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Capello On Rooney’s Love Life and Smoking

Wayne Rooney is an obvious target for criticism in this country and he gets more than his fair share. Whether talking about his temperament or his performance, Rooney is put in the spotlight and is heavily scrutinised. However, it appears as though new England manager, Fabio Capello, is on Rooney’s side. He has previously stated [...]

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Rooney Out… Absences Leads To 4-3-3 or 4-4-2?

With Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani and Anderson already ruled out for the start of the season, the last thing we wanted to hear is that Wayne Rooney could be missing as well. Sir Alex Ferguson informed Sky Sports News earlier today that following days without training after picking up a virus, Rooney might not be available [...]

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Rooney To Make Wedding Money Back

Wayne Rooney’s wedding to Collen McLoughlin reportedly set the couple back £5 million, with OK! Magazine stumping up half the bill for exclusive photographs. Rooney took several weeks off, in a period of time where he was seen to be smoking, got a tattoo, and put on a tonne of weight. The smoking has stopped, [...]

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Chelsea Anelka: Rooney Wrong About United

Wayne Rooney is a fans’ favourite at Old Trafford following the past few seasons of entirely dedicated performances from the young forward. He is often criticised from those outside of United, but inside, he is loved and praised in excess. I have questioned in the past whether winning the Champions League automatically makes you the [...]

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The Tide Turns… Time To Praise Rooney Following Fergie’s Sacrificing

Wayne Rooney made a positive impact in United’s dull 1-0 victory over Orlando Pirates last night, injecting a bit of class and excitement in the match. Earlier in the week, Rooney was on the receiving end of some harsh criticism from legend Pele, the namesake of our favourite chant for the striker. It was claimed [...]

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Back Off Pele! Proof That Rooney Gets Better Every Season

“Wayne Rooney scores for Manchester United… and it’s not the last time you’ll hear that,” said the commentator, as Rooney put away the first of three goals in his United debut against Fenerbahce in the Champions League. Wayne Rooney was the signing I had been the most excited about in years. Here was a youngster [...]

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PICTURES: First smoking, now tattoos – What has marriage done to Wayne?

Wayne Rooney married his childhood sweetheart, Colleen, this summer, on the back of a brilliant season for United. Whilst this is probably a positive thing for his career, meaning he will be even less drawn to the partying lifestyle that comes with being a young, single, successful footballer, it has coincided with less favourable decisions. [...]

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Rooney On The Cigs – Out Of Order?

Wayne Rooney got married to childhood sweetheart, Colleen McLoughlin, a fortnight ago, and is currently enjoying his honeymoon in Las Vegas. There were talks of a rift between Rooney and Ferdinand following Rio’s late decline of a wedding invitation, although I’m sure this is nothing more than paper talk. What I’m more concerned with is [...]

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Rooney: Attack, attack, attack!

Manchester United have proven they are better than their rivals both offensively and defensively this season, however, it is our attacking football that we pride ourselves on. This dates back to the Busby Babes in the 50′s and is fully part of the United tradition. However, on a couple of occasions this season in Europe, [...]

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Giggs, Rooney, Ronaldo & Carrick: This Feels Great!

Manchester United claimed their 10th title in 16 years yesterday, the 17th in the clubs’ history. Whilst most United fans had previously been confident of retraining the title earlier than the last day, the excitement, nerves and satisfaction that came with winning it after the final game of the season certainly made up for it. [...]

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Rooney: We’re Ready To Beat Chelsea At The Bridge

The one highlight of the demoralising 3-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge the year before last, which saw Chelsea lift the Premiership trophy at the final whistle, was the look on John Terry and Frank Lampard’s faces when Rooney lay in agony on the pitch. The game was already over at this point and I was [...]

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Capello: Rooney Is Good At Everything And WILL Be Captain

The talk concerning United’s future captain has been rife this season, with Gary Neville at times looking as though his career was over and Ryan Giggs, the vice-captain, not getting any younger. Rio Ferdinand is the obvious replacement, taking the armband whenever both these players aren’t on the field. However, Wayne Rooney got to have [...]

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Rooney: Once A Blue ALWAYS A Red

“Once a blue always a blue” Everton fans jeer at Wayne Rooney, in reference to the t-shirt he displayed under his shirt as an Evertonian youngster. Things have changed a lot since his teenage years, with Rooney now kissing the badge of Manchester United, the club he won the title with last season. Today, Rooney [...]

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Rooney: We’re Coming To Get You Chelsea

Sir Alex Ferguson joked that he would be making a trip to the FA Cup quarter final draw, if we beat Arsenal, to make sure it wasn’t being fixed. After facing ten Premiership teams in a row in the Cup, whilst our rivals have enjoyed lower league opposition, Fergie could be forgiven for thinking something [...]

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We Need A Quick Fix – Why Rooney MUST Be Captain

Following Sunday’s defeat to City, I still don’t feel able to express my views on the game or our players in a controlled manner without emotion overspilling and anger erupting, so excuse me for not going in to a great deal of detail where the match is concerned. However, in light of Arsenal’s victory over [...]

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