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2016-17 Performances

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Son Of Sam said:
Free kicks for Sigurdsson at the edge of the box is like a penalty. Rooney should have known better. There was no justification at all for him to foul that player. That was irresponsible of him. If that was Fellaini, you would be cursing him.
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Nope. I'm actually a big fan of Fellaini.

Free kicks get given away. I agree that it was stupid, but say if Rooney didn't challenge for the ball and the player took it down and scored, then he'd have still got the ball.

Our problem is that we don't kill off games.
 
I hate the fact that a lot of us have been saying for years that he's finished and yet the club has persisted.

It's annoying to be right because if a layman like me could see this 3 years ago, experts should be able to see it too.

Wayne Rooney is the personification of what we have become as a club : A faded force living in past glories that refuses to acknowledge it's weaknesses.

Jose should drop him from the squad for the Europa league games until the end.

He can play 90 minutes in the testimonial. That's his level.
 
Walters_19_MuFc said:
Nope. I'm actually a big fan of Fellaini.

Free kicks get given away. I agree that it was stupid, but say if Rooney didn't challenge for the ball and the player took it down and scored, then he'd have still got the ball.

Our problem is that we don't kill off games.
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Ball wasn't on the ground so he wouldn't have controlled and did any damage. If
Rooney didn't foul him I can guarantee you the attack from Swansea would have been fizzled out.

It's obvious Swansea are likely to any damage from a free kick than we anything else and we have given them ample amount of chances.

We should be grateful Swansea was poor at setpeices today even though they punished us today.
 
There was a thread a few years back on how many goals would a random caftard score if he/she played for United. This is as close as it gets to that.
 
Walters_19_MuFc said:
Nope. I'm actually a big fan of Fellaini.

Free kicks get given away. I agree that it was stupid, but say if Rooney didn't challenge for the ball and the player took it down and scored, then he'd have still got the ball.

Our problem is that we don't kill off games.
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It's no surprise you're in here trying to defend him.

There were more options than a) Moronically foul him or b) let him take the ball down and score. The ball was coming from out of the sky and landing at Martin Olsson ffs, the chances of him taking it out of the sky , turning and smashing it in are so small. There was no need to stumble into him.

It was fecking braindead from a player years and years past his best .
 
A perfect 'silent domination' performance. Only did few things, but silently effecting the scoreline.
 
He's a liability.

That player was never going to do anything with that high ball, rooney could have let it bounce and then tackle him but instead he steams into him like a bull in a China shop. Absolute idiot.

We were in trouble as it was with the injuries and he's completely cost us. feck off Wayne.
 
Djemba-Djemba said:
It's no surprise you're in here trying to defend him.

There were more options than a) Moronically foul him or b) let him take the ball down and score. The ball was coming from out of the sky and landing at Martin Olsson ffs, the chances of him taking it out of the sky , turning and smashing it in are so small. There was no need to stumble into him.

It was fecking braindead from a player years and years past his best .
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I said it was a fecking stupid free kick to give away. What else do you want me say?

Someone said the goal was gifted, but Sigurdsson still had to score.

There was another occasion where someone give a free kick away in a dangerous area, but fortunately for us, it didn't result in a goal.
 
Walters_19_MuFc said:
I said it was a fecking stupid free kick to give away. What else do you want me say?

Someone said the goal was gifted, but Sigurdsson still had to score.

There was another occasion where someone give a free kick away in a dangerous area, but fortunately for us, it didn't result in a goal.
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You made out like Rooney had to make the challenge because Olsson might score which just isn't true. He didn't have to foul him, it was infuriatingly stupid.

I'm sure if Sigurdsson could have chosen any part of the pitch to take a free kick at goal it would have been there. Nobody else gave away a free kick as dangerous or as moronically as that.
 
Walters_19_MuFc said:
I said it was a fecking stupid free kick to give away. What else do you want me say?

Someone said the goal was gifted, but Sigurdsson still had to score.

There was another occasion where someone give a free kick away in a dangerous area, but fortunately for us, it didn't result in a goal.
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Just give up mate. Your the only one left defending him and why? We owe him nothing and him being here any longer is causing us problems.
 
Adam-Utd said:
Just give up mate. Your the only one left defending him and why? We owe him nothing and him being here any longer is causing us problems.
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Moyes' last knife in the gut for United was Rooney's five year deal. If Fergie could've given us just one more year Rooney would've been forced out.
 
#07 said:
This should be his last game for Man Utd. The 'leader', the 'experience' giving away a ridiculous and needless free kick outside the box, despite knowing the other team has a set piece specialist. Mourinho should take the blame for picking him.
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This was my thought when the goal went in. The gaffer takes the blame for this. I prefer Rooney not being a playmaker, I actually have no idea where he is most effective these days.

What's even more galling for me is that I'm watching this match in my house with an Arsenal fan :mad:.
 
I thought he had a decent 20 minutes or so in the second half, the first half was terrible though, he was flat (L intended), isolated and off the pace. The free kick was a terrible bit of defending and has cost us big time.

No doubt in my mind that he's finished and needs to be moved on, injuries and our tough fixture list are the only reason he's even near to the first team at the moment.
 
It's a real shame. If he'd left at the end of Fergie's reign he'd be remembered as a top class player who was fantastic for United.

Now there's a good chance he'll be remembered in part as the lumbering, clumsy idiot who is the poster boy for the post Fergie era of overpaid, under-performing, slothful, dispassionate non-performances that we're getting far too accustomed to.

When my child asks me about Rooney as a player it will be a heavily caveated praise. That's the biggest shame.
 
I don't expect anything from him anymore and am still left disappointed.

Could well have been his last start for us today.

He's a club legend but nowhere near good enough anymore.
 
phepheshane said:
This was my thought when the goal went in. The gaffer takes the blame for this. I prefer Rooney not being a playmaker, I actually have no idea where he is most effective these days.

What's even more galling for me is that I'm watching this match in my house with an Arsenal fan :mad:.
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Somewhere that's not Manchester United.
 
He looks all finished and needs to go. For the sake of the club, himself and the Caf.
 
Can't wait to hear Ashley's version of events.
 
What winds me up are his long passes when 99% of the time they're completely unnecessary. Sure if things are getting crowded and you have the ability to find the spare man over on the far side, great. But Rooney seems to want to do that all the time even when that scenario hasn't unfolded. I don't get it. He seems to have lost the ability completely to do the simple things.
 
phepheshane said:
I prefer Rooney not being a playmaker, I actually have no idea where he is most effective these days
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I hope we are not doing the "where is Rooney more effective?" thing again, we have done that for like the past 5 years. The dude is a terrible footballer, end of the story.
 
Walters_19_MuFc said:
Nope. I'm actually a big fan of Fellaini.

Free kicks get given away. I agree that it was stupid, but say if Rooney didn't challenge for the ball and the player took it down and scored, then he'd have still got the ball.

Our problem is that we don't kill off games.
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And Rooney had the best chance to do so. He cost of two points today, or Mourinho did for playing a pensioner.
 
TBH, who would people have played instead of Rooney? I dont blame Jose for that aspect, given the number of injuries we are getting.

But although he scored, he should have come off at half time. He was trash, looked the most tired despite having played the least in this run from most of his team-mates
In fact he was in a position that didnt require much running as he had runners off him and yet he was still trash.

Hes not a captain nor a leader. All he does is scream at refs. His lack of brains to give away that needless freekick was just infuriating. It came to a time when we werent really under siege from Swansea and it wasnt stopping a counter attack neither.
Its a shame his career at United is coming to an end like this (tbh you could say it was finished a few seasons ago), but we do play with a man less with him on the pitch.
 
I'm one of his biggest critics here but what I saw today was just a simple case of the heart willing but the body not able, the freekick he gave away was because he was shagged out, he did his best to put the defensive work in and he was out of puff, on the ball he offered nothing.
 
Devil may care said:
I'm one of his biggest critics here but what I saw today was just a simple case of the heart willing but the body not able, the freekick he gave away was because he was shagged out, he did his best to put the defensive work in and he was out of puff, on the ball he offered nothing.
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Agreed, I feel like he wants to end his career on a high, but the abuse on the body is taking its toll.
 
Several have said he had to challenge for the ball when he gave the free kick away but that wasn't a challenge that was just blatant failure to get his fat ar*e goal side and jump for the ball not just bundle into the man.
He increasingly looks like the punter who has won the chance to play for Utd in a charity match. I would rather see one of the kids play instead of him for the rest of the season, bring him on for injury time in the last game v Palace just to wave his goodbyes.
 
Raoul said:
Seems Fergie wanting to get rid back in 2012(?) was spot on.
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Something else we can blame Moyes for and LvG for making him captain. He will be gone in the summer then Jose can pick his own captain. Think Carrick will go as well. In fact I think he will get rid of all the SAF players, so the club can start again properly. The only one who should stay is Valencia.
 
Everton was be crazy to take him on this summer. The guy is done.
 
finneh said:
It's a real shame. If he'd left at the end of Fergie's reign he'd be remembered as a top class player who was fantastic for United.

Now there's a good chance he'll be remembered in part as the lumbering, clumsy idiot who is the poster boy for the post Fergie era of overpaid, under-performing, slothful, dispassionate non-performances that we're getting far too accustomed to.

When my child asks me about Rooney as a player it will be a heavily caveated praise. That's the biggest shame.
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This.
 
Devil may care said:
I'm one of his biggest critics here but what I saw today was just a simple case of the heart willing but the body not able, the freekick he gave away was because he was shagged out, he did his best to put the defensive work in and he was out of puff, on the ball he offered nothing.
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I think that is it exactly, but he shouldn't be as you said. He is 31, there are players older than him that make world class contributions to top teams. He needs to go and it is a sad end. At least Jose is not sentimental so will not be swayed by Rooney's mates.
 
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