Compare that with the attitude of our current star players and also the amount of excuses fans give for their consistently poor, disinterested performances.
Wazza at his peak would cost £200 million in today's market. An absolutely unique player. The quality he possessed, added to his ferocious nature was a sight to behold.
There was a famous moment in a game against Hull City (we were winning 4-3), during his "skinhead" days, where he was seriously pissed off for some reason and there was a drop-ball situation. Rooney kind of lost it but then went on in a crunching tackle at two players that were around the ball and absolutely destroyed them. I laugh so hard every time I watch it, those were the days man...