hallamblue
Player Valuation: £40m
I'm not sure Man Utd fans would have him as a legend. Giggs, Gary Neville, Roy Keane are legends, I don't think they'd put Rooney in that category.
AsiaAsia82
Player Valuation: £35m
A football legend who happens to be an Evertonian
goldfinchmule
Player Valuation: £8m
Thats because their idiots.
Alan Ball , Dixie Dean, Howard Kendall and Brian Labone , just to name 4 actual Everton legends are turning in their graves at that post mate. They were far , far better players ( although I have to admit that I didn't actually see Dixie play
).What Rooney showed in his all too short Everton career was great talent but probably no more than James Rodriguez.
Players like Sheedy , Reid , Latchford , Mountfield , Watson , Ratcliffe , Sharp, Gray , Heath , Steven , Royle , Southall , Bracewell , Higson , Vernon ,Harvey, Stevens ....the list goes on and on have made a far greater contribution to Everton than Rooney.
No, but he could have easily been, he chose not to be. He's more of a United legend I'm afraid.
hallamblue
Player Valuation: £40m
I think it's partly because he's a scouser.
I made it up.
barneygumble
Player Valuation: £60m
Rooney should be a Man Utd legend.
Broken every record, won every trophy, came up clutch in the biggest moments.
It's literally what legends do. But wouldn't surprise me if you're right.
oops, misread. sorry bout that!I meant the opposte mate. They class him as their legend
Dario Terracotta
Player Valuation: £70m
Not for me,could have been,although I detest Gerrard,he hung around them when they had some really poor sides and dragged them up himself, Rooney professed to be a massive Evertonian,could have been our talisman for at least a few more years,yeah I get the "professional"side and he and his people got that right but for him personally how good would it have felt to have won just one trophy here?I guess that you'd need to ask him that!!
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I know they would at him being a legend but think they'd agree he's been one of the best players they'd seen.Alan Ball , Dixie Dean, Howard Kendall and Brian Labone , just to name 4 actual Everton legends are turning in their graves at that post mate. They were far , far better players ( although I have to admit that I didn't actually see Dixie play
What Rooney showed in his all too short Everton career was great talent but probably no more than James Rodriguez.
Players like Sheedy , Reid , Latchford , Mountfield , Watson , Ratcliffe , Sharp, Gray , Heath , Steven , Royle , Southall , Bracewell , Higson , Vernon ,Harvey, Stevens ....the list goes on and on have made a far greater contribution to Everton than Rooney.
To recap I am saying no way is he anywhere near Everton legend status but certainly one of the greatest players we've had, albeit very briefly.
I didnt see Alan Ball, Kendall, Labone or Dean play, I admire what they did for this club, but they arent MY Everton legends.Alan Ball , Dixie Dean, Howard Kendall and Brian Labone , just to name 4 actual Everton legends are turning in their graves at that post mate. They were far , far better players ( although I have to admit that I didn't actually see Dixie play
What Rooney showed in his all too short Everton career was great talent but probably no more than James Rodriguez.
Players like Sheedy , Reid , Latchford , Mountfield , Watson , Ratcliffe , Sharp, Gray , Heath , Steven , Royle , Southall , Bracewell , Higson , Vernon ,Harvey, Stevens ....the list goes on and on have made a far greater contribution to Everton than Rooney.
Cake
Player Valuation: £6m
Winning medals and trophies doesn't make you a legend. Playing football for a short while at the start and then towards the end of your career for a team you supported as a boy doesn't make you a legend. We have far more players we could call a legend who are from pre-PL than post-PL and that isn't down to how many medals or trophies they won. Scoring on your debut as a teenager doesn't make you a legend, it doesn't even make you an icon. If it did, James Vaughan would be a legend (and Ademola Lookman plus many others most likely).
Rooney is possibly an icon and definitely a Klingon when it suits him but he isn't a legend. He might make icon status only because he's a Scouser and supported us as a boy but you need a bit more than that even to be 'just' an icon. He also seems to have more to say about Man Utd than he does about Everton. He's Man Utd's Scouser. Seamus Coleman is closer to being a legend more so than Rooney but he's probably 'just' an icon, too.
Great player and Scouser but no legend. Not even close.
Rooney is possibly an icon and definitely a Klingon when it suits him but he isn't a legend. He might make icon status only because he's a Scouser and supported us as a boy but you need a bit more than that even to be 'just' an icon. He also seems to have more to say about Man Utd than he does about Everton. He's Man Utd's Scouser. Seamus Coleman is closer to being a legend more so than Rooney but he's probably 'just' an icon, too.
Great player and Scouser but no legend. Not even close.
everton1953
Player Valuation: £40m
Yes he is. He should be judged on his contribution on the football pitch and not on subsequent unsuccessful ventures.
Charles Plastusz
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Exactly, Steve McMahon left and won loads too ffs! I was even torn watching the video of him and his kid at Bramley Moore, good for publicity i guess but i genuinely think he’d rather plug the hole in old traffords roof with his fat arse than do anything for us
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