This whole debate between passion and passivity is quite a difficult one.
Whilst we want players to play with passion, we don’t want to see the opposing team get elbowed in the face… not thinking of anyone in particular… Rooney.
Rooney recently spoke out in reaction to this event, claiming “I (Rooney) am a player with lots of energy and aggression and I am never going to stop putting in the tackles. That’s who I am. I can’t change that, I don’t want to.”
The Manchester United striker is right in a way; his aggressive energy on the pitch has led to winning hard-fought tackles and scoring blinding net-bulging strikes. And it’s beautiful to watch, a player who really wants to win the ball and not just do the bare minimum to get his next pay cheque.
Passivity makes me think of another Manchester United striker, Dimitar Berbatov. He will slump on the pitch with a lacklustre attitude that isn’t inspiring in the slightest. But the bizarre thing about Berbatov is he gets results; he pulls out some of the most spectacular tricks you’re ever likely to see, and is as much a play maker as a goal scorer.
Rooney could never do this though as he is a completely different player to his team-mate, his game is chasing everything down.
But, wait, isn’t there another Manchester United striker, equally as uneasy on the eyes, equally as fervent on the pitch, equally as prolific in goal scoring, but never in the media for bad tackling but often on the bench? Carlos Tevez?
Surely Tevez possesses all the strong characteristics of Rooney, but doesn’t have to kill people whilst playing. Why doesn’t Wayne learn a few tricks from him? Yet, better still, put Tevez in the starting eleven!
I can never understand why Ferguson has chosen to adopt Rooney as his illegitimate son who he defends endlessly, whilst saint Tevez must take to the bench. I also think Rooney’s recent displays have shown nothing more than the thug in him (there are plenty of strikers with energy that don’t have to beat the other team around, like Robbie Keane).
But at least Rooney wasn’t fake-apologising this time, in his latest interview he said what really thought: he isn’t remorseful and he won’t change. The Rooney we seen now is the Rooney that will always be.
But is this good?
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Wayne Rooneys always gonna have passion in his game, he’s a scouse through an through. no body can ever tell him what to do on the pitch they can just guide him, he does need to start attemtting more long shots though, I was watching him last week through http://www.pcfootballlive.tv , he played well as usual, but he’s no cristiano ronaldo at the moment. We all know that rooney still dose and will in time overtake ronaldo in the ratings and someday in the distant future will be the european & World Player of the year (adult).
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