner retard. This is a marketing strategy? Why would an ugly, balding scouser who you evidently don't think is any good be the most marketable player in our squad?
+ 1. This slump shit thats being thrown around is because even the best players in the world go dry when playing at No. 10 and making things happen for OTHER players. Mata supplying Rooney whilst Rooney doing what he does best will result in goals galore...
Captains are dropped too, especially when the manager is LVG.
Not bothered about captaincy.
Anyway, was useless today, so were Mata and Kagawa when he came on!
Hope they sort it out till Saturday, otherwise we won't have any creativity at all!
Anyway, was useless today, so were Mata and Kagawa when he came on!
Hope they sort it out till Saturday, otherwise we won't have any creativity at all!
Why don't you stop emphasing select parts of my statements and using them out of context.
So glad he's been named captain. Right choice in my eyes. Hopefully he'll have a great season.
Live with it.
Best option we have to be honest. It was between Carrick, Fletcher and Rooney for me. Carrick not vocal and dominant enough. Fletcher not a big enough influence on the pitch. Rooney however is very influential on the pitch but I'm not sure how he is in the dressing room. Judging by interviews he doesn't seem too intelligent with his words. I can't imagine him having a motivational speech with the lads before kickoff like a Gerrard or Kompany.
Agreed. He has scored the most goals for them in competitive fixtures ahead of Michael Owen.
And who will you propose ?
Exactly.
Bloody hell, looking at some of the posts, some of of you lot would love Rooney to fail. Pathetic!
Rooney hate is strong in this forum.
This is going to be fun when he goes through his annual, mid season, slump of form.
I was one against him being captain but now it's happened I don't really care, in fact, I'm quite happy with it.
Ye, I noticed. People should just move on and be happy for him.
I hope he doesn't pull rank over RVP and insist on taking the penalties. His record is very poor from the spot.
To be honest I assumed it would be RVP. Thinking more about it, I think Fletcher as club captain would be a good move, then when he is not selected Rooney or RVP could stand in. This would make it easier to drop either of the latter when they are off form. Dropping Captain Rooney may result in a backlash.
Why?
So on the outside you were being a TopRed but on the inside you secretly wanted him to get it?
This has been discussed ad nauseam on the MUFC 2014-2015 thread. Suffice it to say I was not alone in that assumption.
It's very strange to me that anyone here can presume to know who is the best option for captain. Only people close to the team can possibly know this. Let the manager pick the captain and trust he knows what he is doing.
Same could be said for Rooney.
From the little that i know Rooney was the best option because he was basically the main character in the locker room,
he is the more vocal on the pitch, the one who makes speeches when things turn bad, the more upset when the team don't win and he is always up to it in the great fixtures.
I may not agree with the decision but what is done is done. I have enough faith in LVG to trust in his judgement and in his ability to sort out any possible problems that may arise.
Thought today was his poorest performance of pre-season.
Missed the pen(close but still missed), mis-controlled Fletcher's very good through ball, did not make the most of his chance when he was clear down the right from Young's through ball after fooling the defender and putting that decent half chance at the end marginally over.
Even with that said, he was a threat all game and there was fine margins in everything that did not come off. Another night he could have had a hat-trick and an assist.
He looks in good nick going into the new season and leaner than I have seen him since 2009/10.
His form is going be massively influential this season.
Missed the pen(close but still missed), mis-controlled Fletcher's very good through ball, did not make the most of his chance when he was clear down the right from Young's through ball after fooling the defender and putting that decent half chance at the end marginally over.
Even with that said, he was a threat all game and there was fine margins in everything that did not come off. Another night he could have had a hat-trick and an assist.
He looks in good nick going into the new season and leaner than I have seen him since 2009/10.
His form is going be massively influential this season.
In the past four years his record is better than Van Persie, to be fair.
http://www.whoscored.com/Graphics/1232/Show/Player-Focus-Top-Penalty-Takers
Nah, Rooney's a team player in fairness to him. It was Rooney himself who handed penalty duties over to van Persie.
Some people would try anything to put Rooney down.if he delivers Im okay with him being captain and in starting XI week in week out it means better performances than today against Valencia he played below par. He should be at the very top when there is no need to operate in tight spaces and using close ball control which he sucks at. even tho I actually like him from time to time drop deep and make some crossfield passes to the touchlines or final passes like h made for RVP.. he is capable of it. if h can interchange well with mata herrera and use these skills to make our play more inventive it would be good to watch but the more centrally he palys the better. Welbeck is the ideal partner for him as he is more comfortabel with the ball in pace and tight spaces. I am a little bit worried when RVP comes back to full fittnes, we can struggle a bit.
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