Still not impressive, but he's definitely improved over the last two games.
Hope for all our sake he continues.
Hope for all our sake he continues.
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- Assists
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He isn't even a goal threat anymore, that situation when he had 36 year old Mcauley ahead of him in one on one situation in the first half and his first thought was to turn back and see if he can pass it backward just sums him up.
All around, decent game and at least he is not stopping us from playing like he did all season, but as a number 10, not good enough.
All around, decent game and at least he is not stopping us from playing like he did all season, but as a number 10, not good enough.
A competent but underwhelming performance today. He is a very easy player to defend, he simply can't push past anyone with speed or physicality. Once he bounces off the defensive force field, his only option is his trademark outlet pass wide right.
A better performance tbf
Did fade as the game went on though
Did fade as the game went on though
If you don't follow united and read this thread you'd think he plays like messi today while in reality even lingaard plays better than him. Even if you discount the goals, he's hungry and dangerous, keeps the ball well.
Best performance of the season is not even as good as the new kid on the team.
How the mighty have fallen
Best performance of the season is not even as good as the new kid on the team.
How the mighty have fallen
Not bad, a solid 6/10. His touch was better, but dont think hes a number 10. Dont even think hes a number 9 and defo not a midfielder. Its a tough one, but hes captain so will continue as number 10 to fit him in. (Probably would be better on the left or right of a three behind striker so he can cross the ball). Actually think that would be his best asset.
He just never looks like he's going to do much in terms of goal-scoring. He looks bloody petrified of shooting the ball.
He's been so poor this season. People are settling for performances where he can actually control the ball.
Bizarre. The majority viewpoint is that he played better but wasn't a threat.
If you didn't know which site you were on you would think you were on a Liverpool forum.
Average performance, did the basic things alright. Just meh.
We have a blunt instrument as a number 10. He did the basics which is an improvement on his usual of the season which is dog shite. It wasn't a good performance, nor a bad one.
He's a lot better when he has someone playing in front of him which allows more space for Rooney to operate in. I have no problem with him playing at 10 instead of Herrera.
Taking this season into consideration this was a good game. On the whole, the team obviously requires a lot better from a player in that role.
Baby steps...
Baby steps...
He did. Im not denying that. His best performance of the season. Probably this and everton.
But i dont think anyone could argue thst lindgaard has a better game than him. And his best performance of the season is just par.
He's from Warrington not Copenhagen.
I blame it on the fat finger, fat fingers, curse youuuuu
No you wouldn't.
Amazing how far our expectations of Rooney have fallen. That said, he had a decent-average match. Not done much wrong & that touch on the touch line was exquisite. I guess that is progress.
He was okay today without ever really doing anything threatening. He seemed to give the ball away less which was good and his touch was better than it has been this season. An odd performance for LVG to finally sub him.
He looked like a PL player today, that's a marked improvement. He has to add goals and assists to his game though because his stats in the league are appalling. His only proper contributon in the EPL has been the third goal against Everton in a 3:0 win. Actually, we would be in the same position in the table if we discounted his goals against Sunderland and Everton.
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Seriously? Even the old Rooney was only decent+ as a #10, where as Herrera always looks dangerous there. Not trying to take a dig at Rooney here, but he never was, and never will be a midfielder. He simply does not have the tactical and technical skills to be effective there, where as he is/was an incredible forward player
He's going to play no matter what, any improvement is welcome, let's hope he can keep improving by adding some more goals.
Dont agree that hes not a goal threat. He scored a goal 4 days ago ffs.
He hasn't been good this season and our attack in general has been unbalanced and pretty poor but hes played well last 2 games.
People are far too critical of him.
He hasn't been good this season and our attack in general has been unbalanced and pretty poor but hes played well last 2 games.
People are far too critical of him.
Didn't see the game but from reading the match report and this thread - sounds like more nepotism going on.
If he's an average player on 300k/week, then he's got to go. End of story.
If he's an average player on 300k/week, then he's got to go. End of story.
If it was say Januzaj giving these performances he would be dropped (see the start of the season when he played as well as Rooney is now in the couple of games he played), but as its Rooney he carries on. If people are pleased by his performance today then that shows how far his ability has lowered, as he is a shadow of his former self. In my opinion a player on his wages should be giving a 8/10 performance at the very least almost every game. Rooney has given us maybe one of these all season, its not good enough. Time to move him on.
He's getting paid stupidly high wages. It matters whether a load of morons try to tell us it doesn't or not. His wages should reflect his value and his value is currently no better than a mid-low level PL player and that's on his better days.
He's getting defended because he's Wayne Rooney - he deserves more criticism, not less.
One goal is enough for you ? He really doesn't even inspire danger never mind goalscoring anymore.
I think #10 is where he's best, I've thought that for about 3 years now. His tendency to fade out of the game for periods doesn't affect the team as much as it does when he plays up front.
And I don't think Herrera is that good there either, I think he's best as a kind of hybrid #10/#8. He can play well in both positions but lacks key qualities to ever be a consistent success in either, imo.
Ander seems to be good when we have bored a team into submission or have a very narrow lead and they have to come out and try to score against us. He laid on the ball for Valencia for Martial to equalise in Russia, today a lovely pass for Martial to run onto for the penalty when WBA were trying to hit us on the break.
How long does that one goal buy him before people can point out he wasn't a threat, another 4-5 games? When he goes on a decent run of form the criticism will ease off.
Am I the only one that thought he should have shot first time in the build up to Mata's missed opportunity?
He had the chance to whack it first time right on the edge of the box. It was probably a better chance than the one Mata was eventually presented.
He had the chance to whack it first time right on the edge of the box. It was probably a better chance than the one Mata was eventually presented.
He doesn't havr the believe anymore, it's pretty obvious. Rooney of yesteryear would havr at least make a nice hard shot a few touch earlier.
His best game of the season. Tidy in everything he did, like most of our players, and also very functional rather than exciting, like so many of our players. I gave him a 6. At least his touch is looking better, and he's finding his rhythm again a bit as the no.10. We need more than functional performances, though, and that's the problem with our whole attack at the minute. Lingard and Martial breathe a bit of life into it, but we have to show more patience in the final third to pick out passes between the lines; there are far too many crosses and lobbed balls from central areas at the moment.
I think it really tells a story when we're applauding Rooney for not making mistakes. People talk of how we're a big club, but we're clearly willing to accept mediocrity from Rooney now and it'll keep holding us back.
Probably his best performance of the season, and it was still a 6/10 type performance in all honestly.
He just doesn't do all that much. He kept it tidy today but he never really looked a threat or have them on the backfoot. It's not good enough in my opinion.
Did not lose the ball in a daft manner more than a couple of times, only one wayward shot and pass each, completed some of his passes. 10/10.
He just looks a very limited player now. Thought he played alright today without really doing anything, couple of nice touches maybe. He's just not creative enough and doesn't seem to be able to create space for himself to either pick a pass or get a shot off. I'm not happy with him playing at 10 when we have at least two better options.
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