MERGED: Rooney signs new contract!

[evra]

Ancelotti is pretty like-able but Queiroz is most obviously going to be our next manager.

Fixed

 

[Rado_N]

And there I was thinking this thread would out do our record breaking Ronaldo one from a while back.

What a bizarre week, you could just not make this kind of stuff up without being called off your rocker.

Anyway, the bond between the fan and the player has broken for me and I dont know if it will ever be the same again.

Id love to know what really went on all this week, but I guess we will never ever get to know.

Not until SAF publishes memoirs

 

[Rado_N]

Fixed

wtf?! Is he bollocks!

 

[olesmyhero]

Fixed

Hasn't Quieroz shown he's not got it in him to be the manager. He makes one hell of an assistant, but not sure if he could do it as the top man.

 

[Red Dreams]

Ancelotti is pretty like-able but Jose is most obviously going to be our next manager.

Throughout this episode Jose kept saying SAF will convince Rooney to stay.

class. agree...no doubt the next manager for us.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

wtf?! Is he bollocks!

Correct, he is bollocks, and there is zero chance of him being our next manager.

 

[Bear Attack]

'kin hell are you serious.

Why is the cnut staying. And those wages...

 

[TheReligion]

'kin hell are you serious.

Why is the cnut staying. And those wages...

Which wages?

 

[Dyslexic Untied]

A lot? Does he get called a cnut by most of us? Did he not get cheered by a stuffed Old Trafford for his testimonial?

And he lost his job but that was an interview and rather more explicit. That's not the same as Rooney fearing for our future and feeling he might have to provoke a response out of the club or to ensure a future at a club that's set to have a shot at the major trophies.

We're all skeptical about a feckload of elements regarding our future. Who takes over for Scholes or Giggs in terms of midfield creativity, for one... It isn't a big thing if Rooney, who is living in the midst of all this as opposed to us, started getting a bit uncertain about our trajectory.

Whooa.

I quoted you saying that Keanes outburst among us didn't "taint his legacy". I told you that was wrong. Nobody said anything about calling him a cnut. There is a long way to go from a tainted legacy to being a cnut.

 

[pillory]

So has Chelsea, City, Madrid, Barcelona, Fall outs with fergie, Coleen wanting to move away... The fact is NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING!

Tell you what, i'll mention 210k now...

210k

.. There you are. Now that's been mentioned too. You can add that to your list.

Jeez. The guy wondered what the press says his new salary is, and I told him.

 

[antihenry]

Some of you are not worthy to call yourselves Manchester United supporters( yes, I'm looking at you, Rooney apologists).

That fat scouse cnut has just had your great club and renowned manager over the barrel, publicly humiliated you all by claiming MU isn't ambitious enough for him and he wants out, only to backtrack few days later with a fake PR scripted apology after getting a big pay raise. All that after showing an indifferent form on the pitch for months and putting the club's name through the mud in the wake of his private indiscretions scandal.

There's no moral victory here for the club, even if they managed to avoid the disaster from the business point of view. Rooney just proved to everyone out there that he could do what no one before was able to pull: publicly disrespect MU and SAF and not only get away with it, but get rewarded in the end. Rooney demonstrated that no matter how much of an ungrateful cnut he is as a person, as a player he's so valuable to the current United side, they simply couldn't afford to stick to the principles and boot his fat ass out for fear of immediate consequences in terms of weakening the squad and losing their best player for peanuts.

Times do change. There's no way Fergie would have swallowed that in the past. Remember the boot flying at Beckham's head, Keane and RVN being shown the door when forgetting their place, etc? A couple of days ago when the news just broke many here said "no player is bigger than the club, jog off, United forever,etc etc." Well, Rooney just proved you all wrong, which to me represents a sad state of affairs in modern professional sport.

Ian Holloway, who's being made to look foolish now with his outburst, at least had the balls to tell it like it is without sugarcoating the truth. That's a man of integrity for you, deserves respect for his honesty.

 

[KingCantona87]

Some of you are not worthy to call yourselves Manchester United supporters( yes, I'm looking at you, Rooney apologists).

That fat scouse cnut has just had your great club and renowned manager over the barrel, publicly humiliated you all by claiming MU isn't ambitious enough for him and he wants out, only to backtrack few days later with a fake PR scripted apology after getting a big pay raise. All that after showing an indifferent form on the pitch for months and putting the club's name through the mud in the wake of his private indiscretions scandal.

There's no moral victory here for the club, even if they managed to avoid the disaster from the business point of view. Rooney just proved to everyone out there that he could do what no one before was able to pull: publicly disrespect MU and SAF and not only get away with it, but get rewarded in the end. Rooney demonstrated that no matter how much of an ungrateful cnut he is as a person, as a player he's so valuable to the current United side, they simply couldn't afford to stick to the principles and boot his fat ass out for fear of immediate consequences in terms of weakening the squad and losing their best player for peanuts.

Times do change. There's no way Fergie would have swallowed that in the past. Remember the boot flying at Beckham's head, Keane and RVN being shown the door when forgetting their place, etc? A couple of days ago when the news just broke many here said "no player is bigger than the club, jog off, United forever,etc etc." Well, Rooney just proved you all wrong, which to me represents a sad state of affairs in modern professional sport.

Ian Holloway, who's being made to look foolish now with his outburst, at least had the balls to tell it like it is without sugarcoating the truth. That's a man of integrity for you, deserves respect for his honesty.

Spot on mate, could not of put it better myself. To see Sir Alex cave in to a player like this is a big worry for me...... It opens the doors for others to essentially hold the club to ransom and undermines Fergie's authority too in a way.

 

[GE]

Some day that eyebrow is going to take off.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Some of you are not worthy to call yourselves Manchester United supporters( yes, I'm looking at you, Rooney apologists).

That fat scouse cnut has just had your great club and renowned manager over the barrel, publicly humiliated you all by claiming MU isn't ambitious enough for him and he wants out, only to backtrack few days later with a fake PR scripted apology after getting a big pay raise. All that after showing an indifferent form on the pitch for months and putting the club's name through the mud in the wake of his private indiscretions scandal.

There's no moral victory here for the club, even if they managed to avoid the disaster from the business point of view. Rooney just proved to everyone out there that he could do what no one before was able to pull: publicly disrespect MU and SAF and not only get away with it, but get rewarded in the end. Rooney demonstrated that no matter how much of an ungrateful cnut he is as a person, as a player he's so valuable to the current United side, they simply couldn't afford to stick to the principles and boot his fat ass out for fear of immediate consequences in terms of weakening the squad and losing their best player for peanuts.

Times do change. There's no way Fergie would have swallowed that in the past. Remember the boot flying at Beckham's head, Keane and RVN being shown the door when forgetting their place, etc? A couple of days ago when the news just broke many here said "no player is bigger than the club, jog off, United forever,etc etc." Well, Rooney just proved you all wrong, which to me represents a sad state of affairs in modern professional sport.

Ian Holloway, who's being made to look foolish now with his outburst, at least had the balls to tell it like it is without sugarcoating the truth. That's a man of integrity for you, deserves respect for his honesty.

Good post.

 

[Sw33t]

Some of you are not worthy to call yourselves Manchester United supporters( yes, I'm looking at you, Rooney apologists).

That fat scouse cnut has just had your great club and renowned manager over the barrel, publicly humiliated you all by claiming MU isn't ambitious enough for him and he wants out, only to backtrack few days later with a fake PR scripted apology after getting a big pay raise. All that after showing an indifferent form on the pitch for months and putting the club's name through the mud in the wake of his private indiscretions scandal.

There's no moral victory here for the club, even if they managed to avoid the disaster from the business point of view. Rooney just proved to everyone out there that he could do what no one before was able to pull: publicly disrespect MU and SAF and not only get away with it, but get rewarded in the end. Rooney demonstrated that no matter how much of an ungrateful cnut he is as a person, as a player he's so valuable to the current United side, they simply couldn't afford to stick to the principles and boot his fat ass out for fear of immediate consequences in terms of weakening the squad and losing their best player for peanuts.

Times do change. There's no way Fergie would have swallowed that in the past. Remember the boot flying at Beckham's head, Keane and RVN being shown the door when forgetting their place, etc? A couple of days ago when the news just broke many here said "no player is bigger than the club, jog off, United forever,etc etc." Well, Rooney just proved you all wrong, which to me represents a sad state of affairs in modern professional sport.

Ian Holloway, who's being made to look foolish now with his outburst, at least had the balls to tell it like it is without sugarcoating the truth. That's a man of integrity for you, deserves respect for his honesty.

I don't think he's been made to look foolish at all. In fact, he was fecking bang on the money. Player and agent power is fecking stupid, what is wrong with this game nowadays?

That complete....person. Ugh

 

[Dyslexic Untied]

Some of you are not worthy to call yourselves Manchester United supporters( yes, I'm looking at you, Rooney apologists).

That fat scouse cnut has just had your great club and renowned manager over the barrel, publicly humiliated you all by claiming MU isn't ambitious enough for him and he wants out, only to backtrack few days later with a fake PR scripted apology after getting a big pay raise. All that after showing an indifferent form on the pitch for months and putting the club's name through the mud in the wake of his private indiscretions scandal.

There's no moral victory here for the club, even if they managed to avoid the disaster from the business point of view. Rooney just proved to everyone out there that he could do what no one before was able to pull: publicly disrespect MU and SAF and not only get away with it, but get rewarded in the end. Rooney demonstrated that no matter how much of an ungrateful cnut he is as a person, as a player he's so valuable to the current United side, they simply couldn't afford to stick to the principles and boot his fat ass out for fear of immediate consequences in terms of weakening the squad and losing their best player for peanuts.

Times do change. There's no way Fergie would have swallowed that in the past. Remember the boot flying at Beckham's head, Keane and RVN being shown the door when forgetting their place, etc? A couple of days ago when the news just broke many here said "no player is bigger than the club, jog off, United forever,etc etc." Well, Rooney just proved you all wrong, which to me represents a sad state of affairs in modern professional sport.

Ian Holloway, who's being made to look foolish now with his outburst, at least had the balls to tell it like it is without sugarcoating the truth. That's a man of integrity for you, deserves respect for his honesty.

Perfectly put. Agree with absolutely all of this.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Some of you are not worthy to call yourselves Manchester United supporters( yes, I'm looking at you, Rooney apologists).

That fat scouse cnut has just had your great club and renowned manager over the barrel, publicly humiliated you all by claiming MU isn't ambitious enough for him and he wants out, only to backtrack few days later with a fake PR scripted apology after getting a big pay raise. All that after showing an indifferent form on the pitch for months and putting the club's name through the mud in the wake of his private indiscretions scandal.

There's no moral victory here for the club, even if they managed to avoid the disaster from the business point of view. Rooney just proved to everyone out there that he could do what no one before was able to pull: publicly disrespect MU and SAF and not only get away with it, but get rewarded in the end. Rooney demonstrated that no matter how much of an ungrateful cnut he is as a person, as a player he's so valuable to the current United side, they simply couldn't afford to stick to the principles and boot his fat ass out for fear of immediate consequences in terms of weakening the squad and losing their best player for peanuts.

Times do change. There's no way Fergie would have swallowed that in the past. Remember the boot flying at Beckham's head, Keane and RVN being shown the door when forgetting their place, etc? A couple of days ago when the news just broke many here said "no player is bigger than the club, jog off, United forever,etc etc." Well, Rooney just proved you all wrong, which to me represents a sad state of affairs in modern professional sport.

Ian Holloway, who's being made to look foolish now with his outburst, at least had the balls to tell it like it is without sugarcoating the truth. That's a man of integrity for you, deserves respect for his honesty.

Class post this.

However I disagree that this proves that Rooney is bigger than this club. We're far too big a club for any player that has played this game, forget Rooney. While he's using us for a fat paycheck we're using him in the way we best think necessary. Either Fergie believes we need him on the pitch for the here and now, and/or that it puts us in a great negotiating position to sell him for a huge transfer fee. Either way Fergie's hand would not have been forced, he would have done what he felt was best for the football club.

But I do agree with the rest. I personally wanted him out. He's gotten away with murder. But it's Fergie, so in the end you simply have to trust the great man, no matter how wrong things sometimes feel.

 

[jojojo]

Some of you are not worthy to call yourselves Manchester United supporters( yes, I'm looking at you, Rooney apologists).

We'll handle it.

We'll stop thinking of him as a scouse Paul Scholes and see him as United's John Terry.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

I don't think he's been made to look foolish at all. In fact, he was fecking bang on the money. Player and agent power is fecking stupid, what is wrong with this game nowadays?

That complete....person. Ugh

That was one of THE great interviews.

 

[zain]

Some of you are not worthy to call yourselves Manchester United supporters( yes, I'm looking at you, Rooney apologists).

That fat scouse cnut has just had your great club and renowned manager over the barrel, publicly humiliated you all by claiming MU isn't ambitious enough for him and he wants out, only to backtrack few days later with a fake PR scripted apology after getting a big pay raise. All that after showing an indifferent form on the pitch for months and putting the club's name through the mud in the wake of his private indiscretions scandal.

There's no moral victory here for the club, even if they managed to avoid the disaster from the business point of view. Rooney just proved to everyone out there that he could do what no one before was able to pull: publicly disrespect MU and SAF and not only get away with it, but get rewarded in the end. Rooney demonstrated that no matter how much of an ungrateful cnut he is as a person, as a player he's so valuable to the current United side, they simply couldn't afford to stick to the principles and boot his fat ass out for fear of immediate consequences in terms of weakening the squad and losing their best player for peanuts.

Times do change. There's no way Fergie would have swallowed that in the past. Remember the boot flying at Beckham's head, Keane and RVN being shown the door when forgetting their place, etc? A couple of days ago when the news just broke many here said "no player is bigger than the club, jog off, United forever,etc etc." Well, Rooney just proved you all wrong, which to me represents a sad state of affairs in modern professional sport.

Ian Holloway, who's being made to look foolish now with his outburst, at least had the balls to tell it like it is without sugarcoating the truth. That's a man of integrity for you, deserves respect for his honesty.

Good post,

except wait, what apology?! I don't think supporters got any apology from the cnut..

 

[Number7]

I can't see how this is anything but great news.

He acted a cnut, but imagine if he'd have gone to City ffs???

 

[Red_Jamie]

Which wages?

I can't wait to see this source!

 

[p_ps_sock]

Well I'm ashamed of my comment somewhere in this thread, knee jerk and I should know better at my age.

Let's just forget it happened and get on with supporting the team, Rooney's never given anything less than 100% for the club and as long as he continues to do that he should never get anything less than the fans full support.

 

[Lailiani]

You weren't already aware of that?

The fact that Rooney blatantly pissed in their faces, and these fags are falling over themselves to welcome him back is cringeworthy.

It's spineless and ridiculous and I can't really understand that. But some people don't seem to care about the pride of the club as long as they see trophies or have their favourite FM player in the squad.

Some of you are not worthy to call yourselves Manchester United supporters( yes, I'm looking at you, Rooney apologists).

That fat scouse cnut has just had your great club and renowned manager over the barrel, publicly humiliated you all by claiming MU isn't ambitious enough for him and he wants out, only to backtrack few days later with a fake PR scripted apology after getting a big pay raise. All that after showing an indifferent form on the pitch for months and putting the club's name through the mud in the wake of his private indiscretions scandal.

There's no moral victory here for the club, even if they managed to avoid the disaster from the business point of view. Rooney just proved to everyone out there that he could do what no one before was able to pull: publicly disrespect MU and SAF and not only get away with it, but get rewarded in the end. Rooney demonstrated that no matter how much of an ungrateful cnut he is as a person, as a player he's so valuable to the current United side, they simply couldn't afford to stick to the principles and boot his fat ass out for fear of immediate consequences in terms of weakening the squad and losing their best player for peanuts.

Times do change. There's no way Fergie would have swallowed that in the past. Remember the boot flying at Beckham's head, Keane and RVN being shown the door when forgetting their place, etc? A couple of days ago when the news just broke many here said "no player is bigger than the club, jog off, United forever,etc etc." Well, Rooney just proved you all wrong, which to me represents a sad state of affairs in modern professional sport.

Ian Holloway, who's being made to look foolish now with his outburst, at least had the balls to tell it like it is without sugarcoating the truth. That's a man of integrity for you, deserves respect for his honesty.

Spot on, great post. I don't know how anyone can be happy about the current situation. Wayne Rooney, a 24-old-year Liverpudlian hold Manchester United, a club with a long tradition and huge reputation, to ransom. He basically said that our squad was rubbish and not able to compete with the biggest teams in the world. How can anyone defend him or approve of his behaviour? I don't understand it. It's a sad day for football in general, because it showed that footballers can get whatever they want and that throwing your toys out of the pram leads will be rewarded by a huge pay rise. I feel sorry for all the loyal players, who are great servants and feel blessed to play for United, yet don't have wages anywhere near Wayne Rooney's and don't get similar love from the fans.

We should players who appreciate what they've got at the club and work their socks off, not some spoilt child who was basically rubbish in the last few months and yet has the nerve to moan about our quality. Who does he think he is? Demanding talks with Gill and the Glazers about the future of the squad and the club? I mean WTF?

Others have already forgiven him or may forgive him in the future, but I know I won't. And this doesn't depend on goals or wins, as far as I am concerned he could bang in four goals against Liverpool or City, it won't change anything. Manchester United is bigger than a couple of goals or wins.

 

[Red_Jamie]

Jeez. The guy wondered what the press says his new salary is, and I told him.

I'm not having a go at you personally mate. Just your comment sent me over the edge. I'm sick of coming into this thread and reading made-up bollocks about supposed wages and demands that Rooney's made.

 

[TheReligion]

Some of you are not worthy to call yourselves Manchester United supporters( yes, I'm looking at you, Rooney apologists).

That fat scouse cnut has just had your great club and renowned manager over the barrel, publicly humiliated you all by claiming MU isn't ambitious enough for him and he wants out, only to backtrack few days later with a fake PR scripted apology after getting a big pay raise. All that after showing an indifferent form on the pitch for months and putting the club's name through the mud in the wake of his private indiscretions scandal.

There's no moral victory here for the club, even if they managed to avoid the disaster from the business point of view. Rooney just proved to everyone out there that he could do what no one before was able to pull: publicly disrespect MU and SAF and not only get away with it, but get rewarded in the end. Rooney demonstrated that no matter how much of an ungrateful cnut he is as a person, as a player he's so valuable to the current United side, they simply couldn't afford to stick to the principles and boot his fat ass out for fear of immediate consequences in terms of weakening the squad and losing their best player for peanuts.

Times do change. There's no way Fergie would have swallowed that in the past. Remember the boot flying at Beckham's head, Keane and RVN being shown the door when forgetting their place, etc? A couple of days ago when the news just broke many here said "no player is bigger than the club, jog off, United forever,etc etc." Well, Rooney just proved you all wrong, which to me represents a sad state of affairs in modern professional sport.

Ian Holloway, who's being made to look foolish now with his outburst, at least had the balls to tell it like it is without sugarcoating the truth. That's a man of integrity for you, deserves respect for his honesty.

Part in bold is not entirely true, and I ask again, what massive pay rise is this or are you again making assumptions? Rooney was always going to get a pay rise.

In relation to the rest regarding player power to an extent I agree, and its cnuts like you and Man City we have to thank for all this in the beautiful game.

 

[Roger]

Maureen! Maureen! Where's my United shirt!?

You told me to chuck it in the bin because it had Rooney on the back!

Oh for fecks sake, I didn't mean it! Go and get it out of the bin. Cost me fecking forty quid that!

 

[Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber]

Some of you are not worthy to call yourselves Manchester United supporters( yes, I'm looking at you, Rooney apologists).

That fat scouse cnut has just had your great club and renowned manager over the barrel, publicly humiliated you all by claiming MU isn't ambitious enough for him and he wants out, only to backtrack few days later with a fake PR scripted apology after getting a big pay raise. All that after showing an indifferent form on the pitch for months and putting the club's name through the mud in the wake of his private indiscretions scandal.

There's no moral victory here for the club, even if they managed to avoid the disaster from the business point of view. Rooney just proved to everyone out there that he could do what no one before was able to pull: publicly disrespect MU and SAF and not only get away with it, but get rewarded in the end. Rooney demonstrated that no matter how much of an ungrateful cnut he is as a person, as a player he's so valuable to the current United side, they simply couldn't afford to stick to the principles and boot his fat ass out for fear of immediate consequences in terms of weakening the squad and losing their best player for peanuts.

Times do change. There's no way Fergie would have swallowed that in the past. Remember the boot flying at Beckham's head, Keane and RVN being shown the door when forgetting their place, etc? A couple of days ago when the news just broke many here said "no player is bigger than the club, jog off, United forever,etc etc." Well, Rooney just proved you all wrong, which to me represents a sad state of affairs in modern professional sport.

Ian Holloway, who's being made to look foolish now with his outburst, at least had the balls to tell it like it is without sugarcoating the truth. That's a man of integrity for you, deserves respect for his honesty.

Well said.

 

[CassiusClaymore]

Good post.

It's really not though is it Roger.

He has a go at people for making up their own stories and then 2 paragraphs later starts with the words "My guess is....blah blah blah"

That's the antithesis of a good post. The clues are there if you look for them....

 

[sammsky1]

 

[Commadus]

SAF needed Wayne more than Wayne needed United. Last year was a one man crusade. SAF rebuilding is still ongoing so he needed Wayne to produce for him whilst he plots a future without him.

I am pretty sure SAF needed the breathing space to develop a new team. SAF brought in Berba to change the dynamics post Ronaldo. I suspect Rooney will leave all that has now happened is United won't sell him cheap and SAF has more stability for his future plans.

 

[Claymore]

Some of you are not worthy to call yourselves Manchester United supporters( yes, I'm looking at you, Rooney apologists).

That fat scouse cnut has just had your great club and renowned manager over the barrel, publicly humiliated you all by claiming MU isn't ambitious enough for him and he wants out, only to backtrack few days later with a fake PR scripted apology after getting a big pay raise. All that after showing an indifferent form on the pitch for months and putting the club's name through the mud in the wake of his private indiscretions scandal.

There's no moral victory here for the club, even if they managed to avoid the disaster from the business point of view. Rooney just proved to everyone out there that he could do what no one before was able to pull: publicly disrespect MU and SAF and not only get away with it, but get rewarded in the end. Rooney demonstrated that no matter how much of an ungrateful cnut he is as a person, as a player he's so valuable to the current United side, they simply couldn't afford to stick to the principles and boot his fat ass out for fear of immediate consequences in terms of weakening the squad and losing their best player for peanuts.

Times do change. There's no way Fergie would have swallowed that in the past. Remember the boot flying at Beckham's head, Keane and RVN being shown the door when forgetting their place, etc? A couple of days ago when the news just broke many here said "no player is bigger than the club, jog off, United forever,etc etc." Well, Rooney just proved you all wrong, which to me represents a sad state of affairs in modern professional sport.

Ian Holloway, who's being made to look foolish now with his outburst, at least had the balls to tell it like it is without sugarcoating the truth. That's a man of integrity for you, deserves respect for his honesty.

Interesting post and whilst a bit strong I do agree with lots of it. Really did expect him to be a gonna after his antics. The thing is we have let go of El cunto and Ronaldo and not been any stronger for it so maybe its the right choice. I'm sure all will be forgotten in time.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Heh. Spot the Chelsea fan who's in a snot that Rooney didn't end up in London.

As for Ian Holloway, his rant is still valid and he'll be pleased that Fergie got his man in the end. Which is kind of what I expected to be the consensus on here tbh.

It is possible to be pissed off at Rooney AND pleased for Fergie that he's staying put, you know?

 

[MrMarcello]

I'm confused.

feck it.

Glory, glory Man United!

 

[Devil may care]

Knees should be taped down until some time has passed.

 

[CassiusClaymore]

Knees should be taped down until some time has passed.

 

[Rams]

Some of you are not worthy to call yourselves Manchester United supporters( yes, I'm looking at you, Rooney apologists).

That fat scouse cnut has just had your great club and renowned manager over the barrel, publicly humiliated you all by claiming MU isn't ambitious enough for him and he wants out, only to backtrack few days later with a fake PR scripted apology after getting a big pay raise. All that after showing an indifferent form on the pitch for months and putting the club's name through the mud in the wake of his private indiscretions scandal.

There's no moral victory here for the club, even if they managed to avoid the disaster from the business point of view. Rooney just proved to everyone out there that he could do what no one before was able to pull: publicly disrespect MU and SAF and not only get away with it, but get rewarded in the end. Rooney demonstrated that no matter how much of an ungrateful cnut he is as a person, as a player he's so valuable to the current United side, they simply couldn't afford to stick to the principles and boot his fat ass out for fear of immediate consequences in terms of weakening the squad and losing their best player for peanuts.

Times do change. There's no way Fergie would have swallowed that in the past. Remember the boot flying at Beckham's head, Keane and RVN being shown the door when forgetting their place, etc? A couple of days ago when the news just broke many here said "no player is bigger than the club, jog off, United forever,etc etc." Well, Rooney just proved you all wrong, which to me represents a sad state of affairs in modern professional sport.

Ian Holloway, who's being made to look foolish now with his outburst, at least had the balls to tell it like it is without sugarcoating the truth. That's a man of integrity for you, deserves respect for his honesty.

If it was about money then obviously then the club could afford his wages so Rooney was right all along to stick to his guns. I think it's naieve to believe this has only happened to Rooney in the current squad, the difference with Rooney's is that is became public domain.

As for Holloway, he wasn't blaming Rooney, he was blaming the system. You can't blame Rooney for using the system to his advantage.

Anyway, if you think it has been a victory for Rooney then think again. He's done his reputation no good and he has to win back his team mates as well as the fans. I'm sure he'll be very much regretting his actions.

So lets put an end to it all and get back supporting team, hell they will need our support if we are to challenge Chelsea.

 

[Jacob]

I must say I'm indifferent about his contract signing, I will never look at Rooney in the same way again and he will be the least liked player in the squad for me. My only concern is how the public will regard Manchester United from now on, I personally know that 'no player still isn't bigger than the club' in Fergie's mind, but we won't hear the end about that he actually is from others' point of view.

 

[Arruda]

Has the thread about him leaving been deleted?

EDIT: Oh right, got it.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Part in bold is not entirely true, and I ask again, what massive pay rise is this or are you again making assumptions? Rooney was always going to get a pay rise.

In relation to the rest regarding player power to an extent I agree, and its cnuts like you and Man City we have to thank for all this in the beautiful game.

Well said.

Especially the last bit. Gotta love the brass fecking neck of a Chelsea fan coming on here and going on a rant about players holding clubs to ransom over huge salaries.

John Terry, anyone?