Sir Alex Ferguson is considering resting Wayne Rooney tomorrow for the League Cup final, with games against AC Milan and Liverpool to play in March.
“It has to be a consideration simply because we have important games coming up,” said Ferguson. “The problem is, he is desperate to play, he is always desperate to play.”
Whilst it’s clear what an important role Rooney has, therefore his fitness and freshness should be maintained, it is Rooney’s mental well-being we need to look after. The lad isn’t going to burn himself out, he just wants to play, but we want to make sure we keep him happy and in a good frame of mind. After the way he’s played this season, he would be fully entitled to get totally pissed off at missing out on a cup final at Wembley. These are the games that you play for and I think it would be a massive mistake on Ferguson’s part to put Rooney’s nose out of joint. If you want to rest Wayne, rest him for Wolves away next week, but play him play in the final.
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I reckon rest him, he’s played a lot of football this year, and he may not be able to keep up this level til the end of the season without a break or two, whether he likes it or not!
Should have enough between Owen, Berba, Diouf, Valencia etc to take apart villa
we are officially in squeaky bum time and Wayne is on a run…i think pl is our main concern… rest Wayne,keep him on the bench send him on later on in the game if we down a goal or so…
I agree with Scott. Let him play in this final and rest him at Wolves.
give him a go in the last 20
After Chelseas defeat tonight, the league is again well within our grasp.
so YES, Rest him but keep him on the bench in case we need him
Also why cant Capello give him a rest if he thinks Rooney is important to England?. He is anyways a regular starter and this is a meaningless friendly
Btw let Berbatov win the game for us?
Just give him a bottle of powerade and he’s good to go…
I say play him!
I don’t know. I really want Michael Owen to start tomorrow, so why not he and Berbatov?
AIG is right. Capello should rest him. Argh, what’s the point of these idiotic friendlies?
put him on the bench.. give him the last 20-30 mins if needed
i m for resting rooney. have him on è bench for emergency.
NO. Got to play him.
I would say rest him for Wolves to be honest, the league has to be the priority
Play him.
This is a chance to win a trophy after all.
Give him 2 days off training in stead.
AIG, Costas: I Agree. I reckon he can be on the bench. And still get to play half hour or so since its a cup final and he certainly wont want to miss it, especially since he’s contributed so much against citeh for us to get here!!
Meanwhile, we could pair Berbatov and Owen. I really want to see them together when Rooney’s not playing or in the team.
No fcuking way, the kids on fire.
Superhans: I disagree mate. Training sessions are for everyone, be they mighty goalscorers or hardworking midfielders. Nobody should be shown favoritism and given perks like training off in my opinion to have a strong foundation. Though Rooney’s been scoring a lot of the goals, everybody in the team works equally hard for our victory!!!
hardworking players*
rest against wolves on the bench start diouf and the flop
We shouldn’t rest him at all, while he’s in this sort of form, keep him playing, he’s the best player in the world at the moment on current form, keep him going until Rooney feels it’s too much and surely he’d say if he thought so!
I would also have rooney on the bench rather than dropping him or starting with him.Let berba and owen start the game together.Would be nice if they both score a goal each and we win the match.
Off topic
Two ex united players have helped us in the league,first saha for everton and today tevez for shitty.Tevez u arent that bad lol.
UNITED FOREVER.
he will go nuts if not selected
Who’s the flop? Some youngster coming through the ranks?
@ Wassa.
Ya. I see your point about the training thing.
I just think that in his current form he could win us another trophy.
Aston Villa are a very, very good team, and with a clever manager.
Since its a cup final, and therefore a good chance to get our hands on a trophy, I say go for it with all guns blazing.
I just don’t think that resting Rooney for this one game will be the difference between us winning the PL or CL or not.
Rest him against Liverpool……
He has got to play tomorow. We will need him, and we can rest him against Wolves, where Berba, Owen or even Diouf are more than capable of getting us 3 points against them. He will want to play in the CC final because he didn’t play in it last season. If we want to win the cup in 90 minutes, then Rooney MUST start.
My idea is rest him but i am not sure. We are short of football knowledge i think. I am not a physiologist so… Fergy had the chance to rest him against West Ham, why you think he’ll do it against Wolves AWAY.
Rest him and evra but play a strong team
Costas: Hahaha..appreciate your taking away the “flop” limelight from him..!
@Superhans : What you say is valid, and I’m not saying playing him or not will have a direct impact on us winning losing any competitions other than Carling Cup. The idea is that he’s been starting all our games since 25 October. Cup final is not the best time for it, yes. But I feel he desperately needs a rest. He can still make a sub appearance and play half hour . Just that we definitely don’t want him burned out do we.. England friendly is coming up on wednesday so we need to consider that more than wolves away.
Rooney must play. United need a victory at Wembley, Rooney needs another medal to help his attempt to catch up with Giggsy (still a long way to go…) and he’ll be right pissed off if he’s not chosen. Above all, he’s earned the right to play.
@Wazza
Just curious, that’s all.
Play him of course… there is no need to rest players, sooner or later they will get injured anyway and will get their enforced rest..
I think he should start the game, If we can get a early lead then take him off. With the rent boyz losing today we can really inflict more psychological damage on them tomorrow with a win, if we win in style they will be shitting themselves even more.
Rooneys on fire right now and with 12 league games left its time to put those cunts away once and for all., no holding back in any games from here on in.
Just keep playing him, he is on fire and games cant come quick enough for him!! He can rest when the seasons over for fuck sake!!
Oh and in case anyone says yeah but its world cup year, ‘ARSED’!!
Maybe we can draw a comparison between him and Ronaldo. Cristiano didn’t miss a lot of games, did he ?
International games should be banned at this time of the season – messes things up so much
He’s 24 years old for fucks sake he shouldn’t need a “rest”. If he was one of our older players and we had other major games coming up then it might be a option.
Now if he was carrying a injury or just coming back from a injury you wouldn’t risk him. You can t pick your team on with the mindset that someone MIGHT get injured.
Rest him against wolves, not 2morro.
Play him, then take him off for the last 20/25 when the game is won.
Don’t want to see us throwing him on when we’re chasing the game and have him under even more pressure, running around like a maniac for half an hour.
He’s got to start.
He probably should but I dont think Wazza would be too happy.I agree with Redmist,if he does play have him on from the start!
If Fergie says it’s under consideration it usually means it’s already decided, Rooney will not play in the starting XI tomorrow and that’s a fact (no katie melua).
I think he should be rested, I know silverware is great and I would love us to add another notch to our league cup record but you cannot hide from the fact there are much bigger fish to fry.
If Wazza got injured in the league cup final, heaven forbid a broken foot again, he would miss massive crucial games in the Premier League and Champions League which must be a higher priority.
@bchilds
He could get injured in any match mate, id play him 2morro.
Oh yea I appreciate that but for him to be injured in a league cup game would be a bigger kick in the teeth than a premier league or champions league game.
Rest him for Milan or liverpool? whats the point he’ll start for england during the week!.. Fergie up to his antics again, some people never change…
rest him for the first half and if we’re not up…bring him on
Don’t screw with form.
Play him but not up front on his own! Having Berbatov or Owen to help him will burn him out less, and we can rest him at Wolves (on the bench). Then take him off if we’re winning by 2 or more goals.
I agree with Giles Oakley – if you dont play someone who just wants to get out there and give it all every game, he’ll just have a big sulk on the bench – this is a Wembley final, Rooney needs to play in games like this. Remember Carling Cup final v Wigan – Rooney hat trick, job done. After his 3rd one tommorow Fergie can rest him!
he should be played tomorrow but get takin off with an “injury” about 70 great minuted in when united are 4-0 up
cant play for ingerland rest for wolves and thats that till the champions league final
I’d rest him, start with Owen and Berba up front, have Wayne on the bench. It’ll be great to win a trophy tomorrow, but there are more important matches ahead for Utd.
For me tomorrow IS a big game. It will certainly have some bearing on the rest of the season. A United win and the first trophy of the season will really put the lads into gear and give them the boost and swagger to go on a run full of confidence. Got to start in my opinion. As someone else said you don’t fuck with form.
We should start with strong team which includes Rooney and take him off around 70+ when job is done [hopefully].
C’mon United, lets win the first trophy of the season tomorrow.
Play him. Let him get a first-half hat-trick. *Then* rest him in the second-half ;>
I wnt him 2 play 2morrow & if u wnt rest,just rest him 4 wolves games.B/cos this is an important match 4 us.
Rest him for the league game against wolves but let him play today.
Bolt speaks out ahead of the clash:
http://wazzasaidso.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/bolt-i-want-to-be-celebrating-at-the-end/
Though I must admit I disagree with him about berba..
@Wazza – I was also surprised at his opinion after Berbatov, like I asked sometime ago, what do people really want him to do, don a cape and shoot laser beams out of his eyes?