He did look a bit sheepish after he went over on it again.
Any news?
Any news?
Rooney's ankle again?
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From the BBC
Ferguson on Rooney's injury: "I don't think it's serious. It's just the tissue. I'm sure he'll be OK for the following week."
Ferguson on Rooney's injury: "I don't think it's serious. It's just the tissue. I'm sure he'll be OK for the following week."
Hope he gets rested against Rovers. Need him fit for the City game.
Definitely shouldn't start. Berba and Kiko should do it.
I find it astounding that anyone takes anything fergie says at face value these days.
He should have gone off after he re-injured it. He was pretty much ineffective afterwards anyway.
It was his other ankle was it not
"I'm not prepared to take a risk on a player who is not 100% fit."
"I don't think he will be on the bench although he might talk me into it, it is a difficult one."
I really hope Fergie see sense and realises Berbatov can't operate on his own. I'd be very happy to see Rooney rested, Berbatov and Macheda up front together and a midfield of Nani, Fletcher, Carrick and Valencia - I think we'd be fine with that.
True, you can't exactly trust the man's word ;P
On another note, regardless of whether he should've headed for a bit of treatment after coming off, I loved seeing him refuse and sit down to watch the rest of the game
On another note, regardless of whether he should've headed for a bit of treatment after coming off, I loved seeing him refuse and sit down to watch the rest of the game
Macheda and Berbatov against Blackburn. If we can't beat them then we don't deserve to win the league anyway.
We need Rooney for City.
We need Rooney for City.
Burst a blood vessel in his ankle supposedly. His ankle twisted in a similar (but less serious) way to last week.
total commitment from Rooney once again. great to see. Doubt he will play against Blackburn though.True, you can't exactly trust the man's word ;P
On another note, regardless of whether he should've headed for a bit of treatment after coming off, I loved seeing him refuse and sit down to watch the rest of the game
Sky News ticker says something about burst blood vessel.
Deserve got nothing to with it.It's just the point that matters
Any more on this?
Is a burst blood vessel here nor there?
Is a burst blood vessel here nor there?
Just a soft tissue injury, nothing to worry about. Fergie should give more news in his conference tomorrow. Probably be a doubt for Sunday but fine for City.
Nope. The right one again.
Fergie mentioned this morning itself that he would probably not play this weekend.
""He got a knock which was similar to last week,'' Ferguson said. "It is a burst blood vessel below the ankle. He won't be out for too long.''
Only worry is that we take the Rovers game too lightly. They have the ability to cause us problems. Let's not forget that they did take a few points of Chelsea not too long ago.
Oh right for some reason I thought it was his left that went last week
And yet everyone still thinks it was right not just to play him, but to keep him on when he was caught again and clearly not fit to play.
You don't feck around with Wayne Rooney.
Didn't he say that before yesterday's game?
Playing him said a lot more about Berbatov than it did Rooney to me...That said Plech, the real crime was taking him off for O Shea with half an hour to go when it looked like we were clearly going to concede again. That struck me as completely mad and essentially said "come an get us you bastards!"
Yes but that's just shit management. You've got to find a way to make the team work without him if he's not fit to play. This probably applies to the starting line-up - we don't know how fit he was - but certainly applies once the injury recurred/worsened.
I agree.Mockers said:
Playing Rooney very nearly played off! All this bashing of Fergie for playing Rooney is ridiculous. If the medic gave you the thumbs and a player like Wayne was that eager to play, we all would have started him if we were in Fergie's position.
Theres no chance we would have ended the half 3-0 if Rooney hadn't been in the starting line up.
This shows that we can't rely on Wayne so much next season and back up NEEDS to brought in.
Theres no chance we would have ended the half 3-0 if Rooney hadn't been in the starting line up.
This shows that we can't rely on Wayne so much next season and back up NEEDS to brought in.
That's the bottom line.
As usual, the back-seat managers are all being incredibly wise after the event.