Wayne Rooney: Manchester United All Time Top Goalscorer

chb23 said:
Congratulations to Rooney. Don't like the guy anymore but got to give him props for reaching the record.

I thought it was fitting that he levelled via a miskick. Sums up his level now. I fully expect him to break the record via a miskick or just a cheap tap in :)
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Ronaldo is winning Ballaodor's doing just that :)
 
Eddy_JukeZ said:
He touched the 2nd one too. Rooney then went to the GK's side and completely fooled him.

Rooney also had a great chip that game that hit the post/bar. He was on fire.
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He was on fire in that period of games full stop. Could and should have had a hat-trick of hat-tricks, fluffing an open goal and missing a penalty against Chelsea after hat tricks against Arsenal and Bolton
 
DevilRed said:
Beckham would have got a lot more shit these days? :lol:

You sound like you werent around at the time ;)
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Being 34, I think that if my maths is right I was around, thanks for the condescending winks anyway.

I'm not doubting becks ability but no doubt it would be a different animal these days with so many Twitter and internet managers, causing shit with Fergie forcing a move to Madrid, that woulda gone down great
 
Regulus Arcturus Black said:
Official eyesight lists him as an attacking midfielder.
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which is a very scoring position in itself. Kind of like lampard who himself has scored 200 goals. Even Rooney one could argue played more as an attacking midfielder than as a striker in his career.
 
prath92 said:
which is a very scoring position in itself. Kind of like lampard who himself has scored 200 goals. Even Rooney one could argue played more as an attacking midfielder than as a striker in his career.
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Mate, just stop it. Rooney's achievement is brilliant but no point going on about how he did it in less games than Sir Bobby as every single one of us here knows that Rooney has spent his career in a much more attacking position.
 
Regulus Arcturus Black said:
Mate, just stop it. Rooney's achievement is brilliant but no point going on about how he did it in less games than Sir Bobby as every single one of us here knows that Rooney has spent his career in a much more attacking position.
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people on this forum who have watched him play likened him to a position that was more of a lampard role.
 
I'm just delighted for him and for us that he's broken the record while playing bloody good football again.

Wouldn't have been right if he'd broken it with a couple of penalties in the middle of that rotten spell of form with all of us on his back.

Well done Wayne and fair play for coming back in such good nick. Long may it last!
 
stevoc said:
Cheers so this was after LVG had been sacked then. You dont have a link to that article by any chance?
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I cant find the Taylor interview now, it was a short answer to a question about Rooney as England Captain by one of the United fanzines.


There's this though:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...-striker-charm-offensive-ahead-Euro-2016.html

Which was shortly followed by this:

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...manchester-united-players-near-mutiny?0p19G=c
 
He's not happy about the Mail not giving him his dues...



Don't know what he expected, football journalism is just about trying to create memes.
 
prath92 said:
people on this forum who have watched him play likened him to a position that was more of a lampard role.
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Yes, and Rooney has obviously spent his career in a more advanced role than Lampard. (Hence why he has more England & career goals than Lampard too in a few less years)

The point is simple, Rooney's achievement is fantastic but let's not say things like "in 200 less games than Sir Bobby" too when Rooney has spent his career here in a more advanced role.
 
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Regulus Arcturus Black said:
Yes, and Rooney has obviously spent his career in a more advanced role than Lampard.
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Not all that different. Lampard was the most advanced of midfielders and Rooney often played behind the main striker. I think the games comparisons are fair tbh. An attacking midfield is a highly scoring position.
 
Pexbo said:
I cant find the Taylor interview now, it was a short answer to a question about Rooney as England Captain by one of the United fanzines.


There's this though:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...-striker-charm-offensive-ahead-Euro-2016.html

Which was shortly followed by this:

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...manchester-united-players-near-mutiny?0p19G=c
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Cheers mate, that second one is interesting. I'd be willing to believe a lot of that stuff about Van Gaal.
 
stevoc said:
Cheers mate, that second one is interesting. I'd be willing to believe a lot of that stuff about Van Gaal.
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Oh for sure. I think it's been embellished somewhat and you have to consider the motives of the leaker but it's no secret that he was a difficult man to work under and the narrative about Bastian also fits with why Mourinho was quick to outcast him when trying to get the dressing room in good mental state.
 
Pexbo said:
Oh for sure. I think it's been embellished somewhat and you have to consider the motives of the leaker but it's no secret that he was a difficult man to work under and the narrative about Bastian also fits with why Mourinho was quick to outcast him when trying to get the dressing room in good mental state.
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They always do a bit of that. The bit about putting trackers in their phones so he could check on who was opening his emails and for how long seems a bit mental even for Van Gaal. :lol:
 
Regulus Arcturus Black said:
Official eyesight lists him as an attacking midfielder.
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Actually he played in quite a few positions. Going by how tactics were thought of at the time, he spent much of his career in the front 5 - sometimes on the wing, sometimes as an inside forward and sometimes as a forward. He probably played as a centre mid less than he played on the wing - he was primarily an attacking player.
 
Really is an amazing achievement. I've always liked Rooney. Yes the contract issue made him look like a petulant dick, but beyond that I've never seen anyone work as hard on the pitch, often to his own detriment. He never has any qualms about chasing back, helping out the left-back, heading it off the line or getting stuck in whilst in CM. I wouldn't, and couldn't, argue that he is the complete player but on the field at least he's the player every young kid should be told to watch as to how to work for a team despite your wage, reputation or apparent ego.
 
Brwned said:
Actually he played in quite a few positions. Going by how tactics were thought of at the time, he spent much of his career in the front 5 - sometimes on the wing, sometimes as an inside forward and sometimes as a forward. He probably played as a centre mid less than he played on the wing - he was primarily an attacking player.
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I've watched loads of Charlton @Brwned and he was never played regularly in similar attacking position to where Rooney has spent the majority of his career. I've absolutely flabbergasted that anyone think's it's fair to compare the two in that way.
 
They're not really. Rooney's reached the record in something like 200 fewer games.
 
What's more special with Rooney is the number of assists he's amassed too. I've seen some claim Shearer was better but it's not true. Shearer the better striker, Rooney the superior player. To be in the top 3 of goals and assists in premiership history is an excellent achievement.

Feels awesome to have witnessed the goal record being broken. The guys a legend and will be remembered as so by everyone once his time here ends.
 
kidbob said:
What's more special with Rooney is the number of assists he's amassed too. I've seen some claim Shearer was better but it's not true. Shearer the better striker, Rooney the superior player. To be in the top 3 of goals and assists in premiership history is an excellent achievement.

Feels awesome to have witnessed the goal record being broken. The guys a legend and will be remembered as so by everyone once his time here ends.
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Agreed.

But this thread will just "sit" so much better after his next goal :)
 
Eh, I'd have rather waited until he breaks the record, and I will! Screw you radon
 
We could do with an English major student, or teacher.

Have some side questions too. Like, why English, not english? April, Wednesday, but not april, wednesday?
 
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