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Well now Rooney is out injured. Great news. I hope it's not more than a week or two because we have only got 1 first team striker. Well now it gives Will Keane a chance. I would probably be more annoyed if I felt we had something to play for but, our season is pretty much over already.
 
Just play Martial and Memphis up top and counterattack like we did against Arsenal away last year and like Leicester have been doing this year.

I'm willing to bet anything that we will win more games. It is not like the current approach is working out brilliantly.
 
Oh shit.

He was starting to play well again. Now we're left with.... Will Keane as our 9?

Or will he move Martial there and give Memphis another try.
 
He's done well in January, but he was back to his usual shit performances in the last couple of games. Couldn't care less that he's injured.
 
Definitely not sold on Martial as a true CF in the premier league. Not yet at least.

Such poor squad planning.
 
Times saying he's out for 1-2 months. Time for Memphis to step up.
 
Yeah the rest of the media going with this too. Out for a couple of months. That in itself isn't a problem for us, his lack of a replacement is. How can we leave ourselves in a position where Rooney gets injured and we have no one who can replace him? Ridiculous.
 
devil in me said:
Yeah the rest of the media going with this too. Out for a couple of months. That in itself isn't a problem for us, his lack of a replacement is. How can we leave ourselves in a position where Rooney gets injured and we have no one who can replace him? Ridiculous.
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Martial's his replacement. With Depay or Lindgard coming in for Martial.
 
Wouldn't want to move Martial central as he's been doing brilliantly coming in from the left, we would also lose our only creative outlet, he won't have as much room to dribble playing upfront.
 
Van Gail was a big failure already but this might be a golden get out of jail excuse for him "I didn't have my main striker for two months"

Woodward might actually buy it and renew his contract. This is beyond jokes now. Don't even know what's worse a chairman who's clueless or a deluded failure of a manager.
 
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Wouldn't want to move Martial central as he's been doing brilliantly coming in from the left, we would also lose our only creative outlet, he won't have as much room to dribble playing upfront.
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He actually did plenty of dribbling when he was playing through the middle anyway
 
But yeah it's madness that we only have 2 established strikers in the squad, it's really poor management.
 
Triple.Threat said:
Van Gail was a big failure already but this might be a golden get out of jail excuse for him "I didn't have my main striker for two months"

Woodward might actually buy it and renew his contract. This is beyond jokes now. Don't even know what's worset a chairman who's clueless or a deluded failure of a manager.
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He'd be assassinated
 
Cassidy said:
He actually did plenty of dribbling when he was playing through the middle anyway
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He won't be getting the same amount of space he's been getting out wide against teams that pack their midfields.
 
You just know it'll take like another 3 months for him to get back on form once he comes back from injury.
 
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He won't be getting the same amount of space he's been getting out wide against teams that pack their midfields.
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I agree, but if you cast your mind back, he tended to drift out wide to create space for himself, which tended to create space for others. Plus his hold up play is also quite good.
 
kps88 said:
Martial's his replacement. With Depay or Lindgard coming in for Martial.
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Not for me. Martial is a left forward, not convinced by him up front at all. We don't have an out and out forward to come in unless we are looking to the young lads, it's ridiculous.
 
Throw the dice and let Keane play centrally flanked by Martial and whoever wastes the least amount of space on the right with Mata behind. Memphis should stay away from starting matches until next year. He's a complete liability.
 
It's possible we won't see the best of Rooney again this season knowing how long it takes him to regain form.

...Imagine if he is to be sold in the summer as well. Could come back in April, score the 5 or 6 goals needed to break Bobby's record and then that'll be that. No more Wayne Rooney. Off to China for crazy money.
 
I think it's a blessing.

We can see how the team fares without him for a run of games, and what influence it will have on our style of play.

The season is almost over and it presents others with a chance to step up. Either Keane comes in as a target man and grabs his chance, or Martial plays through the middle and Memphis takes up his preferred position as an inside forward.
 
We'll probably see more of Depay on the wing and Martial up top with no Rooney. Watch us start playing real football and it saves LVG's job.
 
This season is pretty much a write-off and it's a good opportunity for other players: Memphis, Keane, Januzaj
 
Can't believe we never played Depay as the striker again after the Watford game, maybe he'll get the chance now, although Martial on the left, and Depay up front won't go down well with a lot of fans, might work though.
 
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