[Djemba-Djemba]

He offers absolutely no threat whatsoever. He doesn't remotely look like scoring.

When we finally had some urgency in the last 10 minutes he did feck all. He should be dropped.

 

[Tosicsleftpeg]

Was dreadful after the first 20 did nothing. Hernandez came on and looked twice the player.

 

[Ludens the Red]

Getting embarrassing now, he seems to be walking through games too, expect the usual excuses to come out from his usual fanboys but were basically playing with a cone up front and I'm sick of it, can't be bothered to make runs , can't control the ball, gives away possession, always overplaying it. It's such a tiresome act now.

 

[JPRouve]

Fellaini as 9. Rooney as 10. Januzaj as bench next time then.

He can't control a ball or make a short pass and you want him as a 10.

 

[Jazz]

Put him on the bench for a spell - might do him so good. Tired of the Rooney debate. If he's not scoring, take him off. I know it's still early, but the thing I was most worried about seems to be happening - we are winning feck all with Rooney as the talisman. Don't know if physically it's not there anymore or what but it is suicidal to stick with him as the main man for the rest of the season imo.

 

[Slevs]

He had a volley that should have gone it blocked. Onside(?) goal called off. Involved in play a lot more than his previous games. He's getting better, stop calling him shite.

 

[Wowi]

You can talk about lack of service etc. all you want, but good strikers make chances on their own as well. Look at the strikers we're up against in many games - they get the ball completely alone, but still manage to create a couple of dangerous situations during the game. Rooney creates feck all these days and often stops our attacks due to poor touches. I have no idea why he's seemingly the first name on the team-sheet - Hernandez seems to have better link-up play at the moment, and his runs are miles better. Times like this makes you wish he had actually fecked off before Moyes came in and bend over for him.

He had a volley that should have gone it blocked. Onside(?) goal called off. Involved in play a lot more than his previous games. He's getting better, stop calling him shite.

He can "get better" and still be terrible. If a blocked shot and what looked to be a marginally offside goal is good enough then the standards have truly hit rock bottom.

 

[kouroux]

He was average, again. Physically weak and technically garbage.

 

[K2K]

You realise there are still 35 PL games to be played?

He has scored 2 away goals since the West Ham game away...When David Moyes was still Manager..he has hardly set the house on fire at O.T either..

 

[amolbhatia50k]

And play where we don't need him, in the first half he was on the wing when he was needed in the box.

That too. Half the time he's interested in dropping off and pulling the strings. Most likely because he loses all his duals with back to goal. That's very worrying for a number 9.

 

[Rooney in Paris]

This thread is incredible

 

[United22]

Oh the abuse I suffered when I said he wouldn't score 10 goals this season. Where are those people know?

He's completly shit.

I'm still looking for the nutjobs who said he would score over 20 goals this season. All gone into hiding

 

[MAME DIOUF 32]

This is what the club has caved in to, twice. He'll be in the MLS at 32 and retired at 34.

 

[dannyrhinos89]

You realise there are still 35 PL games to be played?

You realise the level rooney is currently playing at? It is worse than pub team sunday league strikers and the fact he shows no sign of improvement in the near future.

 

[Baxter]

Doesn't have pace, no physical threat to the defenders and his touch is awful. The only way he will scoring is if he's clean through. And he messed that up against Spurs.

 

[Manny]

promising in the first 20mins, has gone to his poor standard since

Yeah what was up with that. I thought he finally pulled his finger out but no.

This thread is incredible

You thought he was good?

 

[drdoityourself]

He just doesn't have the acceleration anymore. Getting burnt by Mbemba in the corner in the first half. Without pace or top class technique, you aren't getting anything these days. We need a striker to replace him.

 

[coolredwine]

That moment when Mitrovic robbed him, jesus christ! And to think that he is supposed to be world class.

 

[JPRouve]

This thread is incredible

I don't show it but I'm having a meltdown.

It's like playing with an handicap.

 

[Raees]

He is on £300K a week, how on earth is that possible?

 

[kouroux]

Doesn't have pace, no physical threat to the defenders and his touch is awful. The only way he will scoring is if he's clean through. And he messed that up against Spurs.

Or a pen.

 

[lem8sh]

He is on £300K a week, how on earth is that possible?

Until 2019 as well I think.

 

[Joga Bonito]

Decent first 15-20 mins when the entire team was playing well but an extremely average/anonymous second half. Drops deep, plays a safe square pass and then lumbers forward - rinse and repeat.

 

[Name Changed]

This thread is incredible

Are you trying to say he was good or something?

 

[Rooney in Paris]

You thought he was good?

I thought he was good during the first half, then anonymous during 30 minutes in the second, and a bit better towards the end. He served Mata with a superb chance (the pass was very good, if Mata had a bit of a right foot it would've been a great goal), had a goal disallowed harshly (wrongly, imo) and had a couple of other half chances.

So no, not excellent but a decent performance overall. And if people think he's our problem at the moment, they're bonkers.

 

[26andahalfyears]

He played well and score some decent goals when played as a striker last season. Then he was dropped back in midfield and people started complaining.
Now we put him back as a striker and the player has a run of poor games and people already want him out of the club.He will come out good. He is no Lambert or Balotelli. He is Wayne Rooney. He is our team captain for Christ's sake.

 

[OnlyTwoDaSilvas]

His best game of the season so far. Still not good though, not utterly terrible either, but still far away from what he should be capable of. Whether he is still capable, it remains to be seen.

 

[lem8sh]

Only the second game in 21 Premier League matches in 2015 that he's had more than one shot on target.

 

[UnofficialDevil]

He was fine, it could so easily have been a goal and an assist for him today. His goal was onside and he gave Mata a goal on a plate which Mata fecked up. He was no worst or better than the rest of the team. I'm more annoyed at Memphis and Shaw at not being able to pass the ball to him when he is unmarked in the box.

 

[Truedevil]

This is what the club has caved in to, twice. He'll be in the MLS at 32 and retired at 34.

No one's going to pay 300k a week for him.

 

[pseudo_canadian]

Still waiting for those goals to come, Wayne.

 

[jeff_goldblum]

Another very poor performance. In this form I'd have Fellaini up top ahead of him in a heartbeat.

 

[Lay]

Anonymous second half. We are picking out one or two good things he did in the game and call it a 'decent performance'.

 

[LARulz]

Makes more sense to drop him, really. Wont happen mind

Yeah, I'd agree that I'd rather play a couple games without him but as you say, that won't happen. Best option would be to drop in the 10 position if he won't sit on the bench

 

[Obiorahking_]

I think he looked much better in the number ten role..

 

[Rooney in Paris]

Only the second game in 21 Premier League matches in 2015 that he's had more than one shot on target.

That's not unsurprising though, and not really his fault I'd say. We're extremely cautious in the third half of the pitch, I doubt there's many of our players who get a lot of shots on goal in a single game very often.

 

[Get In Scholesy]

As poor as he was, this was still his best game all season. Might not be saying much, but hey it was much better than his first 3 games.

I don't think he's past it yet, but he needs to get into form asap, we need him scoring goals to make a difference.

 

[Bobcat]

Slightly better than his first two games, but thats not saying much. Needs to get his shit together ASAP. Would like to see him in the hole behind Chica next game. Him as a lone striker is not working atm

 

[Orton]

"He was fine"

Yeah, no goals in almost 15 hours is totally fine. No bother Wayne, good shift.

 

[lem8sh]

That's not unsurprising though, and not really his fault I'd say. We're extremely cautious in the third half of the pitch, I doubt there's many of our players who get a lot of shots on goal in a single game very often.

Seems pretty uninspiring to me, both in terms of Rooney and the team's attacking intent as a whole.