It's taken me 19 years to realise Rooney's debut PL goal took a deflection
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
If you see this as an deflection, maybe you can see Harry Kane's self-claimed header goal too!
It was hilarious how people pretended this didn’t take a massive deflection because they were trying to push the Figo BPITW narrative in 2000.
There is no deflection mate.
Is this Sol trying to make himself relevant again?
There is no deflection! If there was, the ball wouldn't swerve that way.
It's clear to me.
I can see why most don't see it because it's slight and he's close enough to Rooney that the change in trajectory is not obvious but it's there.
Watch at 0.25 speed.
The ball strikes the top of Cambell's calf and clearly begins to rise
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Wait until you find out which part of his leg that bike against City came off of.
You know what? Michael Cox is a Tory bellend so none of this matters.
There is no deflection mate, sorry. Not in my opinion anyway.
On a sidenote, I strongly advise anyone deciding to watch that clip at 0.25 speed does so while not wearing headphones on max volume, unless you find the idea of lobotmizing yourself appealing.
As a final attempt to help you see the light, did you take a look at the screenshot too?
Yes it was deflected but clearly Rooney meant to put the slightest of deflections on it to add that extra little bit of spin to send it over Seaman and in off the bar. Makes the goal even better if you ask me.
And what's with all that vociferous noise in the stadium?! Honestly keep it down people, football is supposed to be played in silence, punctuated by only the odd shout, agonising scream or swear word.
And what's with all that vociferous noise in the stadium?! Honestly keep it down people, football is supposed to be played in silence, punctuated by only the odd shout, agonising scream or swear word.
It’s amazing that his first touch was great at 16 and got progressively worse from there
Is anyone going to frame by frame it?
It takes a deflection.
But he's a 16 year old boy smashing a fantastic strike against Arsenal in his debut.
But he's a 16 year old boy smashing a fantastic strike against Arsenal in his debut.
After I recovered, I did look at the screenshot but failed to spot anything.
As a final attempt to help you see the light, did you take a look at the screenshot too?
Maybe I'm blind, but to me there was no deflection.
Is he really a Tory?
His books are decent and informative but he always comes off as a bit of a prat on podcasts (maybe it’s just the voice?)
Isn’t this a bit of a contradiction? If a shot is deflected then it’s really hard to call it a fantastic strike.
Can't see one
Is that still a thing? There's an angle on that one where it looks 100% like he made contact. But I never believed that he'd go to all the trouble of lying about it so vehemently and publicly if he wasn't utterly convinced he was correct. My conclusion on that incident is that even if it didn't touch him, he's genuinely sure that it did (and thus that the worst he's guilty of is making more of a fuss over it than he should have).
Indeed he is. I was just being facetious about his opinion not counting because he's a Tory. He is an intelligent writer but seeing as he has positioned himself as chief arbiter of everything football related and I think we should be a lot more sceptical about a lot of his opinions on the game (nothing to do with his politics).