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Once was warrior.... Now, he's nothing more than a ball & chain. Martial & Pererra looked like they felt obliged to pass it to him last nite, and in turn, Rooney in turn, done his level best to knock it 30yards backwards.... God forbid he kickstarted an attack.
Surely it's only going to be a matter of time before Luis swallows that stubborn pride of his and at least subs Rooney off.... The lads been offering nothing for months.
 
.Rossi said:
Nope



The media will never ever turn on him, unless it's something to do with his personal life.
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feck him, we created the star in him (although him being a very good footballer is to his credit), we have a few bankable faces in our team (Luke Shaw, Darmian, BFS, Martial, Memphis), time to make a new poster boy out of them and phased out the last remaining old guard.

I'm really sick of him getting carte blanche every game and he didn't even bothered to do anything about being shite. Forget about scoring, he didn't even do the basic right, it seems he didn't even try to focus. Age and decline has nothing to do with doing the basic right.

He's lost his head, and probably will never get that back again.
 
Why the hell should we want the media to turn on him? If you guys are serious, than you are a couple of idiots. It's well known that he needs his time to hit form, so LVG will know it too, if he continues to play like he has so far, LVG will drop him, he wants to have success in his last 2 seasons as a manager, and if Rooney's in that way he won't continue playing him, but should Rooney hit form he would be a huge contribution to the team, that's the reason why LVG plays him. However, for me personally it's hard to believe that he won't hit form again, he's only 29 after all, pretty sure LVG thinks that way too.
 
.Rossi said:
Was it Scholes who said Rooney would be done when 30 comes around?

Maybe not but, some football pundit said it
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He said something like that prior to the last world cup, that Rooney should think about adjusting his game and moving back to centre-midfield, in order to still play at top level.
 
Spielmacher said:
Why the hell should we want the media to turn on him? If you guys are serious, than you are a couple of idiots. It's well known that he needs his time to hit form, so LVG will know it too, if he continues to play like he has so far, LVG will drop him, he wants to have success in his last 2 seasons as a manager, and if Rooney's in that way he won't continue playing him, but should Rooney hit form he would be a huge contribution to the team, that's the reason why LVG plays him. However, for me personally it's hard to believe that he won't hit form again, he's only 29 after all, pretty sure LVG thinks that way too.
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How long should we wait?

He has been playing like this for a good few month, how long should we wait?

What are we waiting for? Those ages aren't going to come back
 
LR7 said:
Don't think we should ever boo our players. He might be poor at the moment but he isn't underperforming on purpose.
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Exactly, it will be even harder for him to hit form if that happens, which isn't in our interest at all. It's not like Rooney himself will be happy with his performances so far this season.
 
Sky1981 said:
How long should we wait?

He has been playing like this for a good few month, how long should we wait?

What are we waiting for? Those ages aren't going to come back
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That's up to the manager to decide, if he hits form he is a huge help, that's why it's worth the gamble, if you want to call it that way, I just don't see how booing him or turning the media on him could be in our interest.
 
Spielmacher said:
That's up to the manager to decide, if he hits form he is a huge help, that's why it's worth the gamble, if you want to call it that way, I just don't see how booing him or turning the media on him could be in our interest.
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His last on form was a good few years ago. We're basically have been waiting for a good few years for him to hit his form.
 
Sky1981 said:
His last on form was a good few years ago. We're basically have been waiting for a good few years for him to hit his form.
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Right, we won't see the Rooney from 2007 anymore, I think everyone knows it. I myself am not a big Rooney defender and I found it a bit of a warning that he didn't seem as fit as last season at the start of the season, but turning the media on him or even booing him is a stupid idea, our hope is that he gets a nice run and hits form, how much time he'll get is up to LVG, if he does, we'll have a great player, if he doesn't it's time to drop him, LVG knows it, he's not stupid, I just think it's too early into the season to decide something as important as that. Besides, it's not as if Herrera has set the league alight as a No. 10 so far.
 
LVG has to drop him, it's simple as that. As long as he knows he's gonna play every match no matter how terrible he was previous one I doubt we'll see any kind of improvement from him. Last night was really hard to watch at times, highlight for me was at the end of match when he was running with the ball with no one challenging him and he managed somehow to stumble over the ball and lose possession, as if he forgot how to run straight. Was sure he'll produce if given chance to play as a striker and now been proved wrong. For Uniteds sake he needs to sit on the bench, and sooner the better.
 
So so bad. Sad to see him like this.

The annoying thing is without Rooney we'd not only look better, but we'd have a real shot at the title. Unfortunately for LvG he's stuck with him and it'll undermine his time here as manager.
 
This is turning into a real problem. Not only is he playing shit, he look so disinterested and casual at times. The most infurirating thing is he seems to play week in, week out regardless of his performance.
 
If Wayne Rooney were a foreigner soaking up £250k + a week and performing like he has done all season so far, the press would be all over him and calling him done.
 
FC Ronaldo said:
If Wayne Rooney were a foreigner soaking up £250k + a week and performing like he has done all season so far, the press would be all over him and calling him done.
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English press having a bias on english players, why is that so shocking? It's like that in every country.
 
Spielmacher said:
Why the hell should we want the media to turn on him? If you guys are serious, than you are a couple of idiots. It's well known that he needs his time to hit form, so LVG will know it too, if he continues to play like he has so far, LVG will drop him, he wants to have success in his last 2 seasons as a manager, and if Rooney's in that way he won't continue playing him, but should Rooney hit form he would be a huge contribution to the team, that's the reason why LVG plays him. However, for me personally it's hard to believe that he won't hit form again, he's only 29 after all, pretty sure LVG thinks that way too.
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He has been on a massive decline for 12-18 months, This isn't bad form, It's a player who is past it.
 
Spielmacher said:
I don't think that's definitive yet, he wasn't as shit as people make him out to be.
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Isn't definitive? what more evidence do you need? In fact, just let the rest of the season play out and that will finally tell you all you need to know.
 
FC Ronaldo said:
If Wayne Rooney were a foreigner soaking up £250k + a week and performing like he has done all season so far, the press would be all over him and calling him done.
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Leave the press, imagine if mata, had 1 league goal from months, with only 1-2 assists in the league, he would get slaughtered on here, he already did a few weeks back, people saying hes a luxury player etc

Rooney is well passed it should be dropped indefintely, bring nothing to the team bring in herrera, theres a player who loves the club, and didnt join for the money, hes proper quality and is just stagnating on the bench
 
.Rossi said:
Was it Scholes who said Rooney would be done when 30 comes around?

Maybe not but, some football pundit said it
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Scholes seems a bit of an idiot though and talks a large amount of rubbish.*

Latest was him going on last night about how Rooney will definitely get 20-25 goals this season.


*Usual disclaimer about how I know that he was a briliant player and I love him bla bla.
 
Rozay said:
Scholes seems a bit of an idiot though and talks a large amount of rubbish.*

Latest was him going on last night about how Rooney will definitely get 20-25 goals this season.


*Usual disclaimer about how I know that he was a briliant player and I love him bla bla.
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He's definitely inconsistent in his opinions.
 
It must scare Rooney to see how quickly Martial has settled, and how much he's contributing in the role that Rooney was so poor in only a month ago.
 
It's about time Louis grew a pair of balls and dropped his captain for a few games. Let the shock waves trickle down and keep the rest of them on their toes. We'd be playing with 11 men too while he'd having a little chat with himself on the bench.
 
The Black Pearl said:
It's about time Louis grew a pair of balls and dropped his captain for a few games. Let the shock waves trickle down and keep the rest of them on their toes. We'd be playing with 11 men too while he'd having a little chat with himself on the bench.
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Yeah, I agree. There's some logic in persisting with him in the hope he finally hits some form (because he's such a good player at his best) but you also have to be careful you don't reach a point where the rest of the team get pissed off at seeing someone continually get games at the expense of their mates, while not performing well enough to justify his selection. The whole thing is a crying fecking shame. If he'd kicked on from his recent goals the way he usually does in seasons past then we'd be perfectly set for our next run of games. As it is, there's a cloud over the team right now. Which is a terrible situation to be in at the start of such a tough month.
 
There you have it, Pogue calling Rooney to be dropped, I've finally seen it all.
 
He should have really worked on his midfield game when he was given ample opportunity to play in that role. I just do not see him holding down no.9/10 for too much longer if he continues to put in lackluster performances. He should stick to Bastian like glue and learn from him if he wants to prolong his career at the highest level. Having the touch of a donkey does not help. His vision and passing variety is his only saving light.
 
Sky1981 said:
How long should we wait?

He has been playing like this for a good few month, how long should we wait?

What are we waiting for? Those ages aren't going to come back
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If it was up to me, he'd have been sold years ago.
But now with the current situation, I don't think we have a choice to stick with him until January at the very least. If he doesn't pick up his form by then, our season will be a write off in terms of challenging for the league and I'd honestly much rather the games go to Wilson. LVG though, seems to have a massive blind spot when it comes to Wayne, for reasons I really can't seem to understand.
 
Rozay said:
Indeed you are correct. Hasn't started the season consistently brilliant has Gribbin, but he has shown far more flashes of it than Rooney. And yes, I appreciate it's a different level.
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I wasn't making a point, just observing the unfortunate situation, given that Gribbin just put in the worst performance I've ever seen from him.
 
Lowkey said:
He should have really worked on his midfield game when he was given ample opportunity to play in that role. I just do not see him holding down no.9/10 for too much longer if he continues to put in lackluster performances. He should stick to Bastian like glue and learn from him if he wants to prolong his career at the highest level. Having the touch of a donkey does not help. His vision and passing variety is his only saving light.
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Playing in centre midfield takes a lot of running, as much as playing as a nine. Scholes' understanding of timing and space allowed him to do it. Rooney doesn't have the same game intelligence. Rooney also lacks Scholes' close control and short passing. He will never be a centre midfielder.

Rooney will however score at Arsenal and be man of the match. I thought he was dreadful against Wolfsburg, really dreadful. He does look lost right now. Still, he always responds when seriously questioned. You just feel when everyone is writing him off he will explode. If Rooney doesn't star on Sunday then he really is gone.
 
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I still expect him to score against Arsenal, despite his current problems. And that would be fantastic.
 
When Rooney missed that sitter yesterday, the camera showed LVG's reaction to it and he instantly went to write something down.

He must surely be dropped soon. Even if it's for a couple of games and him coming on as a sub - any other player would have been dropped by now.
 
He was abysmal yesterday. And I mean fking abysmal.

He couldn't trap anything to feet. He was tackled with his back to goal time and time again. A 19 yo French kid playing in a foreign league showed more heart and desire than Rooney, and was a million times better with his back to goal. Martial was holding up play for us, bringing others in. Rooney couldn't do any of this.

He was half assed jogging when they were dominating (after Schweini got subbed off...a terrible substitution and turned the nature of the tie). But yea, he wasn't tracking any of the runs and was giving away possession so cheaply. He has 0 pace, he is so predictable, there were moments when there were breaks on and he literally couldn't run more than 15 years before someone caught up.

He missed a sitter and his passing was fkin diabolical. They nearly scored off one of his shite cross field/along the floor passes that he was pissing around with just outside of our own box. He was utter shite. We were playing with 10 men essentially.

I'd love to know what our Rooney lovers thought of yesterdays performance. @UnofficialDevil @Mrs Smoker @NessunDorma .
 
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