Awful yet again. A 19 year old who plays on the wing scores a harder chance than the one he got. I would be embarrassed if I was him, but then again, he lost his drive, no passion anymore.
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Why is he playing the full 90 minutes again?! Why?!
How much is he worth for United marketing-wise? I can't see any other reason than his famous name for not being dropped.
Fair play to you for not giving up on him yet.
I on the other hand would welcome a niggling injury to him.
Because him and LVG have some sort of special relationship.
Atrocious again, meant to be leading the line and was rarely an option to be hit with a ball, coasting around the place standing flat footed behind defenders when our midfielders were looking for options, getting rid of him from the club is the most urgent piece of business we need to look after in the immediate future. He earns the same money as Ronaldo and messi, it is stomach churning watching it.
I genuinely can't help but feeling that he's costing us points now, CSKA were nothing special, I really think we could have beaten them with Martial upfront.
Weird thing to say as Rooney is still playing as the main striker, while Scholes was a playmaker in deep midfield.
There's always an excuse. I wonder if there's any high-profile person brave enough to criticize him?
Scholes talking nonsense. Him giving the ball away, not capable of controlling it so many times and making no runs whatsoever is all down to others. He offers nothing whatsoever... unless you're on the opposition team.
The problem for me is his movement in the box. He massively struggles when there is limited amounts of space, he just doesn't know how to move and work space from a defender anymore.
I watch the best in aguero, lewandowski and Suarez and their little 5 yard movements in and out, working the channels and generally making gambling runs to the front or back post is just another level to what Rooney offers these days.
Yes if he's in space he can usually time a forward run well, but right now we rarely get that. We need a proper striker who works space, is comfortable in possession and doesn't mind moving regularly.
Oh wait we do in martial
I watch the best in aguero, lewandowski and Suarez and their little 5 yard movements in and out, working the channels and generally making gambling runs to the front or back post is just another level to what Rooney offers these days.
Yes if he's in space he can usually time a forward run well, but right now we rarely get that. We need a proper striker who works space, is comfortable in possession and doesn't mind moving regularly.
Oh wait we do in martial
So poor again, it really is like playing with 10 as people have said. Honestly, from tonight's performance I can remember a shot as the keeper closed him down, a weak header right at the keeper, a free kick which was so laughably bad Fellaini couldn't even reach it and just a bunch of times he gave away the ball to CSKA.
And it not just that he continues to play, it's that others such as Martial and Herrera have been/are still denied the chance to play in their best positions because for some completely unjustifiable reason he's protected by van Gaal from being dropped. I fully expect him to start again City and give us another performance of 'silent domination', let's see if he proves us wrong.
And it not just that he continues to play, it's that others such as Martial and Herrera have been/are still denied the chance to play in their best positions because for some completely unjustifiable reason he's protected by van Gaal from being dropped. I fully expect him to start again City and give us another performance of 'silent domination', let's see if he proves us wrong.
We've been over this so many times, but I honestly can't get over it. What other player that LVG has managed, has ever gotten the same treatment, despite offering nothing to a team? I'm honestly curious. Even SAF hauled him off, and that was when he was a great player.
Maybe LVG thinks he cant get rid so...ah forget it. Going to bed.
It's absurd. He's so blind to it, it's surreal. The coaching staff seem to agree with it, I mean how can they all not see what all the fans see? What am I missing? It's mind-boggling.
LVG even called Rooney his best captain ever ffs.
been defending Rooney, but it doesnt seem that keeping playing him is gonna get him out of his slump, maybe he needs to join memphis of the bench for a while
He was pretty anonymous again. Not a blatant liability like he has been, where we play with basically 9 men due to his his poor touches and passing. But a liability in that we essentially played with 10 men.
When did he say this ? He's living in some fantasy land he if thinks he will be leading the line next season let alone for years to come.
The problem with Rooney is he's reached the point where he can play 10 crap games in a row and then one half good performance and the media will say the ten games were a blip and base their evaluation of him on the 11th game and what he was 3 years ago. I can only assume that either a) LVG is the same or b) he doesn't want to drop one of the few leaders* we have left.
*I've never been convinced that he's a leader tbh. He gives out to his teammates and appeals but that's all I've ever seen him do that could be described as leadership.
*I've never been convinced that he's a leader tbh. He gives out to his teammates and appeals but that's all I've ever seen him do that could be described as leadership.
Right now, I would put Smalling and Schweinsteiger a hell lot higher than Rooney in the pecking order of people who can take the armband on a permanent basis. At some point, we will have to stop and think a second about who should wear the armband while being a real go-to player on the pitch.
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Oh yeah, totally agree but in reference to your point, there's a reason people expect so much from him, that being it.
Is Scholesy that afraid to throw rocks at his buddy even when the latter is playing like crap? He shouldn't be.
I wonder if those lads in balaclavas still have their crowbars? Perhaps they could show up at Rooney's house again and offer moving help?
It really beggars belief how useless he's become.
It really beggars belief how useless he's become.
He's wank, we might as well play with 10 men because playing with Rooney is like playing against 12 men at times.
what do professional coaches and former players see in him that we don't see? I'm truly at a loss.
Ah... Forget it.
I wonder what giggs view on his cronies continually being shite
I wonder what giggs view on his cronies continually being shite
I would love to see the team reviewing footage of the games. They must just sit there in an awkward, uncomfortable silence as they watch Rooney give the ball away, fail to press, and not pose any sort of threat behind the defence. I have no idea if Van Gaal would actually highlight it, and if he does then obviously there are no consequences for Rooney failing to remedy it.
Proof a compilation can make anyone look good.
Does anyone feel as if he often forgets all the basic fundamentals of football sometimes?
Like looking up before crossing a ball? or making runs?
Like looking up before crossing a ball? or making runs?
Just listening to the latest UWS podcast and the contrast between the support from the match-going faithful and the abuse he receives in here is quite telling.
Everyone accepts he is not firing but why not support him rather than write him off and hang him out to dry?
Everyone accepts he is not firing but why not support him rather than write him off and hang him out to dry?
AMAZING SKILL SHOW!!*
*Actually just a video of a few tap-ins and some slow motion close-ups of his face. Oh, and he does a couple of backheels.
Hes been poor recently but hes still been better than memphis.
Correct me if im wrong but hes our top scorer too isn't he?
I agree his future doesn't look great (i'd be surprised if he tops Bobby Charlton tbh)
but still think he'll have his uses this season.
Think people are exaggerating how poor hes been too.
Correct me if im wrong but hes our top scorer too isn't he?
I agree his future doesn't look great (i'd be surprised if he tops Bobby Charlton tbh)
but still think he'll have his uses this season.
Think people are exaggerating how poor hes been too.
He was repeatedly beaten to the ball by Russian central defenders. Generally damn near the slowest group in Europe, and they're all well into their 30s now.
His legs have gone, and he isn't going to adjust his game like Totti. I don't think his skills have dropped off a ton, as much as it is his mobility. He just can't get open without the ball or carry it forward when he gets it. Without that in his game, he's not effective. There are players who are, but he ain't one of them.
We simply have to move on. He needs to be sold in January or the summer, even if only for a pittance to PSG, MLS or some other acronym. Getting his wages off the books will basically equal what the attacking replacement and new LCB we need.
Martial up top and Memphis-Herrera-Mata behind him, with the best attacking player we can find in the summer pushing one to the bench when everyone is healthy.
Either Wilson is the new 2nd choice #9 or we find another one; A Hernandez or Diouf style 3-7M pound punt on a hungry young player with some pace our scouts like to compete with him would be fine.
His legs have gone, and he isn't going to adjust his game like Totti. I don't think his skills have dropped off a ton, as much as it is his mobility. He just can't get open without the ball or carry it forward when he gets it. Without that in his game, he's not effective. There are players who are, but he ain't one of them.
We simply have to move on. He needs to be sold in January or the summer, even if only for a pittance to PSG, MLS or some other acronym. Getting his wages off the books will basically equal what the attacking replacement and new LCB we need.
Martial up top and Memphis-Herrera-Mata behind him, with the best attacking player we can find in the summer pushing one to the bench when everyone is healthy.
Either Wilson is the new 2nd choice #9 or we find another one; A Hernandez or Diouf style 3-7M pound punt on a hungry young player with some pace our scouts like to compete with him would be fine.
Because a seasoned veteran like him should know a hell lot better than anyone else how to pull himself out of the hole. I have seen other seasoned veterans at United able to get back on track after a slump, but people just don't have that same level of confidence with Rooney when it has been a few years in a row that he has been shite. The last time I lost faith in a long-serving veteran player when Gary Neville was in his last few miles for us; Rooney is walking close to that kind of situation.
Match going fans should basically never boo the players. It's not going to help anyone's confidence and it doesn't make anyone want to play for us. I think booing a manager is an acceptable last resort when the club needs to know he's lost the support of the fans and so can in theory be defensible, but that's about it.
But this forum? Rooney isn't reading this.
Indeed, throw in some pre-season clips to pad it out a bit as well. As a side note, including a slow motion shot of his spit flying across the screen was a sight to behold.
What grates my teeth more than his shite performances are the people who continually make excuses for him. Why does Rooney, at centre forward, need fast players around him? Did Van Persie have that when he was scoring goals en route to our 20th title?
Hell no!
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