Wayne Rooney had been out of action for over a month, missing out on seven games before coming on as 61st minute substitute against Fulham last night.
Two minutes after being on the pitch, Rooney had scored United’s third goal in a 3-0 win, and has today claimed he is glad he didn’t rush his return back to the first team.
“I feel good, maybe I could have played last week but I think the wise decision was not to play me and give me another few days training and then it would be a lot better and stronger,” said Rooney. “I have scored a lot of them [close-range finishes] this season. In the last three games I have scored three goals all inside the six-yard box. It is something I have been working on, obviously Dimitar and Carlos like to play a bit deeper so I have had to change a little bit and thankfully I am getting the benefits of it now.”
Rooney reacted like a fan when Scholes’ shot hit the back of the net, jumping up, arms raised, a big grin on his face. He has offered up his praise for our veteran midfielder today, following weeks of Ryan Giggs receiving all the adulation.
“I thought it was brilliant and I thought Scholesy was outstanding,” said Rooney. “Some of his passing you don’t see that often from players around the world and it was joy to watch and that was the one thing I could take from sitting on the bench.”
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Stevie me will play on sunday
RAFA IF YOU WANT TO LEA`RN ANYTHING BY FERGIE ITS NOT TO RUSH HIM BACK
BUT WHAT DO I CARE KILL THE FUCKER BEFORE PANCAKE GETS A HOLD OF HIM
blah blah whatever wayne, we have coped fine without you
I am glad we didn’t lose any games without him.Last season we were too dependent on him and Ronaldo.However i think he is not in shape to start at Milan.
Are you serious Disbury_King?
That sort of reaction to the best attacking player at Man United coming bck from injury and scoring with his first touch..
Didsbury king what a pathetic comment, idiot.
I am serious.
I like him but he tries too hard to be a fans pleaser. scholes interview yesterday, he refused to talk about his goal. only the team. and thats scholesey for you. rooney on the other hand one minute pretends its all about the team, the next (in a match which was an amazing team performance) could only blab on about himself. last season when he wasn’t scoring, he went in to a sulk in an interview saying he didn’t care and it was all about the team, now he is singing a different tune that he is scoring.
whats pathetic about it?
we have won every single game since he got injured haven’t we? yes!
he has not been missed in reality. only if tevez or berbatov got injured would he have been
Oh come on man. All Wayne ever does is give his all for United. He is one of my favourite players and I love his attitude on the pitch. We may have coped without him but thats testament to the depth of the squad but he brings a whole different thing to Uniteds attacking football.
We can’t compare his attitude to Scholesy as he is different altogether. Scholes is one of the most humble, non attention seeking people in football and we can’t forget Wayne is a lot younger. To see him celebrate Scholesys goal the way he did says it all.
blah blah whatever Didsbury King — it’s OK mate — we can cope fine without YOU.
didsbury…jog on
I like the way Ronney talks with his feet on the pitch, if you don’t like what he’s got to say after the match turn over.. You cannot say anything bad against the young lad, gives it his all for a United win, he’s a winner and sometimes winners are a bit moody, so what… Remember once a blue, Always a Red..
United Forever..
I dun think didsbury meant anything bad. He was correct that we coped ok without Rooney, but we are definitely a better team with him in the team. Yes we have been winning, so perhaps it has gone unnoticed that Tevez has not been scoring for this period that he is standing in for Rooney. With all due respect to Tevez and credit to his commitment, reality is that Rooney will improve the team more than Tevez can.
Wayne, along with the rest of the lads, looked like he was inspired by some of the passes Scholes was spraying around. I remember one where Rooney hit a first time left footed volley all the way out to the left that hit Ronaldo in stride and started another counter attack. Brilliant stuff from the lads.
I stand by what I said
I on the whole like Rooney. But he does have his faults and I do feel he is overrated by the english media.
If we approached Valencia asking for a Villa-Rooney swap, they would laugh in our faces. I know because I just spent six months in Spain where I met quite a few Valencia supporters who said they wouldn’t want Rooney in a swap even if Villa wanted to go! and its not just because he is English, because they all seemed to love Rio Ferdinand and Paul Scholes. They also loved Berbatov (not english but another striker).
But it seems you can’t say a bad word about Rooney because this is Rooney FC and not Manchester United FC?
He is also incredibly injury prone