Rooney Dropped | Megathread closed

[DevilRed]

Dont understand the big deal.

Ryan Giggs was almost sold to Italy when he was 29 according to these pundits. In the end he recreated himself and became an excellent contributor for title winning teams.

The same is happening for Rooney. He will get his chances but maybe needs to sacrifice for the team more and not play in a role that requires him to run with pace. Midfield (or even as an industrious winger) is where his future lies.

 

[Bugshot]

Fergie saw it way before anyone. Too bad he couldn't follow through because of retirement.

He was a beast even when Fergie retired.

 

[krombacher92]

Expected some kind of photoshopped Rooney picture similar to the "van Gaal sacked" thread.

 

[Witchking]

I just hope we win or the pro-Rooney camp will be unbearable.

Oh god. I really hope Zlatan and Rashford score and everyone plays well.

 

[Rado_N]

Was a new thread needed?

Yes.

 

[Sparky10Legend]

He was a beast even when Fergie retired.

Errr no he wasnt, he was shit.

 

[Fergus' son]

Fergie and the fans knew it in 2013, but Moyes refused to sell him.

That's bullshit.

Fergie is a genius though.

 

[Rockets Redglare]

He was a beast even when Fergie retired.

He really wasn't. He was twice the player he is now but he was still massively on the slide.
People forget how good he was in his prime and how far he had slipped by the end of Fergie's reign.

 

[Bugshot]

Errr no he wasnt, he was shit.

This is him in 2012. I'd kill to have this Rooney now.
Edit. It's from 2010/11. But still he was ten folds better when Fergie retired.

 

[Born2Lose]

He was a beast even when Fergie retired.

“In my final year … I felt he was struggling to get by people and had lost of his old thrust,” wrote Ferguson in his autobiography. “But he was capable of making extraordinary contributions … as time wore on, I felt he struggled more and more to do it for 90 minutes, and he seemed to tire in games.”

 

[RedElf]

Jose showing who's boss.

 

[Born2Lose]

This is as much a test of Rooney as anyone else, if he's really the player the Rooney "lovers" claim then he'll put his head down and work harder to get his place back in the team.

 

[Fergus' son]

This is him in 2012. I'd kill to have this Rooney now.

This was a year or two before SAF retired - Berbatov is still playing ffs!

 

[TsuWave]

I'm ecstatic now hopefully the boys grab the win and we can move on without him in the team from here on out. Its unfortunate that some important players are injured tho.

 

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[Mike09]

I have read so many posts on this forum before the season is started, and I think that starting eleven is majority red cafe fan boi favourite starting eleven especially Pogba, Herrera and Mata. Surely no matter what the results are Caf will still be happy and have no moaning with that.

 

[Bugshot]

This was a year or two before SAF retired - Berbatov is still playing ffs!

Yeah, I guess it's from 2010/11, my bad.

 

[van Persie]

Finally.

 

[Hostekule]

Is there really a God?

 

[Sparky10Legend]

You said 2013.....this is donkeys years ago.

May as well post a video of Charlton's half volley firecracker at dipper central in 68ish

 

[Adisa]

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[Reddevilboy]

Finally! Let's hope we win this match convincingly or else the issues in the team run just deeper than Rooney.

 

[Freak]

He was a beast even when Fergie retired.

No he wasn't. He was less shit.

 

[Bugshot]

No he wasn't. He was less shit.

He did great behind/with RVP that season.

 

[An Irish Red]

The entitlement in that Richard Keys tweet is unreal. Anyway, it's happened. Now we need to make sure it sticks.

 

[Vialli_92]

This was 100% coming and anyone who couldn't see it should stop following football. I would seriously question the bottle on a manager if he started Rooney today.

 

[Man-United]

That's bullshit.

Fergie is a genius though.

Not really. People on here in 2013 wanted him dropped.

 

[VorZakone]

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Why are there so many people writing so much crap?

 

[Jazz]

Needs to stick with this decision regardless of today's performance/result.

Absolutely. Just need to ride out any media storm etc. We can't run the club like that. Needs to continue building irrespective of the result here.

 

[Parry Gallister]

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What the feck? Going to get so much of this sort of bollocks if we don't win well today.

 

[Vialli_92]

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He thinks the player is bigger than the club by the looks of it.

 

[Dec9003]

Saying Rooney was shit when we last won the league says it all about some posters on this forum

 

[Man-United]

Richard Keys' just want Rooney to still be his friend. @waynerooney so Rooney himself can see Keys' love.

 

[Parry Gallister]

Saying Rooney was shit when we last won the league says it all about some posters on this forum

He was pretty average to good, not a donkey, not amazing.

 

[psychdelicblues]

I just hope we win or the pro-Rooney camp will be unbearable.

Post Feyenoord defeat, they couldn't contain themselves. Post Northampton, they went back into their rabbit holes.

 

[Oluwaplumpie]

Was a new thread needed?

Did you have to contribute?

 

[Fergus' son]

Not really. People on here in 2013 wanted him dropped.

And they make up the entire (or the majority of the) fanbase? Not really.

 

[settembrini]

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'a little out of sorts'.

Good grief.

 

[Catt]

Was a new thread needed?

Watch us lose and a couple more Rooney thread will pop up after the game.

 

[Dé jonge god]

One game doesn't mean anything. The team needs a few consecutive games together without Rooney getting in the way and see how it goes.