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Rooney had the most assists in the 2013–2014 Champions League with 8 assists, beating 2nd place Ángel Di María who had 6 assists.

On 18 December, Rooney scored twice in the 5–3 semi-final victory over Japanese club Gamba Osaka in the FIFA Club World Cup and, after scoring the winning goal as United beat LDU Quito 1–0 in the final in Yokohama was awarded the Golden Ball as the best player in the tournament

In January 2003, Rooney signed his first professional contract, which made him one of world football's highest-paid teenagers( fraud abi ?)

Rooney made his United debut on 28 September in a 6–2 home win over Fenerbahçe in the Champions League, scoring a hat-trick and laying on an assist.These goals made Rooney the youngest player to score a hat-trick in the Champions League aged 18 years 335 days.

On 23 January 2010, Rooney scored all four goals in Manchester United's 4–0 win over Hull City.

On 16 February 2010, Rooney hit his first European goals of the season, scoring two headers in the 3–2 away win against Milan in Manchester United's first ever win against them at the San Siro.

On 28 February 2010, he scored another header against Aston Villa (his fifth consecutive headed goal) which resulted in Manchester United winning the League Cup final 2–1.

"It was stunning. Unbelievable. We've had some fantastic goals here but in terms of execution....you'll never see that."
Alex Ferguson on Rooney's bicycle kick match-winner against Manchester City.

On 28 August 2010, Rooney scored his first goal of the season as he netted a penalty in a 3–0 home win over West Ham United. In October, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson stated at a press conference that Rooney wanted to quit the club. This came after a period of dispute as to the extent of Rooney's ankle injury, where Rooney had refuted Ferguson's claim that the injury was the reason Rooney had been dropped to the bench. Rooney and his representatives released a statement regarding his decision to leave the club, insisting it was not down to money but ambition. Following this statement, Rooney made a dramatic U-turn and agreed a new five-year contract at Manchester United until June 2015.

Rooney has scored more goals this season for club more than costa and falcao combined. Costa and kane are both fraudsters too.

I think we need a Wayne Rooney thread for the Rooney fan club.

Jamie Vardy should be earning what costa and other great strikers are earning, he scores more than them so he deserves to earn better than them.

We need an anti Rooney fan thread for wazza haters.

nyabinghi:
shearer scored 58 penalties, coogar lets remove the penalties scored by Rooney and shearer and compare their minutes and goal to match ratios. Did shearer play any oter role than sit in front of the box.

shearer for soton 23 in 118 vs wazza for everton 15 in 67 0.195 for shearer vs. 0.224 for wazza(a teenage Rooney outscores an experienced shearer)

1996–2006 Newcastle United 303 (148) shearer scored an average of 14.8 goals per year for newcastle(pure fraud as an all out striker)

Shearer's real form was for Blackburn 112 in 138. Shearer is inferior to Rooney in all aspects. Remove the penalties and shearer is shyte.

don't play with fire.....
shearer is heads & shoulders better than rooney at everything. where they played bears no relevance otherwise rooney should have more career goals than ronaldo.

now, let's do some math!

shearer
260 PL goals
441 PL appearances
38,173 PL minutes
53 PL penalty goals.

minute per open play goal ratio =

38,173/207 = 184mins/goal

rooney
187 PL goals
415 PL appearances
32,440 PL minutes
18 PL penalty goals.

minute per open play goal ratio =

32,440/169 = 192 mins/goal.
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despite the fact that shearer played for crappy teams for most of his career, he was quicker to score a PL goal than rooney that actually played mostly with world class players, world class manager, the most successful club in britain.

nyabinghi......shearer>>>>>>>>rooney!

coogar:
don't play with fire.....
shearer is heads & shoulders better than rooney at everything. where they played bears no relevance otherwise rooney should have more career goals than ronaldo.

now, let's do some math!

shearer
260 PL goals
441 PL appearances
38,173 PL minutes
53 PL penalty goals.

minute per open play goal ratio =

38,173/207 = 184mins/goal

rooney
187 PL goals
415 PL appearances
32,440 PL minutes
18 PL penalty goals.

minute per open play goal ratio =

32,440/169 = 192 mins/goal.
__________________________

despite the fact that shearer played for crappy teams for most of his career, he was quicker to score a PL goal than rooney that actually played mostly with world class players, world class manager, the most successful club in britain.

nyabinghi......shearer>>>>>>>>rooney!

Shearer stayed in the box all his life Rooney didnt. Shearer can only wish he was wazza. Remove their penalties and recalculate.

Rooney has since featured at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Cups and is widely regarded as his country's best player(Wikipedia).

Answer these Questions. How many UCL medals has shearer, How many EPL titles has shearer, How many World Club Cup has Shearer, Who has the better goal to match ratio between Shearer and Wazza.

nyabinghi:
Shearer stayed in the box all his life Rooney didnt. Shearer can only wish he was wazza. Remove their penalties and recalculate.

i removed their penalties as instructed by you & shearer shat hot steamy faeces on rooney. whether you add the pens or not, shearer is better than rooney.

shearer was never a lone striker....he's had to share the goalscoring roles with sutton, les ferdinand, alan smith, etc all his life. rooney had ronaldo, tevez, ruud, etc as help mates. it's a shame rooney doesn't have 300PL goals today.

coogar:
i removed their penalties as instructed by you & shearer shat hot steamy faeces on rooney. whether you add the pens or not, shearer is better than rooney.

shearer was never a lone striker....he's had to share the goalscoring roles with sutton, les ferdinand, alan smith, etc all his life. rooney had ronaldo, tevez, ruud, etc as help mates. it's a shame rooney doesn't have 300PL goals today.

Shearer played with kluivert, Bellamy, Les ferdinand, Solano et al yet, he couldnt win anything with them, what a shame. If not for penalties, shearer wont be better than yakubu ayegbeni.

coogar:
don't play with fire.....
shearer is heads & shoulders better than rooney at everything. where they played bears no relevance otherwise rooney should have more career goals than ronaldo.

now, let's do some math!

shearer
260 PL goals
441 PL appearances
38,173 PL minutes
53 PL penalty goals.

minute per open play goal ratio =

38,173/207 = 184mins/goal

rooney
187 PL goals
415 PL appearances
32,440 PL minutes
18 PL penalty goals.

minute per open play goal ratio =

32,440/169 = 192 mins/goal.
__________________________

despite the fact that shearer played for crappy teams for most of his career, he was quicker to score a PL goal than rooney that actually played mostly with world class players, world class manager, the most successful club in britain.

nyabinghi......shearer>>>>>>>>rooney!

Well shearer had the chance to play with world class players didn't he? but chose to remain a big fish in a small pond probably because he could not handle the "truth that is man united"! Fergie tried everything in order to sign him up but the fear of dealing with the sort of pressure @ a major club such as manchester got to shearer I guess!

Anyway as a pure goal getter, "1993 to 2006 shearer" trumps "rooney" all day everyday even during childrens day, but as a complete footballer, all round play, technique, chance creation, passing, influence etc, I would give it to "2004 to 2012 rooney"! Shearer could not really dribble or make key passes to others as much as rooney does and only finished off chances with headers or shots, rooney had it all in his locker @ 1 point!

So IMO! Better goal scorer would be big man shearer, but better all round football player would be rooney! Who would you rather have as a team mate? That's a whole noda cup of p.g tips!

minus penaties shearer 203 in 38,173 minutes which is 1 PL goal/ 188 minutes

Rooney 169 in 32, 440 minutes 1 PL goal /192 minutes The difference is minimal, shearer plays in the box, Wazza plays more outside. Wazza os shearer's dream.

nyabinghi:
Shearer played with kluivert, Bellamy, Les ferdinand, Solano et al yet, he couldnt win anything with them, what a shame. If not for penalties, shearer wont be better than yakubu ayegbeni.

buhahaha - kluivert that was close to retirement when he joined newcastle. rooney also played with falcao & it was during this period rooney scored only 1 miserable away goal in the premier league in 14 months.

funlord:

Well shearer had the chance to play with world class players didn't he? but chose to remain a big fish in a small pond probably because he could not handle the "truth that is man united"! Fergie tried everything in order to sign him up but the fear of dealing with the sort of pressure @ a major club such as manchester got to shearer I guess!
Anyway as a pure goal getter, "1993 to 2006 shearer" trumps "rooney" all day everyday even during childrens day, but as a complete footballer, all round play, technique, chance creation, passing, influence etc, I would give it to "2004 to 2012 rooney"! Shearer could not really dribble or make key passes to others as much as rooney does and only finished off chances with headers or shots, rooney had it all in his locker @ 1 point!
So IMO! Better goal scorer would be big man shearer, but better all round football player would be rooney! Who would you rather have as a team mate? That's a whole noda cup of p.g tips!

compare what shearer did for england to what rooney did. go and watch euro 96 again.....

coogar:
don't play with fire.....
shearer is heads & shoulders better than rooney at everything. where they played bears no relevance otherwise rooney should have more career goals than ronaldo.

now, let's do some math!

shearer
260 PL goals
441 PL appearances
38,173 PL minutes
53 PL penalty goals.

minute per open play goal ratio =

38,173/207 = 184mins/goal

rooney
187 PL goals
415 PL appearances
32,440 PL minutes
18 PL penalty goals.

minute per open play goal ratio =

32,440/169 = 192 mins/goal.
__________________________

despite the fact that shearer played for crappy teams for most of his career, he was quicker to score a PL goal than rooney that actually played mostly with world class players, world class manager, the most successful club in britain.

nyabinghi......shearer>>>>>>>>rooney!

The old Newcastle wasnt crappy. Southampton wasnt crappy, remember matt le tissier.

coogar:
buhahaha - kluivert that was close to retirement when he joined newcastle. rooney also played with falcao & it was during this period rooney scored only 1 miserable away goal in the premier league in 14 months.



compare what shearer did for england to what rooney did. go and watch euro 96 again.....

Remember what Rooney did for England as a Rookie in Euro 2004, Remember the Queen wept when Rooney broke his metatarsal before Germany 2006.

nyabinghi:
Remember what Rooney did for England as a Rookie in Euro 2004, Remember the Queen wept when Rooney broke his metatarsal before Germany 2006.

rooney's england never played in the semis.
shearer's england played in the semis.

there's a difference between sleep & death. shearer is the better goal scorer. rooney is a fraud & a liability.

Premier League All time most assists
Assists Assist name
131

Ryan Giggs
99

Steven Gerrard
96

Frank Lampard
94

Wayne Rooney
90

Francesc Fabregas
80

Thierry Henry
64

James Milner
60

Robin van Persie
59

Gareth Barry
58

Ashley Young
57

Stewart Downing
56

Didier Drogba
53

Peter Crouch
53

David Silva
53

Danny Murphy
51

Nolberto Solano
50

Aaron Lennon
50

Damien Duff
49

Dennis Bergkamp
49

Nani
48

Leighton Baines
48

Mikel Arteta
48

Morten Gamst Pedersen
47

Nicolas Anelka
47

Dimitar Berbatov
46

Cristiano Ronaldo
45

Luis Antonio Valencia
45

Paul Scholes
44

David Beckham
43

Robbie Keane
43

Kevin Davies
43

Chris Brunt
43

Charles N'Zogbia
42

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
42

Jermaine Pennant
41

Michael Carrick
40

Gabriel Agbonlahor

where is shearer?

coogar:
buhahaha - kluivert that was close to retirement when he joined newcastle. rooney also played with falcao & it was during this period rooney scored only 1 miserable away goal in the premier league in 14 months.



compare what shearer did for england to what rooney did. go and watch euro 96 again.....

Aah....euro 96? Those were the days! That was 1 supreme summer! Shearer was a beast for the 3 lions but I took a wholistic look @ both players TOTAL contributions as regards their national teams, club sides, trophy haul and standing in the game before I arrived @ my synopsis!

Shearer legend! Rooney legend! But I'm rolling with the fat scouser and our very own nairalands "mr beautiful mind" on this 1!

from yahoo sports

Down to ten men was the official count today- and has been a few other times this season- but the truth is Chelsea play with ten men all the time. They play with ten men every time Fabregas is on the pitch.

He can’t dribble. He can’t sprint. He can’t track back. He occasionally makes bread-and-butter tackles that are expected of any player. He is a one-hit wonder. He is the odd man out. Thank God cesc isnt playing for us

LMAO!! I couldn't just pass over this.....

At chelsea, Falcao looks a shadow of the player he was at Manchester United..... Mourinho got served.

Chelsea celebrated like they've won the treble when they equalised...............
Hmmm! People no nice ooo.

Chai!!!

Which one of you will like to take the blame for chelseas loss?

UniqueGem:
LMAO!! I couldn't just pass over this.....

Chelsea absolutely have to batter this lot in the reverse fixture..The cüntishness they displayed in victory today was phenomenal, even those two Inbrëds in the directors box were allover Mourinho's face when they scored, one would think they just denied Chelsea a shot at winning the Champions League.

darefestus:
Chelsea absolutely have to batter this lot in the reverse fixture..The cüntishness they displayed in victory today was phenomenal, even those two Inbrëds in the directors box were allover Mourinho's face when they scored, one would think they just denied Chelsea a shot at winning the Champions League.

Mourhino's Chelsea deserves it.He's not exactly an epitome of humility in victory.His celebration as Porto's coach in '04 at OT comes to mind.He/They deserve(s) the schadenfreude

Manchester United v Manchester City Preview [Infographics]
October 24, 2015
Manchester United will host their local rivals Manchester City in the weekend Premier League fixture scheduled between the two sides at Old Trafford. The derby clash between the two Manchester clubs has been exciting one to watch in recent years, especially after the Citizens were taken over by Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, commonly known as Sheikh Mansour.

The infographics used in this article are provided by FreeSuperTips.co.uk– visit them for the betting tips for the Manchester derby and other games this weekend.

The history


The match on Sunday will be the 170th derby fixture, which has seen United win 70 of the matches, while both sides have shared a point on 50 occasions. However, City have a better goal scoring record while facing the Red Devils. They have scored 250 goals, which is 16 more than what the red side of Manchester have managed so far.

The last five meetings between these two sides have seen City win four of those fixtures, while their 4-2 loss at Old Trafford last season was their only defeat.

Battle of big spenders


https://therepublikofmancunia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/bigspenders.jpg

Top scores in derby

https://therepublikofmancunia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/rooney.jpg

Battle between Martial and De Bruyne


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It's not just the Fans here that believe Rooney is gone, Ferdinand also believes the same?!


“But with this Manchester United team I don’t know if there are any ­players – apart from Martial – whose name you look at on the teamsheet and say ‘he can hurt us if we give him too much time’.


http://m.goal.com/s/en-ng/news/4071/premier-league/2015/10/24/16651282/ferdinand-only-martial-will-scare-man-city

Derby day...

If Schneiderlin doesn't start, I'm not gonna be anywhere close to a tv...KDB is their only threat along with Sterling who I fancy Valencia to deal with comfortably...We need Schneiderlin to contain KDB...
Martial on the left to curb the rampaging runs of Zabaletta...
Herrera's elusiveness will work wonders against Toure (I'm questioning his defensive astuteness here)
Mata must start to improve our ability to keep the ball...
Rooney? God help us...I pray he turns up today...
I'm optimistic we'll win...

We can win this comfortably, if only Lvg gets he's tactics n formation right

#GGMU