There seems to be a split among English fans, 50% believe the criticism is justified and the other 50% believe the media are wrong and that he is just coming back to fitness and yes he may have played poor in England’s friendly games but he is capable of brilliance at the World Cup.
Rooney has been excellent for Manchester United this season as he scored 17 goals in 29 starts, stats which you can’t argue against as it’s a good return especially in a poor Manchester United side.
However out of the 17 goals Rooney scored this season 3 were penalties and 3 were free kicks, take that away from Rooney and he has 11 goals. You won’t imagine he will be needed for free kicks or penalties with Gerrard and Baines in the side. Daniel Sturridge on the other hand scored 22 goals in the Premier League for Liverpool, that’s 11 more goals than Rooney scored in open play.
You can watch highlight programs and yes Rooney will look good, he will score goals run around like a mad man and you won’t notice a problem. However you watch 90 minutes of a football match and it’s a different story, which to me is why it’s no surprise that now Rooney is only just being slated in the media. English journalists will have watched the full 90 minutes of England’s World Cup warm up matches and seen the problems, whereas throughout the Premier League season the majority will have only seen a handful off Wayne Rooney’s games ‘live’.
Lack of Creativity
He has been slated by a number of Manchester United fans throughout the season, he often breaks up attacks with his Hollywood balls to the wings (see below). He picks the below up in the ‘number 10′ role and just hits the ball into the wing and looks to run into the box, which Rene Meulensteen described as “straightforward” and “easy” to defend.Continue readiing from EPLindex.comSource: EPLINDEX
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