Worried about relying on Rooney. Just hope it's just opening game blues and he improves...
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- Assists
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- Yellow cards
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Armband>Coconut
Got a "Rooney Rooney!!" for taking the ball to the corner, his best contribution in 94 minutes. World class.
The previous seasons he played upfront, he seemed stronger on the ball and was scaring CBs. Nowadays they deal with him easier.
Most of the players in both sides looked unfit and rusty I thought. Quite bizarre. I thought we were under cooked in pre-season, whilst Spurs have been overcooked.
He did the tactical side of his game OK but he was very poor on the goal.
Matchday fans opinions > Everyone else.
Literally no service. His first touch wasn't bad today.
Decent on the build up, but needs ti push higher if he is our loan striker.
He looked absolutely shattered today.
Well, they do see a lot more than "everyone else". (well, save for neutrals and other team fans on stadium!)
Decent all around game(finally) but whoever thinks he is quick needs to check his eyes.
In before someone posts the stats.
In before someone posts the stats.
Haters gonna hate. He wasn't outstanding but some making out as if he's useless. He was fine.
Have to say i would have expected any top striker to hit that chance first time into the net. Rooney definitely bottled it and did not act on instinct like he should have in that situation. I really hope he gets out of he's head and starts putting those away or we have a huge problem. Luckily it did not cost us today!
Sluggish. Very average game.
He looked slow and a bit laboured, but then again 'Wayne Rooney in having a slow start shocker'.
Im sure he'll be up to speed soon enough.
Im sure he'll be up to speed soon enough.
We created two chances for him, all day (I think) and we managed to get a goal from one. We need to up our creativity and speed up our play when going forwards; otherwise, Rooney will suffer the most.
Did sweet f*ck all really, but the service wasn't good.
Looks and moves like 40. Got absolutely no balls form our wings though.
Patchy performance. Not terrible. Some flashes of good link up play. We just created very little.
poor service to him today but when he did get it he took too long to shoot. drifted into midfield a lot too to help out. as always he does whatever it takes.
If running the ball into the corner is all our supposed best player can offer then we're in trouble. I don't think he played badly or anything, but he didn't really do anything positive either.
Has it been considered that Rooney's body just isn't up to it now?
He has already played a careers worth of top flight football, I'm sure it's taken it's toll.
He is my biggest worry for the season, that LVG will believe the hype and rely on him as our main striker.
He has already played a careers worth of top flight football, I'm sure it's taken it's toll.
He is my biggest worry for the season, that LVG will believe the hype and rely on him as our main striker.
Whilst I thought our build up and supply was shit, Rooney was part of that.
I thought his movement and passing was shocking at times. Hoping its just a slow start to the season rather than him being a bit shit.
I thought his movement and passing was shocking at times. Hoping its just a slow start to the season rather than him being a bit shit.
Fergie was right to try to ship him out a few years back. I honestly think he's been on the decline for a few years now.
He has done for a couple of seasons.
He was OK. We struggled immensely, just like last season, in the build up. There's just too much space between our defensive unit and our attacking unit, the striker in particular. We hardly ever have possession in the final third, which means it's always going to be difficult for the striker to impose on the game much.
That said, it was extremely poor of him not to finish that chance, but thankfully Walker came to his aid.
That said, it was extremely poor of him not to finish that chance, but thankfully Walker came to his aid.
When was that?
he was average in the first half and slightly worst in the second, the corner flag world class piece of play was simply world class, still world class player
It's the sort of game people wanted Falcao and RVP shipped out for, ultimately.
Don't know if it's the lack of service or not, but he was awful.
When he brought in RVP and Kagawa.
Worrying performance. As things stand, our season depends big time on him having a great season, and he just looked average today. Nothing stood out about him. Hoping for a lot more in the coming games. He needs to match the likes of Costa and co.
He can't take on one deffender ,can't dribble and bad first touch and that is not title contender striker
I know it sounds bitter and small-time but I still haven't forgiven him for his acting in that wine advert.
Apart from that, he now looks like Wilson from Cast Away with a lump of straw on top. To be fair though, he remains the best at evacuating snot from his nostrils and onto the hallowed turf...although RVP was better at it.
Apart from that, he now looks like Wilson from Cast Away with a lump of straw on top. To be fair though, he remains the best at evacuating snot from his nostrils and onto the hallowed turf...although RVP was better at it.
Walker saved his blushes. There's not much to say really, these performances are just something you get in return for the in-form Rooney.
Prior to Moyes taking over SAF had decided that Rooney was surplus to requirements. It was Moyes who convinced Rooney to sign a new contract. He looks like he's done at this level. Would not be CF for any of the top clubs not Europe.
Falcao esq today.
He is never going to match the level of the other elite strikers in Europe, let alone the league such as Costa and Aguero. People (and more importantly LVG) need to accept that he is past his peak and on a decline, world class is out the equation and its questionable to whether he is even a consistent top class player. Whether or not he gets back into form, we all know that he will drop out of form and have the touch of a pub striker for another 3 or 4 games down the line and this will repeat throughout the season. Personally I don't even predict him to get over 20 goals this season , like a lot on this forum are. The worrying thing is there are a lack of top class strikers to choose from in Europe, so we are stuck with him for the next few years
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