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Originally Posted by kanchelskis14
As for this argument, i'd rather he left the tackling to those who get paid to do it, and scores the goals he fundamentally gets paid to do. I'm tired of reading that 'our striker doesn't score, but hey, at least he wins tackles on the edge of his own box'. I never deemed that acceptable from Alan Smith, and i don't think it's good enough from Rooney either (although Rooney is far superior to Smith as a footballer, who is terrible).
The famous phrase is 'Rooney's game is about more than goals'. Well that's great then, but it should be lucky us, we got a striker who can do more than just score goals ( a striker's fundamental job). I would imagine that's what you pay £27m for, a striker who can not just score the goals required, but do the rest too. But surely it should never be a substitute for actually scoring the goals. It's like saying we should spend £15m on Cicinho because he's a defender who is great going forward. If he can't actually defend that well, what's the point.
The frustrating thing with Rooney is i reckon he has it in him to score 20 a season.
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That's a decent point, which really underlines the endless debate of Rooney not being played in his best position as he's not a natural centre forward. Him, being our CF this season, means that he should be responsible for goals.. and him getting a lack of it can only dint his confidence in front of it. I think in this respect, we are really lucky to have Ronaldo banging in the majority of the goals for us this season. If you compare Rooney to other strikers, say the caf favourite Torres, Torres is undeniably the better striker, where as Rooney is the better player IMO.