Wayne Rooney: Has he lived up to the hype

azza21 · 6 Oct 2008 at 22:45

Wayne Rooney was dubbed the next big thing in football 5 years ago when he hit the scene in BIG style for Everton, mostly by the British media and some fans alike.
Rooney is 23 in just over 2 weeks, he has had 4 years at one of the biggest clubs in the world to develop as a player. Do you think he has matured into a better player, gone downhill, changed his style....

The real question is do you think Wayne Rooney has turned out to be the world class striker a lot of people/experts touted him to be?

azza21 · 25 Oct 2008 at 00:06

To be fair to the lad, he's looked sharp the last 3 or so weeks, long may it continue. If he can get his 100th goal against Everton, he'd love that. I'm sure the Evertonians would love that too.

azza21 · 23 May 2013 at 20:10

So five years later i will ask the same question again, did Rooney ever turn into a world class player...Is he world class.... Yes over the years he has had his world class moments, and had a 2 or 3 good season but I stand by what i said back in 2008, he's generally far to inconsistent to be world class and he's most definitely has not turned into the player the media hyped him to be as a an 18 year old.

I really cannot understand why people defend him so much as a player.

Also since i started this thread he's now on £250k per week, similar wages to Ronaldo and Messi, its just ridiculous, he's not even in the same league as them two. Waiting for the die hard United fans to defend him now ;-)

azza21 · 30 May 2013 at 12:12

He's not fat he's big boned

I don't think his weight has affected him too much over the years, he's always looked a bit beefy. Then again i have read a few times the last couple of years every time he turns up for pre season he comes back in poor condition, could be just media trash but its been put about.

azza21 · 30 May 2013 at 19:22

Gilly said:
I note that you were very quiet in 2010/2011.

I lost my overclockers log-in password around that time, ok.

azza21 · 30 May 2013 at 20:08

Gilly said:
Ah. Yeah. OK.

To be fair, he was at his skinniest that season.

azza21 · 30 May 2013 at 20:31

Gilly said:
To be fair, I didn't believe you.

To be fair he's on 200/250k per week salary, since he signed the new contract back in late 2010? he's been ****. Lets put it in perspective he's on a similar salary to Ronaldo and Messi, for that sort of money he should be in the best possible condition every season and every time he puts on the Man United shirt, its the bare minimum you'd expect from a player on that sort of salary.

I really cannot understand how people can defend him, if he is world class he's far, far from showing it.

No swearing. Gilly.