I said this a few weeks back and got laughed at, I think Purdy even called me a retard.
Bless him.
People seem to forget how good he is because he's had one bad season, even though he was still one of only four players in the PL to get double figures on both goals and assists (12 goals, 10 assists), and those numbers are still poor by his standards
You're absolutely right. Rooney is criminally underrated by some.
He was often deployed in various positions for us, affecting his goal tally or other things, but he's always done a good job more often than not. We've also had a crap midfield, so he's generally played a lot deeper than normal because we simply can't hold on to the ball.
He scores important goals and he plays well fairly consistently in big matches, there aren't many better players. I certainly don't consider Suarez to be a better player, he's better at dribbling and that's about it.
Unfortunately behind the scenes issues have clearly affected Rooney, he hasn't been himself for a while now and his fitness has suffered likely as a result of that. A fully fit, fired up Rooney is a fearsome player, right up there with the very best (in the bracket behind Ronaldo and Messi).
I don't know, but I'd hope that Moyes at least tried to win him over and convince him he's best served by staying at the club.
I wouldn't be at all surprised to see him end up at Real Madrid, he's a big name player, a better striker than Benzema and they can afford him.
Rooney would be a great signing for wenger, aslong as he plays as a striker.
He would. If Arsenal played him as an out and out striker, he could easily flourish there. I'm not sure Arsenal would help his fitness though...
Arsenal should be trying everything in their power to get us to sell them Rooney, but they don't seem to be at the moment.
