Wayne Rooney - an unemployed Scouser (p56)

[Damocles]

It's an interesting problem really. The players who work with Rooney like and respect him but the only jobs he can get are difficult ones where they lack quality.
If you're appointing Rooney then you're doing it for the brand which means that exposure is probably worth a decent bit of money to you.
When I think of these ex-players, I think of Rico Lewis. They're young managers and as such will continue to make mistakes and not perform as well as you'd expect but them showing their determination and ability to learn is exactly what would make you a top performer.
It's when they give up like Neville that you know they would never succeed. Rooney will find his level and be comfortable and grow in time. It's just how low he's willing to go to find his current level. He says he loves football and just wants to be involved, let's see I he still thinks the same in the National League North.

 

[Mr Partridge]

The BBC have done a full on damage control piece on Rooney and made it the main article.

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Judging by his results plan A didn't work very often either.

Still never forgiven him for getting Vinnie sent off in that FA Cup derby, which the media were completely fine with but then went apeshit a week later when Mancini waved an imaginary card. Twats.

 

[Wayneclarkemunchescarrots]

Loved union street late seventies into the eighties , met first mr k in a club called castaways , the forces were thriving , navy and army and marines , lots of fighting with locals , brilliant pubs then, always full , such a great night out . Waiting for a taxi at the rank for ages was the only downside , we often walked home pissed, a few of us together , it was miles away , good times

You would be gutted to see it now - not much on union street anymore . The centre is a shit hole as well .

 

[Wayneclarkemunchescarrots]

Your post also takes me back about 45 years Kaz.
I first went to Plymouth in August 1979 with my new girlfriend ( we've now been married almost 44 years).
Her older sister was married to a sergeant in The Royal Marines and they lived in Plymton, which is on the outskirts of Plymouth.
We were there when The Fastnet Yacht Disaster was taking place ,so as you can imagine the weather was terrible, but we visited all the tourist spots while we were there.
And Barbara had already visited her sister for the Silver Jubilee in 1977, so she knew her way around the city centre, including the Barbican, The Hoe ( I think she said there was a beacon lit there in 1977) and as you mentioned Union Street, where we went for a drink or two in various pubs.
Some matelots once asked me which ship I was from,as I must have looked like a military type with my short cropped hair,but I just told them I was a civvy landlubber with no interest in naval affairs.
One thing that does stick in my memory is the number of military police officers who were in and out of the various pubs, trying to keep a lid on things.
We did the same holiday in 1980, but my brother in law left the Royal Marines in 1981 and he became a police officer with Norfolk Constabulary,so that curtailed our visits to Plymouth.

The mp’s were busy at 0200 before the extended boozing laws . Thousands of people leaving a dozen clubs on one street pissed up .

 

[mancityvstoke]

An unemployed scouser? Made me laugh anyway

 

[supercity88]

It's an interesting problem really. The players who work with Rooney like and respect him but the only jobs he can get are difficult ones where they lack quality.
If you're appointing Rooney then you're doing it for the brand which means that exposure is probably worth a decent bit of money to you.
When I think of these ex-players, I think of Rico Lewis. They're young managers and as such will continue to make mistakes and not perform as well as you'd expect but them showing their determination and ability to learn is exactly what would make you a top performer.
It's when they give up like Neville that you know they would never succeed. Rooney will find his level and be comfortable and grow in time. It's just how low he's willing to go to find his current level. He says he loves football and just wants to be involved, let's see I he still thinks the same in the National League North.

I think it's quite a simple problem. He walks into the room and everyone's thinking about how great he was as a player. Then he opens his mouth and it goes to shit.

 

[Crouchinho]

Maybe he needs to ply his trade in the lower leagues in France or Spain

NANtes or GRANada

 

[Pell]

Maybe he needs to ply his trade in the lower leagues in France or Spain

NANtes or GRANada

I heard he's still holding out for the Juventus job.

 

[Crouchinho]

I heard he's still holding out for the Juventus job.

Very good!!

He would love a trial in The Old Lady

 

[Bigg Bigg Blue]