I think if the Stoke goal hadn’t happened, people would be a bit more sour on him.
The hype was huge , the media frenzy was huge, but a lot of us didn’t buy into it.
I have to admit I was guilty of this too, but the Stoke goal really did suck a lot of people into the dream. The reality is, as we all know, that he’s pretty much done as a driving, effective force in the Premier League.
Every goal he scores will restart the debate, and people will constantly thinking this is the time he turns it back on. But the reality is that was going on for a while at United too.
I agree on this, he is done as a driving force but why can't he reinvent himself?
Because of the very nature of his early promise - the kid who had explosive pace over the first few yards - he is constantly been beaten with the stick of the natural ageing process.
I don't believe he can play up front. But he should be our number 1 player who sits behind the front man and looks to dictate - just like he did in that very game against Stoke.
It really doesn't help that DCL is the striker when Rooney isn't playing up top. And that's not to knock the lad but he just doesn't make enough channel runs, doesn't move the defenders about, doesn't hold the ball consistently well. All completely down I would imagine to the fact that he is a kid learning his trade.
With no pace around him, no target man, I just wonder what you (and others) are expecting of him at the age that he is.
And I also wonder my friend why, when he can't do those things, there is no consideration of the greater context.
