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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2017 15:42:51 GMT
He really should be remembered better... in theory. But look at the year/s the awards started to dry up, nothing after 2012...  |
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Post by Deez on Jul 9, 2017 15:42:53 GMT
Twat  That sounds exactly like a TBN headline |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2017 15:43:58 GMT
Twat That sounds exactly like a TBN headline I love TBN, but even they couldn't make that shit up |
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Post by Monty on Jul 9, 2017 15:55:05 GMT
He really should be remembered better... in theory. But look at the year/s the awards started to dry up, nothing after 2012... "Club World Cup final MVP 2008" What sweet hell is this? |
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Post by Diablo Rouge on Jul 9, 2017 16:09:45 GMT
He really should be remembered better... in theory. But look at the year/s the awards started to dry up, nothing after 2012... "Club World Cup final MVP 2008" What sweet hell is this? Most Valuable Player. ie. Man of The Match |
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Post by RAZ on Jul 9, 2017 16:59:01 GMT
opinion from bartram:
Wayne Rooney’s departure after 13 years at Old Trafford marks the time to end all debate and simply salute an indisputable Manchester United legend.
No cult hero, no homegrown prodigy, no imported genius has scored more goals in the club’s history than Rooney, whose haul of 253 strikes is only eight fewer than George Best and Eric Cantona managed between them. It took almost 44 years for Sir Bobby Charlton’s previous record to be beaten so, in an age where one-club longevity is rare, Rooney’s tally is likely to go unsurpassed for a long, long time.
Wayne has outscored some of the greatest players ever, for the United cause. Into the bargain, he has not only played a crucial role in one of the richest periods in the club’s history; he has also, in more recent times, dragged the club out of the dark and back towards the light. Nobody shouldered more responsibility than Rooney in the aftermath of Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement, toiling through David Moyes’ short tenure, leading under Louis van Gaal and, most importantly, playing a starring role in the 2016 FA Cup final success which brought the winning habit back to Old Trafford. While Jesse Lingard’s winner secured the trophy, it is worth remembering the slalom past six opponents from which Rooney provoked Juan Mata’s equaliser. That success completed Wayne’s assortment of domestic winner’s medals. A year on, the Europa League followed to leave him with only a Super Cup-shaped hole in his collection.
Rooney’s influence on United’s fortunes has been enormous. His 253 goals came across 192 games, with an 85% win ratio. He netted in 47 different stadia spread across 14 countries, against 95 different goalkeepers and 99 different managers. Whenever there is a split, it is worth remembering the good times, and Wayne’s 13-year Old Trafford stint have provided innumerable memories.
His first season alone is enough cause for misty-eyed reminiscence. The debut hat-trick; the volley against Newcastle; his first winner at Anfield; the unstoppable fury at Highbury; the criminally unrewarded FA Cup final display in Cardiff. He was picking up near-weekly man-of-the-match awards. So too in his second season. In the third, he and Cristiano Ronaldo began to share the spotlight more often. In the fourth and fifth, both of which ended in Premier League titles, Rooney’s selflessness elevated Ronaldo, whose development into one of the modern game’s great centre-forwards may not have been given its formative years in England if Rooney hadn’t been willing to trade positions and operate from a wide role.
After Ronaldo’s departure, Rooney’s role became that of goalscorer. His job was no longer to stampede around the field influencing the game from wherever he chose; just be in the box to put the ball in the net, and that’s what he did. There was less fun, more function; a fate that comes to virtually all players. Rooney the goalscorer did his job better than any other United player, ever. The teenage tyro who made us dream of future glory grew into the grizzled pro making them a reality.
The statistics and the trophies cannot be contested, but it is down to the individual whether or not his transfer request of 2010 affects all that has followed. That doesn’t change the fact, however, that it has followed. Of his 253 goals, 121 have come since that episode. What followed in the remainder of the 2010/11 season was cracking home one of the club’s greatest goals, smashing in vital, title-swaying efforts and scoring in a Champions League final.
Rooney top-scored in 2011/12, 2013/14 and 2014/15, only tumbling down the scoring charts in 2016/17 as he found himself increasingly sidelined amid Jose Mourinho’s process of reinventing a United side in need of remodelling and futureproofing.
Now, all parties feel it is the right time for Rooney’s time at United to end. While his experience might have been utilised at Old Trafford this season and beyond, he would plainly not be the figurehead of Mourinho’s evolving team and he is determined to remain a focal point.
The moment is right not only for goodbye, but for a full and proper appreciation of a player whose Old Trafford legend will remain untouched by time.
surprised this was mentioned on manutd.com but good job
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Post by redcase on Jul 9, 2017 17:09:46 GMT
Look, for 6-7 years he gave me undeniable joy to watch him play. He was fucking awesome. I HATE the fact that he didn't take care of himself enough and didn't keep himself fit and focused like Ronaldo . If he did he would have given us another 2-3 years of awesome before fading, rather than giving us abject disappointment over the last 5 years.
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Post by caino on Jul 9, 2017 17:22:30 GMT
What's the situation with his wages ?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2017 17:25:06 GMT
What's the situation with his wages ? We're not paying them. Win. |
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Post by Chris on Jul 9, 2017 18:03:20 GMT
Sad really. Some amazing years.
That Rooney, Ronaldo, Tevez partnership. Wow.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2017 18:09:45 GMT
Sad really. Some amazing years. That Rooney, Ronaldo, Tevez partnership. Wow. Mad how Carrick is the only one left, then you remember it was ten years ago! |
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Post by WhatsTheMata on Jul 9, 2017 18:12:00 GMT
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Post by Ole's Red Whiteknight03 Army on Jul 9, 2017 18:37:17 GMT
It's rather fitting how unceremoniously he's been shuffled off. He's been at best irrelevant since Fergie and this is clearly long past due, but the lack of mention/attention this has garnered is a bit surprising. Not in a negative way in the slightest, but considering how the press has lauded him throughout his career, and the fact that he is *barf* our club top scorer, I'd have expected to have to put up with all these tributes to his "greatness", a la John Terry. Can somebody recall how Raul's departure from Madrid went, because that's the only comparison I can come up with? Good riddance, and a pox on anybody who mentions his name in the same sentence as the word legend. Once a blue... Herrera just called him a legend on Twitter. Hold off the pox for now? |
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Post by Bestie on Jul 10, 2017 8:47:33 GMT
Everyone had a chance for their catharsis?
Scored one of my favourite ever United goals (3-2 vs. AC Milan at Old Trafford, European Cup semi-final First Leg, 2007).
Argued with me over the meaning of 'Salut/Salud'.
Said I'd forgive his 2010 transfer request if he scored the winner in a European Cup final. I actually agreed we weren't showing enough ambition in the market (sign De Rossi FFS) but disagreed with his method of voicing it. Scored in a final but we didn't win. He tried.
Fucked it all in 2013.
There can only be this much sorrow when there's that much to regret.
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It's about time.
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Post by Sméagol on Jan 15, 2021 17:01:13 GMT
It didn't end well but cheers for everything. What a fucking player he was!
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