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Wayne Rooney 2014/2015
Looking in better shape than he has done for a long time from what I've seen, he's been given the new players he's asked for (hopefully one more before we kick off the season) and he's got a manager with an ambition to match his own. Could be his most important season here.
If him and van Persie get the run together, both playing as strikers we could be in for some excellent goal scoring action this season |
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In all seriousness, my view is that he is well past his peak physically. He's not displayed the same drive and ferocity for the past couple of seasons that made him such a terror to defences when he was younger. You can argue all day about the reasons for that, but the fact remains is that he is not the player he once was... however.... I still think you could be right to a point. A 'fresh start' with big Van Haal could give him a bit of a kick start and I think he probably still has a very important role to play. I think we're past the stage of commanding a huge fee for him though and imagine he'll probably be at the club for pretty much the rest of his career. Unless he asks for a transfer again |
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Hope he doesn't play so deep this season. |
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That's a big part of the problem. He should be up top, all day long, but if we only play one up front it won't be ahead of RvP you wouldn't have thought. He's not got the touch or range of passing to dictate from deeper, as much as he likes to think he does. He's a goalscorer. |
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Just beating Sparky to it... |
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He questioned the clubs ambition and iirc we all agreed with him at the time about the lack of investment, most people still do. Don't want this thread to be about that, I want to see what he does this season with everything he's asked for now provided. |
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Or how about moyes pulling him in start of last season and discussing the plans/ambition he had, why him and not the club captain for example? |
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he didn't 'question the clubs ambition', he asked for a transfer. If he really wanted to know which direction the club was going in, he could've done that without leaving. He then signed a new deal (so issue over then if we're using requests as in indicator to ambition satisfaction) and he's been largely poor since then. improved last year from a horrific season before, but his performances are still not befitting that of someone of his talent, experience and position at the club. anyone saying he's shit is a moron. He set high standards as a kid and he's hasn't lived up to them recently. as stupid as it is to blindly slate him, it's also daft not to admit that. |
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I think his biggest problem is it is hard to see where he will fit in. It's no good people saying he needs to play up front with RVP. It won't happen and nor should it. 442 is pretty much dead.
His best position is right upfront on his own, that's where his best two seasons were. So he is either competing with RVP or needs another place in the team. I wouldn't rule out him competing with RVP either, not convince that we haven't seen the best of RVP and It's not impossible Rooney could again become the best option up there. If you need another place in the team for him I think his best option is left in a front three rather than in the hole. He genuinely plays better when playing from the left, he has far more urgency in his game than when he plays in the hole, where he tends to play at a slower pace. If he is prepared to accept playing there and doesn't allow his ego to see it as a demotion he could have an excellent season. |
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