Sir Alex Ferguson has praised Wayne Rooney for his enthusiasm but says our striker has to concentrate on playing centrally rather than playing all over the pitch.
“The boy’s got a real hunger and drive about him,” said Ferguson. “He has so much energy that sometimes he overdoes it in the sense that he wants to use it all; he’ll drop into midfield or he’ll go outside left. But he’s young, and young players tend to sometimes be that way – they want to spend all their energy on the pitch. But if he concentrates like he did at Wigan and spends more time in the central areas rather than the wide positions then he will get goals. There’s no doubt about that.”
Gary Neville backs Rooney to beat Sir Bobby Charlton’s goals record for the club but Fergie is more hesitant.
“It’ll be very tough,” Ferguson added. “Sir Bobby’s record is 249 goals, so at this stage of Wayne’s career I’d say he’ll have to do very well to get anywhere near that.”
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Now with Ronaldo gone Rooney doesn’t need to drop back as much. Ronaldo tended to stay up front after we lost the ball, he didn’t really do well at tracking back. Valencia seems to track back much more than Ronaldo so Rooney shouldn’t feel the need to track back into that area.
….don’t you mean ‘Dive’….
These ingurland weeks really are annoying! Withdrawl symptoms…
Need the Roo showing hunger for US, sod England.
He’s talking about Rooney not Eduardo
Gerry Gooner
Can’t tear yourself away from ROM eh, inspite of this having sweet fa to do with the arse? Closet Red eh?
gerry gooner
hello my name is james
i think we should be friends as im on this almost as much as you lately
maybe we can chat about our lives and obsession on manchester united news
you have to understand uniteds fans love of rooney he’s just like our version of arsenals….em…… Nicklas Bendtner (?)
Sorry to go off topic but just seen a belter of a goal that I had forgot about. Paul Scholes v Panathanaikos 01/02. 90th minute 2-1 up , 32 passes in build up then Scholes chip over keeper.
King Eric
Yeah, remember that, a fantastic build up and finish. It deserves a place up there amongst great Utd goals.
what I am suprised is scot has not brought up the transfer ban and the possible screw job fifa and I put uefa in this are going to put on chelsea and united. what really pisses me off is how madrid have not been charged in the ronaldo affair, how clubs that are not from UK do the exact same thing has what the UK clubs do. how about the way the foreign clubs nick african players, yes chelsea had this coming but fifa should look at other clubs and lets be real this is legal isnt it, its a loop hole thats used arsenal should be banned from what they have done. and if they are going to ban united and chelsea they should ban arsenal barca madrid lyon etc etc its double standards ppl and its a joke.
manutdchampions2008
If United do get prosecuted for this then it will set a precedent for other small clubs to take cases to FIFA so I don’t think others have got away with it yet…
To be honest from a moral point of view I can’t disagree with the La Havre view, but the punishment should be for everyone, not just Chelsea and ourselves.
Having said that I am pretty sure Chelsea will prepare a huge legal defence for this. The real courts are not like FIFA or UEFA, they measure things by law and not sentiment.
King Eric, was nice. One of my favourite teamgoals though is during the 7goal fest vs Roma, (who can forget). Starts off with Brown at our penalty box taking a touch before starting 5 1 touch passes resulting in Smith with a first touch volley to score. Absolute football. Doesn’t get enough praise!
This week we’ve seen two very ominous precedents – the Eduardo retroactive ban and the RentBoyz’ transfer kerfuffle’s restrictions. These precedents are “ominous” because they promise to make UEFA much more interventionist and this is a gang that can’t figure out which way is up. The lawyers will be happy.
About Rooney – play him centrally AND forward; if he strays, bench him. Same goes for Berbatov.
Who in the world (and I’m really asking this) is better than Rooney. Who has so much as a footballer so much ad a leader has so much vision and is so importand to a team. Scores goal creates goals tread a ball true the eye of a needle. He’s pace is unreal for a guy built like a shithouse . I’m 27 and seen all in all about 2 and a half minutes of Duncan Edwards playing football. But for everything I read about him he seems to be taller than Rooney but has everything else. If sommeone in the world is a better all rounder can someone explain it to me
That’s a real question by the way
ghtt good morning mate.
there are quite a few players who in terms of ability are better than wazza at the moment.but then when it comes to sacrificing for the team and trying to do something when the chips are down you really can find anyone better than wazza.he is a perfect blend of the qualities you want.he still hyasent god rid of the odd temper tantrum but it has reduced considerably and will go away soon.
off topic i know, but don’t forget chelsea had been warned after the ashley cole affair, after the tapping up of the two leeds kids and after the john obi mikel thing. It’s not necessarily just because it’s an english club. The facts are the french club made a complaint, fifa/uefa investigated, they were found guilty and were punished after receiving previous warnings. There have been other clubs that have had transfer window bans, reduced on appeal. If le havre make a complaint we will be investigated, but le havre have said since we signed pogba they will complain and haven’t, which surely speaks volumes. Personally, i think all the european countries should have same legal age for signing contracts
Does someone have the video clip of Rooney “tackling” the ball with his head in the Arsenal game? He threw himself head first at the ball….remember this incident?
i would like to see Kiko on the bench for away matches. he is deadly with his finishing
@Gudjohnsen
remember it very very well.as we all know wazza is ready to do anything for the club.sorry cant find the video though.also got a throw for it
@Gudjohnsen
Yes I remember that.
Rooney just dived and headed the ball. I had to applaud him.
What courage and determination he showed. I have never seen any player so committed.
Am sure Sir Alex must have had a word with him. This lad could give his blood for Man Utd!
@ aig alex is god
Nothing against your opinion but I don’t think there is a better player than Wazza. I think he is the most talented footballer and, in terms of passion and commitment, the best player of the game.
LEGEND already. Future captain.
£30 million well spent.
If he didn’t dive…
But yes. He gives everything FOR THE CLUB. His commitment and talent together make him the player he is. Unmatched.
hey – how come no one mentioned rooney’s dive ??? should he be banned too or are we just a bunch of hypocrites who think our players don’t dive
Gudjohnsen – That Rooney “header tackle” was insane. He didn’t even get his nut on it, Bendtner kicked it out. Rooney could have had his head taken off. Gotta love him!
CRooney – It wasn’t a dive, he didn’t even claim for a penalty. Don’t let the media influence you.
That “There’s no doubt about that ” from Fergie again!!!1
@ KING ERIC – what media mate ? I’ve just come here – haven’t been on line in days….and truth to be told i haven’t seen a single article about roo’s dive…if there was then Scott would have made his points heard
he didn’t claim for a penalty ? oh i think his reaction says he did – what was those gestures with his arms about ? he definitley dived and claimed for it after he had fallen…
he’s a strong lad who went down far too easily -and then he made gestures like “oh ref, wtf was that ?” – a dive – simple as mate
tbh – he missed the ball completely with that header dive so he did just like tevez
It was not a dive, Wazza was actually trying to have a kick at the lad.
Stephen – it’s even worse….he injured the guy and faced no consequences…how about let’s kick bullies out of football along with cheating..
so you’re telling me that trying to hurt someone is ok and tryying to decive is not ?
and btw – he didn’t try to kick him – he just fell…he didnt’ even tackle him ffs…oh that’s right – our players are imune to diving – god how i hate hypocricy – if this was steven cunt it would be the different tone right now
That Rooney “tackle” was disgraceful, Im not sure why he did it, maybe he felt the player impeded him, or maybe he just felt he couldnt get to the ball, but either way it was horrible, and he is a very lucky boy.