To the Moon wid Roon
Rooney will make an excellent midfielder for me both attacking and defending but he is still labelled as a striker. Arguably for United his worth is shown and I argue thats because at United the skill level of the other players ( Nani, Tevez, Scholes, Ronaldo) are far greater than some of his international counterparts, where he is looked upon to score goals.
You may sit an argue with me that lots of England's failure came as a result of Rooney's injuries or that he was out of the side, but I honestly can not remember Wayne Rooney being as excellent or as superb for England since Eurp 2004 before he was injured. If you put any capable baller to play Rooney's role I am quite sure it would not be that difficult. Rooney is a striker why isnt he scoring goals for England then. Looking through the majority of Man Utd goals this season, Ronaldo has contributed in one way or another. You are saying he may not get the assist, you are saying he holds the ball too long, but when he does this and three men follow the rest of the team is free to roam. And if your striker does not have confidence, you will eventually decide to take it upon yourself to score the goals yourself, as you know you have the ability.
I am tired of people defending Wayne Rooney, he is only 23, most footballers are peakin at 20- 25 now. The days of Zidane are over. By 28 now you are either ridicule by your team or injured. ( Strikers/midfielders i refer to). In my opinion if Rooney wants to be classified as a Utd great he must go back to a strikers mentality. Too often the responsibilty falls on midfielders and defenders and substitutes ( Tevez) to get the 1st goal and we say we have a world class striker. No Please. World Class Player, World Class Midfielder, but not World Class STriker. We sent our last World Class Striker to Madrid a few years ago.
Utd We Stand Divided We Fall
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