Not as bad as he was against Villa but certainly worse than mid week and he was meant to push on from that today
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That stuck out like a sore thumb. He just does not have the dribbling ability and his pace is gone. Add to that his poor first touches and I wonder how on earth is LVG not seeing that.
we could have a whole XI better than him for that wages. Just imagine that. OMG
I know right, more worrying though the man that matters....LVG, he seems to have some sort of blind idiotic faith in him too.
Honest to God if we don't sign a striker this window then Lvg is a complete idiot. All this "signings are a process" bollocks is getting very tiresome now. "we only buy players that will improve us" blah blah, If that's the case might aswell go sign Jamie vardy, as he would be an immediate improvement on Rooney.
I can't disagree, but I think that's just the way we're set up.
The other players on similar wages are Messi and Ronaldo..I cry when I think that we dont even get half of what they give their teams..
What annoys me is Van Gaal seemed content to ship out RVP/Falcao and not bring in anyone else on the back of Rooney telling him he'll score a ton of goals if played as the striker. If you're going to claim that you better back it up.
300k a week should get you an Aguero/Hazard/Suarez level player.
300k a week should get you an Aguero/Hazard/Suarez level player.
He doesn't make runs and can't beat CBS in the air. Add in the horrible first touch and he's really just hurting us at the moment. Drop him, stop the coddling.
Severly disappointed in Rooney.
Slow.
Weak.
Inconsistant.
Are we really going to keep with this guy being our main striker?
His performance today was utter garbage.
He's on a good one here.. Captain (first name on teamsheet), undropable, no decent competition for his place in the team and on 300 grand a week!
Feck he must crap bars of gold!
Slow.
Weak.
Inconsistant.
Are we really going to keep with this guy being our main striker?
His performance today was utter garbage.
He's on a good one here.. Captain (first name on teamsheet), undropable, no decent competition for his place in the team and on 300 grand a week!
Feck he must crap bars of gold!
300k a week, feck sake. 
He's a big part of it. Bad first touch, no movement in dangerous areas and he made next to nothing of any ball he got in the box aside from that early chance.
That makes life a lot tougher for the creative players around him.
No more this crap 'oh he looks better in the #10' he's not good enough, simple as that. Not good enough for #9 or #10, its time we move on. Mata #10, Hernandez/Fellaini #9
Believe us , we dont see the funny part..This is actually quite sad..David Moyes, what were you thinking?!?300k a week, feck sake.
It's not often on the caf we see such a massive consensus regarding a player. Really Wayne has let down a lot of fans.
Neville retired when he was more hindrance than help time for Rooney to do the same 
There was another instance in 80th minute I think. Lost the ball again in a very poor way.
Starting to get used to seeing Rooney with the lowest average rating after each game
His lack of movement is astounding. Every time Mata cut inside he should have been making a perpendicular run behind the defender and he just stood there asking for it to feet.
Overreacting much?
The funny thing is, when he was playing #10 and central midfield, the same people were saying he's better at #9.
For me it #9 or nothing. And right now he's playing #9 terribly.
I've said this before, I think the 'bad touch' thing isn't true in the sense he does have some bad touches, but it's not a generality. It's just a stupid bandwagon people have jumped on. He had one truly bad touch today which cost us. He also has some fantastic touches.
Don't agree about the movement in dangerous areas, he was found twice in dangerous areas (first half when his shot was straight at Krul, second half when he controlled it with his chest and got a countered shot off) mainly due to his good movement. Also, the times we went through the wings, the cutbacks and crosses were very poor and were incapable of finding him unmarked of him in the box.
I'd say the creative players are making it as hard for him as he is for them, at the very least.
I have a feeling it's not so easy for LVG to rattle the Rooney situation - think there's a lot of politics involved and LVG doesn't have any credits in the bank yet unlike Sir Alex. Rightly or wrongly, I'm beginning to believe something is in Rooney's contract that ensures he starts or we pay some penalty. It sounds crazy to my ears but it doesn't make any sense. LVG surely knows Rooney is not good enough - he can see that, but his hands may be tied.
Atleast Sir Bobby's record will be intact at the end of the season...
Yes..there have been a few though over the years..Cleverley and Gibson come to mind.
Who was it that gave him that contract? SAF or Moyes? Looking like a terrible decision now. And I don't think he was playing particularly amazingly at the time either.300k a week, feck sake.
Really hope we sign a striker. Either he replaces Rooney who sits on the bench or Rooney works hard and sorts himself out to perform at the required level a club like United needs.
Sorry, I meant when it concerns such an important player.
Honestly wouldn't bother, people have short memories and the last thing they will reference is the one bad touch or bad pass. He was good today and you and I can both agree the attack has problems that don't just involve Rooney.
He was a United fan though, and had been for all his life..For some players without that relationship, that wont happen.Neville retired when he was more hindrance than help time for Rooney to do the same
Straight swap for John Stones and we'll pay 50% of his salary for a season.
He's useless and him being our "unsubbale" captain is making the team struggle as a whole. He's hindering us big time.
He's useless and him being our "unsubbale" captain is making the team struggle as a whole. He's hindering us big time.
But neither of them were suppose to be our star player.
Words fail me.
He's the focal point of our attack, he's our captain.
You'd need four hands to count the amount of times moves break down when the ball goes near him.
He's a total hindrance to our play atm, it's literally like playing with a cone up front.
The worse thing with him is he is so so easy to defend against.
Lack of agility, no dribbling, no pace, I honestly do not see any point in him playing atm.
Don't get me wrong Memphis wasn't great but he still had moments where he looked like he could make something happen, how many did Rooney have?
How many times does mata have to receive the ball look up and see Wayne 'the cone' Rooney marking a centre back?
How hard is it to move a bit? Just sick of this now and because he's on 300k a week and captain he has to play every week. Fecking wage thief.
Moyes obviously.
Fergie wanted him gone.
Van Gaal needs to start dropping him. I rather play Fellaini upfront currently than him.
Agreed. My only pet pieve with him this game was how slow he is..
Oh, yes..I think even the ones defending him now are doing it more in defense of him and not his perfomances..you cant watch him play and come to any different conclusion.
Fergie threw him under the bus before he left, talked about him wanting to leave and handing in a transfer request. Moyes went down on both knees and did everything possible to keep him here, and Woodward made it happen.
Everton won't pay him £150k.
Only European team who might be interested is PSG, if they get rid of Ibra and want a big name. But it will be hard to get rid of him with those wages.
Yep, not untrue, he seemed much more dynamic towards the end though, funnily enough. Mata annoys me from this point of view also, so slow.
Positive things for today:
Flashing fast decision to hit the ball on the volley. Could easily gone in on a better day.
Great play to Mata. Don't think many people saw that coming.
Good fighting alone in the middle against a very compact defending Newcastle.
To me it's Memphis who's not fully compatible with Rooney yet. I think Memphis often takes the wrong decision in the box. Mostly it's leftovers from a shot that Rooney get to deal with. It's not like Rooney is an awful player. Perhaps a bit underperforming if you compare it to what he earns. It will be a couple of more games until the team is fully fluent.
Flashing fast decision to hit the ball on the volley. Could easily gone in on a better day.
Great play to Mata. Don't think many people saw that coming.
Good fighting alone in the middle against a very compact defending Newcastle.
To me it's Memphis who's not fully compatible with Rooney yet. I think Memphis often takes the wrong decision in the box. Mostly it's leftovers from a shot that Rooney get to deal with. It's not like Rooney is an awful player. Perhaps a bit underperforming if you compare it to what he earns. It will be a couple of more games until the team is fully fluent.
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