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- Appearances
- 41
- Goals
- 15
- Assists
- 6
- Yellow cards
- 5
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That touch looks worse every time you see it. Painful.
Is true.
When you don't try anything, you can't do much wrong.
He fecked up a simple 5 yard pass on the 3 v 3 counter early on and just didn't bother after that.
Herrera should take his place as the AM.
He wouldn't be starting for any other big club atm. He stinks.
god he's fecking shit at everything that has anything to do with football. his feet are where attacking moves go to die.
It's painful to watch when you remember how good he used to be. Even if he never quite fulfilled his early promise, he was still a fantastic player. Now we are definitely seeing the Vegas era Elvis. With Martial hitting the ground running and other options upfront, I see no reason for putting him in the first XI.
Just came in to post this. I suspect a part of it is what happens to athletes as they get older, they just become more cautious. Added to this is his decline physically, and this will cause a loss of confidence. I hate to see it happening to anyone when they get to this stage of their career. But on the other hand, we can't afford to carry him. It's a real mess.
He was woeful, his: movement, positioning, passing, awareness, anticipation, and physicality were next to zero. I don't think I have ever seen him have a poorer game from him than this. For most parts of the game particularly in the closing stages it felt as if we were playing with ten men.
One has to spare a thought for non defensive players sitting on our bench today, wondering what they have to do to get game time. On the basis of his showing today, it must pretty demoralizing to the rest of the squad having to sweat for their spot in team only for Wayne to simply declare himself fit and get a game.
LVG needs to sort this out ASAP, we got away with it today. On any other day it might have been very different indeed.
Trouble is at this moment in time I really am struggling to see what Rooney brings to the team. Is it psychological? Physical? technical? None of them from point of view. I understand the need for leaders on the pitch but honestly there are far better candidates for that, offering a lot more to side than Rooney.
One has to spare a thought for non defensive players sitting on our bench today, wondering what they have to do to get game time. On the basis of his showing today, it must pretty demoralizing to the rest of the squad having to sweat for their spot in team only for Wayne to simply declare himself fit and get a game.
LVG needs to sort this out ASAP, we got away with it today. On any other day it might have been very different indeed.
Trouble is at this moment in time I really am struggling to see what Rooney brings to the team. Is it psychological? Physical? technical? None of them from point of view. I understand the need for leaders on the pitch but honestly there are far better candidates for that, offering a lot more to side than Rooney.
Our highest paid player. Our captain. The only undroppable player. And you think adequate is okay?
I was not a fan of Falcao, but at least Falcao made attempts to score. In any case, Falcao is not good enough to play in the EPL, as Chelsea are currently realising.
Rooney looks scared to shoot and would rather pass to another player, than shoot, himself.
A striker who can't make assists or score goals is a striker who should not be playing for MUFC.
Jaysus. "Did little wrong" is the new he did fecking nothing ?
That performance was horrendous, not sure what I just witnessed.
He's been bad for a while now, but today he looked completely uninterested too.
He's been bad for a while now, but today he looked completely uninterested too.
Seems he's shot his bolt. Was a passenger today. I'll give him the benefit of doubt here though as he has been injured. Saying that though, he should have been subbed.
Not sure where he goes. Not with his astronomical wages.
Best hope is probably someone like PSG wanting to make a marquee signing based on name alone.
From a footballing perspective not sure why they'd want him.
Maybe he can rejuvenate himself with a backwards move on lower wages at Everton, and we can use him as bait for Stones or Barkley. One can dream.
Use Herrera or Mata there.. And just put Young on the wing
We are going to take an absolute hit if we move him. Can see us having to pay him 100 grand a week to play for someone else.
That was the most disappointing thing about his performance today he so often just didn't seem to care that he actually was on a football pitch, I couldn't see any desire in him to get involved into any play he was just there jogging along and arguing with the ref at times. I'm also baffled by why LvG is letting this slide.
I wonder what Van Gaal told him in the second half. He did not look very happy. Hopefully, he gets dropped soon so he realizes he can't just lumber around the pitch week in and week out and still be guaranteed to play
Did he have one good involvement today? I can't remember a single one. One thing is being in poor form, but what really brings my piss to a boil is seeing how little effort he puts in these days.
Did he have one good involvement today? I can't remember a single one. One thing is being in poor form, but what really brings my piss to a boil is seeing how little effort he puts in these days.
Lets see if Van Gaal has balls to drop him if no improvements to be seen in next few games.
Can't believe I;m agreeing with Carragher and Souness about Rooney. Carragher trying to gently suggest to Gary Nev that maybe there comes a time when maybe it's not the system we're playing, tactics whatever, but maybe Wayne needs to look at his performance etc.... Nev saying he needs freedom and such, but freedom to do what I wonder, lose the ball, slow down our attacks, constantly pay the ball backwards most of the time... so worrying his form, really is..
There are only a few clubs in the world that could afford his wages and none of them will want to touch him these days. He won't be going anywhere which makes his five year contract look an odd decision.
I watched the Duncan Ferguson memorial during the pre-season and you could see it meant a lot to him to be back in blue..I think he was testing out the waters almost..That would be a great move for all of us..They can throw in Stones too , we wont mind.
He just doesn't do anything interesting with the ball anymore. He can't do it.
He doesn't take it on the half turn. He doesn't dribble. He doesn't run with the ball into open space.
He simply gets it, his first touch takes him backwards and he moves it on. Rinse and repeat. If you're lucky he'll smash out that woeful pass of his to the right hand side. Which never leads to anything.
Van Gaal has afforded Rooney more loyalty and patience than any other player. He's binned both Falcao and Van Persie. He's made him captain. I don't think it's a stretch to say that Rooney is very much fighting for his United career over the coming months.
Van Gaal won't drop him now, but you can sure as hell bet he'll flog him when he feels the time is right. We've got too much money to be fecking around with an out of touch Wayne Rooney.
I look at that first Martial goal today and I just can't see Rooney coming out with that sort of ingenuity anymore. What Martial did was different and unexpected, which is why he's scored three goals already.
He doesn't take it on the half turn. He doesn't dribble. He doesn't run with the ball into open space.
He simply gets it, his first touch takes him backwards and he moves it on. Rinse and repeat. If you're lucky he'll smash out that woeful pass of his to the right hand side. Which never leads to anything.
Van Gaal has afforded Rooney more loyalty and patience than any other player. He's binned both Falcao and Van Persie. He's made him captain. I don't think it's a stretch to say that Rooney is very much fighting for his United career over the coming months.
Van Gaal won't drop him now, but you can sure as hell bet he'll flog him when he feels the time is right. We've got too much money to be fecking around with an out of touch Wayne Rooney.
I look at that first Martial goal today and I just can't see Rooney coming out with that sort of ingenuity anymore. What Martial did was different and unexpected, which is why he's scored three goals already.
The counter where he passed it to the defender instead of Memphis was very frustrating today. I mean sure, Memphis probably would've ran to the byline, cut in and either put someone on their arse or hit a tame shot, but you've got to be able to thread a simple pass as a number 10.
I don't want to sit here ripping into him, but he HAS to do more.
I don't want to sit here ripping into him, but he HAS to do more.
We could bin Falcao or RVP.
But Rooney has like three years left on his contract. We hoping some team from Qatar will make an offer for him. That's the only way we getting rid of him.
But Rooney has like three years left on his contract. We hoping some team from Qatar will make an offer for him. That's the only way we getting rid of him.
He's useless, and we're basically attacking around him as opposed to with him.
I shudder to think if we hadn't signed Martial.
I shudder to think if we hadn't signed Martial.
I dont think Everton could afford him on a loan where we pay half his wages. We're stuck with him because his contract is unreal. The only way I see him going back to Everton is if they do a David Beckham thing. Where Rooney moves to the MSL on massive wages, and he moves to Everton on next to nothing during the off season.
He looks well past it to me. Its not an over reaction either. The signs have been there for a few years now. He seems to have hit the wall massively in the last 12 months, though.
they made a point ive said here before, about him being an instinct player and plays best aggressive and on the edge. Its complete contrast to what LVG wants in his players, preferring them to use their head instead of their gut. that's a clear difference between the Fergie era/LVG
*head scratch*
nutshell
There was a moment during the second half where he received the ball with loads of space behind him. Rather than taking the ball and turning into space he just passed it right back first-time. The defender he passed to (I think it was Blind, but not sure) didn't seem too happy about it.Just put him on the fecking bench and his pride will take care of the rest. Even Robin wasn't this bad and he was really bad.
Sluggish today but one move stands out. He cleared the ball in his own box with his head then sprinted upfield to get in position for a return pass from Martial who was fouled before he could square the ball. If Rooney had got on the end of that, we'd have been praising him to the heavens.
He offers us absolutely nothing, he's finished. He's rubbish at Old Trafford but he's even worse away from home. We may as well play with 10 men when we're away.
He went missing in the 2nd half. He dropped so deep, it was almost as though he was hiding.
He went missing in the 2nd half. He dropped so deep, it was almost as though he was hiding.
He's done. Scary to think what this season would look like if we hadn't signed Martial. Going forward LVG needs to decide how our forward line should look without him and make the changes in the next few windows. Griezmann in and Mata to 10 maybe.
I guess LVG thinks Rooney's captaincy role is worth us effectively playing with 10 men? He must be a very important voice in the dressing room.
He's physically and footballing wise really poor. But what I don't understand is that he lacks drive and enthusiasm or energy like today. He really needs to be benched but let's see if LVG ever does that. Just a shit performance
Nev is blind when it comes to English players. Not surprised.
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