Last year everyone was calling him our best striker. The media, the fans, the majority of people on this forum, etc. Some even went as far as to call him our best player. This was when we had the likes of Di Maria, De Gea, Mata, RVP, etc in our team.
Everyone was slating LVG for playing him in CM and playing RVP and Falcao ahead of him upfront.
Fast forward to the next season and Van Gaal places his entire faith in Rooney and sells all his other strikers including Chicharito to accommodate the main man. Rooney had an absolutely dire season. He failed to score a goal in 12 consecutive games at one point and LVG refused to drop him. Instead he was repeatedly standing up for him in the press conferences, saying garbage like "I told you so" when he finally broke the duck and scored a lucky tap in. This is the same manager who was hanging the likes of Mata and Schweinsteiger in the media by saying they've not been good enough, etc etc.
I was honestly embarrassed for the team this season. Thank god Rashford came onto the scene cause I don't think I could stomach watching Rooney up front again. His back was always turned to goal, 90% of the time he was chillin in midfield or making tackles in our own box so it left us absent up top. The guy can't dribble past players either. No pace whatsoever. Unless he manages to hit a long shot or score a tap in, we're fecked.
After realising he's had an absolute mare as a ST, all of a sudden he's a midfielder again. After saying last season he was a striker and should be played up front. Soon enough, he'll be saying he should be played in the number 10 position. And when that starts going wrong, "Oh I should be played up front again"
The best position for Rooney is on the bench. Preferably in Everton or even China. If we want to get back to the top, we need to be ruthless. Ferguson got rid of Beckham, Van Nistelrooy, Tevez, and more. So why are we still holding onto a player who's obviously past it? He's never gonna be a top CM. We're literally just playing him there because they're too afraid to drop him. Which leads me to believe there's a clause in his contract that states he must play every game when fit. And the club don't want anybody knowing about this.