Comments on: Support For Wayne Rooney Mounts

By: IVOR

IVOR — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:54:03 +0000

I am completely flummoxed as to why so much is expected of this young man. Rooney and Tevez are grafters. There wouldn’t have been 42 goals scored by Ronaldo, but for their fantastic ability to be buzzing all over the midfield pulling defences out of shape. It really isn’t Wazza’s fault that, along with Stevie Gerrard, Joe Cole and Rio Ferdinand, the rest of the England team are mediocre. His bad behaviour in an Ingerland uniform has as much to do with the frustration and humiliation he undergoes because of the innate stupidity of the pigshit-thick likes of Heskey, Crouch, Defoe or any other ‘striker’ they throw in next to him. Nasty little Scouser, is he? He makes too much money, does he? His wife doesn’t looklike a Barbie Doll, doesshe? He looks like Schrek, does she? The architecture of his new house is appalling. He sneaks fags, does he? Has a weight problem, does he? Maybe you’d like him better if he didn’t swear at the referees, or spoke in a nice soft London accent like J.T. He’s only been back (and rushed back at that) for a couple of games and the announcers are talking about his being “not fit”, as if he just put a cigarette out in the tunnel on the way into the Pompey game. Try ignoring the crap they write about him. Don’t buy his silly book. England may or may not qualify for the World Cup. Doesn’t matter whether Wazza plays left, right or centre. Forget about him carrying us on his back, though, because he’ll never be Pelé or Armando Diego Maradona. He’s just Our Wazza and he gives 100% on the pitch. I couldn’t ask for more.

By: Mic

Mic — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:01:33 +0000

I get fed up about people wanting 100% from their players all the time but when they get it the fucking knock it, Rooney has the ability and like Kaka at Milan, Riquelme back at Villarreal, should he have had a team built around him he’d easily carry them. Lampard, Gerrard and Rooney are great for their clubs but for country they don’t fit, the former two more so than the latter, the thing that separates Rooneys performances for England to Lampards and Gerrard at least we get a 100% from him in whatever position he plays and sometimes his work rate pays of (England 1-2 France where he took it upon himself to race down with the ball, into Frances box and then get taken out by Silvestre). I cannot believe how quickly people get on the lads back, England fans need to get behind their team, I might hate Lampard but i’ll cheer him while he’s on the field even if his performances are nonsense and he runs around the midfield waiting for the ball to come to him so he can give it away but booing isn’t going to solve a thing, the country needs to play without pressure ‘cuz we know there’s too much talent for them to suck, it’s why we have these expectations.

Whoever said that Rooney should be seen rather than read about is 100% spot on, watch him with an open mind and just see his commitment and his desire to win no matter what, I don’t care when he dives into a challenge after the ball, at least the foul will get the crowed going and disrupt the opposition.

By: Tom F

Tom F — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:49:11 +0000

Even though it was written in The Mail, I am still very pleased to see somebody has decided not to jump on the Roo-bashing band wagon.

I think it was there for all to see on Monday night that Rooney is almost back to his best and I wouldn’t bet against him finding the net against the dippers or rent boys in the next few weeks or so.

By: obade tony

obade tony — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:25:50 +0000

i love you wr10, you are my manu superstar..

By: denton davey

denton davey — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:57:58 +0000

PeeJay, you’re being harsh. What any of these overpaid superstars do with their money is their business; all of them are what we might call “A-plus” personalities – driven to excel, well beyond the normal professional athlete which is why they do excel.

When recruiting players, part of the job is to trust the scouts’ vision of their skill but, equally, part of the assessment has to be the player’s character. In guys like Tevez, Rooney, Ronaldo, Ferdinand, Giggs, Scholes, Neville, Anderson, Vidic, and the others on this current squad, and before them Cantona, Stam, RVN, Beckham, Keane and so many others, SAF has been able to get that “character assesment” right BUT when some of them lost that “A-plus drive to excel” and became BigTImeCharlies then it was out the door !

It’s not what these guys do when they’re “off” but, rather, what they do when they’re “on” that’s the key thing to focus on. The days of shining boots is long gone – so, too, is the maximum wage for of indentured servitude. These things always look better in hindsight – which is always 20/20, of course. Keep your eye on the field of play; the rest is just journalists filling in their five hundred words of bafflegab.

By: PeeJay

PeeJay — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:42:43 +0000

To be honest Rooney’s the kind of guy who should be seen and not heard, he went down in my book when I stopped reading about his goals and started reading about his marriage. I thought that Rooney and Ronaldo would be like Giggs and Beckham, one of them good looking, charismatic, always in the gossip sections of the Sun and the other always in the Sport pages, always trying his best and doing what he can for the team. Alas, Rooney wanted a taste of the interviews, fame and gossip and took a leaf out of Beckham’s book rather than Giggs’.

I read an interview a few weeks ago, on the Community Shield day, with Ryan Giggs. An interview with Ryan Giggs isn’t something you read about every day but in this case Ryan, without asking for a fee, spoke about how when he was young he was polishing the older players boots and compared his experiences to Rooney and Ronaldo’s. Pity how much football’s changed. Rooney’s a world class player and certainly doesn’t deserve what the papers continuously say about him but maybe if he told each and every paper and magazine to fuck off and concentrated fully on his football rather than his goals/games ratio I would find that immense respect I once had for him. Out of Rooney or the less talented Tevez it seems that Rooney runs for the ball so he can score, Tevez runs for the ball so he can make Man United score.

By: Malinno Ubah

Malinno Ubah — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:38:46 +0000

We love you Rooney whether they like it or not. You are instrumental to us more than CR7. The record has it that we never lost any match when you are on the field. Who knows,maybe we would have worn the pensioniers if you had not not been injured.
Go ahead son of a manc.
Go ahead the wolf.
Go ahead WR10. We appereciate what you do. We do understand.

By: Anant

Anant — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:31:39 +0000

@redorded
couldnt agree with you more

By: Kamwana

Kamwana — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:18:57 +0000

Fuck everyone who hates my Rooney. There will never be & I repeat, never be another no. 10 nearer than this boy. People will appreciate him much more when he stops pulling on that red shirt. Hail Mighty WAZZA.

By: Deering Tornados

Deering Tornados — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:14:05 +0000

I agree liam, the run+finish were sublime even if he HAD been offside, but of course it was a perfectly legit goal. He was robbed.

I think most united fans would agree Rooney is the most important player in our team – Simply his presence is enough to positively add to our team, without him even needing to touch the ball.
Cantona had a similar effect but for different reasons.