England captain Steven Gerrard has made a passionate
defence of Wayne Rooney after former Manchester United team-mate Paul Scholes
suggested the striker may be past his peak.
Scholes also questioned whether England's management
team would have the courage to ever drop Rooney.
But Gerrard, 33, said: “I think Paul Scholes was wrong.
“Wayne has been Manchester United’s best player throughout the season,
both at home and in Europe.”
I get that Gerrard is trying to stick up for Rooney but saying he was
United’s best players last season isn’t the way to go about it.
That’s not
saying much is it, being the best player in a team having their worst season
for 25 years.
While I’m not entirely in agreement with Scholes it must be said that
the Rooney we see today is some way off the one we all thought he could be when
he first burst onto the scene.
In his first few seasons he would take players on at will, smash volleys
in from all angles and looked a world beater, now he doesn’t do any of that he
drops far too deep, doesn’t run at players, rarely shoots from outside the area
and seems obsessed with picking the ball up in midfield and hitting 40 yard
diagonals out wide.
Every time you see him now you can’t help but think what the f**k
happened? Where did all that drive and energy go? He’s gone backwards!
Rooney’s performances at the last two World Cups left a lot to be desired,
no goals, no intensity, no moments of genuine quality, granted there were
mitigating circumstances in both cases but he should have delivered much more than he did.
But he does have one final chance in Brazil to prove himself and perform
on the big stage; otherwise the analysis from Scholes will be spot on.
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