NowNow. I really start to grow tired of this. Every time Rooneys name comes up you are on here slagging him off. I as always feel the need to defend him.
Are you really so blind that you can’t see his contribution? Or do you just buy into all the bullshit the papers write?

I belive Scott have on several occations shown that Rooneys has steadilty improved on the amount of goals he is involved in each season he has been with us. With last season being the only season that he scored less than he did the season before. Rooney is not a point man, and that is also why I do not judge him on his goals alone. If he didn’t score a single goal, but assisted 35-40 goals a season I would still be very happy with his contribution because that would mean that we have scored a lot more goals than we would without him.

If you look at the stats from last season, you will see that Rooney was involved in over 30 goals last season, which is not bad all in all. And that is not counting the goals where Rooney started the attack, where he was the 3rd last player to touch the ball before we scored, or the times where his running alone created openings for others to score even tho Rooney was not directly involved.

I think you know as well as I. That if it werent for the endless running of Rooney and Tevez, Ronaldo wouldn’t have had anywere near the season he did last season. They were tying down defenders and midfielders, chasing down ball and tugging defences all over the place, creating the space Ronaldo needed to perform. In short Tevez and Rooney ensured that we could afford to have a luxury player like Ronaldo in our team.
Countless times last season you could see them tracking back to cover space that should have been covered by Ronaldo, but he on the other hand was down on the ground whining to the air about players taking the ball of him.

And a last comment. I seem to remember a certain United legend that wasn’t all that prolific in front of goal either. Do you know who that man was? I’ll give you a few hints. He’s french and his initials are EC.
Correct me if I am wrong, (I might be.) but I don’t seem to remember a single season where the king scored over 20 goals for us. You would probably slagg him of as well would you? Cantona wasn’t all about the goals he scored. His presens alone freed up others to score, and the same can be said about Rooney. He is our single most important player. Forget about Ronaldo, we will manage without him because he is a luxury player (Tho a very good one at that) but I seriously doubt that we would manage as well without wazza!

I did see that there is a later squib by Scott about Teary Henry, who I would much prefer to Berbatov for a number of reasons – economy is obvious but also the fact that a chastened Henry would be a much better “fit” with the whirligig of Rooney, Tevez, Ronaldo and Nani/Giggs.

With Rooney Ronaldo Tevez saha nani anderson giggs campbell welbeck manucho and park i think we’ve got plenty of attacking options to call on and i much rather us save our money and get benzema or augero etc the year after.

after seeing ole’s testemonial, i’d be more than happy putting the legend on the bench and bring him on for the last 15-20mins. looked like he still had it to me!!

Really, if these guys are all healthy and match-ready then where does Berbatov fit in – the answer is difficult to present because like the earlier thread on the “best four midfielders”, there is a plethora of choice. Someone – Tevez/Berbatov – is going to have to sit on the bench and you can bet your bottom dollar that it won’t be either Rooney or Ronaldo. It’s an embarrassment of riches that would be even more embarrassing IF Berbatov were to be signed.

And – guess what ? – the “problem” would be even more difficult if the whole Berbatov kerfuffle is a smokescreen to distract attention from ongoing negotiations for Karim Benzema.

the fact that we finally have a work permit for manucho may well be turning the wizards hand. i’ve heard all the talk about him being unproven blah, blah, blah, but from what i’ve seen of him, he looks a raw striker, with an eye for goal.

if we persist with balsa boy, and he remains fit, quality. there’s no denying that when saha is fit (and i know it’s a novelty), the guy is mint.

someone mentioned that we haven’t looked too great at the begining of the season, but with half the team missing what does everyone expect?

besides, the goal machine that is the fletch is fit and available!!