QUOTE(Hevrn @ Jul 29 2009, 03:14 PM)
He's not the run of the mill goal poacher if that's what you're trying to imply. He's a proven goal scorer though, and very much capable of hitting the 20 goals a season mark which he has been doing consistently. He's not the kind to wait in the box hoping to capitalize on a half chance or bury a tap-in, though he's done that alot of times for us in the past. Where he thrives is when he runs at the defenders with his power and pace. Not many players are capable of keeping up with Ronaldo when we are on the counter, but trust Wayne Rooney to be bombing up the pitch whenever theres a turnover. I do hope Fergie keeps to his words this time to play Rooney in the 'hole.' We know Fergie has said that numerous times in the past only to have no choice but to put him on the left wing, but now with a certain winker gone, he'll be our star player. This is his chance to prove to the masses that he is indeed world class, becoz outside the United circle very few ppl actually mention Rooney when it comes to being one of the best. Another potential Ballon D'Or winner in our ranks? I certainly hope so.
SAF only said he would play him through the middle, like what he said last season, with Rooney furthest forward. Would be interesting with SAF also saying Berba gonna play as a centre forward more, but to me it would just mean he would spend less time near the middle circle and more around/in the box but still playing behind Rooney. Do remember we had Ronaldo attacking the box last season, and we made use of that and build the team around him somewhat.
QUOTE(mokhzaini @ Jul 29 2009, 03:28 PM)
rooney is there, the left wing for a reason. he defends very well, tracking back when opposition got the ball. cover and back evra up. yes of course playing this way his turbuelence of energy is wasted. but for a very good reason.
and only occasionally he has to be there i.e big games, european campaigns.
i dun know whats with the other midfielders. tosic/ nani cannot attack+defend very well like rooney? why we cant put somebody else there?
real preseason starts with this audi cup. thats for sure.
Tosic wasn't ready last season, which is why he was stuck in reserve. Nani was shit. And Park and Ronaldo wasn't always firing.
We only ever used him out wide when we chase the game playing 442 with him out wide and Berba-Tevez upfront or with Giggs behind either one of them, and obviously in a 433 in the big games. Park/Ronaldo-Ronaldo/Berba-Rooney. That's just the way it is. We have better options in the centre, but out wide, not that much(form, readiness etc).
QUOTE(edgeff @ Jul 29 2009, 03:34 PM)
I do hope Fergie keeps to his words this time to play Rooney in the 'hole.'
yeah, indeed that's what i meant...his best position is to play in the 'hole', just behind the main striker.that's why i said, as far as i remember watching rooney played, i rate his best performance during euro2004 in portugal. where he played really well in the hole, just behind owen. but when he moved to MU, i don't really remember SAF given him chances to excel in that position.
if this season, SAF decided to play 4-4-2 (the last 2 season2 we play 4-3-3 most of the time), then i think that's the best oppurtunity for SAF to give rooney more time as a support-striker rather than winger. for me, his best quality is passing and vision rather than finishing.
Since Keano left:
Normal(which is majority) games(Spurs, Newcastle, Sunderland, you get the picture) = 442
Big games(CL, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Barca) = 433
Of course we sometimes use 442 for the big games/433 for the normal games.. but for the most part, we setup like what I wrote above.
06/07= Rooney-Saha
07/08= Rooney with Tevez behind him
08/09= Rooney with Berba(or occasionally Tevez) behind him
Seriously.. where do these "Majority of games=433" or "Rooney=majority out wide" stuff comes from? I watched a lot of our games, either something must be wrong with my eyes, or Astro/stream stuff sabotaged me and showed me different games to the ones you saw.
Sure Ronaldo had somewhat of a free role, and had less defensive duty, be he still play out wide, with license to cut in and attack the box at all opportunity. Doesn't mean he played upfront in a 433.
Rooney have been our furthest striker since Tevez came here. He played behind Berba last season. Even when Saha was here, SAF sometimes played Rooney ahead of Saha. The pace, power, movement to run behind defenders etc, he's our best option there. SAF sees him in that way currently, although we would never know what he has on his mind. Maybe he just wants Rooney to develop that part of his game and be more deadlier in the future. He's already great playing in the hole, but he is hot and cold in front of goal. SAF way of fine tuning Rooney to become a complete striker, able do to anything..
This post has been edited by Wan: Jul 29 2009, 05:23 PM 
Jul 29 2009, 04:29 AM
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. but for me, the last 2 seasons (not 3 seasons), we play 4-3-3 more than 4-2-2. rooney most of the time on the left but during 07/08 season, rooney-tevez-ronaldo always rotated their position during the games. so it doesn't matter if rooney start in the middle of on the left, but during the game, they will rotate their position.
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