Can the real Rooney please step up as I don't know who this imposter is?
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Mane looks eons ahead of him in ability as the opposing #10
Playing his usual 8 positions today it seems.
Slow starter, needs a run of games etc etc
I think he's hungover. He must be, I mean how else could you explain one of the most high profile players on the planet looking so fecking slow. He's like a sloth.
Unfortunately, he's in decline. It's been obvious for a while now.
Where has his energy and drive gone???
I actually cannot bare watching him play football.
Watching him this season is absolutely painful. He's not only ineffective in himself, but he's damaging the team.
Mata hasn't set the world alight, but in this match he has shown decent movement when he's moved in from the right. We should be putting Mata in the centre and letting him move where he wants. He has the intelligence of movement that Rooney lacks, and lord knows he's not a right winger.
If we had bought Mane for the right wing and stuck Mata in the middle I could see us being a lot more potent this season. Instead, we're forced to endure Rooney the undroppable. Bleurgh.
Mata hasn't set the world alight, but in this match he has shown decent movement when he's moved in from the right. We should be putting Mata in the centre and letting him move where he wants. He has the intelligence of movement that Rooney lacks, and lord knows he's not a right winger.
If we had bought Mane for the right wing and stuck Mata in the middle I could see us being a lot more potent this season. Instead, we're forced to endure Rooney the undroppable. Bleurgh.
Headless chicken most of the time now.
Looks totally shot. No energy or aggression that he used to have.
He's not done much but Southampton are playing with Wanyama and Romeu and they're playing deep.
Has been too inconsistent these past two seasons to say it's a poor patch. He's just lost the spring in his legs.
Should have done better there, even his passing has gone to shit.
Inconsistent is the last accusation you can level at him. He's consistently shit.
Only hope is a MLS team is willing to pay big, big bucks for him.
Am I correct in thinking Martial has now scored more away goals in the league than Rooney in 2015?
Last time I remember him scoring away from home was against Arsenal and that was back in 2014.
Heard in commentary he hasn't scored away from home since November.
He has one away goal in the League since March 2014 which was the one at Arsenal last November.
Might as well have played with 10 men today.
Oh the irony.
fecking useless. Kept slowing things down when there were chances to attack. Never in the right #10 positions to support our midfielders.
Another poor game from Rooney. How long can this continue? 4/10 today.
Thought he had a very cool and composed 2nd half playing very deep. Did very little wrong
1st was quite poor
As normal everyone goes over the top because it's Rooney
1st was quite poor
As normal everyone goes over the top because it's Rooney
Nothing over the top at all. He's shocking. You must be living in a bubble.
He looks shot.
I agree with this actually.
Don't think he was great by any means but his second half performance was adequate.
Another very bad match. Nothing surprising anymore.
Absolutely piss poor. If his name wasn't Rooney, he'd be dropped. It's incredible how poor he looks. Herrera should be the #10,not him.
You must have very low expectations.
You must have very low expectations.
Have to say - I agree. What did he do in the 2nd half that deserves any praise? He was "cool" yes - because he dropped needlessly deep and barely broke a sweat. He didn't make a single genuinely useful contribution that I can recall, broke up a couple of promising attacks with poor passes/touches and strolled around a bit. God, but I want him to be good again - but he really hasn't been even decent for a long, long, time
I have been highly critical of him, recently. But I thought he was really good in that second half. When he's not got his back to goal, he's a completely different player.
He looked better when we went ahead, because him dropping deep and spraying it around slowing the game down was beneficial, however he was culpable for the first half performance with an absolutely horrific display. He seemed to make the wrong decision every time and too many attacks faltered because of his input in the latter stages as well.
He doesn't contribute anything. It's remarkable how utterly pointless he was today.
I don't know what to make of him today. He was pretty much playing as a midfielder. Mata moved into the central area much more in second half.
It's like playing with 10 men every game.
I can't believe there were lots of posters calling for him to be playing number 10 behind Martial...
It's clear to me that Rooney is now holding the team back. He is no longer worthy of his place in the team. Martial is a better striker and we have much better options than him at number 10.
I think he should be left back in the dressing room
Needs to pull his head out of his arse.
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