Posts Tagged ‘wayne rooney’

“Ref should have apologised to Manchester United star” claims manager: Is the old man wrong again?

by stresster on October 31st, 2008 | 290 words | 3 comments

The vast majority of football fans thought that Wayne Rooney was wrong to kiss the Manchester United badge at Goodison Park a week ago. While it’s usually something that’s done when a player has scored for their team, the Red Devils striker instead did it in response to the baiting of Everton fans, after being […]

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Manchester United player in ‘good relationship with referee’ shocker!

by stresster on October 29th, 2008 | 303 words | 3 comments

Over the years, the Red Devils have had their fair share of players who haven’t exactly seen eye-to-eye with referees. Eric Cantona was dismissed several times during his Manchester United career, generally for petulant behaviour, while Roy Keane was clearly not reluctant to put himself about a bit and incur cautions and dismissals like there […]

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Were Manchester United and Newcastle United players wrong to kiss their badge on Saturday?

by stresster on October 28th, 2008 | 248 words | 3 comments

Two high-profile footballers made the headlines at the weekend for the wrong reasons, with many people criticising their decision to kiss the badge on their team’s shirt. While most players reserve this activity for when they score a goal, this duo made the gesture in response to the opposition set of supporters giving them some […]

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Manchester United defender admits he was worried

by stresster on October 24th, 2008 | 325 words | 1 comment

The Red Devils aren’t used to losing many matches over the course of a season, while dropping points in three of the first four league games of the season is not what Fergie ordered, despite two of these being against Liverpool and Chelsea. One of their stars reveals that there was an element of worry […]

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Manchester United player looks to give old club Everton an extra kick in the teeth…

by Dexter on October 23rd, 2008 | 242 words | no comments

The Daily Mail reports that Wayne Rooney, the man whose career started with his wonder goal against Arsenal at Goodison Park, is set to return to his old club with Manchester United. What’s more, he is pretty eager to notch up his 100th goal against them.

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Manchester United and England should relish the talents of Rooney

by Thomas Rooney on October 17th, 2008 | 516 words | no comments

It has been so pleasing to see. Wayne Rooney has finally started to show they type of form many England fans have expected from him since he burst onto the international scene during Euro 2004. The Manchester United striker has hit five goals in his last three games for England and it seems that Fabio […]

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Is Manchester United striker the best in the world? He’s up there, according to Liverpool player

by stresster on October 16th, 2008 | 250 words | Comments Off

Kazakhstan and Belarus are not particularly great international teams, although the latter had some nice passing movements on Wednesday night, one of which resulted in a goal. England have passed their latest tests with flying colours, with some truly world-class performances from some members of Fabio Capello’s team. One player in particular appears to have […]

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Manchester United midfielder out for ten weeks: Big blow or blessing in disguise?

by stresster on October 1st, 2008 | 231 words | 7 comments

Despite Sir Alex Ferguson being agressive and something of a bully, he’s also got a sentimental side to him. How else can you explain the sheer number of playing minutes that Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes get for Manchester United, despite their best years being firmly behind them? The latter was unfortunately injured against Aalborg […]

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Manchester United striker not expecting a title challenge from Liverpool

by stresster on September 28th, 2008 | 227 words | 8 comments

The Red Devils may have landed just one win from their first four matches, yet one of their star strikers is still sounding pretty confident that his team are going to be challenging for the title again this season. Not only that, but this forward is expecting the title race to be of the three-horse […]

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Manchester United to relegate Rooney to the bench for the whole season!

by sub on September 28th, 2008 | 238 words | 11 comments

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has sensationally revealed that Wayne Rooney could have to play off the bench for most of this season as summer signing Dimitar Berbatov eases into the mix at Old Trafford.
The 22-year-old England star joined United from Everton four years ago and has been an assured starter so far. But […]

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