You're being all sensible. By that stage I just wanted a sinkhole or something to liven up the game.
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- Assists
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Living on past (and rapidly fading) reputation.
Jose had to bring him on, he might have done something and he was the only option we had to try ande change things. Unfortunately he just came on looking for a fight and offered nothing creatively.
Cost us valuable 15 seconds with decking Rondon, or whatever WBA player.
Bingo
If he is still here next season I genuinely think I'll be done with football. If he isn't fecked off it's obvious this club is run by idiots.
Thought we were better after he came on. Need to integrate him a bit more to balance out the pace and athleticism of the others.
Looks like he's been enjoying his time off.
Offered very little today, can't be blamed for the overall atrocious performance of the team. Just so ineffective now, really needs to go soon. Thinking about what he gets paid a week and what he's done this season would make anyone angry.
It's nice to see that when we are doing feck all, we can play Rooney to solidify our game of doing feck all.
You mean there was too much pace, so we needed the slowest attacker in the league to balance that out? Mata, yes, he would benefit athleticism with brains and finding space. I'm not sure what Rooney offers anymore. He's really good at shouting at the refs though.
He's got a hell of a lot more experience and football IQ than the others, which makes him more useful than our resident Wilf Zaha impersonators.
Showed complete absence of brain and experience at the end.
helped us to see the game out for a draw, nice little unnecessary scuffle near the end to entertain as well.
good outing
good outing
Experience yes, but so do Bobby Charlton. Football IQ, perhaps, but that matters little when he is no longer able to execute any of his brilliant thinking - not too sure about the brilliance, but I am sure about any lack of first touch and short passing that he now exhibits.
Who are the resident Zaha impersonators then? I've seen you defend Rooney, Zlatan, and Lingard. So which players are the problem?
Today that would be Rashford and Martial. Both are young and obviously lack football IQ. If their pace is found out they are fecked.
Agreed, never had enough time to really influence the game, certainly not to blame for the mediocrity.
He should have started instead of Rashford playing no 10, with Martial at no 9. I think abit more maturity would have helped us open them up.
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Seriously don't see the point of him at all. Senior squad member preferring to lose time focusing on the ref rants and handbag exchanges with members of opposing team. He's our captain ffs.Rashford, Mhyitariyan and Martial were very very average today.
I know you are on the warpath against young attackers right now but Rooney isn't the answer either, we were shit without him and shit with him.
Did his usual routine of yelling at the ref and offering nothing else. Say what you want about Rooney but say he's consistent.
He showed no maturity when he came on. Lost it with the ref twice and cost us the final possession. Let's just face it, he isn't up to it anymore, not from the bench and certainly not from the start.
Way too much emphasis on that - simply lazy Rooney bashing. Rooney never cost us 2 points today
Given that we drew a game we should have won, because our front lines were totally lacklustre and uninspiring, I don't think you can say that he would not have made a difference had he started.
He's completely finished.
People keep saying this but can anyone give a single example of where his experience and "football IQ" has made a positive difference to the club since Fergie left?
Playstation tournaments don't count.
I didn't say he cost us 2 points, I said he cost us the final possession through sheer loss of control. That shows the lack of maturity you mentioned.
He played for twenty minutes, and didn't lift the team at all.
It's of course something I can say for certainty, but Rooney coming of an injury and a long time out of the side, would not have helped the team if he'd started.
I agree it wasn't the reason we drew but it was the icing on the cake for a frustrating game. Last minute counter attack spurned by the impetuousness of a senior player. Far more focused on throwing a hissy fit than helping his team. It was selfish and foolish, nothing new to Rooney but made all the more galling now that he doesn't have the brilliance to mitigate these traits. His ranting at ref's is increasingly more highlight worthy than his footballing performances and there is tragedy in that.
The WBA defender had his arms and legs wrapped around him and he somehow had to break free to attack.
As I said, its simply lazy Rooney bashing.
Being fouled doesn't make it acceptable to foul back. I'm not condoning Yacob (I think it was Yacob) but you seem to be condoning Rooney's behaviour.
It was stupid, it stopped play on a counter-attack in the last minute of added time. Rooney got a yellow card for it, deservedly so. Sadly it was his most memorable contribution to the game.
Has badly let this club down.
Would be surprised if any PL club signs him this summer
Mourinho said in his press conference yesterday that this year he has had managers who claim to be interested in his players but then don't put in a offer. I wonder if he was talking about Koeman saying Everton would take Rooney back
Mourinho said in his press conference yesterday that this year he has had managers who claim to be interested in his players but then don't put in a offer. I wonder if he was talking about Koeman saying Everton would take Rooney back
Well, he couldn't score a goal, so he thought, I need to entertain the crowd a little, with his cameo.
Nobody has said he cost us 2 points today. That's a straw man.
People are criticizing Rooney for doing nothing of note when he came on other then losing his head and stopping his own team's counter attack.
desperate times when we have to bring on rooney to try and get a goal lol
Would be better if he just started games to be honest, but he is coming off an injury and his form has been hampered so Jose prevails with how he uses him, be it off the bench or as a starter.
Didn't he read the script? We were going to put the ball in the net at the last minute!
Better how?
He was starting matches earlier in the season and was fit as a fiddle but the performances were this poor.
I love this hypothetical Rooney defences where he would perform better if x or y were different. In the past when he was a regular, the go to card was to talk about a change in position.
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