The red mist, they say, descended before Wayne Rooney kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic during’s England’s 2-2 draw in Montenegro on Friday night. The draw ensured Fabio Capello’s side qualified for Euro 2012 but Saturday’s headlines were focused firmly on Rooney after the red card, which ensures the Manchester United striker will miss the start [...]
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
It is surely no longer a matter of if but when Wayne Rooney breaks Sir Bobby Charlton’s Manchester United goalscoring record, with the 25-year-old striker beginning this season in impressive form. Rooney is now less than 100 goals from the 249-goal target set by Charlton, which has stood since the United legend retired in 1973. [...]
Thursday, September 8, 2011
There’s a reason your eyes narrow when you’re angry. It’s a question of focus: by limiting your field of vision, you’re better able to concentrate on the threat, or the target, or the source of your displeasure. Which is probably very healthy when trapped in a duel, or cornered by a tiger, but if you’re [...]
Sunday, July 24, 2011
The loss of five experienced players this summer has robbed the Manchester United squad of more than 2000 appearances for the club. Gary Neville’s decision to call it quits last winter, followed by Owen Hargreaves’ release, Paul Scholes’ and Edwin van der Sar’s retirement and the sales of John O’Shea and Wes Brown this summer [...]
Friday, April 29, 2011
“I understand I made a mistake. When I look at it now how wrong was I?” Rooney told the Guardian in a revealing interview on Wednesday. The recalcitrant Manchester United striker was surprisingly open in the Veltins Arena mixed zone, again stopping short of uttering the S-word but admitting, for the first time, that he [...]
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
66 seconds. That was how long it took for Wayne Rooney to give Manchester United the lead in Munich almost exactly a year ago today. It was his 34th goal of the season, and it came at a time when United was chasing success in the Premier and Champions Leagues, and there was genuine optimism [...]
Monday, April 4, 2011
‘Horrific, deplorable violence is okay, as long as people don’t say any naughty woids’, to paraphrase Sheila Broflovski. It is seemingly the Football Association’s new mantra, after the governing body’s decision to charge Wayne Rooney with using “offensive, insulting and / or abusive language” today. After all, the body did little when Jamie Carragher sliced open [...]
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Javier Hernández’ emergence from unknown, to Sir Alex Ferguson’s leading striker could take a limited Manchester United side to ever great heights and – perhaps crucially – bring out the best in Wayne Rooney too. The Mexican’s transformation from impact substitute to first choice in recent games says much for the 22-year-old’s rapid development. It’s [...]
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Sunday’s News of the World claims that Sir Alex Ferguson is now considering a summer exit for the player, who signed a lucrative new contract last autumn. In an echo of Roy Keane’s Old Trafford exit the paper, quoting an unnamed source, says that Rooney has fallen out with his manager over the 25-year-old striker’s [...]
Sunday, March 13, 2011
The long game heading inextricably towards Wayne Rooney’s Manchester United exit began in October when the 25-year-old striker publicly questioned the club’s ambition and with it Sir Alex Ferguson’s reputation. Stories that the player is doing the same in private is merely window dressing on the many strategic forces that will drive the player out [...]
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Saturday, October 8, 2011
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