[DamianL]

I don't know about everybody else but Wayne Rooney as far as Im concerned has been living off a reputation for too long. The guy hasn't delivered for years now yet people keep on banging on about him. No matter how average his season he always gets a mention in the top players of the year. On one football website they had him in the premier league team of the year. I mean he's just above average as far as Im concerned. 14 goals in 43 england games is a poor return for any international striker. Even at manchester united his strike rate is poor considering they consistently score more goals than any other team. I mean he's never short of supply to get goals. Ok my rant is over, but what do you guys think. To be honest If I were a Man utd fan I'd prefer a torres/Villa/Luis Fabiano etc.
James T your points are valid but everybody has said Henry had a shit season, not too many have said that about Rooney's season and Henry still managed to bag 19 goals. If Christiano Ronaldo can score over 30 from his position then you could expect wayne rooney to get something similar if he was good enough. Put simply the guy is out of his depth at Man Utd. They could afford better and quite frankly I don't know why they haven't!!
Good point Pacion but then again Berbatov has as many assists but he scored more goals, Anelka likewise. Nicky Shorey from Reading had one assist less that Rooney this season-is he world class? Reading couldn't score to save their lives this season. Rooney only had to play simple passes to Ronaldo, Tevez, Nani for these guys to score goals. Its alot easier look good when your surrounded by world class! players to
Maybe Im just holding a grudge because as an Irishman I hold Robbie Keane in high regard and despite the fact that he has outscored Rooney three seasons in a row he never gets a mention when it comes to premier league 11 and world class players. I mean he wasn't nominated in the fifa 50 players and Rooney was despite quite an indifferent season. Keane also creates plenty of assists and makes excellent runs to creat space etc. This is probably why I feel he is over-rated!