rodders0223 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Quote Manchester United duo Morgan Schneiderlin and Memphis Depay will not be selected while their futures remain unresolved, manager Jose Mourinho says. Everton hope to conclude a deal for Schneiderlin, 27, but United are yet to receive an acceptable bid for the midfielder, according to Mourinho. "I will allow both of them to leave - if the right offer comes. Until this moment, no," said Mourinho. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38532747 All the talent in the world, signs for Manchester United. What an opportunity. What a fool. Should have knuckled down Memphis, no coming back by the looks of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 56th Fa Cup game in a row that plucky underdogs Manchester United are on the television Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 13 minutes ago, Zatman said: 56th Fa Cup game in a row that plucky underdogs Manchester United are on the television I guess the argument may be that the massive viewing figures for those games justify the 'potential giant-killing' game between League One strugglers and Conference promotion hopefuls that one man and his dog watch. Or maybe I'm talking out of my arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 It's all about viewing figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted January 6, 2017 Moderator Share Posted January 6, 2017 1 hour ago, Zatman said: 56th Fa Cup game in a row that plucky underdogs Manchester United are on the television Er 55th actually, which I'm sure everyone can agree is perfectly reasonable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 1 minute ago, TrentVilla said: Wr 55th actually, which I'm sure everyone can agree is perfectly reasonable. my bad I will retract my anger for their 4th round home clash vs Middlesbrough 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 So within 5 minutes of the game ending BT sport had a compilation of Rooney's goals and within 5 minutes of his goal BBC had a full article on him. Bit strange for someone who still hasn't BROKE the record. Am I wrong here? This is madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenko#4 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 11 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: So within 5 minutes of the game ending BT sport had a compilation of Rooney's goals and within 5 minutes of his goal BBC had a full article on him. Bit strange for someone who still hasn't BROKE the record. Am I wrong here? This is madness. Although it isn't outright, he is still technically Man Utds top goal scorer ever, so is a record holder. Fair play to the guy, top scorer for Man Utd and England, not a bad career. If only he could have done it on the biggest stages though..... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Indeed, a very good career. For all his criticism, it isn't easy to be top scorer for a club or country. To do it for a major club like United and for a country like England is hugely impressive. Not to mention, certainly at club level, doing it from wide/#10 role quite often. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Is that stat true? 55 consecutive televised games? **** ridiculous! fair play to Rooney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Yeah well done Wayne, for all the criticism he gets nobody can take away the fact he's England and Man United all time top goal scorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 (edited) Don't care for his England record, padded out with goals in friendlies and hilariously weak teams in various qualifying groups, only performed at one international tournament and that was in 2004. His England record is largely meaningless. He is also very lucky to have broken Charlton's record, Rooney has been at least below par for the past couple of seasons and should have been shipped out by now. Edited January 7, 2017 by Dr_Pangloss 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Don't care for his England record, padded out with goals in friendlies and hilariously weak teams in various qualifying groups, only performed at one international tournament and that was in 2004. His England record is largely meaningless. He is also very lucky to have broken Charlton's record, Rooney has been at least below par for the past couple of seasons and should have been shipped out by now. What a complete nonsense of a post. Goals at tournaments: Rooney 7-5 Charlton Goals in qualifying: Rooney 30-9 Charlton Goals in friendlies: Rooney 16-35 Charlton As for standard of opposition. Charlton scored hat-tricks against Switzerland, USA and Mexico in friendlies - we won those games 8-1, 8-1 and 8-0. Rooney's goal scoring record is impressive. Has he only really played well at one tournament? IMO yes, but that doesn't change his record. The majority of Charlton's goals were in one tournament. I've not watched the '62 World Cup or Euro '64, etc. so can't judge his performance. But I imagine it didn't take much to get deeper in to tournaments with the laughable quality of opposition the more developed football nations competed against back then. If anyone 'had it easy' in terms of goalscoring, it was certainly the previous record holder. I know it's cool to hate certain players. Particularly if they play at big names clubs and they're English. But diminishing records like that comes across as very petty and bitter. Edited January 7, 2017 by kurtsimonw 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 ^^^ Knew you'd get triggered by that one, sorry to offend the Wayne Rooney fan club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 (edited) Ah, PFE then? Sorry to make your views look so laughable. Edited January 7, 2017 by kurtsimonw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 (edited) No it is your post that is utterly bizarre, my comments on his England record had nothing to do with Charlton so I have absolutely no idea in hell as to why you put so much effort into the comparison. Viz. Charlton I merely pointed out that Rooney has been past his sell by date at United and thus is lucky to have broken the United record. Cheers. Edited January 7, 2017 by Dr_Pangloss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 1 minute ago, Dr_Pangloss said: No it is your post that is utterly bizarre, my comments on his England record had nothing to do with Charlton so I have absolutely no idea in hell as to why you put so much effort into the comparison. Viz. Charlton I merely pointed out that Rooney has been past his sell by date at United and thus is lucky to have broken the United record. Nothing to do with his England record - aside from mentioning "England record" twice in that post. Then commenting on friendlies/easy games. For someone so on the ball, I'd have thought you'd know that he hasn't broken the Untied record, yet. If only there was a way for me to stop having to read these hilarious posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Just now, kurtsimonw said: Nothing to do with his England record - aside from mentioning "England record" twice in that post. Then commenting on friendlies/easy games. For someone so on the ball, I'd have thought you'd know that he hasn't broken the Untied record, yet. If only there was a way for me to stop having to read these hilarious posts. Perhaps learn how to read in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 2 hours ago, kurtsimonw said: What a complete nonsense of a post. Goals at tournaments: Rooney 7-5 Charlton Goals in qualifying: Rooney 30-9 Charlton Goals in friendlies: Rooney 16-35 Charlton As for standard of opposition. Charlton scored hat-tricks against Switzerland, USA and Mexico in friendlies - we won those games 8-1, 8-1 and 8-0. Rooney's goal scoring record is impressive. Has he only really played well at one tournament? IMO yes, but that doesn't change his record. The majority of Charlton's goals were in one tournament. I've not watched the '62 World Cup or Euro '64, etc. so can't judge his performance. But I imagine it didn't take much to get deeper in to tournaments with the laughable quality of opposition the more developed football nations competed against back then. If anyone 'had it easy' in terms of goalscoring, it was certainly the previous record holder. I know it's cool to hate certain players. Particularly if they play at big names clubs and they're English. But diminishing records like that comes across as very petty and bitter. Lets not forget that Booby Charlton wasn't a forward. he scored most of goals from midfield. They had the likes of George Best and Dennis Law up front. Charlton was sensational in the 66 world cup. So sacred of him the Germans chose their best player to man mark him in the final. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 So, yeah, write Jose Mourinho off at your peril. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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