You could make a video of his first touch set to the Benny Hill theme, absolute waste of time and the fact he is not only is undroppable but also unsubable is hurting the team at this point.
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You'd still manage to throw the ball in the net even after that Tim.
A very apt analogy.
Not sure what some expect Van Gaal to answer in public about Rooney...
It's the same things over and over again. Poor hold up play, first touch, and passing. No system in the world is capable of killing any of those traits. At least under Moyes he played with explosiveness and went past players, but there was no way he could have kept that up. The most annoying thing is that we still have fans who think he's not to blame. We either have to build a team around him and add in pace, blame our wingers/midfielders for not creating chances for him, or play him as a #10 (he's better than Ozil of course).
Falcao and Van Persie were poor last season - while Rooney got away with the same amount of criticism they received - but he can't hide now. He's only had two top performances since the end of last season. Which is shocking.
Yep. Though to be fair, the media gets a bit obsessed with certain people, like with Gerrard etc and everything - good or bad - is always about them. Never the team, only those individuals. So in one way I understand LVG being sick about it. However, he needs to realise that this is a valid line of questioning. But like you say, if he had anything good to say he wouldn't mind. Needs to grow a pair before all this causes dissent in the dressing room. And believe me, it will eventually.
No I think that's fair enough, but I expect more from Rooney. He's obviously never been gifted with a quality first touch, but I expect him to hold the ball up better and bring others into play. Completing only 55% of your passes is terrible. Against Everton he looked threatening and made a couple of excellent runs and could have scored two. Today he was abysmal.
He has no problem calling other players out, Rooney shouldn't be an exception.
Not as sick of it as we are enduring that sub-par shit week-in week-out. How dare LVG dismiss it like that!?
He has no respect for the fans, clearly.
He's teetering very close to the edge that Moyes was tipped over!
I've just heard that on Talksport. That is not good.
Who did he call out ?
I genuinely believe that van Gaal does not see his performances as poor or sub-par. He's in love with the player and his work rate.
Where did yu get that stat? Sounds absurd.
No one in this particular game but he certainly has in the past.
BBC.
BBC.
Was so hard for him today. I was at the game and sometimes there were no options at all for him.
Correct thing to do. You don't single out your player in public no matter how bad they play.
Personally, I can't remember the last time he made me hard.
Are you being serious or sarcastic?
Serious.
Three times in a five minute period today he had the ball and was ready to pass but literally NO options. No he didn't play well at all but I can't imagine others doing much better.
Who ?
Cheers. I suppose he completed some forward passes though, so he was OK (according to his fans).
I'm not going to go dig through old quotes of LVG's, I know I've heard him criticize various players after games for losing the ball etc.
Wouldn't Martial have been better at 9? I would have even have taken Rooney out wide.
Mata and Young, I am sure he said something after one game, which tbf is unusual.
They wouldnt,if he wasnt English,same shit with questions for JM about Terry.If we win 10:0,Ander 9 and Rooney 1,they would ask something like " Lui,your captain scored a nice goal today,do you hope he keeps it in same fashion for future games?"
Martial would have done better. Not even a question.
EDIT: Wilson might have stretched them more. Mata would have had better passing as a false 9. Fellaini would have won a few headers. DDG might have trapped the ball once.
You'll easily find him commenting about individual mistakes, like Martial's handball against CSKA, but very rarely when the entire performance was shite and when a player has struggled for some time
He needs to be sold in the summer but the problem is who'll be the takers with those insane wages.
Just gotta make sure you put Rooney in your line up prediction every game. At least you get one right.
At this point. Let him leave for free. Sell him to PSG or someone else with more money than sense.
Utter crap, no longer surprised.
Rapidly loosing faith in Lvg
Rapidly loosing faith in Lvg
Let him go for free I say, that the least we can do for the years of service he's put in. Not good enough now, we are utd, we are 1 of the richest clubs in the world, we do not need to cash in on him. If he kick up a fuss a says he wants paying out his contract then and only then we should be looking for a fee.
For me this is becoming the biggest problem I have with LVG. I think we are dropping points with his handling of this so called captain.
I think he still has 2 and half years contract to run, no ?
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