ToonArmy1892 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Rooney was good but not great imo. Bit like Beckham, the media make them out to be better than they are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Rooney was good but not great imo. Bit like Beckham, the media make them out to be better than they are. It's actually incredible that you can be the record scorer for your club and country and people will still underrate you. Rooney was great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Especially when the alternatives are Martial who rarely plays up front and Greenwood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Rooney at his peak was definitely great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Rooney was good but not great imo. Bit like Beckham, the media make them out to be better than they are. It's actually incredible that you can be the record scorer for your club and country and people will still underrate you. Rooney was great. It depends how you define great. Messi and Ronaldo are great, Brazil Ronaldo and Zidane were great, Rooney isn't in that category. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Rooney was good but not great imo. Bit like Beckham, the media make them out to be better than they are. It's actually incredible that you can be the record scorer for your club and country and people will still underrate you. Rooney was great. It depends how you define great. Messi and Ronaldo are great, Brazil Ronaldo and Zidane were great, Rooney isn't in that category. They're the four greatest players of all time though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Rooney was good but not great imo. Bit like Beckham, the media make them out to be better than they are. It's actually incredible that you can be the record scorer for your club and country and people will still underrate you. Rooney was great. It depends how you define great. Messi and Ronaldo are great, Brazil Ronaldo and Zidane were great, Rooney isn't in that category. Which is true, but he was closer to the great players than most during his time. He was in the world class category, but not the top of that for sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I just feel he falls under the ‘icon’ rather than ‘legend’ category, so he sits alongside the likes of Cantona and Schmeichel, and below Giggs, Scholes, Neville. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Rooney was good but not great imo. Bit like Beckham, the media make them out to be better than they are. It's actually incredible that you can be the record scorer for your club and country and people will still underrate you. Rooney was great. It depends how you define great. Messi and Ronaldo are great, Brazil Ronaldo and Zidane were great, Rooney isn't in that category. They're the four greatest players of all time though. No they aren't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Below Neville. I was with you until that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Neville ahead of Schmeichel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I was joking about Neville you guys take me too seriously Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Rooney was good but not great imo. Bit like Beckham, the media make them out to be better than they are. It's actually incredible that you can be the record scorer for your club and country and people will still underrate you. Rooney was great. It depends how you define great. Messi and Ronaldo are great, Brazil Ronaldo and Zidane were great, Rooney isn't in that category. They're the four greatest players of all time though. No they aren't. Throw Pele and Maradona in there and that is literally the 6 greatest players that ever lived. So no, Rooney isn't one of the greatest who ever lived, but he was undoubtedly great. He wasn't even a CF for us in the Ronaldo years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Maldini, Lahm, Xavi, Buffon..there's some more greats, Rooney isn't in that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 He wouldn’t even fall within a group of British football greats Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 So much bullshit in here. From 2004 - 2014 Rooney was world class. One of the best English players of all time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I always wonder how good he really could have been had he had the approach of someone like James Milner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I always wonder how good he really could have been had he had the approach of someone like James Milner. Aye the fucking old biddies, getting knocked out and gatecrashing weddings really took it out of him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 He wouldn’t even fall within a group of British football greats Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 What defines great? Rooney was one of the top forwards in Europe for a decade. Won absolutely everything with his club, on a personal level he became the record goalscorer for his club and country. Is that not great? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 He was fat and finished at 28. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 He was fat and finished at 28. That tends to happen when you start playing men's football regularly at 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 He was fat and finished at 28. That tends to happen when you start playing men's football regularly at 16 Scientific evidence? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 He was fat and finished at 28. That tends to happen when you start playing men's football regularly at 16 Isn't true either. He was our top scorer 5 years ago. Was still consistent hitting 15-20 a year despite moving deeper and deeper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmy1892 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 He was fat and finished at 28. That tends to happen when you start playing men's football regularly at 16 Isn't true either. He was our top scorer 5 years ago. Was still consistent hitting 15-20 a year despite moving deeper and deeper. League or all comps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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