Transfer Rumour Wayne Rooney

[blue62]

What commercial opportunities. He ceases to be a worldwide brand when he moved to us. He won't even sell as many as lukaku or Barkley as half the fan Base don't want this to happen

We will attract an awful lot of attention around the world, Rooney is one of the best known players on the globe and you only have to look at how desperate the Chinese are to get him to realise the impact (commercially) he will have.

 

[Papa Shango]

The ultimate goal for any fan is to play for the team they support. He has achieved that, me and you haven't.

He's a bigger fan due to it.

No it isn't!

No offence meant but this is just a really weird viewpoint.

 

[Papa Shango]

We will attract an awful lot of attention around the world, Rooney is one of the best known players on the globe and you only have to look at how desperate the Chinese are to get him to realise the impact (commercially) he will have.

Of course they are because their standard is the equivalent of non league football.

 

[Papa Shango]

He's a name now. And wants to leave.

So we're back to square one. We need a name signing still able to perform for me

We need good players, not name players.

 

[zirc]

Who's current club is better than ours.

the club sat a massive 2 points above us with worse goal differential? who've finished on average 5th the last three years and are on course to do so again? Jesus christ no wonder the media treats us like a small club, we do it to ourselves.

 

[upthetoffees]

Of course they are because their standard is the equivalent of non league football.

Hope you're at least half joking with this mate.
Agreed that they're going with players on their way out or subpar youngsters, but I would hardly consider Oscar a non league quality player.

 

[whiteshadow]

Big question is, if we get Rooney, will it be as a replacement or to play alongside Rom?

And how much of an impact on our other signings and the quality of them will the reported 150k a week wages have?

 

[Moomin]

No it isn't!

No offence meant but this is just a really weird viewpoint.

So as a kid you never dreamed of playing for Everton??

You dreamt of sitting in the paddock with a cup of bovril??

 

[matty1878]

Good Lord, no. Interesting comment from Big Nev on the Toffee TV interview where he says not to waste money on players who are over the hill.

But nev doesn't own us lol

 

[matty1878]

They could all play in the same 11.

They could but I don't think we will have all three

 

[whiteshadow]

So as a kid you never dreamed of playing for Everton??

You dreamt of sitting in the paddock with a cup of bovril??

Fan (someone who admires and supports a person, sport, sports team, etc.)

Rooney was not supporting Everton by being a player for them. He was paid to do it and it was his job. That is not what a fan is (see above).

You should gauge how big a fan someone is by how much time, money and effort they invest in the team they support and also by how much loyalty they show in their support. I'd hazard a guess that 100% of the people on this forum spend a higher percentage of their income on watching Everton and buying merchandise as well as investing large amounts of their personal time going to watch Everton play than Rooney does.

 

[Moomin]

Fan (someone who admires and supports a person, sport, sports team, etc.)

Rooney was not supporting Everton by being a player for them. He was paid to do it and it was his job. That is not what a fan is (see above).

You should gauge how big a fan someone is by how much time, money and effort they invest in the team they support and also by how much loyalty they show in their support. I'd hazard a guess that 100% of the people on this forum spend a higher percentage of their income on watching Everton and buying merchandise as well as investing large amounts of their personal time going to watch Everton play than Rooney does.

The ultimate aim of a fan is to be like their heros? Yes or no??

It's every kids dream to play for the team they support.

Let's not bring money into it, plenty of people who can't afford to go the game who are good fans.

The ultimate goal is to play for the team you support or follow, if it's not why bother. It's like saying, I'm playing the lottery because I'm a fan.

 

[Papa Shango]

So as a kid you never dreamed of playing for Everton??

You dreamt of sitting in the paddock with a cup of bovril??

Not really to be honest. Same way I can be a fan of music but have no interest in playing an instrument.

But that is not what a fan is. Is a disabled fan less of a fan for example because he never played for us?

It is a nonsense argument.

 

[Papa Shango]

The ultimate aim of a fan is to be like their heros? Yes or no??

It's every kids dream to play for the team they support.

Let's not bring money into it, plenty of people who can't afford to go the game who are good fans.

The ultimate goal is to play for the team you support or follow, if it's not why bother. It's like saying, I'm playing the lottery because I'm a fan.

No it isn't!

You are being proper weird here!

 

[Moomin]

Not really to be honest. Same way I can be a fan of music but have no interest in playing an instrument.

But that is not what a fan is. Is a disabled fan less of a fan for example because he never played for us?

It is a nonsense argument.

We have a very good disabled team and program through EITC, I'd say a disabled person who plays for the Everton team and puts his body on the line for his club is a better fan than you or me.