DevilRed
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When you have Giggs and Park supporting your lone striker, that lone striker has no hope.
Not to worry. If you get your way next season it will be Kagawa, Hazard and Bale making runs from behind him.
When you have Giggs and Park supporting your lone striker, that lone striker has no hope.
He did the best he could. We've seen in the past he can be lethal in that role with a bit of service. Problem is only him could service himself.
Why wasn't aguero outmuscled by our defenders than? Our defenders were marking aguero every time just like their defenders did with rooney and Aguero every time kept the ball.
On the other side, Rooney lost it almost every time.
It was poor performance from Rooney, and we have problem playing Rooney in 451, why is it so hard to admit?
Kompany was stuck on Rooney like glue every time Rooney touched it, while whenever Aguero/Tevez had it, they had space to take a few touches and do something with it. Also the fact that they played with 2 strikers as opposed to one, giving both of them more space and our defenders more to worry about. What do you expect from Rooney when you have Park and Giggs behind him, slipping and simply hoofing it forward for him to win on his own. That one time in the first half where Rooney ran down the wing with the ball and there was nobody close to him or the box epitomized this, what do you want him to do when he has no fecking support? If you want 4-5-1/4-2-3-1 to work, you need somebody like the players Real Madrid have behind Benzema, not asking for the same quality but the same mindset. Ronaldo is always up there in support, as is Ozil. They are there to help Benzema, not defend the entire game and stand 20 yards away from the striker expecting him to do something on his own.
Poor, poor game from Rooney. Blame tactics all you want... but his personal performance was dire.
Massive knee-jerk (not even worthy of quoting the rest of the drivel).
He's grown so comfortable in that deep role playing facing goal and pulling the strings linking the forward and the wingers with midfield. He's not and I don't think ever will be an out and out lone striker. It's not his game. It's what we have been missing since Ruud left and Saha went a way to filling that gap but he too needed someone playing in behind or beside him.
Tactics were the majority of the problem as our buildup was never going to have the momentum to adequately support him. Nani playing an inside forward role. Park and Giggs playing defensive roles in advanced positions. That's a recipe to struggle for even an out and out lone striker. We should have kept our 4-2-3-1 and had a go at them (hindsight is great isn't it?..) and you could see as well when Welbeck came on we instantly had more movement and passing options forward.
He's lost a lot of his poaching instinct and general bustling movement. His game has been refined down to about slickness and agility and vision. It's a mature role for a more mature Rooney.
and I'm sorry... but this is a lingering by-product of last October... when you pull the shite Rooney did back then, you'd better expect flack when you put in a performance like he did tonight.
When you've got Kompany up your arse, Barry on your toes and your nearest teammate is Park, who's inevitably on the floor 30 yards away, you've got no chance anyway.
support, formations and tactics dont make you continuessly mis place passes!!
Not sure why he started on his own today. Really criminal not playing him in behind a front striker.
support, formations and tactics dont make you continuessly mis place passes!!
Except how many times do we say the same thing about Rooney... what was the excuse against Basel?
his massive inconsistent play in crunch matches can not be ignored.
and I'm sorry... but this is a lingering by-product of last October... when you pull the shite Rooney did back then, you'd better expect flack when you put in a performance like he did tonight.
Is he shit again now?![]()
The poor tactics didn't help - he was too isolated - he seemed to lose belief the more the game went on sadly.
Is he shit again now?![]()