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coogar:
rooney is an animal when he needs to prove himself...
fergie said so that rooney has to play on the edge to perform. if we get an elite striker, he would sit up and do the needful. if he doesn't, we should sell him to fernabache where he can continue his bromance with nani or RVP.

Getting an elite striker will only expose Rooney the more. I don't know if Rooney can still ginger himself if he sees competition. His age and the 300k he earns are weighing him down.

Rooney! Getting shifted here and there since time immemorial.

Na LVG dey cause all these nonsense. He keeps trying to shift players out of positions thereby causing problems for himself.

Depay played in his natural position against Brugge and we all saw how he performed, he will only improve if played there regular, atleast he and Young will man the LW, that is covered.

Let Mata and Rooney fight for the Hole, Januzaj & Pedro could have manned the RW.

Get Muller (if he comes) as the main striker with chcharito & wilson as backup.

I still don't know where to place Fellaini, but he has proven that he is an option that gives us a different dimension that has given us positive results.


All these shifting of players here and there is what has made LvG not even know who to buy if these Pedro Rumours are anything to go by.

A player could have a fantastic game in a makeshift position but will not give us what we want on the long run simply because it aint his natural position.

chrisley024:
This is daily mail ratings:
Manchester United (4-2-3-1): Romero 6, Darmian 6, Smalling 7, Blind 6.5, Shaw 7, Carrick 5.5 (Schweinsteiger 46, 6), Schneiderlin 6.5, Mata 6.5, Januzaj 6 (Hernandez 72, 6), Depay 8, Rooney 5.5 (Fellaini 83)

Darmian shud be 7, while Janujaz shud be 5.5 the rest are fair. This Darmian guy will end up being our silent best player. He has managed his position very well. Until he meets montero, Hazard and Payet sha.

The team is improving even with the supposed unbalanced sentiments we still feel they have.

elampiro:
If it's by score I agree. But play, Rooney did well today. The only problem is for him to be more forceful.

However, if Memphis had converted those two clear cut chances provided by Rooney, it would have meant he had two great Assists. His overall play was also good.

I agree, Rooney's overall play improved today which is good for the team and we hope and pray he gets to a level he can cause problems for opposing teams and score goals. However chicharito and Fellaini who have not played any game for us this season can be said to be on Rooneys fitness level with just this their first game played. They will also improve and give Rooney a run for that position.

Depay messed up with that sexy flick on from Rooney, but we will forgive him over nd over again as long as he continues to put in displays like this and even improve.

Newcastle next!

elampiro:
This is a fat lie.

I knew you wouldn't be able to resist the name of Rooney.

But Elamps for once be objective na, Hernandez hussled the ball and Fellaini gave us an option short rooney can never give us.

Fellaini play 1 scored 1
Rooney played 3 scored 0 assist 0 threat 00

Gaal shud start Hernandez and Fellaini against newcastle.

dopeJemi:
What's your say now?

We play better without Rooney!

elampiro:
I think we are too casual.

Na today! That's what I hate about this our team always playing as if there is no time limit.

We have a man advantage now let's see if these guys will mount pressure knowing they are at a disadvatage.

They will still be caressing the ball like it was a babe.

Those backpasses are annoying!

I wish this game ends 4 - 1.

When players who are played out of their natural positions find themselves in those positions during the game they produce something spectacular.

Blind in midfield made that sexy pass for depay to do the needful.

Siniza, I agree with you evryone is average except depay. The game needs a Teiger.

So will Janujaz play behind Rooney again, while Mata goes to the RW with Blind continuing in CB.

Na semo and vegetable soup with kwarect beef I wan chop with malta guiness.

Then I go get energy for the grove b4 the main shackees start till daybreak.


abeg dj play redemption song by bob Marley or Majek Fashek make party start!

weedtaker:
"All the media has written for one year that i've to put him in the striker's position, so its amazing that after two games you are doubting your own opinions, i cannot understand that, i have always confidence in my players"
Van gaal when asked by the media about rooney's recent performance in today's press conference.

So na media LVG wan impress now.

You trust Rooney to lead the line? Just like last season, we will get halfway into the season before LVG will realise Rooney of 2-3yrs ago is not the same as the Rooney of today.

Ariya unlimited!!!!

Imagine and compare the quality of substitution from both teams

City Demichelis, Nasri and Bony
Chelsea Zouma, Falcao and cuadrado

3 - 0


Na dat female dokita wey Moanrinhoe sack don curse them.

elampiro:
And he won the PFA player of the year in 2010.

He was world 5th best in 2011.

Made FIFA best 20 in 2014.

Super Rooney will make FiFA top 100players by 2015.

sinizia:
Elampiro's defense of Fatso is inexplicable. There's something he sees Rooney that no-one else does.

Rooney dey send am western Union na! U nor know!

elampiro:
Did Rooney touch the ball only 12 times?

How can you sell a striker who had 28 out of 36 accurate passes and created two chances?

He is also balanced on the ball unlike falling falling Falcao and RVP last season.

So we should hail and commend a top striker for a club like United because he touched the ball 12 times and had accurate passes. A striker that touched the ball just once in the opponents 18 box.

Is that only what he should be doing for 90mins.

elampiro:
What I say about that? Whoscored has something different. And stats were generally poor.

See RVP last season. The people who blamed Rooney now defended RVP with their blood last season for having 12 touches in a match. They even blamed Rooney for this.

With performances like that RVP deserved to be sold!

Elampiro! Don't u think we should sell Rooney too?

Our keeper and top 9 striker share the same stats in shots on goal (both on target and off target)

SMH!

sinizia:
In other words, Rooney's poor performance was because of our midfielders?

Rooney couldn't control the ball because of our midfielders!

elampiro:
Rooney got 95% wrong. I give up.

How did he manage 2 key passes. Only Mata had more key passes 3. How did he get almost double accurate passes of what Januzaj got? He started some attacks and had good forward play where it necessary.

As for two years ago. I brought it up because it similar to your current hypocrisy. Rooney had 99% performance, the only 1% left will be highlighted with gif, stat and charts and you all will line behind the theory. So why should I not highlight other guy's weaknesses?

Oh so you can use stats of two key passes to defend Rooney now not what we use our two naked korokoro eyes watch abi. You should be ashamed of defending Rooney, atleast for last night and comparing his key passes with that of mata that gave us a goal.

What say u about this?

coogar:
Wayne Rooney Stats vs Villa
•0 shots
•0 dribbles
•0 aerial duels won
•0 tackles
•0 chances created
•3 dispossessed
•5 times offside
•5 times lost possession
•78% pass accuracy compared to team average of 86%
•43 touches, only once in the opposition penalty box, when saving a goal kick in the 90th minute
and yet some believers still think this waste of flesh would deliver 20 goals in a season?

afrodoc2:
C'mon i seriously doubt anybody would post a picture in an academic gown not to talk of a rented one. Who would do such a crazy thing?

One mans craze is another mans normal!

elampiro:
So we should forget about others and just concentrate on Rooney? Rooney had good moments too.
Two years ago, when Rooney destroyed Leverkusen at Old Trafford with an excellent performance., the antiRooney on this thread made it looked like he was the worst player just because he did not pass to RVP. This was Rooney was was easily the MoTM after capping brilliant individual display with 2 goals and a sexy Assist to set up Valencia. We won 4-2.*He had about 94% pass accuracy.
Where were you then? This is why I say you people are biased. Tell me when Rooney has ever been spared even when he won MoTM?
But I never meant to defend Rooney. I was invited.

If you really read what I wrote you won't come up with this watery defence. I am talking about Rooneys last two performances, especially last night you are mentioning a match two years ago. SMH.

Why would we not concentrate on Rooney when he got 95% of everyrhing he did yesterday wrong while others at worst had 50 - 70% right. Did he not play pre season like the other players and should atleast give 60% as an experienced united player.

For me Januzaj was d other player I was not impressed with, but u know what he scoredm I still think Januzaj, Blackett should sent on loan and Evans should be sold.

You are even talking about our build up play being slow because the likes of Darmian and shaw don't bomb forward, its obvious LVG is the one causing that. He has clearly told them to always stay behind the ball and they are playing to instructions, that's why the midfield would always get the ball and lack options hence going backwards and sideways coupled with oga Rooney getting sucked into the middle to look for the ball.

This one is Gaals fault.

elampiro:
Rooney was not the only one who had misplaced passes. Schneiderlin, Smalling and even Tiger had misplaced passes.

We didn't get our passes going until about 30 minutes. In that period, Rooney didn't even get any service.

Even Mata lost possession in that period. This is a team that is still hitting gear.

In your bid to defend Rooney you keep mentioning the faults of other players. It is pathetic.

If a player gets 10 things right and then messes up in two other things we can forgive that player. But when an ediotic Rooneys gets nothing right out of 10 things then we bash him outrightly. Simple. Did u watch the match at all, I doubt, because if you did you will not mention the names of Teiger, Smalling and schneiderlin and use them to compare with sh1t Rooney served us yesterday.

If he comes good later we praise him but this 300k a wk player is a disgrace to the united shirt in this last 2 games.

Pls don't tell me about what Rooney has achieved for united because I know he has been a great servant, but recently he needs to really assess himself and come clean.

Joeace3000:
The musicians are already mounting the stage on the Barca thread, party about to start.

sinizia:
I don port go that thread.

Its now 4nil. Make I go baf, collect my agbada for taylor place. If that taylor never finish my agbada me and am go enter one sokoto.

sinizia:
Bibao 2-0 Barca.

Mehn!! La Liga is fun.


Damn!!

Hahaha

Party don sure for that side!




Maybe Rooney needs to shag a granny again to get his groove back, because I don't understand what he is doing on the pitch.

Barca 3nil down.

Depay needs to be benched for atleast 2games for missing that chance.

Did Rooney even get a shot off target, talkless of on target?

SIRcumalot:
We need another goal before dem put headmaster Gestede for the match.

Are we banking on oga Rooney to score that 2nd goal?

We don't even know how this team will react when we eventually go a goal down.

Nihilist:
Mehn who did this to Rooney?

I feel like punching LVG and Rooney with one blow.

RuuDie:
Rooney just needs to understand that he has to stay inside the opponent's box, on the shoulder of the last defender... he is mostly loitering outside, on the edge!

He never stays in the box to score, always coming out to come interfare with other players role thereby stifling the whole play.

How LVG does not see that Mata in that hole will dictate and tear teams apart with delicious thruogh passes like that beats me.

Maybe we have not warmed up to the season, but we sure aint playing like title contenders.

Maybe when we are 10 on the table in the middle of the season will baba LVG come to his senses.

There is a lot fundamentally wrong with our play.

Where is Rooney our 20+ goal magnificient thunderbolt striker sef. Is he playing?

dopeJemi:
Na rubbish na, I don't feel like watching this match

Make we dey watch sha, like someone said them fit rotate.

SMH! Gaal still think say na Ajax of 95 him dey coach.

dopeJemi:
Van gaal is a bastard

How can you play januzaj in the middle and play mata on the right, he's a big fool... make we sack this man oh abeg

Damn! I just saw that. Make we dey look.

Too much complaints on the selection. I actually think this is balanced if Mata plays behind Rooney with depay and Januzaz on the flanks.

As per DDG, I support LVG benching him. If we play him for these early games and he eventually leaves we then start to adapt to a new keeper again.

Let him be benched, if he eventually stays then he fights to get his spot back, if he leaves we already have a keeper that has warmed up to the season.

Its unfortunate things have turned out like this but we gave De Gea the chance to make his mistakes and learnt from it, we shud give Romero the same chance too.

My 2cents.