Wayne Rooney

This is an article I’ve wanted to write for a while now, and am unfortunately slightly late on. I missed the window on Kaka, who would clearly be in the lineup. However I am writing it now because I don’t …

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I’ve always found Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney to be similar characters – tremendously gifted, central to their respective teams, highly regarded by their peers and irresistible to watch on the pitch. But are they really that similar?

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He hasn’t scored for Manchester United in the Champions League since September 2004. He hasn’t scored for England in a competitive match since Euro 2004. The tongues are wagging – what’s wrong with Wayne Rooney?

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As I write this, Chelsea are 2-0 up at Stamford Bridge, firmly placed to reduce the gap between themselves and Manchester United back to 6 points (and maybe improve their goal-difference ‘difference’ as well). Manchester United won’t mind though – …

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Last week, Rooney’s goal against Portsmouth – that crazy chip that secured Manchester United’s spot in the 5th round of the FA Cup – was taken by many as a sign that Wayne Rooney was back in form for Manchester …

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….by playing like United, of course! While my fellow Manchester United fans celebrate Rooney’s return to form and United’s return to the top of the table (that goal difference (+18 right now) is going to come in handy one day), …

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The spectre of diving in football reared its ugly head again this Premiership weekend with Zokora being the latest of foreign imports to take a theatrical tumble and win his side an unfair advantage. However, as much as Steven Gerrard …

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I was away for the weekend, so excuse the late, late review of the game. Apart from the obvious (Chelsea drew and Manchester United won so we’re back on the top of the Premiership table), there are 2 or 3 …

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After our new author JAFL inadvertently sparked off the customary Friday controversy by telling Liverpool fans that they won’t win the Premiership this season, one of the threads talked about “who had the better players” between Manchester United and Liverpool. …

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After reading this piece from the Guardian, you might be tempted to brand Wayne Rooney as a greedy bastard whose success has gone to his head. For people who will be surprised at the rumor that Rooney is asking for …

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Throughout the summer, I’ve heard various sets of fans (from clubs that struggle to fill their stadiums, plus those that boast about their small ones (stadiums, that is)) that Manchester United is in decline.

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Wayne Rooney has ‘threatened‘ to pull out of commercial activites for the FA as part of his protest against what he sees as unfair treatment towards him.

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