[pacino6217]

I could not disagree more... the player is world class. How can you just state the goal tally and claim this, this year he had a completely different role with the likes of Tevez and Ronaldo working off him... which also explains why he had the third highest amount of assists in the Premiership despite the lack of appearances.
Similarly to you I have used fact to prove my point but take a closer look and see the importance he had on both Man U winning the Premiership and Champions League. People like Torres and Villa can offer goals but this isn't the only role players of Rooney's caliber brings to a team. which in a way shows why Liverpool finished fourth despite the goal power Torres brought.

Believe me I see where you would make this point, but I'm not going into an essay to show you the difference in quality between Rooney and the likes of Shorey. So instead I suggest looking back on games and watching the evidence and I assure you will feel silly for saying Rooney's overrated. Eventually you will see elements of his vision, work rate and understanding of the game when applied with technical attributes... he is a football genius. Yes he has world class players around him but then you have to look back on his Everton days at just the age of 16 when he had a last minute moment of brilliance by stopping an unbeaten Arsenal team .

i couldn't agree more about Keane which is why he played for Inter and Leeds when they were a top four team, the problem is how can you place a player in a top 11 team when his own team is failing to its capabilities.