He was "shite" compared to his peak standards, still a good player that had an X factor, loads of experience and most definitely a squad leader in those years after Sir Alex retired. Rooney wasn't the problem and I think we parted ways at the right time, because he still wanted to play regularly and we couldn't provide that anymore.
He was shite in terms of comparing him with top forwards playing for teams fighting for top4 in England. I don't want this to turn into Rooney bashing, everyone knowd he was past his best in last few years here and should have never been an automatic starter which he was not depending of his form. If you think otherwise then there is nothing to discuss here. We had other bigger legends who in their late years didn't play every minute of every game like he did just to pump up his goalscoring record.
Jesus the one things that stands out for me in that video other than how incredible Rooney was is the sheer amount of first time passes we used to play as a team. Still the most effective way of opening teams up. Now all our players always seem to take a touch. Also we were so bloody quick going forward there too.
Horny footballLVG would be so proud:
73% possession and 660 passes with only 7 shots yet the opposition manage 14 shots is nuts.LVG would be so proud:
Loan VdB to Derby, he'll fit right in.
He was such a fearsome player. Defenders nightmare in those vids. If only our current young'uns had that tenacity..
, and people think VAR is bad.Martial and Rashford are a couple of levels below Wayne Rooney. Terrific player, absolutely phenomenal in his prime.
Rotherham are 7 points behind Derby (who are occupying the 3rd relegation spot), but have 4 games in hand.
4 games in hand, jikes. Having said that its not always a blessing as the fixture list will struggle to accomodate the games.
Rotherham have won 9 games all season, what makes you think they would suddenly go on a winning spree?
He has them at the point of relegation.
Results are not great.
Took them off the foot of the league, but they are only 4 points clear of Rotherham and therefore relegation, who have 3 games in hand. Read an article that says they still score very few goals, but concede much less than they did before he was appointed. I hope he keeps them up, but if he doesn’t, I can’t see Derby keeping him. Could be wrong because he’s clearly building a project. Hope they do.
For have I. I wonder if we would see another Frank Lampard situation if Rooney had managed Derby to a stormer this year.
And that’s the unfortunate ‘survival of the fittest’ environment all managers suffer inside of, especially young managers.
I’m sure they’d love to! Their current manager is Rooney’s understudy (manager of Derby’s under 23 team, who they loaned to Salford because of the CO92’s relationship with Rooney). He’d definitely get offered the job, but I doubt he’d drop to League 2 if Salford don’t go up.
But, when using the prospect of Rooney getting sacked due to failing in the Championship, would another Championship team take him?
Well, if he does go down, then even if he gets sacked, he’s technically a League 1 level manager. I would think that’s the maximum ‘drop’ in level he’d be willing to take, and only to an ambitious club. If he goes to a League 2 side like Salford, while there is less pressure, it might just make him a forgotten manager too. Anyone know what Sol Campbell is doing these days?
Forgot that there’s a League 1. There’s always a double edge sword from taking a lower job, seems like the notoriety of Salford could work against losing notoriety as would Rooney’s general stature.
Rotherham have four games in 9 days...they'll be lucky to pick up more than four points in then games in my opinion.
All gone a bit wrong for Wayne.Only difference is he’s Wayne Rooney.
I agree
That definitely helps, but if Derby do go down, then he has no more room for another managerial failure. He needs to pick wisely, because take another team down from the Championship/League 1, then that’s it for him in management.
I can see him getting a top assistant/ coaching job. Perhaps with United/ Everton/ England. Come to think of it, he should go for the U21 England job now it’s available.
Agree with that. The youngsters would benefit a lot from working with possibly the best English player in history. Compared to Boothroyd, imagine the inspiration the players can derive from simply playing for Rooney.
Derby job is surely bigger so unless he got sacked I doubt he'd even consider it.
Rooney didn't excite you?!
You'd think he only started watching United in Rooney's last years or something wouldn't you.
That’s my point. If Derby went down, I don’t see it getting much better for him than League 1 or England u-21. If he succeeds, then his name is automatically in the hat for the top England job too. Of course, this is with the caveat that relegation comes with his eventual and unfortunate sacking.
