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Lol Boruc. I'm so glad we got rid of that clown.

 

What's everyone's opinion of the Newcastle penalty? Personally, I think the referee just about got the right call in giving the penalty (though I can see the argument against that) but it was never a red card.

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Lol Boruc. I'm so glad we got rid of that clown.

 

What's everyone's opinion of the Newcastle penalty? Personally, I think the referee just about got the right call in giving the penalty (though I can see the argument against that) but it was never a red card.

 

It has to be a red card if it was a foul there

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then on to 3 big games sunday

will probably see Rooney plod around the pitch, slow Man U down and the media will still tell us how brilliant and vital he is to united/england

 

yep, no shots, no chances created, lowest pass completion rate of all out field players.

41% pass completion rate in the city half, for the whole game

only touched the ball once in the city penalty area

 

yet the so many of the pundits, media bods will tell you that rooney is such a vital player etc

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yep, no shots, no chances created, lowest pass completion rate of all out field players.

41% pass completion rate in the city half, for the whole game

only touched the ball once in the city penalty area

 

yet the so many of the pundits, media bods will tell you that rooney is such a vital player etc

He has hit a funny age for a football player 30 and especially one who has played at the top of the game for 14 years, being expected to play at 100% every week, constantly under media pressure to perform and the expectation they heap on him.

Most football fans with half a brain can see he has lost his edge, his mate Stevie G burned very brightly from an early age too but dimmed in full public view, the likes of Pirlo, Sheringham, Stanley Matthews are freaks of footballing nature playing well into their 30's even 40's. Most players can slide away quietly, unfortunately the likes of Rooney are in a goldfish bowl that is very hard to get out of.

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There's really no reason to lose it at that age. Besides, he's been very average for quite a while now. Or even if 'good', still well below the level the media hype him up to, or his own standards or 4 or 5 years ago, or when playing with ronaldo.

 

His biggest problem has always been coming. He's a very good footballer, but has never been in the best shape possible. With all the best trainers and dieticians that's purely down to him, and it'll catch up with him quicker than most.

 

Another stat seen floating about. (So probably not true)

 

Rooney lost possession 5x more than the next worst offender.

 

United would be so much better if mata was in the 10 posn behind Martial

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