trappa 518 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Im on the fence here. Last time i actually went to a match and he was playing he spent most of the time running over to the ref and whinging like a woman that he was unfairly tackled/wanted a free kick/got fouled/ somebody gave him a chinese burn in the playground. I dont think the tv cameras show this side of him. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jiggy 3,209 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 If it was any other country they would have a parade for him and celebrate instead of outlining his faults and reminding him of his mistakes to rub his nose in it. I wonder will that perfect player ever come along again. The world would be a boring place if they were all like bobby charlton excepting life time achievement awards of some sort or other before every kick off because he didn't take coke or bang hookers. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,093 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 The beauty of competitive sport is that it tells its own truth.....what the man has achieved in our national game speaks for itself as a sportsman......as a husband/father/friend who knows and who cares.......too many people in this celebrity obsessed society think if we dare admit someone is good that means we give them our approval in all aspects of life.....judge a sportsman on his sport alone and you wont go far wrong....making Rooney one of this countries all time greats. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bracken boy 584 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Good post gnash, from a proper football supporter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,972 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Wayne Rooney paid for secret hotel sex sessions with a £1,000-a-night prostitute while his wife Coleen was pregnant with their son. Ye he sounds like a proper roll model doesent he. The man might of achieved things chasing a ball around. But a genuine man he ain't Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bird 9,872 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 The beauty of competitive sport is that it tells its own truth.....what the man has achieved in our national game speaks for itself as a sportsman......as a husband/father/friend who knows and who cares.......too many people in this celebrity obsessed society think if we dare admit someone is good that means we give them our approval in all aspects of life.....judge a sportsman on his sport alone and you wont go far wrong....making Rooney one of this countries all time greats. thats it gnash, it what they do on the pitch, in the ring that counts , not in there private life , and ive done worse things than him when pissed up and young , if i had his money and fame i prob be dead and broke now. years ago went to a party and couple of wolves players turned up , the women were all over them, i knew the one phil parkes a goalie . i thought i could pull few birds if with them, but didnt have the pull of a wolves player when your a brewery worker Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,784 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Overated IMO, a very good player but not in the top 10 of players England have produced in my lifetime. Cheers, D. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,093 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 (edited) Wayne Rooney paid for secret hotel sex sessions with a £1,000-a-night prostitute while his wife Coleen was pregnant with their son. Ye he sounds like a proper roll model doesent he. The man might of achieved things chasing a ball around. But a genuine man he ain't I couldnt care less i want to watch him play football i dont want to be his friend.....do you ? Edited January 22, 2017 by gnasher16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,093 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Overated IMO, a very good player but not in the top 10 of players England have produced in my lifetime. Cheers, D. Thats fair comment......but the fact he has broken the international scoring record AND the scoring record at such a prestigious club as Utd qualifies him as an all time great in the English game in my opinion although i agree there has been better individual players. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Fair play to him! A lot of United fans lost their respect for him when he used Chelseas interest in him to hold the club to ransom over a new deal, but I suppose that's what his agent instructed him to do and thats what happens these days.. He's been playing constantly at the highest level since he broke onto the scene at 16 years of age, its no wonder his game has gone off the boil in recent seasons. Hes not got the naturally athletic type body shape a lot of top strikers have either, so I reckon its a credit to him hes stayed at the level he has done. His achievements speak for themselves at the end of the day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,972 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Wayne Rooney paid for secret hotel sex sessions with a £1,000-a-night prostitute while his wife Coleen was pregnant with their son. Ye he sounds like a proper roll model doesent he. The man might of achieved things chasing a ball around. But a genuine man he ain't I couldnt care less i want to watch him play football i dont want to be his friend.....do you ?Are you serious.Why the feck would I want to be friends with someone like that. Maybe I'm old fashioned in my views. But I can't see past a persons achievements for the real person they are. I don't talk to family members for doing similar stuff. Morals mean the world to me 100% concerning family and friends. People seem to turn a blind eye to low life's. Because they are sportsmen. What a sad world we live in Ey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blackmaggie 3,376 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 But your morals might differ from others king what about all the charity work he does a lot that I bet doesn't get reported end day he's a sportsman who's life is often under the eye of the media who can't wait to try and bring anyone down for sake of a story 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delswal 3,819 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Breaking Man.U & England records is a fantastic achievement , he over took Charlton playing 212 games less , I don't think he gets the credit he deserves , be a while before anyone beats either record . tbh I cannot see the record at utd been broke again, the way the transfer market is now and moody sulking players which players from here on in will stay at a club long enough to break records? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Breaking Man.U & England records is a fantastic achievement , he over took Charlton playing 212 games less , I don't think he gets the credit he deserves , be a while before anyone beats either record . tbh I cannot see the record at utd been broke again, the way the transfer market is now and moody sulking players which players from here on in will stay at a club long enough to break records?Add to that the agents who have vested interests in their top players moving every few years. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jiggy 3,209 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Wayne Rooney paid for secret hotel sex sessions with a £1,000-a-night prostitute while his wife Coleen was pregnant with their son. Ye he sounds like a proper roll model doesent he. The man might of achieved things chasing a ball around. But a genuine man he ain't I couldnt care less i want to watch him play football i dont want to be his friend.....do you ?Are you serious.Why the feck would I want to be friends with someone like that. Maybe I'm old fashioned in my views. But I can't see past a persons achievements for the real person they are. I don't talk to family members for doing similar stuff. Morals mean the world to me 100% concerning family and friends. People seem to turn a blind eye to low life's. Because they are sportsmen. What a sad world we live in Ey youll find that plenty of your other heroes ,friends and family have done similar and it just didn't become public Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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