Rooney has another level to go to. I think at times Ferguson holds him back from playing his natural game, and Rooney also holds himself back by taking on too much responsibility. He's an incredible player currently when on top form, if he reaches that next level he'll be unplayable, if he doesn't, well I can certainly live with his current playing ability. He's become the heartbeat of the team, even if Ronaldo does take most of the attention.
Wayne Rooney: Has he lived up to the hype
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I think the shine and constant praise Ronaldo gets has affected Wayne in some way, shape or form. When he was billed as the best young player in the world, the most promising English youth since Gascoigne and all the other plauditz I think he revelled in it, now he's seen as a workhorse much in the same way Dirk Kuyt is, which is a shame because he is actually a fantastic footballer.
Not really a fair comparison is it
Messi is great without doubt but as an individual player I would still have ronaldo over him even recovering from injury
I would definitely prefer to lose Ronny rather than WR however
Hopefully Wayne can put in a couple of decent scroring performances with England before returning to Utd carry on his scoring run
Not really a fair comparison is it
You can't be the best player in the world at the moment if you aren't playing.
But you can give the "injured" player enough playing time to get back to full fitness - especially so close to the beginning of the season
Which was my point exactly
your original unfair comment - not much to be confused about
You appear to have made two glaring errors. I haven't asked you a question and you seem to be agreeing with me.
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I didn't manage to watch tonights game, but it sounds like he's on form at the moment from the text commentary on the Beeb
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Dubbed "world class" by Paul Merson but Its only Belarus, if he can do the same against Brazil or Italy in the World Cup Tournament then we can all confirm he has lived up to the hype.
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So someone like Thierry Henry was never world class.
Henry scored a lot more goals in "big" games than Rooney in my opinion so far.
Poor George Best and Ryan Giggs.
Oh come on, Ronaldo isn't that tall.
