No, he played Mata on the right and Lingard behind the striker or a midfield 3 with Fellaini in there.
Wayne Rooney - Derby County player
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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.
Still the all-time top goalscorer of the club and top 3 or top 5 in assists made. Not bad for someone who let himself go.
Did nothing much when I watched him in the first 20min. Only did one touch passing to keep possession. So I switched off to Liverpool game, and it seems he got involved in Derby’s goal.
Wages was ridiculously high for his level performance. Even Everton had no choice but to get rid of him.
You know what that might actually be true and it's utterly depressing.
What does that have to do with anything? He was one of the greatest during his prime, and then he deteriorated almost overnight. Way too early age-wise.
These two things are not mutually exclusive. Both are true.
I have no doubt Rooney could have been more professional and probably played at United for longer had he been. But theres not many players, even top ones that had the same longevity as Giggs.
Of all the top players United have had over the last 30 years how many were still at United and playing to a high level at 34?
He was absolutely shite for us. It was time to move on. Problem is we only did half the job.
Feels so weird seeing him in their shirt. Good luck for him though.
I love him but really ? Is this question for real ? He was totally washed out for his last 3 years.
That was a game of his last year with us :
16
Poor Wayne having to go bail her out after a tough game of footy - after all drinking alcohol in sight of the pitch is an arrestable offence
So the answer is nothing? Thanks for clarifying.
not to mention was regularly playing from 16!
And the sad thing is that the performance you posted is still better than lingards performance yesterday.
Dross first dross it seems.
Did anyone see the post-match interview with him?
They asked if he'd be getting straight in the ice bath afterwards and his response was a sheepish "I've never gone in for ice baths or any of that post-match recovery stuff. I just let my body sort itself out naturally," or words to that effect. With Darren Fletcher stood next to him nodding to confirm.
You couldn't make it up. Surely with assets as valuable as professional footballers are these days you'd expect post-game conditioning and recuperation techniques to be mandatory.
They asked if he'd be getting straight in the ice bath afterwards and his response was a sheepish "I've never gone in for ice baths or any of that post-match recovery stuff. I just let my body sort itself out naturally," or words to that effect. With Darren Fletcher stood next to him nodding to confirm.
You couldn't make it up. Surely with assets as valuable as professional footballers are these days you'd expect post-game conditioning and recuperation techniques to be mandatory.
So over the last 30 years 16 players 34 and over were still racking up 40+ games a season at United?
Fair enough you might be right mate didn't think there'd be so many, do you have the names as i'm genuinely interested?
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How bad he used to be
Why do people come in here to shit on one of our most successful players in history? Baffles the feck out of me!
Mate it would surprise me if I came in here and people weren’t shitting all over him.
He was a feckin unbelievable player for us. I would sell our entire front line and Pogba for an 18 year old Rooney.
Because someone asked why he was sold and people gave honest answers. I've not seen anyone actually shitting on him.
He was terrible for us in the end but maybe the pressure of carrying a shite United team took its toll on him? He was good with DC and his first touch and control had come back. I could never forget his dribble against Palace in the Cup Final.
Yes he is still better than Lingard and he can take a free kick better than Fred. He is not going to last long but yeah he is still better than some of our current players who play regularly.
Yes he is still better than Lingard and he can take a free kick better than Fred. He is not going to last long but yeah he is still better than some of our current players who play regularly.
Don't get it either.
Pretty much explains why he is in the retirement mode in his early 30s. Shame because he was a great player.
Same. Easily.
Looked very slow today which you can understand. Although his passing was still top class and the effort was there. Great win for them and great start for Rooney.
It's his second game in like three days after being out for months and he is 34. Do you expect him to be lightening fast or something?
I’d take him in his present condition over some of our faux stars
When did I say that I expected him to look like he did in 2010? I just commented based on this game.
I think he was in awful physical condition in those last couple of seasons for us which hampered his overall game massively. He looked better for Everton albeit nothing special. The move to LA was the best move he could've made at that point in his career and he's made a good start at Derby. Wish him the best.
Did you watch the game?
A lot of revisionism going on in this thread.
In his last 3 seasons with us, he was terrible, and he was awful for Everton too.
He's a class player, and that never left him, his record goal confirmed that, but let's not pretend he could ever be the answer to any of our problems.
In his last 3 seasons with us, he was terrible, and he was awful for Everton too.
He's a class player, and that never left him, his record goal confirmed that, but let's not pretend he could ever be the answer to any of our problems.
Yeah I did watch it today. Not his first game though.
Not an answer, but could probably do a job. Lingard, Pereira, Mata are not really doing much at the moment anyway. With Rooney you at least get some good crosses and corners. Poor defending though, but we do not press well anyway. Although if Ole would start making him captain and always play him it would be a problem.
What you posting that for?
Because some on here still think he'd do a good job for us
A better post would have been explaining what a legend Rooney was with United and how class he was for us. Then explaining his performances at the top level has dipped and he simply wasn't up to it anymore.
That just looks like you're being nasty about our Wayne who was brilliant for us over the years.
Some said he'd do a better job than Lingard and Mata, which is true, because even at his poorest he was still delivering on goals and assists. Not to mention leadership, and a winning mentality, something we sorely lack these days.