According to England manager Fabio Capello, thug-in-a-shirt Wayne Rooney could have the same impact for England that Pele, Johann Cruyff, Michel Platini and Diego Maradona had for their respective countries. In my view, Rooney doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as those players...except, perhaps, Platini, with whom he shares one particularly loathsome trait.
In the absence of basically everyone else who would've worn the armband, Rooney is Captain for England's game against Brazil. In an interview on the subject, Capello said:
"I remember the best players in the world - Pele, Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Platini - were captains, no? They scored goals. So why not Rooney? I don't understand why he cannot also be captain. You have to be a leader on the pitch and all the best players were captains. Maradona is another example."
If being a leader on the pitch means screaming and swearing in referees' faces and petulantly hacking away at other players when the ref's back is turned, then I guess Rooney really is a paragon of leadership.
In my view, Rooney is not one of the best players in the world, and he is certainly nowhere near the quality or class of the likes of Pele and Cruyff.
Having said that though, Rooney does share one particular trait with UEFA president Michel Platini: they are both arguably CHEATS.
In my recent FOOTBALL CHEATS series, Rooney appeared 4 times in the top 20 for blatant dives and simulation. Despite the serial diving, Rooney never seems to get any bad press, whereas players like Eduardo and David Ngog - both of whom are not in Rooney's league when it comes to diving - are crucified by the press. I wonder why that is...?
As for Platini - he recently destroyed any credibility he has and damaged his reputation as one of football’s greatest ever players when he revealed that it was his 'dream' to dive in a World Cup Semi-Final.
No, you read that right - Platini actually said that. In the aftermath of the infamous Eduardo dive, he stated:
"I know why players dive. I've dived myself. We did it because we knew the referee wouldn't see it and because there were no cameras. If we could get away with it we would. It was always my dream to dive and get a penalty in the World Cup semi-final to make up for what happened when Harald Schumacher [the German goalkeeper] fouled Patrick Battiston outside the area. If I could have done it I would because I hate injustice. I just couldn't get into the box”.
Just look at Platini’s imbecilic reasoning: it’s okay to cheat as long as it’s revenge against perceived injustice. And this man runs UEFA?
Rooney and Platini: peas in a pod.
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In the absence of basically everyone else who would've worn the armband, Rooney is Captain for England's game against Brazil. In an interview on the subject, Capello said:
"I remember the best players in the world - Pele, Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Platini - were captains, no? They scored goals. So why not Rooney? I don't understand why he cannot also be captain. You have to be a leader on the pitch and all the best players were captains. Maradona is another example."
If being a leader on the pitch means screaming and swearing in referees' faces and petulantly hacking away at other players when the ref's back is turned, then I guess Rooney really is a paragon of leadership.
In my view, Rooney is not one of the best players in the world, and he is certainly nowhere near the quality or class of the likes of Pele and Cruyff.
Having said that though, Rooney does share one particular trait with UEFA president Michel Platini: they are both arguably CHEATS.
In my recent FOOTBALL CHEATS series, Rooney appeared 4 times in the top 20 for blatant dives and simulation. Despite the serial diving, Rooney never seems to get any bad press, whereas players like Eduardo and David Ngog - both of whom are not in Rooney's league when it comes to diving - are crucified by the press. I wonder why that is...?
As for Platini - he recently destroyed any credibility he has and damaged his reputation as one of football’s greatest ever players when he revealed that it was his 'dream' to dive in a World Cup Semi-Final.
No, you read that right - Platini actually said that. In the aftermath of the infamous Eduardo dive, he stated:
"I know why players dive. I've dived myself. We did it because we knew the referee wouldn't see it and because there were no cameras. If we could get away with it we would. It was always my dream to dive and get a penalty in the World Cup semi-final to make up for what happened when Harald Schumacher [the German goalkeeper] fouled Patrick Battiston outside the area. If I could have done it I would because I hate injustice. I just couldn't get into the box”.
Just look at Platini’s imbecilic reasoning: it’s okay to cheat as long as it’s revenge against perceived injustice. And this man runs UEFA?
Rooney and Platini: peas in a pod.
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The person who wrote this is a joke!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNgog's dive was unbelievable, dont go on about other teams players when liverpool's players dive constantly!!!
Whenever a Liverpool player dives, I highlight it, whether it's Gerrard, Ngog or whoever. The Football Cheats series proves that, and my post a bout Ngog the other day.
ReplyDeleteRooney is a cheat, just like Platini.
Liverpool are in continued freefall and we're all pleased about it.
ReplyDeleteThe above article is a joke.
StevieG is a grade A cheat.
All the England players know that Rooney is their top player.
Something the above writer is clearly ignorant of.
Bit of a hater aren't you!! I guess that wht comes with the frustration of being a dippers supporter. Guess it hurts to see a scouser, albeit a blue scouser, be on th ebest team in the land.
ReplyDeleteI don't like Rooney, that's true, but I have nothing against Man United or Ferguson. And I would HATE to see Rooney playing for Liverpool. My worst nightmare actually.
ReplyDeleteYou're zealous...haha. It's normal buddy. Cause at such a young age rooney has had so much success and your captain screwie G will never ever taste the success of lifting EPL title.
ReplyDeleteSuccess doens't change the fact he's a thug and a cheat. I'd rather have players with the right mentality and attiutude, i.e. Fernando Torres, who is so far ahead of Rooney as a striker it's almost funny.
ReplyDeleteRooney doesn't have the right attitude and mentality - get a grip son.
ReplyDeleteYou need to up your medication dose methinks...
Oh, I forgot - Rooney always displays the right attitude and mentality...just like his '12 Men' comment the other day, eh? Yes, a real role model for youngsters.
ReplyDeleteAre you the same clown that "proved" Torres is better by Rooney by using dodgy stats, then refuted the exact same stats because they proved you wrong?
ReplyDeleteYou're a joke son and you seem to be a little bit obsessed with Rooney.
Newsflash! Managers say nice things about their players to give them a confidence boost!
What I also found srtange was your leballing of Rooney as a "thug-in-a-shirt" when your own captain is prone to beating people up in nightclubs.
Why don't you stick to worrying about Liverpool instead of displaying your bitterness by writing about the Champions.
spot on jamie...dont get why the scum try n rid themselves of their insecurities by commenting on our forums!!
ReplyDeleteAre you the same clown that "proved" Torres is better by Rooney by using dodgy stats, then refuted the exact same stats because they proved you wrong?
ReplyDeleteYou're a joke son and you seem to be a little bit obsessed with Rooney.
Newsflash! Managers say nice things about their players to give them a confidence boost!
What I also found strange was your labelling of Rooney as a "thug-in-a-shirt" when your own captain is prone to beating people up in nightclubs.
Why don't you stick to worrying about Liverpool instead of displaying your bitterness by writing about the Champions.
Refuted? That's fantasy. Why would I refute it?! I proved Torres has been a more effective attacking player than Rooney over the last two complete seasons, and my conclusions are being reinforced this season, with Torres miles ahead of Rooney as usual.
ReplyDeleteI dislike Rooney, and if I get the chance to criticise him I will take it. Kind of like how Man u sites take the pi$$ out of Liverpool/Liverpool players whenever they get a chance.
The turth hurts though, I know 8-)
You're having a laugh, his International record is excellent. I've seen him go down a couple of times where the decisions were dubious to say the least, but if you'd take off your "Pool specs" you'd notice you have Gerrard who gets away with diving on a regular basis.
ReplyDelete"Fernando Torres, who is so far ahead of Rooney as a striker it's almost funny"
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm..... better? maybe. so far ahead its funny? We all now thats bollox! Rooney has much more to his game than torres, and doesnt dive half as much!!! He'll soon get fed up of playing for a bog-standard team on the decline anyway, hello barcleona, bye bye liverpool!
Im sorry but i never comment on these silly things but this was the biggest waste of time. Typical scoucers going on about this and that as they have nothing better to talk about because they support a joke of a team. who cares who's captain.. really? we all support england dont we. mistake me if im wrong but was Liverpool's captain questioned for assault, dives, hands in a transfer request (lol)? there's far worse captains out there, none have the passion for the game like rooney, and that 12th man comment is playground stuff, infact not even as bad as that with the kids of today, look at drogba's comment on camera last year! grow up and carry on talking about your history again as per usual
ReplyDeletethere's no point debating this issue because as I've proved already, the irrefutable fact is that Torres is a more effective attacking player than Rooney. No one cares if Rooney runs 2 miles a game or gets in 50 tackles - strikers and attacking players are principally judged on the their specific, measurable creative impact, i.e goals and assists, and in that regard, Torres has a better goal per game/goals per minute ratio than Rooney. And this season, Torres is also miles ahead, despite being injured alot of the time.
ReplyDeleteRooney has more to his game?! How. Explain. Prove it.
I'll admit, Rooney dives more, argues with Refs more, fouls more and screams/swears more, but these are the only ways in which Rooney has more to his game.
Rooney got himself sent off in the World Cup. Torres won the European Championship for Spain. End of discussion.
The "turth" hurts does it? I hope your statistics are more accurate than your spelling.
ReplyDeleteIn all fairness I agree that Torres is a better CENTRE FORWARD, but I'd rather have Rooney in the team than Torres because he offers much more to the team. With players like Rooney in the team we're not so reliant on one player as Liverpool seem to be.
And the reason you see United sites taking the piss out of Liverpool is because you've given us so much to laugh at for the last 20 years. Your captain is a diver who beats people up, your manager is the laughing stock of the footballing word with his FAHCTS and your fans are amongst the most deluded in the world who believe in the main that United's dominance of English football for the last two decades is solely down to an FA conspiracy.
Basically Jamie you're on obsessed little boy who needs to worry about the problems of his own team rather what what Fabio Capello thinks about a United player.
Forever in our shadow.
Rather that than wearing a hair band and sucking his thumb!
ReplyDeleteI thought Chelski having the 12th man was on of the well known FACTS.
He was just stating what we all had witnessed.
Rooney is pound for pound the best player in England.
ReplyDeleteScoring, Creating, Working, Defending and winning trophies.
Toores scores more perhaps but is inferior to Rooney in other aspects of the game.
You sound like rafa who obsesses with silly targets like - we got more points than last year or we had 75% possession.
Rooney and United are about the bigger picture which is not winning petty accolades such as who is the best striker but who has the most points and wins championships.
Face it son, you lot are light years behind and Carra and Stevie are close to the finish line with this poo outfit.
Calling rooney a thug is a bit rich considering he's never been in court on an abh charge, unlike stevie gerrard, who is also liverpool's worst diver. This article is poorly written and stinks of not just biased thinking but hatred towards united and Rooney. laughable. Why shouldn't England's top scorer in the campaign, and I might point out, the man who has been the squads best player, be their captain? Considering Terry, Lampard, Rio, Stevie G are all off form and struggling with injuries this season, Capello is using his head unlike your biased self. Furthermore, attacking Rooney when Liverpool are about to be dumped out of the Champions League in a very weak group, and whilst they sit in 7th in the premier league, contemplating whether to sack Rafa or not, and desperate to not send their (and the world's) top striker to surgery, kind of stinks of jealousy. Try looking at your own team, before you turn on others. Don't bother to respond, I won't be back to read it.
ReplyDeleteRooney is pound for pound the best player in England
ReplyDeleteFunniest thing I've read in ages.
I love how the 'best player in England' has only managed 2 goals in the last 10 games.
Rooney is not fit to lace the boots of Torres, Gerrard, Drogba, Arshavin, Fabregas, Van Persie and countless others. Rooney has not progressed as a player in the last 5 years. He has peaked.
Funny how he always outhsines Gerrard when playing for England eh?
ReplyDeleteHe's the most important player in a team that's won 3 Premier league titles in a row, along with a Champions League and another final. You don't do that by being an average or even a good player. Rooney is one of the best players in the league. It's not even debatable. You're just making yoruself look silly and bitter by putting him down.
Funny how he always outshines Gerrard when playing for England eh?
ReplyDeleteHe's the most important player in a team that's won 3 Premier league titles in a row, along with a Champions League and another final. You don't do that by being an average or even a good player. Rooney is one of the best players in the league. It's not even debatable. You're just making yoruself look silly and bitter by putting him down.
I hate this stuff, Jaimie has made a point about Wayne Rooney being England captain and is right in saying that he is not the ideal captain, maybe when he matures and gets rid of his petulant side he would make a good captain but now is not this time. He is also correct in saying Rooney is not one of the greatest players in the world, people defend him by using the work rate argument, in that case I put it to you that Dirk Kuyt is one of the best players in the world (we all know that is not true). At least when Jaimie raises an issue he will back it up with some evidence, unlike others who say things just because they hate and actually have no evidence for their argument. On the issue of diving, David N'gog, did he or didn't he isn't what I'm going to argue here but rather that many players do this (when they probably would be taken out if they didn't dive) including Wayne Rooney but never has the media wanted to create a folk devil as much as they have with N'gog. Before some people bring Gerrard into this I shall, I'm a Liverpool fan and I know he dives, I'm not blind, I think it's pathetic when he does it but at the same time football players get branded divers and cheats too often now by people jumping on the bandwagon, fact is a slight bit of contact when travelling at speed is just enough to put you off balance and ruin any opportunity that may have been available. I just wish people would stop being hypocrits and acknowledge when people on their own team cheat and not defend them whilst calling players on the other teams cheats for doing the same thing.
ReplyDeleteJaimie, football at the highest level is about winning trophies.
ReplyDeleteFabregas and Van persie were pants last year and regularly go missing in the big games but tend to be immune from criticism because of the london media bias.
Drogba has a dreadful attitude and mentality - great player when he fancies it but loses it too often for me. Rooney can channel his aggression, drogba cant.
Torres is a great striker but give me rooney anyday for his all round championship winning contributions.
Gerrard has failed England on the international front and has never controlled games like someone with his reputation should. He produces in flashes but needs a hand holder like a hamman or alonso to do it for him.
Arshavin is plying his trade her for less than a year and so the jury is out on him.
Rooney is tops as he's consistently brilliant for united and wins trophies year in year out.
None of the others do son and you know this too.
Get over yourself. Get over Pool. Get used to Rooney and United ruling the roost.
J the point is that Kuyt does little else.
ReplyDeleteRooney scores, creates, defends, runs, tackles and single-handedly wins games and influences championship winning performances.
That is the SUBTLE difference!
You keep goin on about FACTS and stats so ill back up my argument, Rooney got 7 assists last season, torres 5. Season before rooney got THIRTEEN, torres THREE!!! Great overall contribution Fernando! He may score more goals and its hard to say who's better but the FACT is rooney offers a better all round game than your DIVING little spaniard!!! Good luck in the UEFA cup, this year and next (if ya make the top 6!!!)
ReplyDeleteYou cannot compare Rooney with Torres. Rooney is an all rounder, he covers every single piece of grass on the pitch, not like Torres who just stays in his area waiting for the ball. Torres is a typical Latin striker. Capello is a great manager, he knows that player like Rooney are hard to find. By the way, he is the leading scorer for England in the Group Stage.
ReplyDeletewhat's with the above article that considered a joke?? stop being indenial i would say , yes gerarrd dives, the author made alot of posts highlighting gerrard dives.
ReplyDeletethat has nothing to do with the point of this post, putting rooney in the same shoe of pele and cruyff is idiotic and an insult to those great players at best, he is no where near thier performance, and hes a CHEATER, hes one of those people destroying football for the rest of us, just like how gerrard done on several occasion, and how N'gog did on the last game versus birmingham.
its just a shame to see alot of fans pat someone on the shoulder if he dived because he did alot for his club, or even stole a point from the other team in the case of our last game against birmingham.
football going down the toilet these days if we continue to support such acts, and for a man in position like platini in the UEFA to come out and comment like the way he did, is just like rubbing salt on the wound.
utter disgrace.
Class attitude and skills, torres is so far a head of rooney its even embarissing.
ReplyDeletei find it funny to see all those waves of manfag united supporters running to this site , just to praise or justifies rooneys action though, its giving me some good laughs before i head to bed for my early morning job, so for that i thank you people.
<span>This is not about Rooney. Case in Platini and very sad that he is president of UEFA, and he is not honest. He hate Liverpool. He splashed in delight when Liverpool will not win the world championship in Tokyo.</span>
ReplyDelete<span>I am sorry that such a liar is at such a level of seniority.
I hate that corrupt officials in sheep's clothing.</span>
Wayne Rooney is England's only chance of success. Whether you think he's a thug or anything else, he is still England's best and most influential player. Even as a teenager he made all the difference for the team - and his injury in Euro 2004 turned England in to a team looking good to a team looking totally toothless.
ReplyDelete"You have to be a leader on the pitch and all the best players were captains."Rooney is England's best player and his desire makes the difference between teams having the confidence to win and not.
The fact that you don't like Rooney is blinding you to the fact that he makes ALL the difference to England and that Capello is spot on with his assessment.
As much as I find the little shrek faced one annoying, his talent is without question. If England are to do well in the world cup then Rooney will need to be in top form (along with others of course.) Giving him the captain's armband seems like a recipe for disaster but it could end up being a very good move... If Rooney applies himself as any decent leader should then it could result in a more positive performance from him and the rest of the players. Obviously, if he stupidly gets himself sent off for effing and jeffing or a reckless tackle then Capello will no doubt carry the can for his decision to make him captain... but, it's only a friendly so it's nothing to get too excited about eh?
ReplyDeletethink you will find ronaldo won you the trophies not rooney. When rooney scores 20 league goals a season then you can say he is a good player. defoe scores more than rooney, so is a better player.
ReplyDeleteI find it hilarious that Jamie has turned up at least 3 times in this arguement disguised as guests all backing up his points ... unbelievably biased, dnt be such a spanner, rooneys obviously world class, stats or not. So is Torres, Im not debating that. The pathetic thing is, if Rooney played for Liverpool then you would be 100% on the other side of this arguement because you are simply biased. I couldn't say to you who is a better player, but the fact that you know a bunch of mind blowing (sarcasm) stats which support torres doesnt prove anything, infact it proves that you go to great lengths to argue your case when nobody cares. If you were so sure that Torres was better then why get so worked up about it. With Rooney being the captain, smart move. He's deffintiely matured and the only aggression he shows these days is through passion for the game and the team.
ReplyDeleteIf you end up anymore biased you'll be supporting Spain come summer, wise up
Right, because everyone who agrees with me must be me in disguise? What a load of crap. Just because you say it doesn't make it true.
ReplyDeleteAnd no, if Rooney played for Liverpool I would have the same attitude towards him. And nthe proof of that is my view on Gerrard. I have always been critical of him for various reasons; if I was like every other fan I'd be worshipping at his altar.
I think Capello does not factor in the thug element. I think he thinks despite his flaws, he still gives England a much better chance of winning when he's on it than off.
ReplyDeleteMaradona for instance was no angel (his cheating is well known, and not just the hand of God incident). Did that stop him from becoming one of the greatest players?
Perhaps not, but Maradona will always be remembered as a cheat, something that sullies his legacy in my view.
ReplyDeleteso you are saying Gerrard cannot be considered as one of the best midfielders in the world because he cheats as well?
ReplyDeleteIn my mind, any player who cheats is automatically a notch below the true greats of world football. Maradona was an amazing footballer but I will also see him as a cheat who sullied the game he was supposed to make beautiful. That's why I'll take Zidane over Maradona any day - Zidane was not a cheat and he had the skills, therefore to me, he is a greater player.
ReplyDeleteIMO, being the best is not just about football ability, it is about promoting football on both aesthetic and moral levels.
Rivaldo, for example. Brilliant player but after his blatant cheating against Turkey in World Cup 2002, he irreparably damaged his footballing legacy.
In any event, I don't consider Rooney or Gerrard to be world class - neither can be considered world class until they've dominated a major tournament in an England shirt.
There are three levels of football: domestic (league), European (European competition) and World (International football); all three have different challenges and until a player has dominated on all three stages, they do not deserve to be called 'World Class'.
You are the best example of a LFC Fan....always slamming down players of bigger clubs, but not looking at his own club! But hey we all know thats the small-club-mentality
ReplyDeleteYou're just pathetic and yes the two biggest cheats (Torres & Gerrard) in the game by far are playing @ your club
This is possibly the most ironic comment to ever pop up on this site.
ReplyDeleteYou seriously think I'm someone who doesn't look at his own club?!
I think a few people might disagree with you, especially since of all the LFC writers in the world, I am probably the one who looks most at the club in a critical manner.
I remember Jamie wrote an article which put Stevie G the top DIVER in the country. He can even DIVE from England to South Africa too!
ReplyDeleteYet you still mentioned Maradona in the same breath as Cryuff and Pele. Sullied or not sullied, he is still mentioned in the same breath -- subconsciously despite all the cheating, Maradona will be mentioned in the top three footballers of all time.
ReplyDeleteSecondly, in your title you said: "Wayne Rooney? What an insult to Maradona, Pele ... "
Since a significant part of your argument centred around cheats/thugs in football, and had you dropped Maradona from your list of (presumably, perfect footballers) it would have been consistent. But since you didn't I would maintain, Rooney not an insult to a drugged up Maradona. Perhaps, Cryuff, and Pele -- although in Brazilian footballing culture diving is considered a virtue and I suppose Pele might be forgiving of diving to an extent.
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ReplyDeleteHelp, please. All recommend this program to effectively advertise on the Internet, this is the best program!
Well this is for sure an article written by a Liverpool fan. Cheating... a Disgrace to maradona????? well.... I must say hand of god was appreciated worldwide isnt it????
ReplyDeleteFor sometime dont we need to think England????? So wisemen can you name a player who could have captained Engalnd today instead of Rooney??? A man who could take a !0 MEN depleted team to victory couple of weeks back is not capable of becoming a captain????
Well...... sometimes we need to have be a sport rather than a biased article writer and appreciate once in a while... Guess its too much to ask for huh????
You're right, Red Ranter - including Maradona in the post title was a bit of an oversight on my part =-O
ReplyDeleteThis is not Xenophobia is it Jamie???. but for once I do agree with you, but is the article more about your pro G & H and anti Rafa articles and trying to win over LFC fans who think you have an hidden agenda.
ReplyDeleteNo, as Sigmund Freud would say, you secretly admire Maradona in your heart. Your head tells you no. :)
ReplyDeleteBob - I'm not trying to win anyone over. I don't write stuff to try and win people over, I write what i think, and if that annoys people then so be it. People seem to find this hard to understand but it really is this simple: I'm a fan with an opinion, and that's it. I don't need validation; I'm not interested in being popular; I don't care if people hate my guts. I'm not in this for the money (hence no advertising on the site), and I am not pro/anti anyone or anything.
ReplyDeleteFootball is not so black and white - Everyone is desperate to come down on one side or the other. You either have to love Rafa or hate him; it must be pro-owner or anti-owner etc etc.
Things change on daily basis in football; one minute Rafa will do something prasieworthy, the next it'll be some dodgy decision that should be deservedly criticised. The people with agenda are the those who lionise Rafa and never accept he makes mistakes and those who always denigrate him and never accept he does good things.
As this site quite clearly proves, I both praise and criticise Rafa; the same goes for H+G. Recently, I've been positive about the owners because I (and many others) feel that positive progress is being made. That doesn't mean I am pro H+G, it just means I am being fair. And if any further mistakes are made by the owners, you can be 100% sure I will highlight them.
Rooney is an over-rated, fat, ugly, manc, diving, swearing cheat.
ReplyDeleteManc fans. Don't get so worked up about this article. The Author is a class A tit. Most of us Liverpool fans who read his relentless drivel take it all with a very large pinch of salt. Can't stand Rooney meself but a fine player albeit an ugly get.
ReplyDeleteMaybe if Gerrard wasn't played out of position, he would be world class for England. I hope he stays shite for England, though.
ReplyDeleteim quite sure that kuyt did all those things as much if not more then rooney last season..
ReplyDeletehahaha have you seriously ever read this site before?? jaimie is the most critical fan out there.
ReplyDeleteMate, can you get any further up your own arse?!
ReplyDeleteTake a chill pill, yeah?
Liverpool and their fans have become somewhat of a joke. Come back when you have won your first Premiership.
ReplyDeleteIf that's the case, why didn't Liverpool win the league?
ReplyDelete"Rooney is not fit to lace the boots of Torres, Gerrard, Drogba, Arshavin, Fabregas, Van Persie and countless others. Rooney has not progressed as a player in the last 5 years. He has peaked." Hahahahaha, You're s*&^%%#*g me right?!!!" I agree he is not the cleanest footballer, but saying he is not talented is just being silly! Considering that Engalnd might as well not show up if Rooney is not on that plane next year. He is a wayyyyyyy better footballer than most on that list. He is not a proper CF, I have never considered that to be his bets position, i think he would be best in a ACM, but that's a different issue in a different forum. I almost always like reading your articles because you try to present an unbiased view but always with a undercurrent of negativity. Most people do not like insufferable know-it-alls, even though the opinion is sold as a "i-don't=care-if-you-agree" piece. Footballing talent and decency re two different things, i think we al know that both rooney and gerrard have cheated. But to say he is not that footballer he has proved to be, well, idiocy comes to mind.
ReplyDeleteWhy do you delete half of my comment?????????????
ReplyDeleteRooney can take heart from his medal collection.
ReplyDeleteI'm probably the most critical? Hmmm
ReplyDeletewhat a joke , well say no more liverpool fan all over, and mr g is a saint , not a thug , well you better ask the guy he beat the hell out on his evening out , ooops we forgot about that, sorry but coz your not doing on the park guess this is your only way of winning anything (a slanging match )
ReplyDeletejaimie..this is a stupid comment..rooney may have his moments..but at least, he is not like maradona who cheats, kicks and punches players and also tells people to suck their **** in a public press conf. this constant act of portraying him a a thug is too old now.. think of something new mr.kanwar
ReplyDeletelets just give the armband to Stevie "Give me The CD" Gerrard, who is always injured to play in friendly because he is desperate to win the league before he retires,
ReplyDeletethis article is a bloody joke.. rooney is one of the best players in the world.. all the great player say so.. so why dont u just shut up cause u know nothing... u think maradona isnt a cheat hahaha the biggest cheat in the world and his the greatest player in the world. so if i was u.. id shut up
ReplyDeleteEarly morning job, is that supposed to make u sound important. Garbage picking motherfucker.
ReplyDeleteTorres is usually the one converting assists; he's at the end of the movement. So, of all the goals that Liverpool score while Torres plays, he's the one putting it in the back of the net - why would anyone be looking for stat of him assisting? And if Torres was to have more assists, who would he be assisting?
ReplyDeleteUnited fans complain when Rooney plays on the wing or as the lone-striker, because he's ineffectual those in roles - but at the same time praise his 'overall contribution'. You can have it both ways.
And his 'passion' for the game is so over-stated. Even if he did have this unbelievable amount of passion, he wouldn't have a monopoly on it.
"Oh, he just wants to play" - puuuhlease!
and you are a bunch of losers just like your sorry excuse of a club hahahahahahahaah
ReplyDeleteI don't know why people get wound up about this. Liverpool are in even more decline than normal, truth. They will be lucky to get into the champions league next year and even luckier to qualify to the next round this year, truth.
ReplyDeleteThis is just sour grapes as you are loosing Mascherano in Jan and that will just be the start of top players leaving. Gerrad won't as he is no longer a top player, he has had a really bad season so far. Your manager spends moe than anyone else but buys crap mostly.
You will be in a similar state as usual this season - no silverware. But at least you can start the ball earlyier than normal and say next season will be "your season", not that everyone has not heard that the last few years lol.
Spent force that will never challenge for anything substantial again = liverpool, give it a few years and the best team in scouse land will be Everton (they are nearly there now).
"Liverpool are in even more decline than normal, truth"
ReplyDeletePlease explain?
We finished with our highest points tally since the EPL's inception last season so how are we in "more decline that normal"?
I don't mind losing a player for £36m when you've paid £18m less than two years ago, tell me, how much do you think you'll get for Hargreaves when he eventually goes, £36m? Baring in mind you paid more for him than we did for Mascherano and he's been injured for over a year.
"Your manager spends moe than anyone else but buys crap mostly."
His NET spend is less than £20m a season, far less than Chelsea, Tottenham, Man City and prior to Ronaldo's sale, Manchester United.
Buys crap?
Torres, Agger, Skrtel, Reina, Lucas, Mascherano, Riera, Alonso, Johnson, Aurelio, Insua, Kuyt, Benayoun, Crouch, Bellamy...
All still at the Club or left for profit. There are very few players which have been bought by Benitez and we've lost money on, even Keane's transfer to Spurs will eventually be £19m when all clauses are met.
Anyway...Rooney.
He's a great player but his temprement sometimes lets him down. It makes me cringe when I watch him swearing and screaming at a ref which for some reason he goes unpunished for (could it be that he's the poster boy for the FA's England agenda that keeps him out of trouble?) and there are far more than one or two instances.
He seems to get away with a lot of ref abuse as far as I'm concerned, where's the respect there? How is Rooney allowed to abuse the ref time and time again yet he goes unpunished, N'Gog dives and he's the human embodiment of Hades!
"Liverpool are in even more decline than normal, truth"
ReplyDeletePlease explain?
We finished with our highest points tally since the EPL's inception last season so how are we in "more decline that normal"?
I don't mind losing a player for £36m when you've paid £18m less than two years ago, tell me, how much do you think you'll get for Hargreaves when he eventually goes, £36m? Baring in mind you paid more for him than we did for Mascherano and he's been injured for over a year.
"Your manager spends moe than anyone else but buys crap mostly."
His NET spend is less than £20m a season, far less than Chelsea, Tottenham, Man City and prior to Ronaldo's sale, Manchester United.
Buys crap?
Torres, Agger, Skrtel, Reina, Lucas, Mascherano, Riera, Alonso, Johnson, Aurelio, Insua, Kuyt, Benayoun, Crouch, Bellamy...
All still at the Club or left for profit. There are very few players which have been bought by Benitez and we've lost money on, even Keane's transfer to Spurs will eventually be £19m when all clauses are met.
Anyway...Rooney.
He's a great player but his temprement sometimes lets him down. It makes me cringe when I watch him swearing and screaming at a ref which for some reason he goes unpunished for (could it be that he's the poster boy for the FA's England agenda that keeps him out of trouble?) and there are far more than one or two instances.
He seems to get away with a lot of ref abuse as far as I'm concerned, where's the respect there? How is Rooney allowed to abuse the ref time and time again yet he goes unpunished, N'Gog dives and he's the human embodiment of Hades!
"Liverpool are in even more decline than normal, truth"
ReplyDeletePlease explain?
We finished with our highest points tally since the EPL's inception last season so how are we in "more decline that normal"?
I don't mind losing a player for £36m when you've paid £18m less than two years ago, tell me, how much do you think you'll get for Hargreaves when he eventually goes, £36m? Baring in mind you paid more for him than we did for Mascherano and he's been injured for over a year.
"Your manager spends moe than anyone else but buys crap mostly."
His NET spend is less than £20m a season, far less than Chelsea, Tottenham, Man City and prior to Ronaldo's sale, Manchester United.
Buys crap?
Torres, Agger, Skrtel, Reina, Lucas, Mascherano, Riera, Alonso, Johnson, Aurelio, Insua, Kuyt, Benayoun, Crouch, Bellamy...
All still at the Club or left for profit. There are very few players which have been bought by Benitez and we've lost money on, even Keane's transfer to Spurs will eventually be £19m when all clauses are met.
Anyway...Rooney.
He's a great player but his temprement sometimes lets him down. It makes me cringe when I watch him swearing and screaming at a ref which for some reason he goes unpunished for (could it be that he's the poster boy for the FA's England agenda that keeps him out of trouble?) and there are far more than one or two instances.
He seems to get away with a lot of ref abuse as far as I'm concerned, where's the respect there? How is Rooney allowed to abuse the ref time and time again yet he goes unpunished, N'Gog dives and he's the human embodiment of Hades!