The plateauing of Rooney

I so agree with this from the Guardian

"Ronaldo's progress towards all-time hall-of-famer status has coincided with Rooney's own levelling out into a merely very good player: a terror of the Premier League but less effective against the better teams, where he can be pushed to the fringes."

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Posted By: Old Git on March 6th 2013 at 08:56:20

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The plateauing of Rooney (Other Football) - Old Git, Mar 6, 08:56:20
- Fitness is so important in the modern game, and his is not good enough... (Other Football) - Greeny, Mar 6, 10:20:31
  - you describe...... (Other Football) - Cheltenham_Canary, Mar 6, 10:27:57
    - Ha ha - surely 'very fat' hod carrier in their case. Different era for those guys tho' (n/m) (Other Football) - Greeny, Mar 6, 10:49:13
- No left foot and not enough pace to be truly world-class (n/m) (Other Football) - Dog, Mar 6, 09:51:00
- I said words to this effect and got roundly shouted down a few months back. (Other Football) - Only1Doherty, Mar 6, 09:24:06
  - no you didn't (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Mar 6, 10:15:26
    - yes i did chazzle yes i ruddy well did (n/m) (Other Football) - Only1Doherty, Mar 6, 10:47:16
      - no sonny (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Mar 6, 10:55:01
        
        true (n/m) (Other Football) - Only1Doherty, Mar 6, 11:04:10
  - ...but that was from the Guardian, not the Mail... (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Man, Mar 6, 09:29:29

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