Well, how does this differ from Best or Keane ? Both either left United, or threatened to leave United if they weren't offered a better contract. Best got a statue, and both Rooney and Keane has done a lot more for United than Best has. So there is no logical reason for not giving those 2 a contract when Best got one.
Agree. There's lots of people I'd have ahead of Rooney. I think he only had 2 good goalscoring seasons. He was a fantastic player for us but there has been plenty who were better.
Because giggs is not the all time top scorer?
Gary Neville a statue before Rooney or Cantona?
Come onAgree with everything except I’m not sure he deserves a statue.
you may have a point. on the other hand the potential inflation is only a thing because of our domination in the 90s and 00. we should be happy for that "problem". maybe we will also have to wait for 20 years for the next pl title - who knows. time flies when you think that its now 7/8 years allready. in that case we wont have to talk about statues. all in all i do think rooney along with giggs and scholes should have some sort of recognitionAgree with everything except I’m not sure he deserves a statue.
To deserve a statue I think United should take other things than only football and “on-pitch” skills into consideration, perhaps with some exceptions, example George Best, Maradona (at one point the best player in Europe or in the world). Rooney hasn’t been there, and I don’t think Rooney’s “off-pitch” performance can justify a statue
How many statues are we suppose to have at OT? Because if Rooney deserves a statue other players do to. I don’t want Inflations regarding statues
Agree, but maybe we can sort that problem with having a statue of Scholes, Neville, Beckham, Butt (together) symbolising something else than the individuals; a tribute to the youth-system; gave us generational talents who brought us into a fantastic period.
All time appearances and trophies though.
yes a recognition of our youth set up would be also in line with our tradition.
I agree, he was a great player but not a legend like Law, Best, Charlton, Edwards, Robson, Cantona, Keane, Scholes, Beckham, Giggs or Ronaldo, he lost the chance to be compared with the real Greats when he tried to hold the club to ransom, claiming its ambitions didnt match his own, but as soon as he got a big pay rise he backed down. Some would argue in that case Denis Law doesnt deserve to be a Legend as he demanded a pay rise in 1964/65 ann was immediately put on the transfer list by Busby lol! Later, according to Denis, he apologized and told Busby he didnt want to leave, and Busby gave him the rise but warned him that "no player is bigger than The Club!" Rooney never learned that lesson. I include Beckham inmy list of legends despite his sad ending at United, for which I blame his missus!
We've had so many great players, like those you've mentioned, but simply dont have the room for statues of them all lol! And if anybody deserves a statue at Old Trafford it is the Legendary Jimmy Murphy, the man who was Matt Busbys right hand man throughout his spell as manager and who brought United back from the brink of extinction after Munich and took them to the 1958 FA Cup Final. Murphy is as big a legend as Busby, Law, Best and Charlton and without him there would have been no Busby Babes and the United of today would be very, very different.
People forget with time. I am too young to know what Best's situation was and already "forgiving" Rooney for his transfer requests. All in all players have just one career and it's perhaps in their best interest to ear as much money as possible and win as many trophies as possible. What he left on the pitch was more crucial to me anyway.
Neville would be a bit much imo. It should be reserved for truly special players.
Who would these 5 be? I can see the case for Keane, Scholes, Giggs and Cantina. Who else?
Bryan Robson
