Wayne Rooney
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TW3Bee
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Wayne Rooney
Watching bits of both games tonight and all four are bang average at best, infact Barnsley were the better team for large parts of the game with Derby, and watching the last ten minutes or so of the other game Charlton had several chances to get a point.
Nothing for us to worry about.
ruislip bee
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Wayne Rooney
I wonder how much they are paying him? Big points deduction for unrealistic sale and lease back of the ground and breaching FFP. Wayne might be in league 1 next season. That might put a few on the gates there.
Isleworth_Bee
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jlove
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Wayne Rooney
If I may quote Mandy Rice-Davies: He would say that, wouldn't he.
Lionel Bart-At
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Wayne Rooney
Sorry ladies and gentlemen. I have to disagree with you all. I love watching Rooney, just as I love watching Sawyers. Both are minimalists. Less is more. Why touch the ball five times when once will do? Rooney occupied the right areas. He touched the ball infrequently, but when he did come into play his touch was sure and simple, passing it off accurately with one touch. Derby scored two goals and Rooney was instrumental in both.
Rooney and Sawyers could both play til 50 such is the economy and efficiency of their game. Rooney was actually the difference today, despite ostensibly doing very little!
Rooney and Sawyers could both play til 50 such is the economy and efficiency of their game. Rooney was actually the difference today, despite ostensibly doing very little!
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WarrenBee
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BFC1997
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Wayne Rooney
How much have 32Red paid Derby for this ‘additional exposure’ I wonder.
Incidentally Rooney’s squad number is 32.
Couldn’t all have been a plot to bring in commercial revenue, could it?
Incidentally Rooney’s squad number is 32.
Couldn’t all have been a plot to bring in commercial revenue, could it?
Jezybee
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Wayne Rooney
Not enough to avoid the playing squad receiving their December wages late: https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sp...-news/derby-county-morris-players-pay-3698516
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Lionel Bart-At
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Wayne Rooney
A deliberately understated debut IMO. Correctly, didn't want to steel the limelight from his younger protégés. Knows not to try and take over as other players need to be able to run the show on their own. Despite his profile he is a modest performer. A minimalist, not a show-off. Polar opposite of someone like Saïd (not that I don't love watching Saïd too!). At this stage in his career expect him to continue in this efficient, economical vein. Sawyers already operates this way. I've seen many old pros perform in similar fashion over the years, their brains making up for loss of legs with speed of thought. Stay close to the action but only intervene where necessary to break up play or make a telling pass. Rooney did this twice last night, and guess what? Two goals. Class. Sheer football intelligence.
I had the privilege of watching Jimmy Quinn turn out for a short while for Hayes, whilst in his forties. It was a joy to watch a player have such a massive influence on a game with so few touches of the ball. These players operate on a completely different cortical level to everyone else on the park.
I had the privilege of watching Jimmy Quinn turn out for a short while for Hayes, whilst in his forties. It was a joy to watch a player have such a massive influence on a game with so few touches of the ball. These players operate on a completely different cortical level to everyone else on the park.
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I had the privilege of watching Wayne Rooney two or three times live for England and it was notable on every occasion how much ground he covered during the game which goes unseen when watching on the TV. Still a very very good player make no mistake, but thankfully not one that fits with our model.
Wayne Rooney
As much as I dislike him as a person there is no doubting he is a legend of the English game. Plus it makes a change for an English wonder kid to still be playing approaching his mid 30s.
Just look at his career honours and records he’s broken. He is a class player and doesn’t deserve the abuse he gets for his footballing reasons.
I think you’re all lying to yourselves if he turned up playing for us. He shows commitment, has a great footballing brain and still has class about him.
Good luck to him - except when playing us.
Just look at his career honours and records he’s broken. He is a class player and doesn’t deserve the abuse he gets for his footballing reasons.
I think you’re all lying to yourselves if he turned up playing for us. He shows commitment, has a great footballing brain and still has class about him.
Good luck to him - except when playing us.
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Wayne Rooney
Certainly a great player.
Aside from all the trophies he won (sadly non with England) he also captained Manchester United and England became record goalscorer for both. That doesn’t happen by mistake.
Wayne Rooney
I respect him for coming to the championship, its not asif he needs the money im sure. I just dont want to hear about him constantly from every source of media that covers the championship. I hope the love in dies down and the rest of the championship can get abit of attention too
Boston Bee
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Wayne Rooney
No one honestly doubts his quality. I recently saw a compilation of goals of the decade and Rooney was either setting up or scoring fully a quarter of them.
Lionel Bart-At
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Wayne Rooney
This report from the BBC about Derby's 1-0 victory over Palace yesterday tells all about the role Rooney will play this season. Very similar to his display the other evening, but ominously more involved:
The 34-year-old former Manchester United and Everton man rarely stretched his legs beyond a canter, but he was the heartbeat of Derby's creative threat. Rooney had 77 touches in the match - more than any Palace player.
In a deep-lying midfield role, Rooney arrowed pinpoint passes to the willing runs of team-mates as he made 35 passes in Palace's half - the most of anyone in the Derby side.
Explosiveness and attacking swagger has characterised the bulk of Rooney's career, but this was a display embodied by poise, temperament and guile.
Will certainly merit a little thought on Thomas' part when we play Derby in April.
The 34-year-old former Manchester United and Everton man rarely stretched his legs beyond a canter, but he was the heartbeat of Derby's creative threat. Rooney had 77 touches in the match - more than any Palace player.
In a deep-lying midfield role, Rooney arrowed pinpoint passes to the willing runs of team-mates as he made 35 passes in Palace's half - the most of anyone in the Derby side.
Explosiveness and attacking swagger has characterised the bulk of Rooney's career, but this was a display embodied by poise, temperament and guile.
Will certainly merit a little thought on Thomas' part when we play Derby in April.
hatfieldbee
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Wayne Rooney
Even "Look East' the local BBC News programme (covers Northampton and Hatfield) referred to "Wayne Rooney's Derby County"!