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2016-17 Performances


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5.2 Season Average Rating
Appearances
39
Goals
8
Assists
10
Yellow cards
8
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I know its pre season.. but this isnt based just on this performance..
There is no chance of him leaving, is there? Any realistic chance of him being benched and being used more as a sub? He really good enough anymore.

The Chinese transfer window is supposedly shut so I'd think not.
 
I honestly think our entire season depends on how Mourinho uses Rooney.

If he plans on using him as the number 10 behind Ibra/Rashford and Pogba as a holding midfielder, I give up.
 
As I said in the other Rooney thread. How successful Mourinho is here, depends a lot on how he deals with the Rooney conundrum.
 
I honestly think our entire season depends on how Mourinho uses Rooney.

If he plans on using him as the number 10 behind Ibra/Rashford and Pogba as a holding midfielder, I give up.

There's just no way Mourinho will put up with a performance like that.
 
Mourinho is going to have show some serious balls this season and tell Rooney to shape up or feck off. Rooney has been the king of the dressing room you imagine for a fair few years as our "biggest" player so has been getting it relatively easy but now with Zlatan and Pogba potentially you'd expect them to be having none of it if he's not performing.
 
I mean what the hell do you do with him?

He wouldn't go where a club might actually buy him, it must be really hard to sit a player who is on so much on the bench, and he's our captain, he's a nightmare that isn't going to go away any time soon.
 
My only hope is we sign Pogba and move to a 4-3-3 thereby rendering him useless.

It's the first game of the season for him but wow he looks rusty. Not a good sign.

Agree that we should revert to a 433 formation. Hopefully Pogba will give us more calmness.
 
I'd rather watch my parents have sex than sit through another game with Wayne on the pitch.

He drags the whole team down. He's fecking dragging the whole club down.
 
How do you suggest we use him?
I honestly do not know because we have used him as an 8, 9 and a 10 and none of those position in the last three years has added consistentcy to his game.

I do know that him and Ibrahimovic will not work together as a dual partnership. I believe on bench is the easy answer but if we are to play him then I would suggest in a three man midfield with a player who is more dynamic alongside him and with perhaps out and out wingers, so we could utilize his strength of stretching the game.
 
I hope either he gets fit and improves or he is dropped very soon
 
That's twice now he's tried in swinging crosses from the left hand side and somehow landed them outside the 18 yard line. Professional footballer.

Good ball to Young though.
 
I'm really not sure what, if anything, he offers. Needs off-loading sharpish.
 
Was going to type hope the goal gives him a lift. But how many times will I post that in this forum?
 
Abysmal performance, good goal. I got a small hope that he will be sold after his testimonial. If Mou starts him every game then that will be the end of Mourinho's time at United. We will NEVER win the league or CL with Rooney as a starter. Surprised that there's still a few not acknowledging that.
 
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