how does rooney get away with it?

[Stevie H]

can't think of any other player who gets away with more blatant aggression on the pitch than he does. he was at it again last night, any other player would have been sent off for two yellows at least here wouldn't they?

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6mqhVlN2YAA

[Ramón Benítez Hernández]

He's a f'kin animal.

[Stevie H]

i just don't get how he seems to be immune from punishment. this 'it's part of his personality' crap is no excuse or justification for behaviour that any other player would be punished for.

[cymrococh]

It's baffling, his persistent fouling and abuse of referees when things aren't going his way have gone unpunished for years.

 

Even Shearer didn't get it this easy.

[Stevie H]

shearer never had the red mist that rooney gets. he'd moan and let defenders know he was there, but never with the kind of flying challenges rooney puts in. you can see rooney about to pop when he first starts charging about, things not having gone his way, so surely referees can too? and that's just his ploughing into opponents, without mentioning the sh*te he then throws at referees too like you say.

[smithdown]

If someone went into a game against him like that we'd never hear the end of it.

 

Maybe there's a current climate we don't know about.

[JonShar]

He's a fkin bellend, I hope he breaks his leg in one of those challenges, just snaps it in two. Or three would be better.

[Ramón Benítez Hernández]

He's a fkin bellend, I hope he breaks his leg in one of those challenges, just snaps it in two. Or three would be better.

 

 

That's disgusting. I'd never wish injury on anyone, even Wayne Rooney.

[kop205]

It's baffling,

 

It isn't really though is it?

 

All you need do is remember who he plays for.

 

EDIT - And both those challenges are straight reds.

 

Maybe if he'd turned into the player everyone said he was going to, then he'd have grown out of that s****. Another goal against a crap side. He truly is the Messiah.

Edited December 11, 2008 by kop205

[Stevie H]

It isn't really though is it?

 

All you need do is remember who he plays for.

 

EDIT - And both those challenges are straight reds.

 

Maybe if he'd turned into the player everyone said he was going to, then he'd have grown out of that s****. Another goal against a crap side. He truly is the Messiah.

it is baffling because no other player seems to get away with such obvious violent conduct. terry seems to get away with handballs on a regular basis, ronaldo with his diving, even gerrard with a few iffy bits of gamesmanship from time to time. all high profile players. but none of them have this red mist crap that rooney does.

[Ramón Benítez Hernández]

His goals per game ratio is pretty ordinary for all the praise he gets as a striker.

 

I'm not turning into Kaizer but I've just discovered that Yakubu has a better goals per game ratio than Rooney.

Edited December 11, 2008 by B.A.Baracus

[Stevie H]

he's not a striker though is he? not really arsed about how he plays or how many goals he scores, i just get pissed off that he gets away with such naked aggression that other players, particularly foreign ones, wouldn't, and that it's made out to be part of his personality so that's ok then.

[Ramón Benítez Hernández]

He's a media darling and he plays for Manchester United.

 

There's two reasons.

[Stevie H]

that shouldn't matter in the champions league should it? could see english refs being swayed by who he is yeah, but shouldn't be te same case in europe. unless uefa has issued some edict that any player whose face adorns its global ad campaigns isn't to be sent off.

[Ramón Benítez Hernández]

Just seen that video again. F*ck he's a c*nt.

[Boca]

Heard on the radio this morning that UEFA were looking into the stamping incident and a possible ban for Rooney. Three matches would be nice.

[Spike]

Maybe he has some type of learning disability / ADHD type thing that isn't public but the refs are briefed on

[Cobs]

Heard on the radio this morning that UEFA were looking into the stamping incident and a possible ban for Rooney. Three matches would be nice.

 

if they do look at it again it has to be a 3 match ban

 

he should have got reds for the 1st 2 incidents on that video

[Stevie H]

Heard on the radio this morning that UEFA were looking into the stamping incident and a possible ban for Rooney. Three matches would be nice.

give you two to one they do nothing about it due to united having a word behind closed doors about them being uefa's representative in the world club cup.

 

did aalborg's manager say nothing about it? he's supposed to be a liverpool fan isn't he?

[Minder78]

I just turned it over and saw him stamping on the Aalborg player, i was waiting for the usual uncomfortable silence from the Sky commentators when it was shown in slow motion. Tyler said "he was just sorting his feet out" and i think Dublin said, and i am paraphrasing, "the Aalborg player will be able to tell his grandkids Wayne Rooney stamped on him". It sickens my hole.

[Hassony]

I just turned it over and saw him stamping on the Aalborg player, i was waiting for the usual uncomfortable silence from the Sky commentators when it was shown in slow motion. Tyler said "he was just sorting his feet out" and i think Dublin said, and i am paraphrasing, "the Aalborg player will be able to tell his grandkids Wayne Rooney stamped on him". It sickens my hole.

 

WTF

 

Did he really say that?

[Boca]

give you two to one they do nothing about it due to united having a word behind closed doors about them being uefa's representative in the world club cup.

 

did aalborg's manager say nothing about it? he's supposed to be a liverpool fan isn't he?

 

 

I think the player came out and said it should have been a red card but that Rooney apologised to him afterwards and "these things happen in football"

[Stevie H]

f***'s sake. it's these jokey comments about it just being part of his make-up that make it all the more annoying. if that was mascherano or obi mikel or say diouf doing it the same pundits would be calling for them to be arrested and deported.

[nrkintheuk]

shearer never had the red mist that rooney gets. he'd moan and let defenders know he was there, but never with the kind of flying challenges rooney puts in. you can see rooney about to pop when he first starts charging about, things not having gone his way, so surely referees can too? and that's just his ploughing into opponents, without mentioning the sh*te he then throws at referees too like you say.

 

 

Haven't seen the Rooney stuff yet and youtube is blocked in work but.... you obviously don't remember Shearer kicking Neil Lennon in the head while Lennon lay on the floor? Then using his England captain bit to escape a ban!

[Ostrich Man]

fair tackles.

 

 

 

 

 

think he'll get a ban for that.