Rooney and Mancs reception

[Saint Billy]

1 million a month or I leave, I know what reception I would give him.

 

One of the worst reccesions ever and they pay that to a guy who cannot even trap a ball.

 

I despair at football and how its going.

 

Thousands of fans spending money they can ill afford to watch a guy who will earn in a month what most wont make in a lifetime.

 

I almost hope that football implodes sooner than later and people start realising that paying clubs to watch these jumped up chavs attempt to kick a football is only encouraging them to offer these roonalikes more money.

[sunrise]

One of the over-hyped and over-rated footballers ever. He wasn't loyal to Everton, he wasn't loyal to his wife so why would he be loyal to Man U - he'll go where the best money is. No player is worth 1 million a month and like you Billy, I hope football implodes as well.

[Andy_Porter]

He wasn't loyal to Everton, he wasn't loyal to his wife so why would he be loyal to Man U - he'll go where the best money is. No player is worth 1 million a month and like you Billy, I hope football implodes as well.

 

Indeed, typical scouse scum.

 

It's a shame Fergie didn't just stick him in the reserves and flog him in January.

[dune]

If i was a Man Utd fan (that went to games - rare i know) i'd stop going because what Rooney has done is play a part in a charade to lever a £100K pay rise out of the club. And he has the audacity to say SORRY. He's not sorry at all - he's got exactly what he wanted. An Man Utd fans will be paying more for tickets to pay for it.

[Saint_clark]

I'd hope that all corners of the ground booed him every time he touched the ball, but I seriously doubt it happened.

[JackanorySFC]

I love his raw talent, apart from Wilshere at Arsenal, the closest thing we have in this country to a truely technically gifted player that could do a job in the Spanish side. However, he is, without doubt, a momumental c***! I hate him, stands for everything I hate in modern day footballers, greed, arrogance, ungratefulness, disloyalty etc.

 

Have to say though, Man U (dispite what loads of uneducated people that never watch their fans in person) have, without doubt, the most loyal, vocal and dedicated away following in Europe. They always get behind their players and thrive on a siege mentality, so Im genuinely interested to see what reception Rooney gets.

 

No doubt if us were in the Prem and one of our lads tried to mug off the club, manager, fans etc and threatened to sign for cash rich skates (ha ha ha ha ha) if he re-signed for us we'd just re hero worship him. No backbone down here (or to be fair 99% of clubs), I hope the mancs do a bit for true fans of the game and never forgive him.

[rocknrollman no2]

Agree with all of the above.

[scotty]

There was an article this morning on R4 about this, and the guy was saying "rooney is the first player to do this and force ferguson to climb down and pay up". Bullsh*t, have they forgotten that c*nt keane? And after keane basically saying much the same thing, ie "break the wage structure and give me 90 grand a week or I will move to someone that will, I dont care who I play for," the thing that really stuck in my craw was that at his next home appearance the munichs fans gave him a heroes welcome. Dumb f*cks.

[Andy_Porter]

It sort of makes me glad we can't afford to just give in and pay players ridiculous money every time they kick up a fuss and want to leave.

 

Say we offered Kenwnye Jones 30k p/w to stay after the stunt he pulled, there's no way I could support him if he accpeted and played for us.

[beatlesaint]

Indeed, typical scouse scum.

 

Wow, theres a sweeping and somewhat unfair statement considering there isnt a lot of money/jobs in Liverpool.

[Saint Billy]

I love his raw talent, apart from Wilshere at Arsenal, the closest thing we have in this country to a truely technically gifted player that could do a job in the Spanish side. However, he is, without doubt, a momumental c***! I hate him, stands for everything I hate in modern day footballers, greed, arrogance, ungratefulness, disloyalty etc.

 

Have to say though, Man U (dispite what loads of uneducated people that never watch their fans in person) have, without doubt, the most loyal, vocal and dedicated away following in Europe. They always get behind their players and thrive on a siege mentality, so Im genuinely interested to see what reception Rooney gets.

 

No doubt if us were in the Prem and one of our lads tried to mug off the club, manager, fans etc and threatened to sign for cash rich skates (ha ha ha ha ha) if he re-signed for us we'd just re hero worship him. No backbone down here (or to be fair 99% of clubs), I hope the mancs do a bit for true fans of the game and never forgive him.

 

Sorry, I find that my dislike of the guy clouds my judgement of his football abilities. There is no denying he has something as far as football is concerned, but is far too inconsistent to be up there with the greats.

 

I will put my kneck on the line and say that Gareth Bale will be a far better player than Rooney and far more consistent.

 

But no player, whoever he is, is worth that sort of money. It sickens me to think of the huge gulf now between the guy kicking the ball and the fan paying to watch him, and football is now starting to show serious signs that it cannot sustain paying these greedy c***s the money they demand, hence my amazement at Man U caving in to this t*at.

[hamster]

Poor old Fergie, that's the second oap that Rooney's shafted.

[scotty]

Sorry, I find that my dislike of the guy clouds my judgement of his football abilities. There is no denying he has something as far as football is concerned, but is far too inconsistent to be up there with the greats.

 

I will put my kneck on the line and say that Gareth Bale will be a far better player than Rooney and far more consistent.

 

But no player, whoever he is, is worth that sort of money. It sickens me to think of the huge gulf now between the guy kicking the ball and the fan paying to watch him, and football is now starting to show serious signs that it cannot sustain paying these greedy c***s the money they demand, hence my amazement at Man U caving in to this t*at.

 

see above re roy keane, they have form in that respect.

[Smirking_Saint]

I just love the irony of some Man Utd fans on SSN.

 

'Rooney has shown us how bad the finances at the club are under Glaziers, we need them out so we can sign players'

 

He has just demanded more money or he would resign you dumb c*nts.

[Jimmy_D]

I wonder if Man Utd can actually afford those wages...

[Hopkins]

Lol@TheRooneyHate.

 

I don't care who you are or what line of business you are in, if your rivals had a quiet word in your ear about doubling your wages, you'd turn round and mention it to your current employers and tell them your doing one if they don't match it.

 

Rooney ain't the first or last player to accept the money thrown his way. Players are certainly not any kind of problem with football today.

[BadgerBadger]

lol'age

[BadgerBadger]

Poor old Fergie, that's the second oap that Rooney's shafted.

 

lol'age again

[Saint Billy]

Lol@TheRooneyHate.

 

I don't care who you are or what line of business you are in, if your rivals had a quiet word in your ear about doubling your wages, you'd turn round and mention it to your current employers and tell them your doing one if they don't match it.

 

Rooney ain't the first or last player to accept the money thrown his way. Players are certainly not any kind of problem with football today.

 

To be playing the way he has been playing since and including the world cup, and then having the nerve to demand a higher salary is unbelievable, but you are right to a certain degree, if the management cave in to his demands, whose fault is it at the end of the day?

 

I am just sickened by the the state of our game now, many clubs wobbling and on the brink of going bust and yet players demanding and getting paid more and more money, and then throwing their toys out the pram if they dont get their own way.

 

In the meantime ordinary folk are having to suffer the burdens of a f*cked up economy and yet are still expected for the sake of the club to pay vast amounts of money to hero worship these planks and stomach the likes of Rooney earning £250k per week.

 

The politicians are saying that we are all going to hurt in the cut backs, it is the only way, not if you can almost single handedly f*ck up Englands chances in the world cup and then play like a sloth on anti depressants for your own club so it seems.

[benjii]

They didn't have to give him a contract. Can't see that Rooney's done anything wrong here - he's just looking for the best possible outcome which is fine.

 

He wasn't the one who went public over the whole thing; Ferguson was.

[benjii]

Lol@TheRooneyHate.

 

I don't care who you are or what line of business you are in, if your rivals had a quiet word in your ear about doubling your wages, you'd turn round and mention it to your current employers and tell them your doing one if they don't match it.

 

Rooney ain't the first or last player to accept the money thrown his way. Players are certainly not any kind of problem with football today.

 

Exactly.

[Saint Billy]

They didn't have to give him a contract. Can't see that Rooney's done anything wrong here - he's just looking for the best possible outcome which is fine.

 

He wasn't the one who went public over the whole thing; Ferguson was.

 

The fact that Rooney is playing like a lemon and expects to be paid more for doing it, but yes, Ferguson did'nt have to play ball and give him what he wanted.

 

But the more this sort of thing happens the more the stadiums will empty, people will not stomach this sort of thing much longer. The amount of money some of these players are earning is not funny any more.

[benjii]

Why would you stop going because players are paid more? ****ing weird. I'd rather money went to players than to criminal owners or shareholders. At the end of the day it's up to the management of clubs to take a view on what they can afford to pay.

 

Anyhoo, Rooney's not even in the squad today so good value for money for Utd there!

[aintforever]

I don't have a problem with what Rooney earns, there's shed loads of money in football today, it's only right the players get the lion's share.

 

I think Man Utd have made a mistake giving him so much though, I think he's already peaked. He's only 24 and he's got the body mass index of a pot bellied pig, god knws what he will look like when he gets past 25 and fills out.

[scotty]

I don't have a problem with what Rooney earns, there's shed loads of money in football today, it's only right the players get the lion's share.

 

I think Man Utd have made a mistake giving him so much though, I think he's already peaked. He's only 24 and he's got the body mass index of a pot bellied pig, god knws what he will look like when he gets past 25 and fills out.

 

lets face it, he's no bargain even now.

[Smirking_Saint]

The fact that Rooney is playing like a lemon and expects to be paid more for doing it, but yes, Ferguson did'nt have to play ball and give him what he wanted.

 

But the more this sort of thing happens the more the stadiums will empty, people will not stomach this sort of thing much longer. The amount of money some of these players are earning is not funny any more.

 

I have answered this so many times before.

 

To football clubs players are not people that are paid in the normal sense of the word. They are an asset that is purchased and paid for in order to achieve the best gains for the football club.

 

Much like a printing company will pay good money to a machine that does the jobs 10 times more than an original machine.

 

Clubs earn dependant on their position, silverwear and sponsorship. The media drives this more than anything. The ways to increase the fortunes of the club are to purchase the best players and the only way to do that is to pay them accordingly.

 

The real issue is not players wages, they are relevant now as they were in our dads days of watching football. The pundits saying things like 'Stanley Matthews would turn in his grave if he knew the wages' is also a ton of bull. There wages were relevant to the income clubs recieved, it is just a case now that there is more income and hence larger budgets for football clubs to bargain with.

 

The real issue is the method of income, they are not sustainable. The prize money needs to be cut down and distributed more fairly around the leagues and clubs so that clubs do not stretch for the holy grail of prize money and risk self destruction. If the money was more evenly distributed and prizes slashed more emphasis will be put back on getting fans back into stadiums, its no surprise many fans feel out of touch with thier clubs these days. Whats more the FA needs to get its house in order and actually reign the PL and FL back in to create one unified body, not 3 different factions all with different rules that bicker and squabble.

 

But... that will never happen... instead due to the greed of people at the top i envisage the PL splitting again, probably under scudamores tenure, to mean that the top 3-4 sides are taken into a super league (like was mooted many moons ago) with increased revenue and lower league football is left to rot.

[ericofarabia]

But... that will never happen... instead due to the greed of people at the top i envisage the PL splitting again, probably under scudamores tenure, to mean that the top 3-4 sides are taken into a super league (like was mooted many moons ago) with increased revenue and lower league football is left to rot.

 

a decision that prior to this afternoons games would have had WBA fans creaming their baggies

[RedWillie]

Anyone catch Rod Liddle's article in the Sunday Times yesterday...sums up old potato head and the state of our football perfectly.

 

here's a couple of taster paragraphs :

 

'The Rooney saga is British Football's problem in a microcosm, a drama about greed and a quite remarkable delusion - the notion that thare is anything in our national sport, at it's top level, that has a greater pull than pure, raw money'.

 

'this is the reality of thr premier league, and you kid yourself if you think it is anything different. It is perhaps why the England team fail to achieve when push comes to shove, too. The extraordinary sums of cash in the game have stripped from its top participants any vestige of commitment, loyalty and indeed responsibility. When you can be awarded £41.6m for being utterly useless for six months, there is no great incentive to be less useless in the future. You pick up your enormous pay packet, shrug off the criticisms and head of to the nearest nightclub, bar or brothel for a spot of roasting. You are inured to criticism because everyone tells you how brilliant you are, you are paid so much monry that you must be brilliant'

 

I could go on but the article is absolutely spot on.

 

'fans kid themselves that the team for whom they are cheering are something more than a group of briefly hired mercenaries who owe allegiance to nothing whatsover other than their agents and their bank balances'

 

Get hold of a copy if you can.

[Saint Billy]

Anyone catch Rod Liddle's article in the Sunday Times yesterday...sums up old potato head and the state of our football perfectly.

 

here's a couple of taster paragraphs :

 

'The Rooney saga is British Football's problem in a microcosm, a drama about greed and a quite remarkable delusion - the notion that thare is anything in our national sport, at it's top level, that has a greater pull than pure, raw money'.

 

'this is the reality of thr premier league, and you kid yourself if you think it is anything different. It is perhaps why the England team fail to achieve when push comes to shove, too. The extraordinary sums of cash in the game have stripped from its top participants any vestige of commitment, loyalty and indeed responsibility. When you can be awarded £41.6m for being utterly useless for six months, there is no great incentive to be less useless in the future. You pick up your enormous pay packet, shrug off the criticisms and head of to the nearest nightclub, bar or brothel for a spot of roasting. You are inured to criticism because everyone tells you how brilliant you are, you are paid so much monry that you must be brilliant'

 

I could go on but the article is absolutely spot on.

 

'fans kid themselves that the team for whom they are cheering are something more than a group of briefly hired mercenaries who owe allegiance to nothing whatsover other than their agents and their bank balances'

Get hold of a copy if you can.

 

Spot on quotes from the Sunday Times, sums up exactly what I am trying to say.

[scotty]

Anyone catch Rod Liddle's article in the Sunday Times yesterday...sums up old potato head and the state of our football perfectly.

 

here's a couple of taster paragraphs :

 

'The Rooney saga is British Football's problem in a microcosm, a drama about greed and a quite remarkable delusion - the notion that thare is anything in our national sport, at it's top level, that has a greater pull than pure, raw money'.

 

'this is the reality of thr premier league, and you kid yourself if you think it is anything different. It is perhaps why the England team fail to achieve when push comes to shove, too. The extraordinary sums of cash in the game have stripped from its top participants any vestige of commitment, loyalty and indeed responsibility. When you can be awarded £41.6m for being utterly useless for six months, there is no great incentive to be less useless in the future. You pick up your enormous pay packet, shrug off the criticisms and head of to the nearest nightclub, bar or brothel for a spot of roasting. You are inured to criticism because everyone tells you how brilliant you are, you are paid so much monry that you must be brilliant'

 

I could go on but the article is absolutely spot on.

 

'fans kid themselves that the team for whom they are cheering are something more than a group of briefly hired mercenaries who owe allegiance to nothing whatsover other than their agents and their bank balances'

 

Get hold of a copy if you can.

 

Rod Liddle is a very good writer, but the thing I always remember about him was an article he wrote for GQ about his marital woes, the next issue ran a letter from his ex-wife replying to it, that was the closest thing to a literary hoof in the balls that I ever read. I can still remember wincing when I read it.

[dronskisaint]

Spawned some great jokes though although I'll save the most tasteless for the muppet show.

 

From the Stoke fans at the w/e

 

'You're being robbed by a scouser'!

 

and

 

'You're sh*t - Rooney says you are'

 

And the brothel owner celebrating the end of the recession...having sealed a 5 year contract with a Manchester businessman.

 

Loads worse...trust me:lol: