The interview is fairly dull. He thinks we we would've improved under LVG, but also that United will be 'a big success' under Jose.
Baffled that anyone has an issue with any of it tbh.
Rooney: Man Utd should have stuck with Van Gaal | He doesn't actually say this
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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.
Baffled that anyone has an issue with any of it tbh.
He didn't slag off anyone really, did he?
Said good things about LVG and also said United lacked consistency last year (which we did) but he could see we were working towards something and will be great this year. That's praise, not criticism!
Said good things about LVG and also said United lacked consistency last year (which we did) but he could see we were working towards something and will be great this year. That's praise, not criticism!
Rooney was the reason LVG got the sack.
Van Gaal sold RVP and Chicharito, chose not to sign Falcao on a permanent and then proceeded with Rooney as the sole striker from August-January until Rashford's emergence. During that time, Rooney had THE worst period of his career performance wise. He was absolutely rubbish. Couldn't score a goal to save his life and LVG still wouldn't drop him to play somebody like Martial or Depay down the middle. His performances as a whole were uninspiring.
It was only when Rashford came on the scene did things start picking up again. We went onto win the FA Cup thanks to that.
But ultimately the reason we failed to achieve top 4 was because of that August-January period where Rooney went something like 3 months without a goal in the league. A truly abysmal record for a striker. If Van Gaal didn't sell Hernandez for missing a penalty, didn't allow Di Maria to join Paris and didn't sell Van Persie for being "too old" (despite him then signing Schweinsteiger a few weeks later), we would have probably won the title over Leicester.
Van Gaal sold RVP and Chicharito, chose not to sign Falcao on a permanent and then proceeded with Rooney as the sole striker from August-January until Rashford's emergence. During that time, Rooney had THE worst period of his career performance wise. He was absolutely rubbish. Couldn't score a goal to save his life and LVG still wouldn't drop him to play somebody like Martial or Depay down the middle. His performances as a whole were uninspiring.
It was only when Rashford came on the scene did things start picking up again. We went onto win the FA Cup thanks to that.
But ultimately the reason we failed to achieve top 4 was because of that August-January period where Rooney went something like 3 months without a goal in the league. A truly abysmal record for a striker. If Van Gaal didn't sell Hernandez for missing a penalty, didn't allow Di Maria to join Paris and didn't sell Van Persie for being "too old" (despite him then signing Schweinsteiger a few weeks later), we would have probably won the title over Leicester.
He doesn't come close to saying what the headline states, he simply says that he believes things would have gotten better under LVG, had he stayed. Nothing disrespectful or controversial above.
He's actually very respectful and thankful to all his ex-managers and colleagues. Obviously, his very recent drink-driving charge is attracting unreserved criticism, but this interview is not another reason to beat him over the head with.
this interview was recorded 5 days before his drink-driving charge 2 days ago. it was Talk Sport's decision to air the interview today.
It's a bit like saying when a stock price hits rock bottom things can only get better. We were that shite.
I don't know why you are bringing up judgement; didn't need yours or mine & I'm not here to change anyone's mind.
Somewhere down the line footballers have turned to robots and re-erase things that they have learnt that are deemed beneficial whenever a new manager comes in. Sounds like starting a new game on PlayStation - too bad real people are not like that mate lol.
You might have earned a degree in maths at uni; but your primary school teacher played a part in it too. United did nothing but retain possession and positioning. If you believe that the club and its players completely forgot about this little things then fair enough; each to their own. But life and football is not a video game; players learn good things to keep and forget bad things as soon as possible. If you assume that LVG was complete trash to not even help players in their individual and team ethic and capabilities; I reckon I know who might be more biased than I am.
Lol not this again..
What is he basing that on? We were on the decline under Van Gaal, the second season was much worse than the first.
Without Mourinho we wouldn't have gotten Pogba or Ibra, instead we would have got more shitty LVG signings.
Without Mourinho we wouldn't have gotten Pogba or Ibra, instead we would have got more shitty LVG signings.
Rooney slated LVG's training methods to anyone that would listen around Carrington.
You means it all thanks to moyes??
Can @Sky1981 make an even bigger fool of himself in this thread? I'm betting on yes.
Unless some of our players have had brain transplants, most of the team knows nothing about LVG's methods.
The centerbacks, midfielders, no.10 and striker never played under LVG, that's the spine of the team aka the most influential part of the team.
LVGs foundations have been destroyed and Mourinho has had to build a brand new team because the foundations were so structurally weak.
It's a very fashionable drink nowadays.
Think the title has misled.
Read the quotes. Well it was predicted he'll haul LVG because he was playing him continuously even though he was crap all the time. Nothing new here.
Rooney was a great player but his quotes are always idiotic and overall his personality can't be liked much.
Rooney was a great player but his quotes are always idiotic and overall his personality can't be liked much.
What? Lvg foundation? Why not moyes.
Me too, I just got to the point where I didn't even care what the result was, I just wanted the final whistle to be blown.
This forum is genuinely unbelievably sad when it comes to Rooney. He's been respectful towards LvG, not really said what the headlines say but that won't stop the usual suspects coming in with glee to criticise him. There's been criticisms on this forum that he was disrespectful towards LvG post his sacking and talked crap about him and now that he actually praises him, it's still an issue 
#07. His threads tend to be clickbaity.
All this Rooney stuff is getting old. He's not even a United player anymore yet his threads still dominate this forum.
If he did not say it, then why discuss it? Change the thread title or close it. It's embarassing to criticise Rooney for things he did not say.
The pace in that midfield would have been frightening.
That's partly true though, all United players were given a car by Chevrolet a few years ago but Fergie wouldn't allow any under 23s (I believe) or non first teamers to be given one.He's just said that SAF banned under-25s from owning fast sports cars
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/th...layers-driving-corvettes-blog-entry-1.1626327
Odd source, first link on Google is from Daily Mail though and that's thankfully work blocked.
What a clickbaity title and non-story.
Haters actually have a legitimate reason to talk bad about Rooney right now. There is no need to create stories and blow them up. Save that for a drought.
Haters actually have a legitimate reason to talk bad about Rooney right now. There is no need to create stories and blow them up. Save that for a drought.
And LvG would have probably dropped him at the very least next season.Funniest thing is that he's one of the main reasons why LVG got sacked.
He missed on CL on GD because he was playing Rooney every game even if he was consistently the worst player on the pitch.
I guess Rooney is trying to speak well for LvG, which is fine. But in the end, both had to leave United for the same reason. Not good enough.