Funny how a semi-retired Rooney is so much better than Lingard who is supposed to be in his prime years. Or is he still a promising youngster?
Wayne Rooney - Derby County player
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Difference being rooney wouldn't go a year without a goal even if he was playing as deep as he does for Derby
i think at the end he - or his agent - admitted they were not seriously looking to leave but just looking for a big pay rise. It's just the timing was suspect so people ran with the 'questioning ambition' reasoning. I can't find the article that i remember reading which said similar. he ended up staying at least which was a damn sight better than seeing Ronaldo flirt every summer with Madrid and then say he is a slave.
His passing is very good when given space, also he did well when Lingard/Pereira pressed him. Created most chances than anyone on the pitch and also pinged superb passes to the wings which led to chances.
Was good seeing him play. He is a legend at United, but truthfully i do feel a disconnect with him. As in i don't really hold him in the same regard i do Paul Scholes, Rio, Van Der Sar, Vidic etc.. although what he has accomplished here with the trophies and goal scoring record is remarkable.
Great to see the fans pay homage to Wayne and him go over to the away section and do the same at the end of the game.
He'll be back at United in some kind of capacity in the future and rightly so.
He'll be back at United in some kind of capacity in the future and rightly so.
Man i wish Rooney would have scored on that last free kick. I have a feeling the entire stadium, home AND away fans would be ecstatic
He was never so bad considering the dross we are still playing and tolerating 3 years after he left. Players like Lingard and Pereira are being tolerated and it took 5 years for Lingard for example to get called on, you also see Fred getting praised for absolute average performances regularly nowadays. Because it was Rooney it was "so so bad".
Rooney was never this bad, people should stop peddling that shit. A 34 year old Rooney is still better than Lingard. People were looking at his enormous wage and judging him by that.
Did you miss the interviews before the match saying he loves the club and still goes to the games.
Swear people see what they want to see
Rooney at age 34 and having come back from playing in America, is still levels ahead of Lingard and Pereira. Let that sink in.
I miss his passing range so much.
I miss his passing range so much.
I would take Rooney’s beard over Lingard and Andreas right now...
Yeah I miss that diagonal ball to Valencia 30 times a game too.
Nonsense
He's really not. He tried tracking back mid way though the second half and, despite starting off closer to the ball carrier, he ended up miles back being taken over by his teammates.
His legs went 3 years ago never mind now
No point speculating if he's better than any of our current players. Thought he played quite well, legs are gone but still showed very good quality on the ball and defensively. Absolute legend and glad to see him get such a good response from our fans. Pity that free kick didn't go in would've been a lovely moment.
Agree: if Lingard and Pereira get games, Rooney would above them. The reason Lingard gets games primarily is supposed to be down to his movement off the ball and linking midfield with the attack, but his technical level has nosedive this season, which makes him a liability as he causes so many attacks to break down at his feet.
Rooney obviously doesn't have the legs of either and he can't run much, but he still has far better feet in every manner from control, to shooting to passing.
Your last sentence: you didn't see El Fenomeno in his teenage years?
Agree. What beard!
*masculine grunt!
Rooney had to go because he could no longer justify superstar wages.
But Rooney on Pereira's wage would probably still be at the club.
But Rooney on Pereira's wage would probably still be at the club.
I agree, it’d also be disrespectful to Derby to gush over us in an interview after they’ve lost 3-0 at home.Did you miss the interviews before the match saying he loves the club and still goes to the games.
Swear people see what they want to see
The connection between Rooney and United fans was never really there. Always forced. Manufactured.Did you miss the interviews before the match saying he loves the club and still goes to the games.
Swear people see what they want to see
You'd be deluded to think otherwise.
Was impressed with how fit he looked. He's clearly had a 2nd wind in his career and looked really determined - was running up and down the pitch at the end just as much as everybody else.
He was an Everton fan all along and we paid him huge sums of money to play for us, those are matters of fact, but he gave us everything while he was here and is our all-time record goalscorer. What more would you have liked him to do on the pitch?
Or that ball over the top to RvP to smash it home against Villa
Fair enough if the contract machinations and the 'questioning of ambition' episode left a sour taste, you're certainly not the only one there. But considering this is a player the club wanted to bring in, that Fergie made a mainstay of arguably the greatest era of the club's history, I just wonder how Rooney can remain an outsider (one who had his name sung for half an hour straight by United fans last night while he played against us) and at what point in his stellar United career we should have got rid so that a 'true red' could have taken his place?
Although Rooney is nowhere near United quality (he wasn't that even at the time he was sold, let alone years later) there's no way in hell he would've gone whole year with 0 goals and 0 assists like Lingard did.
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Unreal post. Love it
feck off with the Lingard/Andreas bashing in every thread. They will both be gone in the Summer. Just let it be.
He was the best player on the pitch last night in my opinion. 90% pass completion, 5 key passes, some lovely Schole-esque long pass switches and two good free kicks.
Yeah his legs did go 3 years ago, but compared to Lingard what is the point of having legs when they are just as useless as a barging poll? There was an instance Lingard tried to track back last night and ended up on his arse, I bet Rooney did more contributions easily against a better team that is.
Very good free kicks. Some good passes too. Slow as expected, but he is still class with the ball.
I'm surprised by how little he has declined since he left. He's slow but his ability on the ball was still up there with anybody on the pitch. It helps that he is happier to sit and let the younger players take charge than he was in his final seasons with us, when he was charging around trying to be in the middle of everything.
He did do one of those passes to a Derby wide player who made an excellent cross and the following header just missed the goal.
Too right!
I mean he probably paid our travelling fans to sing his name all night last night, right?
You and a few others have such a pathetic agenda, it's hard to believe I still read shite like this on a Manchester United forum.
Wayne Rooney is one of the most recognised and beloved Man United legends across the whole world.
The fact that a few wankers online still hold some pathetic grudges means absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things.
The fact that a few wankers online still hold some pathetic grudges means absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things.
Right on. He's a club legend and club record goalscorer.
A true club legend and people seem to be forgetting just how fantastic he was for the club and how hard he worked.
I genuinely believe if he stayed he could have still done a decent job- would you have him over lingard or Pereira right now?...
I genuinely believe if he stayed he could have still done a decent job- would you have him over lingard or Pereira right now?...
In fairness didn't he make it clear from day one he will always be an Evertonian first and foremost?
We have a similar situation now with Mason Mount who still goes to Pompey games.
No I wouldn't simply because of the space we afforded him on the ball last night, plus I remember very well the performances he was giving in his last season. We rightfully let him go, club legend but I'm not with those who think he could still do a job.