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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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I won't lie. I really do dislike him as a person and as a player and currently cannot wait for the day he is gone from this club.

He was alright tonight though and a big improvement on his Villa performance. Hopefully the road uphill continues without the now regular dips in form where he performs like a 'drunken leper' (Credit to a poster above :lol:). More consistency, flicks/link up play like the one today plus a steady steam of goals and I might just open my mind to him deserving his place in the team. It's really not that much to ask from someone on 300k a week and the leading striker of a team challenging on all fronts, is it? I'd much rather him have a cracker of a season and be proved wrong than him having a stinker and affecting our chances at silverware. There's no 'agenda' to it, as some of here love to call out people for apparently possessing.

I concur. *thumbs up*
 
Playing much better last night., marvelous touch for memphis, but still not involved much. Seems the teams are still reluctant to pass to him or was it just me.

Hope he can keep this up now that he knows his position is not safe with januzaj and memphis in the team
 
Thought we was pretty good overall. Played Memphis through in the first half and that lovely backheel in the 2nd half. Also, played an absurdly good long pass to Mata in the 2nd half. Needs a goal though for his own confidence if nothing else.
 
Playing much better last night., marvelous touch for memphis, but still not involved much. Seems the teams are still reluctant to pass to him or was it just me.

Hope he can keep this up now that he knows his position is not safe with januzaj and memphis in the team

Wouldn't say much better. It was slightly better but doesn't look like an attacking threat what so ever. We need a top class striker in if we are to win trophies.
 
Almost got as good as average last night, which given the wankery that has been served up lately is a vast improvement.

Ive said it before and Ill say it again, I honestly think he is mentally weak, when the pressure or focus is entirely on him his play suffers. He is not a becks, Keane Ronaldo or Cantona who thrives under pressure.
 
Wouldn't say much better. It was slightly better but doesn't look like an attacking threat what so ever. We need a top class striker in if we are to win trophies.
If you guys signed a top class striker, and maybe a CB to partner Smalling, you could challenge for the title again.
 
He was better last night, but I have to agree with the general consensus, he still wasn't great.

Don't think playing him in different positions last season has helped. He seems to be all over the pitch at the moment trying to get involved. Given that he's operating as our lone striker, I'd like to see him camp out up top and be in the box whenever the ball is out wide. He needs to go back to the goal-poaching, header-scoring, always-looking-to-score Rooney of old.
 
I just think it is hard playing as a lone striker in Van Gaal's system because you don't get a lot of time on the ball. RVP and Falcao struggled with it as well.

Rooney has been down this road before when Queiroz had him sticking to a disciplined role up top after Ronaldo left.

He scored over 30 goals that season if my memory serves, but he was campaigning to have a second striker role and unhappy despite the goal tally.

This system is a bit different in that there isn't the approach of wingers barraging the penalty area with crosses to get onto.

Memphis and Mata have been more about build up play.

As I see it, Rooney's discipline will find space for the others to exploit.

If Depay, Januzaj and Mata start scoring enough goals, then the opposition will have to use their CBs to deal with that threat instead of suffocating the lone striker. When that happens Rooney will have the space to get goals and operate freely again.

It's a process as Van Gaal would say. For now Rooney is occupying defenders which should open things up for the rest of our attackers.
 
He was better last night, but I have to agree with the general consensus, he still wasn't great.

Don't think playing him in different positions last season has helped. He seems to be all over the pitch at the moment trying to get involved. Given that he's operating as our lone striker, I'd like to see him camp out up top and be in the box whenever the ball is out wide. He needs to go back to the goal-poaching, header-scoring, always-looking-to-score Rooney of old.

Hes always been that way, at left back one minute, upfront the next, in previous systems it was a strength, in this one he needs to be more positionally disciplined
 
I just think it is hard playing as a lone striker in Van Gaal's system because you don't get a lot of time on the ball. RVP and Falcao struggled with it as well.

Rooney has been down this road before when Queiroz had him sticking to a disciplined role up top after Ronaldo left.

He scored over 30 goals that season if my memory serves, but he was campaigning to have a second striker role and unhappy despite the goal tally.

This system is a bit different in that there isn't the approach of wingers barraging the penalty area with crosses to get onto.

Memphis and Mata have been more about build up play.

As I see it, Rooney's discipline will find space for the others to exploit.

If Depay, Januzaj and Mata start scoring enough goals, then the opposition will have to use their CBs to deal with that threat instead of suffocating the lone striker. When that happens Rooney will have the space to get goals and operate freely again.

It's a process as Van Gaal would say. For now Rooney is occupying defenders which should open things up for the rest of our attackers.

Querioz?

Strange as you must have been there at training. Because he was gone a year before Ronaldo left.

So I don't know what he had to do with Rooney as striker in 09/10.
 
Seemed to have license to drop deeper and get involved more. He is best as a #10 and his best moments were playing there
 
He's not getting as many touches as he likes, because when he does get it he's been really sloppy.

Hoping its just his usual early season dodgy form but I can't help feel its more than that. Hope he proves me wrong.
 
Can't help falling back on a supporting role ,where he looked more comfortable.
 
Beautiful touch for the Memphis chance but still just decent overall, and a poor team. He's fine generally helping the team out here and there but he simply doesn't look a Manchester United centre forward at all, right now. Either he bucks up or were in trouble this season. In fact Hernandez's movement impressed me more when he came on. Rooney plays more like a supporting number 10 to me.

Hope he bags a couple against Newcastle which elevates his whole game.
 
A bad start to the season and people on the Caf are saying ''Play Hernandez can't be much worse'' or such things like ''Gash as usual"

Are people bored of him or something? Seeing him up there again do people just want someone new now? Let's be honest last Summer if we had signed a proven international to play in the 10 role or even deeper (as Rooney did) and this player scored 14 goals and made many more (as Rooney did) they would be getting wanked dry by people on here. It's just because it's Rooney and we are so used to his quality and he isn't as good as he once was (which was one of the top Footballers in the world) that he gets such little praise.

Maybe people on here still haven't forgiven his two transfer requests.
 
A bad start to the season and people on the Caf are saying ''Play Hernandez can't be much worse'' or such things like ''Gash as usual"

Are people bored of him or something? Seeing him up there again do people just want someone new now? Let's be honest last Summer if we had signed a proven international to play in the 10 role or even deeper (as Rooney did) and this player scored 14 goals and made many more (as Rooney did) they would be getting wanked dry by people on here. It's just because it's Rooney and we are so used to his quality and he isn't as good as he once was (which was one of the top Footballers in the world) that he gets such little praise.

Maybe people on here still haven't forgiven his two transfer requests.
He played striker at the beginning at end of the season. The ending for even a decent while.
 
You know i might be wrong but Rooney looks so bored in that role,that if Berbatov was in his place,he would be "Is this how heaven looks like?"
 
Ok we know Rooney is going to have no serious competition and will not be dropped by LVG, basically stinking the place up with his pathetic first touches and scoring a couple of goals here and there to keep the "Rooney is great" bandwagon chugging along.
 
'I've had one bad game this season and every ones all over it' :lol: I really don't like this attitude. He's been bad ever since the Tottenham game last season and thought there were some good signs last night but it disappoints me that he doesn't have the balls to just accept he's been bad for a while hence the maybe slightly OTT criticism against Villa because that was just about as bad as it could get. Instead of downplaying his wank performances; I would have much rather seen a more honest reflection of himself and slightly more 'fight' and motivation to overcome this bad patch in form. It's just like he's trying to get everyone off his back. To be honest I don't care as long as he really does step up his game but if he carries on playing with such inconsistency and makes excuses like the one above, he should be gone.
 
Some interesting quotes in the article @#07

Rooney directly addresses the criticism.

It's early on in the season. Three games in, it's time for me to keep going. I've experienced this before and the goals will come, I know that.

I'm an honest guy. I know when I don't play well and against Aston Villa I was below my standards. I know that. I thought I had a good game [on Tuesday], could have had a goal or two, but that's football. It was a great night for us, obviously, getting the victory and hopefully we'll kick on from there.

It's important that we all chip in. He [Depay] managed to get off the mark this season. I've had one bad game this season and everyone's all over it. I know, I've had that throughout my career but hopefully at the weekend I can get off the mark.
 
Don't get the excessive Rooney criticism.

He may not have not started well enough, and putting aside any fan grievances for off the pitch antics from yesteryear, his career record and talents deserve our faith and support?
 
He's not had "one bad game." True, that Villa game is why Twitter was all over him, and also why even some of his staunchiest supporters have admitted he was terrible, but people who have been critical of him in the past have been questioning his awful bottom level and why he always seem to struggle with form more than any top player should. With a contract like his, and the captaincy to go along with it, some of us who grew up watching players like Keane, Beckham, Ronaldo etc expect a certain sort of standard.
 
He's not had "one bad game." True, that Villa game is why Twitter was all over him, and also why even some of his staunchiest supporters have admitted he was terrible, but people who have been critical of him in the past have been questioning his awful bottom level and why he always seem to struggle with form more than any top player should. With a contract like his, and the captaincy to go along with it, some of us who grew up watching players like Keane, Beckham, Ronaldo etc expect a certain sort of standard.

Never mind them. Compare him to other strikers in the league. None of them play like pub players as often as he does on their off days.
 
Never mind them. Compare him to other strikers in the league. None of them play like pub players as often as he does on their off days.

On his bottom level, he is actually one of the worst players in the league. On his top level, he is world class but that top level has come far too short lived and far inbetween in the last two seasons. As you said, there is literally no other striker, playing for a top team, out there who suffers from such inconsistency as does Rooney. It is simply not acceptable for someone of his calibre to go missing for 6 or so games at a time and negatively affect our attacking play to the point he does when in those patches of form. It wouldn't be that bad if he wasn't untouchable in both seasons either.
 
a bit of an improvement but he desperately needs to score to get his game and confidence back.

newcastle at home, if he can't get a goal in this game then...:nervous:
 
He's not had "one bad game." True, that Villa game is why Twitter was all over him, and also why even some of his staunchiest supporters have admitted he was terrible, but people who have been critical of him in the past have been questioning his awful bottom level and why he always seem to struggle with form more than any top player should. With a contract like his, and the captaincy to go along with it, some of us who grew up watching players like Keane, Beckham, Ronaldo etc expect a certain sort of standard.

I remember god awful performances from the three players you mentioned over their career, Ronaldo especially, its as if people forget the first three years of him falling over his own tricks and giving the ball away. Keano was as liable to be sent off as much as having an inspiring performance and after his hip surgery was practically a passenger to the rest of the team from 2003 onwards.
 
I remember god awful performances from the three players you mentioned over their career, Ronaldo especially, its as if people forget the first three years of him falling over his own tricks and giving the ball away. Keano was as liable to be sent off as much as having an inspiring performance and after his hip surgery was practically a passenger to the rest of the team from 2003 onwards.

No where near as frequent as Rooneys god awful performances and his bottom level is also a lot further down than any of them. As for your bit on Ronaldo; well go figure! He was 8 years younger than Rooney and in the stage where most players haven't developed their game yet. You're really going to use the performances of an 18-21 year old ronaldo to jusify Rooneys recently frequent bad performances at the age of 29 where he should be in the peak of his career? That's not even to mention Ronaldo wasn't captain of the team and earning no where near 300k a week.
 
On his bottom level, he is actually one of the worst players in the league. On his top level, he is world class but that top level has come far too short lived and far inbetween in the last two seasons. As you said, there is literally no other striker, playing for a top team, out there who suffers from such inconsistency as does Rooney. It is simply not acceptable for someone of his calibre to go missing for 6 or so games at a time and negatively affect our attacking play to the point he does when in those patches of form. It wouldn't be that bad if he wasn't untouchable in both seasons either.

I have problems with people who launch that statement, on a very good day everyone can be world class. Kevin Phillips once scored 30 goals with Sunderland, O'Shea once nutmegs Figo, and Gibson scores a screamer, but it's what you do week in week out that counts, one good game or one good run of 5 good games is not enough to label someone world class.
 
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