Guest Howaythetoon Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 van Persie is overrated, he is a top player but Rooney has been and still is a better player. That said, Rooney is nowhere near as good as he once was and has diminished quite badly as a player these days. The Rooney that scored that wonder goal against Arsenal, the Rooney who played us at SJP in the league cup, the Rooney of Euro 2004 was something else. Moving to Man Utd has won him lots of medals and made him filthy rich, but as a player he has regressed quite badly bar one stellar season. I can see him doing quite well in a deeper role though, his vision, range of passing and ability to get involved in a game is still of a high standard when he is in form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I f***ing love van Gaal, his Ajax side man. He is tactically the best in the league. I still think he will flop though for some reason. Polar opposite for me. Not a big fan, but think he'll do well. He's arrogant and such, but he plays the game the right way. He's Dutch man, what is there not to like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I think the best thing for Rooney as he gets older is to play as an out and out target man type striker. I know he's not tall but I don't see any reason he couldn't score lots of goals and bring the right players into the game in the final third like Shearer did post-injury. He's such a brilliant attacker and striker of the ball but too often he's on the edge of the box waiting for the second ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I think the best thing for Rooney as he gets older is to play as an out and out target man type striker. I know he's not tall but I don't see any reason he couldn't score lots of goals and bring the right players into the game in the final third like Shearer did post-injury. He's such a brilliant attacker and striker of the ball but too often he's on the edge of the box waiting for the second ball. He doesn't have the 'sniff of goal' attitude/ability if you like to be as prolific in that role nor would he settle to basically being a specific type player. He likes to roam and likes to pretty much run around getting involved. He's no target man, he's too good a footballer in terms of vision, creativity and passing to play right up there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 van Persie is overrated, he is a top player but Rooney has been and still is a better player. That said, Rooney is nowhere near as good as he once was and has diminished quite badly as a player these days. The Rooney that scored that wonder goal against Arsenal, the Rooney who played us at SJP in the league cup, the Rooney of Euro 2004 was something else. Moving to Man Utd has won him lots of medals and made him filthy rich, but as a player he has regressed quite badly bar one stellar season. I can see him doing quite well in a deeper role though, his vision, range of passing and ability to get involved in a game is still of a high standard when he is in form. I'm not sure Rooney would do great in midfield. He seems to always try the Hollywood pass when he plays deep instead of mixing it up with short simple passes more. I don't think he ever should have been moved from being a main striker Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I think the best thing for Rooney as he gets older is to play as an out and out target man type striker. I know he's not tall but I don't see any reason he couldn't score lots of goals and bring the right players into the game in the final third like Shearer did post-injury. He's such a brilliant attacker and striker of the ball but too often he's on the edge of the box waiting for the second ball. He doesn't have the 'sniff of goal' attitude/ability if you like to be as prolific in that role nor would he settle to basically being a specific type player. He likes to roam and likes to pretty much run around getting involved. He's no target man, he's too good a footballer in terms of vision, creativity and passing to play right up there. He's got to stop roaming, though. He roamed far less in 09-10 and scored 40 goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I think the best thing for Rooney as he gets older is to play as an out and out target man type striker. I know he's not tall but I don't see any reason he couldn't score lots of goals and bring the right players into the game in the final third like Shearer did post-injury. He's such a brilliant attacker and striker of the ball but too often he's on the edge of the box waiting for the second ball. He doesn't have the 'sniff of goal' attitude/ability if you like to be as prolific in that role nor would he settle to basically being a specific type player. He likes to roam and likes to pretty much run around getting involved. He's no target man, he's too good a footballer in terms of vision, creativity and passing to play right up there. He's got to stop roaming, though. He roamed far less in 09-10 and scored 40 goals. Freak season for him and I agree he has to stop roaming more, but is it in his nature? One of my biggest criticisms of him as a player is he would tire himself chasing lost causes or going after players others could pick up. Its admirable and won him lots of plaudits but I want my top players to play higher up and to conserve their energy where possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 New kit sponsorship deal announced today - £75 million per season from Adidas. The gulf between the Champs League clubs and everyone else is reaching monumental levels. Just been reading the BBC artice about it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28282444 -Nike has been paying United £23.5m a year, and the new deal is worth a world record-breaking £75m -Champions League winner Real Madrid's £31m-a-year deal with Adidas was previously the biggest club deal. -The huge sum involved is only £40m less than the Glazer family paid for the club in 2005. Something stinks here. Why would a sponsorship deal increase by 250% over previous highest global figure. And does this impact upon Financial Fairplay Rules? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Bidding war. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 New kit sponsorship deal announced today - £75 million per season from Adidas. The gulf between the Champs League clubs and everyone else is reaching monumental levels. Just been reading the BBC artice about it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28282444 -Nike has been paying United £23.5m a year, and the new deal is worth a world record-breaking £75m -Champions League winner Real Madrid's £31m-a-year deal with Adidas was previously the biggest club deal. -The huge sum involved is only £40m less than the Glazer family paid for the club in 2005. Something stinks here. Why would a sponsorship deal increase by 250% over previous highest global figure. And does this impact upon Financial Fairplay Rules? It's just a sign of the times as well. Our Chevrolet one is 53m a year too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Really fucking hate Man Utd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Really fucking hate Man Utd. Great post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Really fucking hate Man Utd. Here, here. Tbh at this point in time I honestly can't see Man Utd finishing in the top 4 next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 New kit sponsorship deal announced today - £75 million per season from Adidas. The gulf between the Champs League clubs and everyone else is reaching monumental levels. Just been reading the BBC artice about it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28282444 -Nike has been paying United £23.5m a year, and the new deal is worth a world record-breaking £75m -Champions League winner Real Madrid's £31m-a-year deal with Adidas was previously the biggest club deal. -The huge sum involved is only £40m less than the Glazer family paid for the club in 2005. Something stinks here. Why would a sponsorship deal increase by 250% over previous highest global figure. And does this impact upon Financial Fairplay Rules? I guess we'll never know but I reckon the £75mil per season has a huge champions league clause attached. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Really fucking hate Man Utd. Poorly timed as it just reeks of jealousy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelphish Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 indeed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 We're talking about how huge our sponsorship deals are and you pipe in with "Really fucking hate Man Utd." Talk about denial from all of you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Nah, but that assumption is why people hate Man United. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 It's exactly what it was, but either way piping in with "Really fucking hate Man Utd" out of the blue is probably why we have arrogant fans. Moving on though. This happens every month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I really couldn't give a monkeys about man united if that helps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 http://i.imgur.com/yMczfIy.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 money numbers BIGGEST sponsorship bank balance glazer bought club MONEY FUCKING MONEY LOADSA FUCKING MONEY Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Irish Man Utd fans WUMing on NUFC. So much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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