Rooney dropped. So much for his contract saying he has to play. Glad that nonsense is out of the way now.
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wowWith some luck, the beginning of an end.
THANK feck FOR THAT!
Now let's win the match and support the manager against the inevitable 'Rooney should play' brigade that comes.
Now let's win the match and support the manager against the inevitable 'Rooney should play' brigade that comes.
Paul Walsh actually admitting Rooney isn't playing well. The tide is turning at least and maybe there won't be much of a backlash from the media for dropping him.
Ironically with Best, I suspect his problem was the same as with Rooney, too many people telling him how great he is and not enough people keeping him grounded.
If more people had been harder and less indulgent with Rooney when he was younger we might not be dealing with a 30 year old who plays like a 35 year old now.
How you can even compare someone a guy like Charlton to Rooney baffles me.
Right decision, I guess. He hasn't been playing well enough, and we now have a squad that can games without him.
This will hopefully give him a bit of fire in his belly, though.
This will hopefully give him a bit of fire in his belly, though.
Neville finally firing shots
He is still covering for Rooney by saying that now that Rooney is out, United have no excuses, with the money they have spent, are the rest of the guys good enough to win the league. Seriously irritating. Even if United lose, it's ok. Rooney should not start. We need to plan for the future and Rooney should not be a part of it.
About fecking time.
Pity his credibility is shot.
Really happy that he's finally dropped. It's actually amazing that he's scored two (TWO ) goals since Febuary. Playing as a striker or an attacking midfielder.
That is fecking shocking.
) goals since Febuary. Playing as a striker or an attacking midfielder. That is fecking shocking.
Finally a manager whos willing to make the BIG calls... I hope it doesnt backfire! 
Finally a thread on this and not all this in the "Performance" thead.
You must be gutted
Needs to stick with this decision regardless of today's performance/result.
Mourinho on dropping Rooney
“I knew the question would come, but I think the question should be that we have two young English players in the starting line-up. Lingard and Rashford are quick, the game is going to be intense and fast; we need fast players around Zlatan today. The last thing I want to do as a manager is hurt players or create negative situations - in a normal country with a normal media I would say, ‘23 players, lost of matches to play, fresh people, we have another match on Thursday’. It is just a normal decision.”
Gary Neville on Rooney
“In some ways, it’s become a distraction and that’s not good. It’s the right decision to leave him out today. He’s entering a period of his career where he needs to be managed towards the end of his career - it happened at this club with Robson, Giggs, Scholes. He can have the same end to his career where he plays 25/30 games a season and still contribute. He can play in a Europa League game and Zlatan can play on a Sunday. He has to accept that.
“I’m not saying that moment is now but it is coming, it happens to every player, and he should be relaxed about it. He’s played 800 football matches. It’s impossible for him to think he’s the same player he was 10 years ago. It’s the right thing for Wayne Rooney: he has looked mentally and physically shot in the last two weeks. Have a rest and come back stronger. I think he can still contribute here.”
(Guardian)
“I knew the question would come, but I think the question should be that we have two young English players in the starting line-up. Lingard and Rashford are quick, the game is going to be intense and fast; we need fast players around Zlatan today. The last thing I want to do as a manager is hurt players or create negative situations - in a normal country with a normal media I would say, ‘23 players, lost of matches to play, fresh people, we have another match on Thursday’. It is just a normal decision.”
Gary Neville on Rooney
“In some ways, it’s become a distraction and that’s not good. It’s the right decision to leave him out today. He’s entering a period of his career where he needs to be managed towards the end of his career - it happened at this club with Robson, Giggs, Scholes. He can have the same end to his career where he plays 25/30 games a season and still contribute. He can play in a Europa League game and Zlatan can play on a Sunday. He has to accept that.
“I’m not saying that moment is now but it is coming, it happens to every player, and he should be relaxed about it. He’s played 800 football matches. It’s impossible for him to think he’s the same player he was 10 years ago. It’s the right thing for Wayne Rooney: he has looked mentally and physically shot in the last two weeks. Have a rest and come back stronger. I think he can still contribute here.”
(Guardian)
Yea I just moved the last handful of posts. Bloody megathreads.
Where's that dancing banana smiley when you neee it.?!
Hopefully the beginning of the end.
Rooney is going to come off the bench and score the winner.
We are resting him for the Zorya match 
Even if the clause exists it'll only be financial penalty. Not like we're going to get sued or something
Why would he be? Fact is, we're all Man United fans. Yes, some of us have favourite players, but ultimately, it should come down to wanting your team to do good. If that means it's without Rooney, or anyone else for that matter, then so be it.
1 game hardly dismisses the contract speculation. It's so bad it's got to the point where people (Collymore wasn't alone) were speculating whether Paul Stretford himself would be requesting for Rooney to be dropped for his own good.
He'll be starting the next game if we don't play well today.
Great news. So overwhelmingly obviously the right thing to do.
Good thing is that the media reaction has been unanimously supportive of it.
Good thing is that the media reaction has been unanimously supportive of it.
Hopefully for the rest of the season now. Or out the door in January please.
He wouldn't say boo a week ago , now he's saying what we have been saying for a at least 2 or 3 years.
Indeed , zero credibility.
He wil start on thursday
We need an extended run without Rooney in the team. God forbid, if we lose today Rooney might start regularly for the team.I was always expecting that line from Neville and his defenders. There that obvious.
Shame the way it has been going for him. I have disliked him ever since that contract saga in 2010 and then another one in 2013 when he wanted to leave.
And he has not done his work off the pitch either because his performance on the pitch show this.
Feck him.
And he has not done his work off the pitch either because his performance on the pitch show this.
Feck him.
Im praying he doesn't break the record now......I actually think there's a chance he wont.
I just hope we win or the pro-Rooney camp will be unbearable.
Finally but it's just the beginning.
Others have to step up and whole team needs to play on a certain level and win matches in order to keep Rooney on the bench.
Others have to step up and whole team needs to play on a certain level and win matches in order to keep Rooney on the bench.
Only took a couple of years for these millionaire managers to see what the fans on here saw ages ago then. 
Fergie and the fans knew it in 2013, but Moyes refused to sell him.Only took a couple of years for these millionaire managers to see what the fans on here saw ages ago then.
Fergie saw it way before anyone. Too bad he couldn't follow through because of retirement.Only took a couple of years for these millionaire managers to see what the fans on here saw ages ago then.
Wow
Still, it's long overdue that someone had the balls to drop him
Still, it's long overdue that someone had the balls to drop him
Was a new thread needed?
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