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2015-16 Performances

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5.6 Season Average Rating
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41
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15
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6
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NessunDorma said:
Have a read of this pre-Van Gaal thread, on how Rooney and Van Gaal would get along: https://www.redcafe.net/threads/rooney-vs-van-gaal.391019/

Predictably, the usual suspects were convinced that Rooney was in for a rude awakening under Van Gaal. Dropped, sold, etc. How'd that one turn out for you?

I see the same wishful thinking here.
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Well it worked out really well for Van Gaal didn't it? Putting so much trust and faith in Rooney.

Let's hope Mourinho is smarter.
 
Playing very well in that midfield role. Love to see Rooney do well on the big stage.
 
Some of his crossfield passes have been glorious.. but the best one has to be the pass to Alli between the Russian defenders..
 
Has had an awful 2nd half so far. Has to be said. Russia's best chance came from his failed dribble and lack of work to win it back.
 
I don't know, I watch him play, and he has the "football intelligence" of a caveman. He may be effective at times, but you can literally watch the thoughts form in his mind as the ball reaches him, he stops, looks around, and decides what to do. There is no quick touch passing, no dynamic movement to receive the ball or open space for a teammate. His moves and decisions are almost all apparent to those around him before they happen. He is Captain Obvious. Obviously.
 
The thing with Wayne though, in any given situation, no matter how bad he's played, he can produce a moment of magic. Even in his darkest moments, of which there have been many over the past 3 years, he's still a good player that can do great things.
 
He was very good at times in the first half, but as I said in the match thread he was massively benefiting from the fact that England players were being afforded ridiculous amounts of space, therefore meaning he had as much time as he wanted to play those cross-field passes, and was a lot more likely to find a teammate considering they were often unchallenged.

It's not that much of a surprise he went missing in the second half once Russia showed a bit of an improvement and actually sort of came into the game.
 
Disappointed yet again. It's quite telling that the captain was subbed. It's quite indicative of how low his star has fallen.
 
Arguably best player on the pitch along with Dier... what a weird sub to take him off but leave on Alli, lallana or kane.
 
bosnian_red said:
Arguably best player on the pitch along with Dier... what a weird sub to take him off but leave on Alli, lallana or kane.
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My thoughts exactly.

Why are people criticising him? He was nowhere near the worst player on the pitch. Sterling, Kane and Alli werent great. Walker and Rose were very good along with Llalana, Dier and Rooney.
 
Hodgson screwed up taking his most experienced player and captain off. He had a very good game.
 
Yes individualy he didn't have a bad game but the team doesn't work best as a unit. It's like when we were trying to shoehorn giggs and at times scholes to the team in late fergie years. Barkley would not do worse what's more he would provide more drive.. rooneys le le gone from the start of the second half..just my opinion
 
m1y2 said:
Yes individualy he didn't have a bad game but the team doesn't work best as a unit. It's like when we were trying to shoehorn giggs and at times scholes to the team in late fergie years. Barkley would not do worse what's more he would provide more drive.. rooneys le le gone from the start of the second half..just my opinion
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Fair enough, but I actually thought he brought players into the game really well. The things England didn't do so well were the decision making on the flanks and some generally sloppy play in the final third. Thought the balance was fine with Rooney orchestrating things.
 
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