07 Aug 2013 11:52:26
HEY GUYS

I can't stick up for Rooney anymore last time he wanted away 95% of United fans forgave him for a couple of reasons 1: we did however at the time not had a better player at that time, it was a post CR7 time & Tevez had gone Blue, couple that with Berba just not living up to his price tag and Rooney was seen as "the main man". It had most United fans "me included freaking out". 2: when he made his U-turn in the form of a nice new deal everyone jumped on his agent and it became "clear" that Rooney was surrounded by bad agents advisors etc. Add the badly acted MUTV "I'm sorry big mistake blar blar blar" and United fans started to come round and had a figure to blame and we happily made let the excuses stick rather than admit that Rooney is money grabbing snake. The other thing that annoys me is that This was seen in the Rooney camp as player power and that he had won against SAF. This alone is madness because the legend that is Sir alex has booted out bigger players in the past for less but this time Rooney got what he wanted. The only reason for this is as I stated before best player at time. Now though this little outburst seems to be that he is not happy being treated like everyone else he seems to feel injustice that he is above rotation and the team needs if that's how he thinks take up golf or another solo sport because its always about the team that is the United way / SAF way. I don't understand why he is so against the idea of having to adapt his role Fact RvP is a better striker so he should pay 2nd fiddle to him in that respect. If he loved football as much as he makes out he would like anyone adapt to fit into his work place like most have to in there jobs and walks of life. So why is Wazzer different to everyone else? Simple ego the stunt he pulled last time worked but now there are other players stepping up and it would not hurt Utd that much to cut losses and let him go. It's a silly game Rooney is playing because he does not have the power he had last time and SFA/Moyes will not pander to him this much if they do is a bad signal to send throughout the team that you can have a hissy fit and it will all be okay in the end. As a life long Manchester United fan I don't want to see this rubbish going on in my club even if it does mean letting one of the best players of recent years go. In my mind he has crossed the line for possibly the last time and I hope he gets ushered out and we re invest the cash in some good needed talent in CM & CB the time of Roo should be coming to an end this Manchester United not the wags 5 a side football team.

If united do get rid of rooney we really don't need another striker. Well atleast it shouldn't b. We still got Van persie, Welbeck and Hernandez (even Kagawa). We need to get rid off one attacking player to get more balance, this is evident when our strikers are playing out of position (wingers). We need to improve midfield (Fabregas, fellain or who ever it is, any will be better then our current set) and WInger {ronaldo, di maria, reus lamela and draxler} and defence.

In my honest opinion, the arrival of Kagawa messed things up at united (in terms of balance), him and Rooney are similar players, and personally I felt that Rooney is the better player currently, can pass the ball uncanny similar to Scholes and therefore has my vote to play behind van Persie.

But this year youll see kagawa terrorising defenders after having last years experience behind him.

Rooney has an exceptional football brain, which is weird admitting this.
In conclusion its either him or kagawa and ill go for kagawa considering the drama surrounding rooney, him moaning about starting 11 and rhe wages he's got and on top of that his attitude towards towards the club and himself.

So guys if it means shipping out rooney for the better of manchester united I would take him to the airport. I really do think he wouldn't get the same love form manchester united fans and he just needs a new challenge.

Best of luck to him he will only realise what he's lost once he's gone.

Loll i'm competing with shapps for long post.

Singh

1.) 07 Aug 2013
07 Aug 2013 12:39:40
So far i've steered clear of putting up a long post regarding Rooney, but I could be tempted with abit of competition;-) lol.

2.) 07 Aug 2013
I agree Singh mate. Rooney is distracting the team, the fans etc. It must end soon hopefully with a transfer and as much as we can get from a foreign team. He will be remembered as a v. good player but a bloody greedy sulky one. MUFC will survive without him, as we have done in the past when other big names moved on, and maybe we actually play better knowing our best formation and stop playing good players in the wrong role. Just need a couple of midfielder for this campaign and we can win a lot of silverware this season.

3.) 07 Aug 2013
Lolll Shappy, I wouldn't be able to compete with you lol

Singh

4.) 07 Aug 2013
"Kagawa terrorising defenders"! We'll have to wait and see what happens on that one.
Rooney scores 20+ goals a season and makes a load of assists, so Kagawa has got big boots to fill. I just hope he concentrates on United and stop going on about Dortmund all the time.

5.) 07 Aug 2013
It would be a very high risk strategy to let Rooney go and not replace him. RVP is 30, Welbeck is not good enough nor scores enough and Hernandez plays well in one particular way but is not a forward who can fully fill Rooney and RVPs boots. The only thing that might work would be Ronaldo as Rons goals and assists would more than make up for Rooney. However for me selling Rooney to a major rival is unacceptable if we have a choice which we have.

6.) 07 Aug 2013
Redman
my thoughts exactly
Jred

7.) 07 Aug 2013
Redman and jred I agree with both of you as long as we get replacements in ie ronaldo or a winger and 2 midfielders such as fabregas and fellaini we wudve replaced the attacking side of the game with a winger and fabregas.

I would also like him to go to a rival but if there isn't any choice and no offers for him then I would rather get rid of him and get the replacements in.


Singh

8.) 07 Aug 2013
07 Aug 2013 16:59:41
But can we keep two world class players who both want to play every game happy when there is only one place in the team for them? Either Rooney or RvP will have to sit on the bench every week. Or we can keep pushing Rooney into other positions in the team in an attempt to crowbar him into the team. The only problem is Rooney isn't happy doing this anymore, he wants to be first choice as a striker.

So what do we do? Do we drop either Rooney or RvP which will make whoever is dropped unhappy. Or do we change our tactics and play two strikers?

Or do we not let a player dictate to us and sell him?

9.) 07 Aug 2013
Rooney scores 20+ goals every other season as a striker. Kawaga is an attacking midfielder how can you compare the 2? Agree with the last posts we need a quality forward to replace Rooney when he leaves

10.) 07 Aug 2013
Lol I just want to correct *dont want him to joing a rival*

singh

11.) 07 Aug 2013
Red Man

I said it yesterday. How can we even think of selling Rooney to one of our major rivals? We didn't sell Heinze to Liverpool. Replace the names with Rooney and Chelsea. Unacceptable for me.

Deeps.

12.) 07 Aug 2013
07 Aug 2013 19:04:11
@Red Man and Jred

Do we do a Malouda with him then?

REDFAITH