Wayne Rooney image 10

Wayne Rooney England flag

2015-16 Performances

View full 2015-16 profile

5.6 Season Average Rating
Appearances
41
Goals
15
Assists
6
Yellow cards
5
Status
Not open for further replies.
Rooney comes short and doesn't run behind like a lot of good strikers would do.

You look at Aguero vs Chelsea and how many times he did that. Mata was looking for a pass yet Rooney kept coming short.

His first touch and hold up play is terrible. There was a moment when Carrick played a pass to him on the edge of the box and his touch as normal resulted in him fouling. Aguero would have taken that ball and created space for a shot.
 
2mufc0 said:
Lol put most strikers in that team against that opposition and they would struggle, the biggest issue is as a team we are not creative at all, we barely create any chances, but let's ignore that because it's so much easier to blame Wayne Rooney. The one chance he was given he put the ball in the back of the net, not much more you can ask from him. If he was constantly missing chances i can get the hate but at the moment its not justified. Imo Memphis was even worse today but he won't get the same level of grief.

Biggest issue is our overall attacking play hasn't evolved much from last year which is a big concern.
Click to expand...
This is as true as the claims last season's claims that some people came up with that getting Rooney to 9 would solve his goal scoring and poor perfomance problems.. Now that has been proven false, its on to the next theory
 
wr8_utd said:
Januzaj and Memphis were miles worse than him but it's fine, it's all Rooney these days. The latest United scapegoat.
Click to expand...

So a 20 year old and a 21 year old youngster (who saved our ass in the CL recently) played (slightly) worse than our best payed player that has been wank for over 2 years now? Big deal. Doesn't take away the fact Rooney once again has NOT delivered. We needed sth special today to break those feckers down. When was the last time Rooney was able to pull sth special off? He doesn't even get the basics right.

This scapegoat is fecking tiresome. If someone is shit, there's every right for a fan to point that out.
 
I find it funny that those who defend him have had to resort to ''he wasn't the worst player on the field'' argument. As a senior captain, our most expensive player per week, he should at least put in a good performance every now and then. Not being the worst on the pitch isn't actually an achivement.
 
Orton said:
He cannot hold a ball up, doesn't win 50/50s. Basic things strikers are meant to do. He doesn't show himself for a pass enough, doesn't get into dangerous positions, poor touches, slow build up, all of these things he's been guilty of for ages. Coloccini and Taylor had an easy game today because Wayne offers no threat.
Click to expand...

Our whole midfield plays slow lethargic football, and i think that's the main issue. Granted he had a few poor touches in the first 2 games but his ball control and passing was a lot better today, can't think of many times where he mis controlled it or lost the ball today. Also how can you thread balls into his feet when Newcastle had 8 men around the D for 80 mins of the game? Even if you do what is he supposed to do with 4 players around him?
 
K2K said:
This is as true as the claims last season's claims that some people came up with that getting Rooney to 9 would solve his goal scoring and poor perfomance problems.. Now that has been proven false, its on to the next theory
Click to expand...

Can you honestly say we are a creative team? if you say yes , you need glasses.
 
Gerrard in Istanbul said:
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.
Click to expand...
Comparing him to the other players in the squad you have to admit they are far more likely to get their first touch right. The idea that Rooney has a bad touch is not unfounded.

Not jumping on any bandwagon. I've seen this too often from him. He'll go on a run 5 goals in 5 games and the bad performances will be forgotten. But when his form drops off, he's terrible.

United again! said:
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.
Click to expand...

The one constant is Rooney having sub-par performances despite whatever problems you perceive to exist in attack.

Mata was good today, Memphis had very good game against Brugge and Adnan was decent against Villa. I have yet to see anything resembling an acceptable performance from Rooney this season with the current state of affairs. We are talking about a 29 year old captain with 10 seasons at the club.

He looked good for about 15 minutes at the start of the game but that doesn't mean he had a decent performance.
 
Bwuk said:
Rooney is held at higher standards because the wage he's on, he's the captain, and he's meant to be our best player.

Awful once again. Do people seriously still think he's gonna hit 15 in the league? Hernandez was more of a threat when he came on.
Click to expand...
Yes, but their poor perfromances will have an effect on Rooney as well..
 
K2K said:
Cant defend the poor perfomances..oh yes, I'll resort to childish insults..well done..have a cookie
Click to expand...

That's because a striker relies on service and chance creation, it's not rocket science. And FYI Rooney wasn't great today, average but definitely not as bad as you guys are making him out to be.

Slow sideways passing and pathetic crosses how are we going to score goals?
 
He wan't as bad as some here make him out to be, but again he was far from what we expect from him. Started well, but then failed to get involved towards the end.
 
My favourite Wayne moment today was when Shaw passed the ball to him and it bounced off his foot stronger than it was coming towards him. Highlight of the game.
 
I'm rather tipsy so I'll be vague to avoid being attacked at.

There's level of harshness. The comments in this thread are a certain level of harshness :lol: fecking hell, take a chill pill (a saying I've never typed before in my life).
 
UnofficialDevil said:
Sky ratings

Man Utd: Romero (6), Darmain (6), Smalling (7), Blind (7), Shaw (6), Schneiderlin (7), Schweinsteiger (6), Mata (6), Januzaj (6), Memphis (7), Rooney (6).



Dailymail Ratings

Romero 6, Darmian 6.5 (Valencia 77 mins, 5.5), Smalling 7, Blind 6, Shaw 6.5, Schneiderlin 5, Schweinsteiger 5.5 (Carrick 59 mins, 6), Mata 5.5, Januzaj 5 (Hernandez 67 mins, 5.5), Depay 7, Rooney 6


squawka ratings

Sergio Romero – 5/10
Matteo Darmian – 7/10
Adnan Januzaj – 5/10:
Memphis Depay – 6/10
Wayne Rooney – 6/10
Michael Carrick (Schweinsteiger) 7/10
Javier Hernandez (Januzaj) 5/10
Antonio Valencia (Darmian) 6/10
Chris Smalling – 6/10:
Daley Blind – 5/10:
Luke Shaw – 6/10:
Bastian Schweinsteiger – 7/10:Morgan Schneiderlin – 7/10:
Juan Mata – 7/10:

Nobody else seems to think he was our worst player on random rating football sites but yes on the caf he was our worst player..
Click to expand...


He wasn't our worst player today. He was just unable to help the team. AGAIN
 
2mufc0 said:
Lol put most strikers in that team against that opposition and they would struggle, the biggest issue is as a team we are not creative at all, we barely create any chances, but let's ignore that because it's so much easier to blame Wayne Rooney. The one chance he was given he put the ball in the back of the net, not much more you can ask from him. If he was constantly missing chances i can get the hate but at the moment its not justified. Imo Memphis was even worse today but he won't get the same level of grief.

Biggest issue is our overall attacking play hasn't evolved much from last year which is a big concern.
Click to expand...
The bold bit is the easiest of excuses to make. Rooney had poor first touches throughout the game. Didn't really get in good positions and was not that great overall. He is our captain and our main striker and we expect him to pull a rabbit out of the bag when the opponent is this tight but he rarely ever does that anymore.
 
He's not a poor player, this much is obvious. However, he isn't good enough to be playing for us at the moment.
 
4 goals in 21 games is £1,575,000 per goal @£300k a week :D

No goals in 10 games @ £300k a week is infinity :devil:
 
It will be hard to believe we will win anything with Rooney as our main striker if he continues to perform like this.

Even though everyone was laughing at Moyes at United, Moyes had the last laugh by giving Rooney that laughable contract extension. If he was sold, we would have had a quality striker leading our line right now.
 
I just hope he outperforms RVP this season. Performing worse than the striker we sold would really leave us looking silly.
 
Amadaeus said:
It will be hard to believe we will win anything with Rooney as our main striker if he continues to perform like this.

Even though everyone was laughing at Moyes at United, Moyes had the last laugh by giving Rooney that laughable contract extension. If he was sold, we would have had a quality striker leading our line right now.
Click to expand...

It's a no brainer, we won't. When has any team won anything domestically or in Europe with a 6/10 striker?
 
"Not even Aguero would score goals with this kind of service!!!" I think it's important to remember that Aguero and players of his ilk actually make movements expected of those leading the line, actually allowing for some kind of decent service. Look at the entirety of the time he spent playing #9, he was dropping FAR too deep and picking the ball up in less-advanced areas of the pitch than Memphis and Januzaj. Movement, mostly off the shoulder, playing the last man, is absolutely 101 for anyone who's playing up top. For me, put Silva in this side at the top of his game, he's not making a considerable difference to Rooney's game because the movement isn't there to give the kind of service he gives Aguero.

I see a lot of this kind of thing, like it's really unfortunate that he's playing with such a load of dross, and how much better he'd be if only he were to be played with some kind of quality. At the same time, I see very few people suggesting that by not doing the absolute basics expected of a man who's supposed to be leading the line, like offering a focal point for the attack, he's making it more difficult for the likes of Mata to do what he does...like create, which people seem to have forgotten he's quite good at.
 
Carl said:
It's a no brainer, we won't. When has any team won anything domestically or in Europe with a 6/10 striker?
Click to expand...
Our defense is impressive and our midfield is organized. I have seen the likes of Chelsea make it to the finals with much less. We are basically playing with a handicap with Rooney's recent performances, so at the moment it does seem like a no brainer that we can write of any glory this season with his current performances.

However, I m hopefull that the introduction of Fellaini into our first team will improve Rooney drastically. As I stated before, Rooney plays better with a target man who is great at hold up play and understand the importance of team work. I never understood why we sold Welbeck as he is the type of player Rooney needs to improve.
 
Definitely our worst player. Not that we won't win anything, but we will struggle to get top 4 if Rooney remains our main striker.
 
He's really 29 ? On the pitch he looks like 36 and slowly calling it a day.

I can understand a dip in form but his wage level really require from him some sort of performance on this level.
 
art! said:
"Not even Aguero would score goals with this kind of service!!!" I think it's important to remember that Aguero and players of his ilk actually make movements expected of those leading the line, actually allowing for some kind of decent service. Look at the entirety of the time he spent playing #9, he was dropping FAR too deep and picking the ball up in less-advanced areas of the pitch than Memphis and Januzaj. Movement, mostly off the shoulder, playing the last man, is absolutely 101 for anyone who's playing up top. For me, put Silva in this side at the top of his game, he's not making a considerable difference to Rooney's game because the movement isn't there to give the kind of service he gives Aguero.

I see a lot of this kind of thing, like it's really unfortunate that he's playing with such a load of dross, and how much better he'd be if only he were to be played with some kind of quality. At the same time, I see very few people suggesting that by not doing the absolute basics expected of a man who's supposed to be leading the line, like offering a focal point for the attack, he's making it more difficult for the likes of Mata to do what he does...like create, which people seem to have forgotten he's quite good at.
Click to expand...

It is such a bullshit argument. Great players do not rely on service, Memphis on Tuesday scored goals out of nothing .. Suarez and Aguero are way ahead of Memphis they would easily bang goals in for our side, yet some genuinely believe that they would struggle in a LVG side. Utter horseshit. If he could control the ball better and make more runs, we would be able to mount more effective attacks.
 
UnofficialDevil said:
Nobody else seems to think he was our worst player on random rating football sites but yes on the caf he was our worst player..
Click to expand...
He's on 2, 3, or even 4 times the wage of every other player here so he's going to be under more scrutiny. A 6 out of 10 performance from Memphis isn't as bad as Rooney having one. And fans will take into account what he's on because he held the club to ransom for it.
 
It would be interesting to see whether some of the posters defending Rooney were the same calling for Van Persie to be sold because there hasn't been much difference in their performances the last few months. Actually that's not fair as at least Van Persie could control the ball.
 
I'm not sure what game people were watching. He scored a goal which was wrongly disallowed and created one of our best chances from open play with that cross to Mata. Not great, no, but our worst player? Not by a long long distance. It seems people can't wait to have a go at him regardless of performance.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.