Best PL game from him in bloody ages. Nice one Wayne.
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I swear every time he does it his pay should be docked by 25000 that week
Poor first half. Better second after that bundled goal.
Hopefully he kicks on from here. If he's stopping Herrera get in the team, lord knows we need him to. And everyone but Louis knows he needs to.
Hopefully he kicks on from here. If he's stopping Herrera get in the team, lord knows we need him to. And everyone but Louis knows he needs to.
V good in the second half, look forward to more of this.
Yeah his best game so far this season
5 goals in all comes sounds good too, although it does hide his poor form in the pl
Really hope he kicks off from this, he can form a great partnership with martial
5 goals in all comes sounds good too, although it does hide his poor form in the pl
Really hope he kicks off from this, he can form a great partnership with martial
Looking much better in the #10 role behind Martial.
Much better 2nd half from him after an average 1st half. Hopefully he gets better.
First half was worst of Rooney.
Second half was Rooney of 6 years ago.
Second half was Rooney of 6 years ago.
Good game today. I've noticed he holds himself back on making off the ball runs though since he's been a number 10. We break forward and he sits back like a central midfielder when he should be running forward as well and joining the attack. Maybe this is a tactical thing e.g. if a central midfielder goes forward, Rooney can't make a run forward so that we can prevent a counter?
Thought he was good today. Glad he got his goal. Controlled the game, especially in the second half. Why the feck doesn't he shoot from long distance anymore, though?
Good performance from him today. Huge relief from him visibly to finally get the goal. Hopefully he kicks on now, perfect time to get a goal as we go away to Arsenal next weekend and he's always great there.
He literally looked a different player after that goal. Hopefully he kicks on from now.
Good 2nd half.
Garbage in the first half. Really good in the second. Hopes this means he can regain some form, because we really need him to step up as the season progresses
I've noticed that too. Can't imagine he'd do it if we were losing, but I remember when we were winning 4 nil against Brugge and Herrera, who was playing 10 at the time, was bombing forward at every occasion, so I can't imagine it's a tactic.
Now that he's got the goal he better replicate his old form. Imagine if he goes on a goalless streak again 
Did his job, scored, stretched the play, and created chances. His overall play seems to be improving and improving every game.
I'm hip! When he went on that run and had a clear shot from distance, he decided to see if he can cut away from the defender..Needs to bring back that aspect of his game.
His best/close second best performance in 2015 in that second half. He thrives on having Valencia in the side.
Played a bit better after the goal but still erratic in good positions, needs to think beyond the ball to Valencia.
Very good second half. More of the same please
He was better but was given a shit load of space from a poor Sunderland side and all he wanted to do was pass diagonally to Valencia. Not excited by his performance as much as most seem to be.
Much better 2nd half. Still way below what he is capable of, but better than he's been so far in the league.
Performances aside, when you just look at the numbers, 5 goals in 9 games is pretty decent.
Performances aside, when you just look at the numbers, 5 goals in 9 games is pretty decent.
Much better second half, but I don't think you can read that much in to it as after the second Sunderland knew they were out of it. Real test will be if he can do it from the start of the next game/ Getting that goal is a big help though.
First league game of the season where he didn't look like complete shit. Still has a long way to go to get back to his old self but he seems to be on the up again after his long form crisis, I hope it continues.
As ever...he's the talisman. Take Rooney out of our squad and something disappears. Not sure what....but something does.
Extra weight?
oh come on. Look I'm a huge Rooney fan. The guy has given his whole professional life to this club which is bloody rare these days and has scored goals that have no doubt often won us the league. He's a winner, a grafter and always tries even when it's not working out. He's also a team player. Anyone that doesn't believe that is blind. I thought he played really well today...getting into the rhythm and finding the passes.
I don't really think we can make that case now. In the past yes that was definitely true. But I think an extended run of say Herrera in for Rooney, or young in for him and mata moving central and I think the team would do very well. I know people will point to the PSV game but the Shaw injury clearly had an impact on the team and as I said you need to give them a few games to gel.
Hypotheticals of course but I don't really see what it would lack that Rooney would bring in. As I said earlier Rooney had a good second half but he needs to do that in a game at the start of a game really and not when it's pretty much over.
I don't disagree that he hasn't produced the goods so far. But this is a team with a pretty big number of new young players. He knows united, knows what is required and LVG has made him the captain. He's not a bad player as well. I just think he brings more than his playing ability to the team at the moment, his experience, his experience of united, his experience of being under Fergie for all those years. He's the only player on the field that experienced that for the most time. I just think, at the moment it's bloody useful. But hey, I might be wrong.
Good to see him be better than shit. I have been wishing for him to get better, and hopefully, this is a start at that.
Rooney now has 5 goals in 9 appearances this season. He has basically played well in 1.5 games. How soon do you think the media will pick up on that and start calling him the fulcrum of our team - when he is anything but, at the moment.
Well I agree with what you say although I think those are qualities that he brings as part as being at the club rather than as part of the first 11 and I wouldn't say we should ship him out as there's no indication that he's a negative presence at all.
I just think it's becoming harder to justify his role in the first 11. 2nd half he was good but in terms of the season as a whole he's been average at best and I would say out of our 4 main attackers he's the one who doesn't fit in as well in terms of how he wants to play. If he can find his form and play at least like he did in the second half then that would be great. If he goes back to in many ways slowing/inhibiting moves then I'd say that whilst his experience is great, performance is much more important.
In the case he was dropped and had to earn his way back in the team I would hope that he continued to be a good presence, as you say he has a lot to offer as a character. I'm not sure he would settle for that though.
Great game from him!
He's the best paid footballer in the country, he should be doing more than 'not being a negative presence'. I think he's finished.
If he idnt have Valencia, he would have looked wank again today, all in all was a much much improved performance, albeit against a very poor Sunderland team, and people saying Rooney has 5 goals in 9 games, 3 where against a Brugges team missing 6-7 of their first team players, along with being a very poor side anyway, and his other league goal was a deflection of Kyle Walker
So for 300k he hasnt justified himself for the last year and a half now
So for 300k he hasnt justified himself for the last year and a half now
I thought he played well in the second half. Far too much of that awful diagonal out to Valencia, mind you. His willingness to carry the ball forward into free space was a welcome return.
No, your're right, I don't think he would to be honest. Even though he is what, 30? I don't know, I just feel in this huge transition, where LVG has signed so many new young talented players, who no doubt respect what Rooney has achieved, and lets be honest..he's achieved a lot at United, means that part of the transition involves Rooney. As a manager coming into this great institution of success, I would need someone like Rooney to instil the ethics of what he learnt through manager that was all about winning. Even if it meant I needed to put him into the team. However...I concede, that if it's not working, if he is detrimental to the team, then sure....perhaps it will be time to drop him. Although, I would imagine that would have a pretty negative effect on team morale because of his reaction. Kind of catch 22 if you like.
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