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2014-15 Performances

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5.9 Season Average Rating
Appearances
37
Goals
14
Assists
6
Yellow cards
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Excellent in the first half. Ok to bad in the 2nd.

I'd still say he's playing too deep.
 
I thought he was very good today. A little "invisible" in the second half, though that is true of most our squad. He puts in a shift, that is for sure.
 
He definitely spent more time and had more touches in our box than the opposing one
 
Fergie was trying to turn him into a midfielder before he retired and he was right. Rooney is in the best form he has been in for a few seasons. It's understandable he had a little fatigue today. Watching him in midfield is like having Scholes back only a version Scholes who can defend a lot better
 
Hernandez - BFA said:
Take Ronaldo for example. Rooney had to be pushed to the wing many, many times.
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Less times than you seem to think. Ronaldo played up front at United no more than 10-15 times and only in the really big games when Fergie needed 5 defensively astute players and one superstar up front. The 1 up front was always going to be Ronaldo in that scenario.

I don't know why it became fact that Rooney played wide consistently that season. Maybe those making that assumption mainly watched United in the Champions League that season. Maybe it was driven by those who had deigned Rooney a better prospect than Ronaldo and needed an excuse when that was clearly not the case. But Rooney mainly played up front that season - just not very well.
 
This season he's been playing alongside Robin Van Persie, Juan Mata, Radamel Falcao and Angel Di Maria.

And for a player who had apparently shot his bolt 3 years ago, has he not looked as good as any of them?

I always think, when it comes to Rooney, that Fergie's 'the cow in the next field always seems better than your cow' allegory rings true.
 
POF said:
Less times than you seem to think. Ronaldo played up front at United no more than 10-15 times and only in the really big games when Fergie needed 5 defensively astute players and one superstar up front. The 1 up front was always going to be Ronaldo in that scenario.

I don't know why it became fact that Rooney played wide consistently that season. Maybe those making that assumption mainly watched United in the Champions League that season. Maybe it was driven by those who had deigned Rooney a better prospect than Ronaldo and needed an excuse when that was clearly not the case. But Rooney mainly played up front that season - just not very well.
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Ronaldo played up front for us less than 10 times but Rooney played out wide far more often than that because it was Tevez as the sole striker rather than Ronaldo.
 
POF said:
Less times than you seem to think. Ronaldo played up front at United no more than 10-15 times and only in the really big games when Fergie needed 5 defensively astute players and one superstar up front. The 1 up front was always going to be Ronaldo in that scenario.

I don't know why it became fact that Rooney played wide consistently that season. Maybe those making that assumption mainly watched United in the Champions League that season. Maybe it was driven by those who had deigned Rooney a better prospect than Ronaldo and needed an excuse when that was clearly not the case. But Rooney mainly played up front that season - just not very well.
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Pushed out for Tevez to the wing, just to play 4-3-3 - which Ronaldo absolutely thrived in.
 
He's got one hell of a leap on him from a standing jump, winning headers for fun today.
 
He is still our best striker and we miss his goals.

As soon as Herrera is back, we should drop Forlan .... hmmm Falcao, I mean... and use Rooney as a striker.
 
I love to watch him play football right now, he's been amazing in midfield.
 
I think those hoping for Rooney to play as a striker are going to be desperately disappointed, he looks to me like he's enjoying his current role and I think LvG likes having his Captain in the midfield, not to mention he's the only player we have with power who can go box to box.

I felt in the second half he took on the responsibility of playing deeper to help Carrick who looked spent by 60 minutes. He's doing everything you want of a Captain and developing into this role with more variety in his passing and the timing of those late runs into the box.
 
Devil may care said:
I think those hoping for Rooney to play as a striker are going to be desperately disappointed, he looks to me like he's enjoying his current role and I think LvG likes having his Captain in the midfield, not to mention he's the only player we have with power who can go box to box.

I felt in the second half he took on the responsibility of playing deeper to help Carrick who looked spent by 60 minutes. He's doing everything you want of a Captain and developing into this role with more variety in his passing and the timing of those late runs into the box.
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Indeed I think it would be interesting to see a diamond with Carrick as the anchor, Herrera and Fellaini in the middle with mata in front, and Di Maria and Rooney as our two strikers. On paper, at least, I think this is our most dangerous team.
 
santeria13 said:
Indeed I think it would be interesting to see a diamond with Carrick as the anchor, Herrera and Fellaini in the middle with mata in front, and Di Maria and Rooney as our two strikers. On paper, at least, I think this is our most dangerous team.
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I think Rooney's workrate and development in the #8 role will see LvG keep him where he is, Di Maria is also better from deeper as I don't think goal scoring has ever been his biggest strength, he's better driving from deep. Right now I think we are missing a piece in attack.
 
I never thought he'd make a good centre midfielder but he's really performing well there.
 
We need him upfront. Those other two lads just aren't as convincing as him in front of goal.
 
I agree with @Devil may care we won't see Rooney playing up front any time soon. Looks to me like Van Gaal is committed to playing him in midfield. Though it'll be interesting to see what he does if he has good options like Di Maria and Blind available and strikers are out. Even then i could see him playing Wilson up front ahead of him and making space for Rooney in midfield.
 
Yeovil 0:2 Man Utd
Not very good today for the most part. Lots of huffing and puffing, but no real quality on the ball.

But then a lovely pass for Di Maria to put the game to bed, showing that the link-up between the two is definitely something to look forward to.
 
I think he has gone of the boil a bit lately. Needs a bit of a rest. His passing has been pretty average in the last 2 games. Just don't want him to burn out to early. Not LVG's fault though, we have no bloody CM's.
 
He shouldn't be tired having a rest every CL week and missing 3 games because of his red card in october.
 
He badly needs some rest, his form has been poor, shit game today.
 
Man-United said:
He shouldn't be tired having a rest every CL week and missing 3 games because of his red card in october.
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It's not the accumulation of games over the season to date that might be causing tiredness. It's playing 4 of them in 9 days, 3 of which were away from home. That has to be exhausting for even the fittest players.
 
NessunDorma said:
It's not the accumulation of games over the season to date that might be causing tiredness. It's playing 4 of them in 9 days, 3 of which were away from home. That has to be exhausting for even the fittest players.
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Oh, had no idea that he played 90 mins in all the games during that time so that probably explain that he's not had the best of games today. Should be fresh next week with 7 days to Southampton game.
 
Amar__ said:
He badly needs some rest, his form has been poor, shit game today.
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Wasn't at his best today and against Stoke everyone was pretty poor but apart from that he's been in really good form actually. Don't think he's tired, just a couple of bad team performances and he was just part of that.
 
He looked exhausted towards the end. Could barely break into a jog whenever he had the ball.
 
Effort wise I thought he was alright today. He seemed to cover a lot of ground, made a few clearances in our box etc it's just his concentration seemed well off and nothing seemed to be coming off for him and you could nearly see the frustration growing on his face. A rest might be no harm now.
 
I've made comments in the past about Rooney's bottom level being very noticeably bad. Today was one of those days where he is playing at his "bottom level".
 
Another poor performance. A great, match winning game vs Newcastle is the anomaly amongst tumescent displays vs Villa, Spurs, Stoke and Yeovil. Fatigue is a caveat that can excuse poor positioning at times but it cannot excuse his wastefulness on the ball. Simple passes going awry is a worry for any player

He needs to address this form. Perhaps Angel Di Maria's return can lead to him having a rest for a game before he takes Mata's place again.

Lastly, an assist today should not mask the fact it was the only pass he could make in that situation and it was an easy hoof into space at that.
 
Should have given him a rest today, played a lot of games lately. Poor performance, but a great assist.
 
FC Ronaldo said:
Another poor performance. A great, match winning game vs Newcastle is the anomaly amongst tumescent displays vs Villa, Spurs, Stoke and Yeovil. Fatigue is a caveat that can excuse poor positioning at times but it cannot excuse his wastefulness on the ball. Simple passes going awry is a worry for any player

He needs to address this form. Perhaps Angel Di Maria's return can lead to him having a rest for a game before he takes Mata's place again.

Lastly, an assist today should not mask the fact it was the only pass he could make in that situation and it was an easy hoof into space at that.
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He's been playing out of position and it shows.

That last paragraph is nonsense, by the way.
 
bosnian_red said:
Wasn't at his best today and against Stoke everyone was pretty poor but apart from that he's been in really good form actually. Don't think he's tired, just a couple of bad team performances and he was just part of that.
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Yeah, I was referring to his last 2-3 games too.
 
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