Saying he was very good in Moyes' year is an OTT exagerration. Both him and RVP performed poorly up front. Granted he wasn't as bad as he is now but at 300k a week for three years he should have had at least one exceptional season.
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Never quite understood why people have a problem with players wages.
In my case, its enormous jealousy.
Because the club I support is wasting significant amounts of money on a player who isn't anywhere near good enough. If he was at another club I wouldn't give a toss what he was earning.
If United's accounts are so important to you, do you celebrate when the club signs up a new sponsor?
No because a sponsor can't kick a football. However that £300k a week would get us a far better player. That's something I'd celebrate.
A new sponsor that pays £300k a week could provide the same thing. What do you think of Mister Potato?
I don't care if we sign another 50 sponsorship deals. I'd like to see us make better use of the money we already have, and that means not paying shite players obscene amounts of money.
Money saved is money earned. It's the same thing. Were you excited when Kumho Tires became an official sponsor?
You know, the situation when the best paid employee is one of the least effective players can badly influence team's morale. It's like this not for weeks, but months and more. And what seems to be the main problem with current United team?
Except don't all the players say how good he is for team morale?
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To be fair to Rooney we get even less value for money for the £300k+ (combined) we pay Schweinsteiger and Depay.
I keep hearing this.
You think players praising the club captain, national team captain and old boys media network favourite has any real value?
It's quite clear he's a powerful guy, besides the fact no player ever says anything but good words for team mates it would be incredibly stupid for them to do anything other than praise him.
I guarantee you though, when he's finally out of the club, there will be a few players who will grow in stature without his shadow around the place.
Would they criticize team captain, record goalscorer for England, and soon(or not so soon) to be for United openly in the press? It's a thing that runs deeply and probably wouldn't even be mentioned in talks between players if they like him. I guess Rooney's a good lad, a helping hand in the dressing room, but the effectiveness to salary factor might stay there at the back of their heads and at times come sharply ahead for example when their own contracts are getting discussed with agents or club.
Yeah I don't disagree with you there.
Then hire him as team morale booster. All I hear it's team morale as per banter and what not. I'd that what we want to eat. Rooney still has his pals as the senior players in Carrick, Valencia, Young et al. Crossing him means crossing one of them. You can see the distinct difference in how they talk about him and Zlatan. One provided r banter the other is setting the bar high in training and setting the pace for the young players. Take a look at Evra, the guys doesn't just have all the banter in the world, he talks the talk in the dressing room and walks the walk on the pitch and keeps everyone entertained. That is a leader that is value for money.
As @Pexbo said, more players will flourish when this guy leaves until them they are all yes men. Standing up to him is war with the pundits, press and ex players. Maybe this is the space required for our so called mentally weak players. It says a lot when under Rooney's so called leadership cum banter that the team looks weak mentally as they say. In Fergie's last few years, we all knew that he took a step back from most things. I'll wager that under Neville's leadership, other players benefited from his infectious leadership qualities and look at how many players grew into leaders.
Isn't it Rooneys agent and the club that decided the wage? just seems like another stick to beat him with.
I'm sure he didn't have 300k in his head it's the slimey agent doing his job
I'm sure he didn't have 300k in his head it's the slimey agent doing his job
What an amazing talent he was for a teenager
I think it's fair to say he's had major issues for years.
its quite clear that it not just namesake praise that people give for rooney. They keep going on and on about him. whether be it Herrera or Pereira or whoever, they say a lot about how he is helping them and how he is a very hard worker.
If it was namesake praise they would have said maybe 2-3 lines when asked about them. Whereas Pereira brought up rooney and calls him hardest worker at united out of 25 man squad. Herrera talks almost 3 or 4 paras about him whereas he mentions Zlatan for barely a para.
This is quite clearly not just one of those "Praising Rooney because he is the captain and stuff".
If it was namesake praise they would have said maybe 2-3 lines when asked about them. Whereas Pereira brought up rooney and calls him hardest worker at united out of 25 man squad. Herrera talks almost 3 or 4 paras about him whereas he mentions Zlatan for barely a para.
This is quite clearly not just one of those "Praising Rooney because he is the captain and stuff".
One could argue that he seems to feature in every interview so much that he has it written into his contract and everyone else's at United that they must praise him in any interview they conduct with the media.
That's the Rooney I'll remember and the Rooney I miss. When we bought him he was one of the most exciting young players I'd ever seen. Every time he got the ball I'd expect him to make something happen. Such a shame that the player we have now is completely unrecognisable to the one we signed.
If one was a raving lunatic.
Benjamin Button.
As a 18 year old, he played like a mature man of 30, at the peak of his powers.
As a 30 year old man, he is playing like an 18 year old still finding his feet and learn how to control the ball under pressure.
As a 18 year old, he played like a mature man of 30, at the peak of his powers.
As a 30 year old man, he is playing like an 18 year old still finding his feet and learn how to control the ball under pressure.
bottled it against some handy midfielders 
Rooney of then is one of the many things this current team needs.
Any hidden Rooneys out there?
Waiting to replace the old one. Two Rooneys will leave us angry and confused!
you cant deny, it would have been interesting tomorrow nightWants to be fresh for the Arsenal game
Wow
Could there be a case for a false birth certificate. I once heard he came from aline of gypsies and they used to make their children age younger so it didnt hold them bac in future life. A bit of the Kanu.
I remember Sir Bobby Robson, when asked what he knows about Rooney, saying something along the lines of "other than he's a talent and looks older than his own father, not much".
Rooney in midfield against Biscuits, Koke, Isco and Thiago
Well, he didn't get injured in the previous match so, I am either guessing that Mourinho called him back, or it is a complete bottle job. If the first one, then ok, he has a job to do against Arsenal, if it is because of the second reason, at least he cannot be blamed if things go pear-shaped....win-win for Wayne.
Mentally weak?Rooney in midfield against Biscuits, Koke, Isco and Thiago
Herrera alone would have been bloody!- Status