Rooney started taking our penalties this month, it was mata and herrera before him. So no not really. Martial played up top a decent amount, and as much as I love Martial, he's not as good of a goalscorer or have those instincts like ROoney does yet
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Something must have happened during his New Years Eve party that reminded him he's a good footballer! He's still nowhere near his best, but he's scored some cracking goals throughout January.
And in that time period he's for two pens. Martial was up front for about 5 games.
He is pretty much our only striker, even when he was our worst player he still stayed on the pitch and scored goals, it would be tragic if he wasn't our top scorer.
It's Derby, who are trash, but he's looked good tonight.
Just saw Rooneys goal wow!!! Amazing goal
We can only be encouraged.
We haven't got a cats chance in hell of doing anything this season without him scoring.
We haven't got a cats chance in hell of doing anything this season without him scoring.
First touch looked good too.
He's looking leaner than he has been in a long time.
Hopefully his poor form in the first half of the season was down to a fitness/lifestyle issue that has now been addressed.
Hopefully his poor form in the first half of the season was down to a fitness/lifestyle issue that has now been addressed.
Like Newcastle who were 2nd bottom when we played them
Danny Murphy entered the Guinness book of records tonight by being the first person to commentate on a match from Rooney's Colon.
I wish we could use him like a kicker in the NFL and just bring him on when we have the ball in a shooting position, as the rest of his play is still woeful for a line leading striker at a top club.
I wish we could use him like a kicker in the NFL and just bring him on when we have the ball in a shooting position, as the rest of his play is still woeful for a line leading striker at a top club.
Is it just me or did he look more lean ? Could be me probably having a drink or two.
The thing this, he was absolutely god awful against all opposition during the first few months. He couldn't get the simple things right. However, he seems to have rectified that and is fast becoming an actual threat. For the first time in ages, I have a good feeling when he gets on the ball. Very good performance.
Fecking brilliant.Thank God someone else saw this. Goal aside (and what a goal tbf), I thought he was pretty poor to be honest.
Anyone that says Rooney was poor tonight is simply fuelling an agenda, he was shocking up till Christmas but since the turn of the new year hes been excellent and scored some fantastic goals. If he played like this for the rest of the year I don't think you'd see many people complaining.... oh wait you probably would! Anyway long may it continue as he will be vital for any revival we need. Its just a shame that our midfield of Schneiderlin and Fellaini is about as mobile as a granny on stilts with the passing range of me (SHITE)
Great overall game and a wonder goal.
His all round game was class today, don't know what the feck some are you are watching. Games like this is where you can see who is just biased against him and criticizes just because they can't bring themselves to give praise where it's due.
Thank God someone else saw this. Goal aside (and what a goal tbf), I thought he was pretty poor to be honest.
Rooney is back, hope he keeps this up and we might just get top 4
Apparently it's just an agenda to not think what he did tonight was top #9 play, despite doing nothing but laying one ball off and hitting a good goal, the rest of his passing was poor and he still can't turn around or run.,
I'm not biased, I just watch enough football to know what a top #9 is supposed to play like, and one lay off and a goal does not make a top #9. We will never get this club back on track while he keeps starting every week.
If that's all that you saw him do then I seriously can't help you. His touch for once was consistently very good, he picked out good passes out to the wing first time plenty of times, and he started plenty of chances along with holding up the ball pretty well. He did basically as much as anyone could ask from your striker today. Is he a world class player still? Of course not, but today he had a really good game in every department. It's basically a bit above the normal type of performance that the likes of Lewandowski put in, so I'm not sure how someone could criticize him for that today.
Easy fella. Easy!!!
What? Above the normal Lewandwoski performance? I guess we really can't go anywhere with this mate, it's like we are watching different games so I'll just leave it.
Slightly above an average game for a top striker. Yeah. It's the best Rooney has played all season in terms of his overall game and it was against 2nd league opposition that people have to remember, so I'm not saying he's anywhere close to Lewa, but just the performance today was one players like Lewandowski would be happy with. Which is entirely accurate.
Personally I don't think so, Rooney had a simple chance to play Martial in, in the first half and over hit the ball, and more than once when it came to him he couldn't fend off the defender and turn so he just prodded at the ball back where it came from, sometimes it went to one of our players and sometimes it didn't. I can't say I've seen Lewandowksi struggle one on one against any CB in recent times or have a performance as ordinary as the one Rooney had tonight.
I was thinking that too, he does look leaner although I suppose that is how he's been for a long while now, looking sharper when the season is in full swing.
(I'm on the beer also though so its either that or we both secretly fancy Rooney)
I've never seen Rooney score so many great goals in such quick succession. When he's playing like this I wouldn't mind keeping him around as a backup next year.
Respect for turning his season around.
Credit where its due, I've been one of Rooney's biggest critics since LVG's arrival but he's done really well lately and doesnt look past it at all. It's good to know that the ability is still there, hope he keeps his form as we'll need it.
This is more for next season, but I think he should be more of an impact player / sub than a starter.
He had a good game today, passing was fairly accurate and held the ball better.
The difference today was though he played against 2 fairly average cbs who weren't athletic at all. They stood off him when he dropped off and allowed him to turn - doing this and giving him time lets him effect the game.
He did certainly look to have more energy today though, against Southampton he looked knackered before he even started. Maybe Coleen being heavily pregnant was effecting him more than we thought.
The difference today was though he played against 2 fairly average cbs who weren't athletic at all. They stood off him when he dropped off and allowed him to turn - doing this and giving him time lets him effect the game.
He did certainly look to have more energy today though, against Southampton he looked knackered before he even started. Maybe Coleen being heavily pregnant was effecting him more than we thought.
Really good goal. I still thought his touch was quite poor at times though. I like to think I don't have an agenda against Rooney and can view it pretty fairly so maybe I will need to watch it again. He's definitely been better in 2016 though.
Here ya go
Have a quick rub and come back more level-headed.
I'm perfectly level headed, anyone saying that performance tonight was good just shows how far the standards have dropped.
Nonsense.
No, the truth.
Tonight's performance was better, but standards HAVE dropped. Just listen to the posts around here. "Turned the season around"
Wayne Rooney is probably the only footballer in the world to have a tenured job, or a starting position i should say.
Tonight's performance was better, but standards HAVE dropped. Just listen to the posts around here. "Turned the season around"
It's crazy, like a thirsty man in a desert.
fecking finish
Wow! Talk about fallen standards. It makes me think if supporters on this forum only just started watching United in the last 3 years or they have forgotten what a world class United forward looks like. I'm seeing words like perfect, great, awesome and I'm thinking this is stuff Ruud did on an average day. I can't keep blasting Rooney but I feel the need to counter the overrating by fans, media and pundits alike. Tonight's performance was nothing more than an OK performance. It's the least you should expect from a PL forward against an underperforming championship side. It's an improvement from the nonsense we've been served for months but that's just it. Not world class, not very good but just a good performance.
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