The Biggest Disappointment award
Nominees: Wayne Rooney’s ambition and Antonio Valencia broken bones
Valencia isn’t the cheating kind so when he went down you knew something was up. It was the reaction of the players around him, both Rangers and United, that confirmed something must be broken. After being one of our best players of the season before, gelling with the first team at great speed, it was so disappointing to learn that just a month in to the season that he was going to be missing for half of it. Come back soon, Tony!
You could hardly believe your ears when listening to Sir Alex Ferguson say that Wayne Rooney had no interest in signing a new contract because he wanted to leave the club. Just months before he was kissing his badge and talking of his desire to follow in Ryan Giggs’ footsteps and the next he was on the telly claiming that David Gill hadn’t given him the reassurances he wanted about the ambition of the club. Whilst obviously it was massively disappointing to learn our best player wanted to leave, it ran so much deeper than that. He’d conned us in to thinking that he cared about the club, that he loved being a United player and that he had no intention of going anywhere else. He had also lied about his injury to give off the impression there had been a clash of personalities behind the scenes with Sir Alex, so he had another excuse. ‘Fergie falls out with another top player’ the journos would right and the manager would be blamed. I also find it hard to believe Gill, for all his floors, replied to Rooney’s question by saying, “Oh, you want us to buy some star players otherwise you’re going to leave? Well, it looks like you have to leave, we can’t assure you about our ambition, as we definitely won’t be buying any star players.” The hurt and the betrayal, feeling so foolish and naive, is one of the biggest disappointments so many of us have ever endured as a United fan.
Winner: Wayne Rooney
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I second that. Rooney’s now in another continent while he’s still in Planet United.
it has to be wayne. Tony V is a disappointing loss to the side but Rooney has caused his off field disappointments with his personal problems and brought them into the club, embarrassed the club to the hight that we were laughing at tevez and city and is not doing it 100% on the field.but there is 13 hours in this year and a match tomorrow. 2010 was shit for wayne apart from the first 3 months. 2011 is a fesh start so start tomorrow
In terms of results the biggets disappointment was the Bayern game. As for these two, probably Valencia’s injury. Long term, who knows how costly it is for our season and for the lad’s career at top level.
As for Rooney, it was one disappointment after another. From the WC, to the scandal, to his form, to ambition gate. But personally, I’ve learned not to expect a lot from modern day players.
Tony V for me, a big miss.
Rooney, I try not to give him too much thought really. If he plays well and scores, well, he should for his £200,000 a week. Just confirmation, if needed, that footballers are on another planet really.
@ Costas100% agree with you.
The Bayern game was so dissapointing. Firstly because wewere in such a
strong position, but failed to learn how to close the game out. Regardless of being 10 men down etc.
We were 3-1 up at half time. From that position we were in the semi’s. The players need to learn
to kill the game off, and we didn’t. That “form” has continued in our away performances at
Everton, Fulham, WBA (@ home), Birmingham, etc. The players need to understand that if they’re
ahead, with 10 minutes left, KEEP the F***ing ball! Don’t allow them to push you back to the 12 yard box. They have to up the intensity like they did away to Villa, and put pressure on them.
Rooney so far has been dissapointing…period.
Resultwise, i’ll go with the Chelsea game at OT; Drogba’s offside goal-the lineman screwed us big time and we got robbed no.19 that day. Plain and simple.
As of those two, I will go with Rooney fucking the club around with is ambitions nonsense.
@KVN
Yeah mate. It has been the story of the second half of this year, hasn’t it? At the Bayern game, the stakes were high, Rooney(who was influential on the day) was subbed off, so it was inevitable that they’d peg us back once Rafa saw red. But after that, there’s no excuse for sitting in our box trying to defend leads. That’s not the way to go about it.
rooney for me i’m so let down by this guy,i thought he walked on water and loved the club and turned out to be a greedy cunt i was devasted by whats gone on.i like tony v alot just a different type of disappointment
Rooney caused me disbelief, then heartbreak, then embarrassment.
Valencia’s injury caused me nausea and disappointment.
Losing matches or titles impacts well calloused reserves of fortitude.
The form of Darren Fletcher is for me the biggest disappointment of 2010.
I thought fletch would’ve been on here, he’s been woeful. But, lets focus on Gibson and Evans, easier targets I suppose. Rooney has to be the winner and I say that, with a heavy heart.
Rooney was so close to achieving legendary status only to piss it all up the wall in a matter of seconds. Hands down the biggest disappointment non-match related in a long long time.
Rooney, no doubt about it. I was never his biggest fan, but even my world came crushing down, so I can’t even imagine what other Man Utd fans felt.
what about Vidic? – remember that he pulled himself out of the Leeds United match for no apparent reason and then missed a few games until he got his head right, and we were all in the dark as to whether he was going to sign a new contract or not.
In terms of disappointment, betrayal beats bad luck any day, so it’s Rooney for mine.