Rooney?
not taking anything away from Ronaldo. Great debut but both Rashford and especially Rooney’s were better.Rashford?
we all know who turned out to be the better player, but in no way was Ronaldo’s debut better than Rooney’s - that is revisionism and bias all wrapped into one.Still the best debut for any Man Utd player ever in my mind, yes even better than Rooney's
Macheda was brilliant. The impact of that goal more so than the performance itself, that was electric.The giddy excitement of seeing this, as well as Rooney at his first European Championship knowing he was ours, really miss those days.
The only thing that has come close ever since was Martial's debut.
Ronaldo's was more exciting, partly because of how unknown he was and partly because the stuff he was doing was completely unexpected. So a lot of people (including myself) remember that debut more fondly. Rooney's was more effective but it wasn't as exciting (as strange as that sounds for an 18yo scoring a hattrick on debut).we all know who turned out to be the better player, but in no way was Ronaldo’s debut better than Rooney’s - that is revisionism and bias all wrapped into one.
perhaps, although I disagree.Ronaldo's was more exciting, partly because of how unknown he was and partly because the stuff he was doing was completely unexpected. So a lot of people (including myself) remember that debut more fondly. Rooney's was more effective but it wasn't as exciting (as strange as that sounds for an 18yo scoring a hattrick on debut).
It was the ability Ronaldo showed. I felt I’d seen the future best player in the world. With Rooney I didn’t feel that way although it was a phenomenal debut in itself, Ronaldo looked that level above despite not scoring a hat trick.perhaps, although I disagree.
there are a handful of games where I remember exactly where I was at the time, and the Rooney debut was one of them.
as I had said, Ronaldo was essentially unknown, whilst we all knew and had seen Rooney play, but I don’t believe that that upstages Rooney’s debut. And clearly, because this is the way the Caf thinks, I’m not saying Ronaldo’s debut was anything other than brilliant, just not as good.
as I say we disagree.It was the ability Ronaldo showed. I felt I’d seen the future best player in the world. With Rooney I didn’t feel that way although it was a phenomenal debut in itself, Ronaldo looked that level above despite not scoring a hat trick.
It wasn’t being unknown for me. It was that level of talent, I’d seen for other teams, Zidane, Maradona, Ronaldo 9 etc...and being sure we had a player who could develop to that level himself.