Is Rooney the new Alan Smith?

[fbloke]

There was once a young lad who hated United and promised the fans of his club that he would never sign for Man U'

He was a striker of huge promise, but one who had issues with his public image and on occasion his attitude let him down.

That wasnt helped when he did sign for United, against the public promises he had made.

He started well enough and people at United were happy with their expensive young purchase.

But strikers need goals and all of a sudden the young lad found himself scoring fewer than his teammates. He started dropping deeper in search of goals until he was no longer a fantastic prospect as a striker but more an average midfield player.

His career stalled and then went into decline.He moved away from United and very little was heard of him after that.

Was Smith any good as a penalty taker?


(Yeah I know there should also be an injury in there as well so perhaps Rooney will suffer a leg break?)

 

[waspish]

While he's at the scum all the media will look for the positives in his game. If he leaves they'll see what we see a good player and WELL over rated

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Nah he's a far better player than smith and will be back on form before too long unforuntately

 

[fbloke]

Nah he's a far better player than smith and will be back on form before too long unforuntately

Thats what they said about Smith ;-)

 

[fbloke]

Another goalless day in the world of Rooney.

We are looking at him not being a striker by the end of the season, fact.

 

[waspish]

Yeah they'll be saying he's more of a world class play maker and making the team gell!

 

[1.618034]

I see what you're saying but it's a too bit early to write him off just yet... Despite what we might hope for.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

He still shows touches of quality. His ball to berbatov for the first goal was good and his chip was good too. The worrying thing for me is that they are still top with only one goal from him

 

[interpol]

21st March he last scored a league goal in open play. Any other player would get slaughtered for such an abysmal record.
The media like to say he's just going through a bad spell. Well it's over 9 months now and counting.....

 

[fbloke]

I see what you're saying but it's a too bit early to write him off just yet... Despite what we might hope for.

Well it's not exactly a knee-jerk assessment now is it ;-)

When did he last score from open play in the Premier League?