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Originally Posted by Eto'odinho
You can duck and hide all you want BUT it is his commitment, workrate and passion winning him praise nowadays as opposed to all three plus technique, skill, spatial awareness, killer instinct and other attacking attributes.
Make no mistake, this is in no way taking anything away from Rooney. He is a class act BUT sadly he hasn't displayed enough of it in the final third this season.
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Look, Smith was never as good as Rooney is. Rooney's finishing has been poor this season, but his overall game has been as good as Ronaldo's or Tevez's. Before IK makes the Kuyt comparision of running around like a headless chicken, I'd like to make sure that I'm not talking about his passion or commitment. Rooney is contributing a lot to our build-up play and he had decent number of assists too. He scored 13 goals this season despite his poor finishing and played out of position.