Thursday 3 March 2016

Oi Hodgson! Don't Roo in it!


As you can read below Van Gaal has said he'll pick Rooney ahead of everyone else when he's back from injury regardless of the fact that Martial is in better form and they have a red hot wonderkid in Rashford who's scored 4 goals in his first two games.  Rooney is captain so his place is guaranteed even if he's playing shit.
I'm not a Utd fan so who cares if Van Gaal fucks up his teams momentum, but unfortunately I just know that there's a very high probability that Roy Hodgson will do the same and scupper England's Euro 2016 hopes.  Everyone knows that one or both of Vardy and Kane have to start up front for England but will they?  Not ahead of Rooney I bet ya!  Be prepared to wait until the 65th minute at 0-0 when a sluggish looking Rooney looks like he's coming off at last..... but wait, no!  He's staying on and Vardy comes on to replace Walcott on the right wing! Whaaat???
 Rooney's captain right?  So he has to play, that's how it works! We're waiting for one of those moments of brilliance he used to be capable of.....         (still waiting.....)

article from Football365.com .....

Van Gaal: Rooney is captain so will always play

Date published: Wednesday 2nd March 2016

Louis van Gaal has reiterated that his captain Wayne Rooney will return to the Manchester United line-up when fit, regardless of the form of teenager Marcus Rashford.
The 18-year-old striker has scored four goals in two starts for the club but the Dutchman has made it clear that Rooney remains his first-choice striker.
Rooney has scored more than one goal in a game for United twice in the past year, but Rashford has done it twice in four days. In the space of 170 minutes, an 18-year-old striker has managed 24% of Rooney’s goal total from the last 12 months.
“I have not bought a striker because of Wayne Rooney and Martial, because they could play in the striker position, and because Rooney is the captain he shall always play,” revealed Van Gaal on Tuesday. “I don’t buy a third striker, so he [Rashford] has the possibility.
“He was on the bench at Watford and Leicester. He was having a very good period. He might have come in for the Watford match but we played another system and Memphis Depay and Jesse Lingard played very well.
“Because we have a small squad and no more than two players for one position, you can give an opportunity to a youngster.
“When I have choice enough, then I rotate. There’s no player in the English Premier League who can cope with the rhythm of matches.
“A player like Rooney could always cope but he is injured and not for the first time. So I have to rotate. I have Rooney, I have Martial, I have Rashford, I had Will Keane but Keane is injured and will be operated on. When I have more players, I will rotate.”
Van Gaal confirmed that Rooney could return to United action by the end of March as he does not need an operation on his knee injury.

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