He's an option to be moved wide because he would rarely complain about it and just get on with the job at hand. Messi plays as a false number 9 and roams free, so your point about him being played where he's best is horseshite seeing as he is floating all over the pitch with no actual defined position.
Really? Do you paddy and throw a tantrum if your boss asks you to cover something in an emergency? Its what normal people do and fair play to Rooney for being down to earth enough to do it. The players that DONT are monumental primma donna twats.
I think there's a difference in the topic in hand. We're talking about self-righteous twats earning obscene amounts of money who tend to have a lot of self-thought. Not average joe checkout operator in ASDA.
Rooney more than established himself as the main man for the the team since Ronaldo's departure but, it's because he has the ability to contribute very effectively in other positions so that players that are more specialized take up the more focal point role that this season once again he has made way to allow for RVP to do so.
Absolutely which makes them even harder to like. Good points mate.
Well sort of. He didn't play wide before Persie came here, and that was because you'd never see him moved around to accomodate Hernandez, for example. Hernandez is more suited to playing through the middle, but we didn't play Rooney on the left to do so. If we did decide to go one up-front, we'd simply drop Hernandez and play Rooney as the main striker. Now, because Persie is better, we'll play him in his position and drop someone else that Rooney IS better than ( a winger) and put him there. If he was better than Persie, he would simply bench him, or if anything, make HIM play out wide (which he can). If RVP joined Barcelona, he would likely play wide than through the middle.
Messi has a role. He plays as a flase 9, like you said, just like when Rooney plays behind the striker, he also floats around. That is their role. He (Messi) didn't always play centrally though, he used to play wide - but now the team let's him play where he wants and is best.
Defensive about our own player? Not just some ordinary player but one who's going to be our all time top scorer? Yes very funny
Why do you need to be defensive about our own player, to United fans? Every player thread is like this now: a random idiot says something predictably stupid like "I wouldn't mind if X player was sold", then you get the entrenched supporters of of X player railing against the injustice the player they like gets with over-the-top platitudes.
He disrespected Fergie. But people are fine with what Ronaldo did in 2008 where he absolutely did not disrespect Fergie. No sireee, Bob!
I don't think there's ever a particularly good reason to actively want a player to be sold; well, at least I don't get it anyway. But you are right, people do get emotional, doesn't make it any less annoying though!
I don't see whats wrong with that.
Sure why not.
Way to miss the point 'bro.
The 2nd half of that season with his transfer shite was the best Rooney has ever been. But it followed the worst. It was a strange season
I thought he was excellent today and yes his touch was fine today. The issue is not whether Rooney possesses a good first touch, its just that when he is out of form or not having a great game.. his touch is shocking whereas with most top players, its due to them being marked out of the game etc - with him its really noticeable when he's having a mare.
Given how terrible the pitch was, I was quite pleased with his performance today.
Very good point.
He doesn't get enough respect, especially considering the dynamism he has lost is probably related to the numerous occasions he was rushed back from injuries in his younger years.
Rooney is one of the most unselfish players I've ever come across. He's shown that he can take on the role of the main player himself, like he did last season, or he can adapt himself to play with another main player like he's doing now with Robin and he has done previously with Ronaldo or RVN. He never gets his nose out of joint. He does the unglamorous parts of the job without complaint too. A lot was made in the foreign press about how Cristiano was free to do what he does best and attack the game yet we had Rooney who they considered our main threat, covering Rafael at RB, he also ran more kms than any other player on the pitch (despite being subbed off early).
Very good post.
Yet his partnerships with Saha Tevez and Berbs where underwhelming at times. Not blaming Roo Entirely, It takes two to make a partnership work but lets not make him out to be some kind of superhuman who can play with anyone. I DO however agree his selflessness makes a successful partnership more likely.
Not sure I agree with this at all. In the '56 you had Puskás and Bozsik from Honvéd in 4th and 6th place in the Ballon D'or rankings. In '57 you had Edwards (3rd) and Taylor(8th). In '59 you had Di Stéfano (1st), Puskás (7th) and Gento (8th). On a wider scale you've got the likes of Gre-No-Li, Didi-Garrincha-Pelé, Charlton-Law-Best, Beckenbauer-Muller, Neeskens-Cruyff, Rijkaard-Gullit-van Basten, Xavi-Messi-Iniesta...most great teams had two of the best players in the world in the same team, you've just taken some of the poor examples in recent times. Some of the good examples would be the likes of Deco-Ronaldinho-Eto'o or Pirlo-Kaká-Shevchenko.
