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.