Disappointment? Man United and England record goal scorer, 2nd top scorer in PL history. Catalyst in many league title wins.Rooney was a great player too, although a slight disappointment given his potential.
It seems he has some personal demons that affect him and there's a possible drinking problem there.
Rooney could have had a better career and been a better player in my opinion. He could have achieved more but his mentality wasn't at the level of someone like Ronaldo. Best could have legit been one of the greatest ever but wasted his talent. He isn't United's greatest ever player on any other basis than a romantic one either.Disappointment? Man United and England record goal scorer, 2nd top scorer in PL history. Catalyst in many league title wins.
Main reason we got to 2 of the 3 CL finals he appeared in.
Yeah because George Best isn’t United’s best ever player because he had drinking problems?
Ronaldo is a freak though, Rooney achieved more than most could dream of, at his peak he was unstoppable.Rooney could have had a better career and been a better player in my opinion. He could have achieved more but his mentality wasn't at the level of someone like Ronaldo. Best could have legit been one of the greatest ever but wasted his talent. He isn't United's greatest ever player on any other basis than a romantic one either.
This is very underrated, people like him and Evra were just as tough as Vidic but are seen as softer due to their media stuff (Rio's #5 and Evra's 'I love this game!'). Would absolutely love a player like that in the dressing room now. I see potential in McTominay and Lindelof, and by all accounts Pogba is a great leader too, but our 2007/08 team is up there with the greatest ever.Rio is possibly my favourite player ever, he was a Rolls Royce of a defender but he had the exceptional mentality that was common in our side at that time. This is a great video from a few years back with him giving advice to England u16, a side that featured Sancho, Foden, Sessegnon, Oliver Skipp is there too looking quite ill and frail. I think he'd be a great coach on the motivation side of things.
I think Rio was more consistent over the years but Rooney had higher peaks but lower troughs.
Rooney's issue was professional indiscipline though: drink, cigarettes, food and prostitutes, to a degree he has a self destructive streak and I think it cost his career achievements. I mean if you're going to apply a deterministic reality to it then he maxed out. It depends if you think he had an control over those issues. Same for Best. People like to romanticise him but he wasted his talent in my opinion.Ronaldo is a freak though, Rooney achieved more than most could dream of, at his peak he was unstoppable.
Just because he didn’t achieve what Ronaldo did, doesn’t mean he underachieved. You might as well say every player bar Messi, Pele and Maradona under achieved then.
I said best regarding George Best, Charlton was the greatest.
Yeah, you can see it with Evra too when he talks seriously about his time at United. Rio, Evra and Vida were the bedrock of our defence in United's most successful ever period. They were all completely on point psychologically, all totally driven and fearless. It was all about standards too, failure was not accepted.This is very underrated, people like him and Evra were just as tough as Vidic but are seen as softer due to their media stuff (Rio's #5 and Evra's 'I love this game!'). Would absolutely love a player like that in the dressing room now. I see potential in McTominay and Lindelof, and by all accounts Pogba is a great leader too, but our 2007/08 team is up there with the greatest ever.
Rooney easily.
Many people are of the opinion that Vidic was better than Rio at his peak, same with Stam.
Rooney was the best CF in the world at one time, at his best he was better than both RVN and RVP at their best.
I love and hate looking back at that time, love how good we were and hate how we compare nowYeah, you can see it with Evra too when he talks seriously about his time at United. Rio, Evra and Vida were the bedrock of our defence in United's most successful ever period. They were all completely on point psychologically, all totally driven and fearless. It was all about standards too, failure was not accepted.