Until this season he could always turn it on when he wanted to. He just didn't seem to want to often enough.
Wayne Rooney | Having medical
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran are here to talk about a frustrating 2 points dropped at Crystal Palace. They then discuss the regeneration of Old Trafford. Finally, Nik is joined by special guest Michael Statham from the Football Oranje podcast - who gives us a more in depth look at our EL opposition FC Twente, and then runs through the (many) Dutch connections currently at United.
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Crazy to think 2years ago he never had an FA cup and Europa to his name, now he has won every trophy possible at club level for us.. Great player for the club. Shame people always remember your last years but his early years he was remarkable a young wayne Rooney now would easily be over 100mill.
Really odd one.
I'm glad he's leaving, he has under performed for us for years and it doesn't even just seem an ability issue it seems his mentality was shot as well - it was as if there wasn't a willingness to improve. I'm obviously not in his head or at Carrington so that is purely speculation from a fan based on what I see on the pitch. I'm also glad he's going to Everton, as much as I'd love a £60m transfer to China I'm glad he feels he owes a debt of gratitude to Everton and wants to go back to his boyhood club and I want genuinely wish him the best there and hope he captures some of his better days there.
Rooney, in my eyes, spoiled his time here with the past few seasons and his two attempts to leave but even with those he is absolutely a club legend who gave years of incredible service to this club. The history books will show his goals for the club and the trophies we won with him and that is something you cannot disagree with. He has been an amazing servent for the club and I'd like to thank him for his goals, some of which are the greatest and most important goals in our clubs history. Not bad for a scouser.
Thank you Rooney and I wish you the best at Everton and hope you find form once again; a goal or two against Liverpool, City and Chelsea won't go a miss!
If I'm at Old Trafford when we play Everton I will gladly give the lad a standing ovation. The good with him far far out weighs the bad and now he's gone so we can drop the snide.
I'm glad he's leaving, he has under performed for us for years and it doesn't even just seem an ability issue it seems his mentality was shot as well - it was as if there wasn't a willingness to improve. I'm obviously not in his head or at Carrington so that is purely speculation from a fan based on what I see on the pitch. I'm also glad he's going to Everton, as much as I'd love a £60m transfer to China I'm glad he feels he owes a debt of gratitude to Everton and wants to go back to his boyhood club and I want genuinely wish him the best there and hope he captures some of his better days there.
Rooney, in my eyes, spoiled his time here with the past few seasons and his two attempts to leave but even with those he is absolutely a club legend who gave years of incredible service to this club. The history books will show his goals for the club and the trophies we won with him and that is something you cannot disagree with. He has been an amazing servent for the club and I'd like to thank him for his goals, some of which are the greatest and most important goals in our clubs history. Not bad for a scouser.
Thank you Rooney and I wish you the best at Everton and hope you find form once again; a goal or two against Liverpool, City and Chelsea won't go a miss!
If I'm at Old Trafford when we play Everton I will gladly give the lad a standing ovation. The good with him far far out weighs the bad and now he's gone so we can drop the snide.
He's been past it for quite some time but ironically now it's finally come to him going I find it irrelevant, good luck Rooney, the earlier years were fantastic and I imagine he'll be happy back at home.
It boggles the mind. He'll be benched within a few months. I've spoken to a few Everton fans who don't want him back at all and are gutted he's going to be taking up a squad place.
If you'd told me he'd be England and Uniteds record scorer at 31 back then, I'd have taken it in an instant. We've been spoiled by success and biased by overexamination.
It'll only take a few years for people to forget the latter season disappointments and remember that the vast majorly of his career has been exceptional.
Squad place? He'll probably be named captain within the week and start every game
It's gonna be strange not seeing him at United anymore I must admit.
Goodbye scousers son
Though I never liked you at all
You had the grace to leave by yourself
Made running looking like a crawl
You couldnt even hit the woodwork
And agents whispered into your brain
They tried to set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your game
And it seems to me you lived your life
With fagsmoke in the wind
Never knowing who to pass to
I guess whoevers at right wing
And I would not mind to keep you
But we might as well get rid
Your body burned out long before
Your legend ever did
Though I never liked you at all
You had the grace to leave by yourself
Made running looking like a crawl
You couldnt even hit the woodwork
And agents whispered into your brain
They tried to set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your game
And it seems to me you lived your life
With fagsmoke in the wind
Never knowing who to pass to
I guess whoevers at right wing
And I would not mind to keep you
But we might as well get rid
Your body burned out long before
Your legend ever did
It seems nuts right
? I don't think I've seen any sane Everton fan being happy about this.Love that!
Why does it bother you?
Who said it does ?
Great player for the club and will always be a legend for us having the top goalscorer record which won't be broken for a very long time. Sad to see the decline but really should have left 2 seasons ago, still sad to see him not at United anymore.
Good luck
Good luck
respectfully, that's bullshit. He had the odd decent game but overall he's been shit for years, in fact him being so poor is why the odd decent performance was amplified as some sort of return to form. Got to the point people were ping-pong with his position, "clearly he's an am. roo would be a decent cm. he should be leading the line. He's a false 9" and when he failed at every single one, the cycle would reset with blame being sparingly thrown at managers who couldn't get the best out of him or team mates.
The dude contributed immensely to our success but he's been long past it, the notion that he could turn it at will but didn't because he didn't want it bad enough is amusing to me, as is the notion that he will be the business for Everton.
Absolutely.
Your post.
Evertonians, we hand this gypsy curse over to you. May you now be locked in a rubix cube of confusion to cries of:
He's a striker
He's a midfielder
He's a 10
He needs runners
etc...
He's a striker
He's a midfielder
He's a 10
He needs runners
etc...
Best of luck to him, except when he plays us of course.
More like your interpretation
I watched Only fools and horses but don't remember that, oh well, was 20ish years ago.
Glad you cleared that up, I thought that's got to be a typo
You might be right. Calling me on bullshit means that you really believe you are. I have a memory of him upping his game for a month to 6 weeks at a time when he was really being blasted by the press. It might be a false memory things like that happen.
One way or the other there are people on here who could do with dialling back the intensity just a bit. Saying I don't agree is a lot less confrontational that saying that's bullshit. Just trying to help with the personal skills a bit.
Bye bye bye
You're doing this tonight
You're probably gonna start a fight
I know this feels so right
Hey Rooney come on
We loved you endlessly
But you weren't good for me
So now it's time to leave and make it alone
I know that we can't take no more
It ain't no lie
I want to see you out that door
Rooney bye bye bye
You're doing this tonight
You're probably gonna start a fight
I know this feels so right
Hey Rooney come on
We loved you endlessly
But you weren't good for me
So now it's time to leave and make it alone
I know that we can't take no more
It ain't no lie
I want to see you out that door
Rooney bye bye bye
I'm sad that its over, I remember the excitement when we bought him, and since then he has been one of the best players we have had for season after season. Its time to go though, he looked lost with the youngsters at the tail end of last season, simply couldn't keep pace with them, both in terms of physically moving around the pitch and speed of thought.
Glad he gets to go back to where it started for him though and in many ways I think the move to everton will give him a new start, wouldn't surprise me to see him put a solid 3 -4 years in for them now.
I will never understand the negativity towards him, two successful sides, and he was central to both, he came through every time we needed him for a good 8 years. He is still the best 16 year old I have ever seen play the game.
Glad he gets to go back to where it started for him though and in many ways I think the move to everton will give him a new start, wouldn't surprise me to see him put a solid 3 -4 years in for them now.
I will never understand the negativity towards him, two successful sides, and he was central to both, he came through every time we needed him for a good 8 years. He is still the best 16 year old I have ever seen play the game.
Thank you, thank you! I'm here all night.
We had joy,
We had fun,
We had bullshit in The Sun,
But the booze and the fags
Made you rubbish,
Pack your bags
We had fun,
We had bullshit in The Sun,
But the booze and the fags
Made you rubbish,
Pack your bags
Personally I thought he was better this season (when he did play) than what he was the last two seasons. Not so much at the start, but after he was dropped and then the bearded Rooney came back he did quite well for a few weeks. Then while he obviously did drop off again, I thought it was still a higher level than previously. Certainly not good enough still.
Fair enough. I just don't get why you would care about Rooney potentially being finished if he's going to another team. Like you said, though, must be my interpretation.
Take your weave and leave
Sure Steve, just ride my lyrical success all the way to another PoTY trophy.
Sorry, mate, but that Plonker Of The Year trophy is all mine.
He had some of his better games of the last couple of years this season, but it was averaged out with some of his worst. He just couldn't be relied on to produce.
He's still missing a Super Cup! Semantics, but still
Had to look up our last one. Lost 2-1 to Zenit apparently. I don't remember it at all!
We'll do well to win the next one too! Though if we can win it, it's a boost already claiming a trophy, before you've even played league game 1
Hope he'll score some nice goals for Everton. Marvelous player, nearly 15 years since that goal against Arsenal. Wasn't nice to see him fade away, but time waits for no one.
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