Wayne Rooney, The Midfield General? Mourinho Says No.

What should we do with Rooney ?

  • Keep him as a starting XI player

    Votes: 23 6.7%

  • Sell him

    Votes: 221 64.8%

  • Keep him as a squad player

    Votes: 97 28.4%
  • Total voters
    341
  • Poll closed .
I just can't believe the dumb things we've done recently. We wouldn't sell Real Madrid a virus, but we spent almost as much on diMaria as we received for Ronaldo. We gave away Pogba for nothing, now he's worth 80mil. We handed 6 year contracts to Rooney and Moyes. We signed Falcao nearing 30 and coming off acl injury. Add Darmian, Depay and others to the list. Glazer's head must be spinning with all this muppet madness. Who is steering this ship? He should be tossed overboard.
 
Just about every English player was off this tournament. I just hope Mourinho is ruthless enough to gradually transition Wayne from sure starter to experienced, utility player who occasionally starts and occasionally comes on as a sub.
 
Two managers sounded their death knell by putting their trust in Rooney, I hope Jose isn't as stupid as the last two. He'll need to force him out. Tell him that he'll only be a bench player under him and needs to decide if that is acceptable to him. Fingers crossed it won't be to Rooney and he'll take the next available flight to Shanghai.
 
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Someone argued with me that Moyes reign didn't do anything to the club, but LvG set the club back a lot. Well, Rooney's 5 year contract did set us back a lot. Thanks Moysey and thanks LvG for playing him in midfield. FFS you cnuts.
 
Raoul said:
Just about every English player was off this tournament. I just hope Mourinho is ruthless enough to gradually transition Wayne from sure starter to experienced, utility player who occasionally starts and occasionally comes on as a sub.
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Yes.

Jose doesn't have enough capital to get rid of Rooney at the first possible opportunity.

For me ,Rooney should play at 9 or 10 or be benched. He's not a midfielder and the fact that two very poor managers persisted with him there for both club and country doesn't feel me with much confidence.
 
Minimalist said:
He's a great young talent.
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This clip is why I dont want him anywhere nearer a midfield role at Utd. He isnt even under any pressure. Imagine in the EPL where the pace is much faster and pressing is more quickly. I dont get the nostalgia thing with Rooney. All things come to an end. He has been playing first team football since he was 16, and he is done now at the elite level. He should be gradually phased out this season with a place on the bench at best. Under no circumstances should he be an automatic starter like he has under the past 2 managers
 
Insanity said:
Two managers sounded their death knell by putting their trust in Rooney, I hope Jose isn't as stupid as the last two. He'll need to force him out. Tell him that he'll only be a bench player under him and needs to decide if that is acceptable to him. Fingers crossed it won't be to Rooney and he'll take the next available flight to Shanghai.
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I think that managers genuinely think that our fans will revolt if Rooney is not given an integral role in our team.
 
I finally figured it out. Rooney is still the multi-talented footballer we all know and love, he's just slightly buzzed every time he goes onto the pitch. We need to stage an intervention.
 
The fans should voices out their discontent with rooney, else mou thinks that he got us behind him.

Didnt the england fans boo the feck out of him towards the end?

I have a feeling that the england team loves to have him in the squad, he's their anti flak vest and a media bullet magnet. You won't get lambasted if he's around. He'll make sure he gets the worst performance award and take one for the team
 
Adisa said:
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Guys, Scholesy did it, Giggsy did it, it's really not that hard for Rooney to control games from deeper position too, once he's decided he's good enough it was enough for me to start believing him.

We should extend his contract before Barcelona comes for this new type of midfielder.
 
Insanity said:
Two managers sounded their death knell by putting their trust in Rooney, I hope Jose isn't as stupid as the last two. He'll need to force him out. Tell him that he'll only be a bench player under him and needs to decide if that is acceptable to him. Fingers crossed it won't be to Rooney and he'll take the next available flight to Shanghai.
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He won't be. All these nice things he supposedly says about Rooney in recent days can be seen as a formality — to not cause a stir in the PR having just been appointed not that long ago. He's hardly going to come out to say he has no place in the starting 11, even though it's as clear as day.

Raoul said:
Just about every English player was off this tournament. I just hope Mourinho is ruthless enough to gradually transition Wayne from sure starter to experienced, utility player who occasionally starts and occasionally comes on as a sub.
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Agreed that this will be the case.
 
clarkydaz said:
if the manager makes it clear he has no future in the team he will look elsewhere. This likely wont happen till he breaks the goal record though, that would be optimum time for both parties for a clean break on the pitch, then return later for ambassador role etc. You could argue keeping him as a squad player, but history shows if he isn't playing regular fitness wise he is useless
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He hasn't broken it yet?
 
Ah Wayne Rooney and his weekly journey from midfield general to overpaid pub level fat sack of shit. :lol:

I'm no fan of the guy, but he had a good tournament, one bad game doesn't change that.
 
ottosec said:
Ah Wayne Rooney and his weekly journey from midfield general to overpaid pub level fat sack of shit. :lol:

I'm no fan of the guy, but he had a good tournament, one bad game doesn't change that.
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He had one good game against the worst team in the tournament who gave him all the space in the world.

I could have had a good game against them.
 
K2K said:
Yes.

Jose doesn't have enough capital to get rid of Rooney at the first possible opportunity.

For me ,Rooney should play at 9 or 10 or be benched. He's not a midfielder and the fact that two very poor managers persisted with him there for both club and country doesn't feel me with much confidence.
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Jose strikes me as a man of conviction, imo he will give Rooney a fair chance but if Rooney doesn't take it Mourinho won't think twice about throwing him under the bus to save his own hide. Mourinho won't sit quietly whilst a washed up former superstar holds him back from getting one over Pep.
 
ottosec said:
Ah Wayne Rooney and his weekly journey from midfield general to overpaid pub level fat sack of shit. :lol:

I'm no fan of the guy, but he had a good tournament, one bad game doesn't change that.
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Not sure about that, it was the game he was most needed and he had an absolute shocker.
 
ottosec said:
Ah Wayne Rooney and his weekly journey from midfield general to overpaid pub level fat sack of shit. :lol:

I'm no fan of the guy, but he had a good tournament, one bad game doesn't change that.
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No he really didn't have a good tournament. In no context and in no logical way was his tournament anywhere close to being good. Nothing is good about playing 4 matches and ranging between mediocre to shit in each of them. That's the opposite of good. He had a bad tournament and thankfully it's made more people cotton on to the fact he's a shit midfielder.
 
I feel like we need to sell Rooney for the team to progress as a whole. For several seasons now it seems like we've moved Rooney around trying to fit him within the team. Leading the line, behind a striker and now we're saying midfield. The sooner he goes the better I think.

I also don't want him to break the goal scoring record.
 
If that is having a good tournament then I despair. The last fee years has disorganized fans expectations so much so that they don't recognize what is good and what is average- bad.
 
Adisa said:
If that is having a good tournament then I despair. The last fee years has disorganized fans expectations so much so that they don't recognize what is good and what is average- bad.
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The problem is , how do you go from a poacher/goalscorer to a deep lying playmaker? they are different skillsets to hone
 
Trigg said:
I feel like we need to sell Rooney for the team to progress as a whole. For several seasons now it seems like we've moved Rooney around trying to fit him within the team. Leading the line, behind a striker and now we're saying midfield. The sooner he goes the better I think.

I also don't want him to break the goal scoring record.
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Probably but then I really don't see a queue forming to buy him, do you?
He is costing us far too much for his actual value and that would be the same anywhere else. If you think he's going to take a cut on what 3 years at 200000£ a week or so then you are deluded.
Plenty of our players are said to be taking pay cuts next season, perhaps Rooney just isn't one of them.
 
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You can go from an attacking midfielder to a deep lying playmaker, no doubt. You absolutely cannot suddenly go from a striker to a midfielder, simple as that. Maybe against the lesser teams you can get away with it. I just cannot see Mourinho playing Rooney in a midfield 3. If he does, he's shooting himself in the foot big time.
 
He's a damn millstone round our necks. Our club will never progress till we sell him. True Geordie was rightly raging over the obsession of shoehorning and accommodating him at the expense of everyone else. Why the feck are we trying to shoehorn this sack of shit?
 
JPRouve said:
Simple, you don't.
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RB then? because of course he has to play for England and possibly Man Utd. I can't envisage him on the bench to be honest. It will create a far bigger fuss than benching Tezza as Terry was old, and isn't really liked anymore with the Ferdinand thing among other crimes. Rooney is adored and has soo many mates in the media, much more than Terry who is a bit of a black sheep, so I struggle to see Jose shafting him. He will find a place for him. I know Jose dropped Casillas, but I will believe Rooney losing his place when I see it. Until then I won't.
 
Stacks said:
RB then? because of course he has to play for England and possibly Man Utd. I can't envisage him on the bench to be honest. It will create a far bigger fuss than benching Tezza as Terry was old, and isn't really liked anymore with the Ferdinand thing among other crimes. Rooney is adored and has soo many mates in the media, much more than Terry who is a bit of a black sheep, so I struggle to see Jose shafting him. He will find a place for him. I know Jose dropped Casillas, but I will believe Rooney losing his place when I see it. Until then I won't.
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If United win without Rooney no one will care about him but if the team isn't successful it will be problematic.
 
Rooney has an average game(s) where the team manages a win= Rooney had a great game/tournament. If Rashers had managed to rescue a draw and England went on to win on penalties this thread would have bumped 20 pages with his usual fanbois wanking over this same performance. The delusion is really strong with him
 
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It is sad to see when a good player declines so dramatically. To me his legs have gone - the last 6 months he has looked like he is running in treacle. I can understand why Managers have been trying to fit him into teams. He has been good, he has been a match winner and he has been a game changer. That has all changed and hopefully his performances at the Euros will convince everyone, including Rooney, that his best days are behind him.
 
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