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Exactly.
When Davies lost the ball on the halfway line, 2 players chased it...only 1 was busting a gut and it wasn't Davies.
If Lukaku can play upfront and only run 5kms not 9, why not Rooney.(or any position)
Going to take a literal and figurative 'big man/name' to make it stick though.
But that's what's needed - quality running not quantity.
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
Diego Simeone will find him one next season
dannyboy
Player Valuation: £60m
Because Lukaku scores 25 goals a season and Rooney is quite clearly nowhere that level.
@4737carlin up late mate,
Not quite the point i was making. Again; which ever position Rooney plays in...and there are a couple of them, as a 'football brain' he still has a part to play, if he did a bit less 'wasted/unproductive' running he would be more able to apply the nouse he has to better longer lasting effect
ExpatinBangkok
Player Valuation: £6m
He is the same quality as Everton as a club- Gamely trys with flashes of brilliance but never going to challenge the best. So he fits right in currently.
Just hope moshri is willing to invest another 150-200 m (and not listen to Walsh this time
Just hope moshri is willing to invest another 150-200 m (and not listen to Walsh this time
GwladysBlue
Player Valuation: £70m
His fixed position should be on the bench, where he belongs.
evertondotcom
Player Valuation: £15m
Like it or not - Rooney along with Pickford has been Evertons best player this season.
Grim as it is, it's true.
Grim as it is, it's true.
yes but take out the fixtures against Bournemouth and the number drops to 7
SELL
On Timmy Cahills Head
Player Valuation: £500k
To some extent I do agree with that in regards to Rooney but, I think it may have been on here, a united fan came on in the summer and said it was often the case that when played he was their best player, the problem was when he played the rest of the team suffered due to his tempo etc...When he didn't play the rest of the team performed better and therefore he was eventually dropped. It could well be the same scenario here.
Barnfred 55
Player Valuation: £80m
Wouldn't argue with that mate in theory. However in practice there are two problems with that. Firstly, it's never been his game for a reason, and that's because he isn't very good as a target man, never has been. But I agree he's probably as good as anything else we have for that role at the moment, mainly because he is a goalscorer. The second problem is that he isn't disciplined enough for that role. His natural instinct is to drop back which takes him into an already crowded area of the pitch and reduces options for players on the ball. So until he learns to discipline himself he shouldn't start up front IMO. You'd think it would be easy enough to resolve. Just stay up there Wazzer FFS.
dave11
Player Valuation: £500k
Agree that it's far from an ideal solution but as one of the only players looking like weighing in with a few goals, he's probably as good as we've got unless DCL starts bagging regularly.
Surely he doesn't hold that much power that he can play where he wants irrespective of what the manager tells him. Then again, it would not surprise me.
I agree with most that you said, but I don't think that he's not staying up front is a matter of discipline. I don't think that he has been told a million times and keep forgetting that every time, or just ignore it because he's arrogant.
As the striker, he doesn't stay up front to anticipate counter attacking opportunities because he and his manager know that at least two defenders will stay with him and he doesn't have the legs to win a sprint race with them.
He also doesn't stay in the penalty box in the build up of attack the way a striker like Lukaku does because he doesn't have the body strength or height to be effective there. Instead, he moves around to find space, to be more involved in the attack.
However, despite of his lack of pace, strength and height, his finishing and positioning as a striker is in a different class than Niasse or DCL.
I think he can't be the target man that stays up front, he won't do well there. So, play him as one of front two or front three, or a ten, otherwise bench him, just don't expect him to be the furthest man up the pitch.
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