Rooney was an all round player . He can defend aggressively, he can control the midfield, his pass range was on a different level, he can assist, and he scores all kinds of goals . Wazza was under rated even until today .
@@MinoYTD people say harry is better. he's not underrated but most people say that he isn't the greatest english player of all time when he very clearly is
@@cjay6547 he is overrated bcs he played in the pl. Great big game player. He is not on a level like for example haaland is now and therefore its strange ppl think drogba is a test. Haaland is a striker like the van nistelrooys, lewandowskis and so on in their prime
Rooney was a better striker than Haaland by far mate. The question was not who is in a oil funded team and is currently scoring goals because of financial backing
@MoonayMultipliar Drogba was an absolute beast. As an Arsenal fan, he is one of very few players that I hated my team playing against. Haaland comes nowhere close. A good finisher, that's it.
@@stinga7general haaland scored loads with salzburg and dortmund Manu then were in a weaker league than city is now with a greater pull and lots of money. Im sorry, he wasnt. Better playing striker but nowhere the scorer
Rooney played 2 seasons for United as the main striker, look up his stats, it’s pretty obvious which two they were. He was just so brilliant in so many other ways too, and a true team player
@@charlieshorto6558 As a Charlton fan I could watch that season without bias, and I couldn't agree more. Strong, aggressive, great first touch, great finisher and something that a lot of modern players struggle with, he put the team before ego (mostly). It may sound funny (depending on your age) but I think he is very underrated.
And we didn't win anything major both seasons. Putting Wayne up front we lost so much of his all round game, he was better when playing behind a striker
@@davidc5170 I mean we were very close to the league both years, literally seconds away the second one 😂 should have never given city a chance to get back in it either. Very nearly knocked Bayern out if not for that Robben madness and we would have had a great chance of winning the CL then in 2010
Which makes the end of his career more disgraceful. He did not take care of his body. Smoked cigarettes and drank a lot. When he got the hair implant it was the beginning of the end because it proved that his head wasn't where it needed to be.
@@SeanF-m4btop 5 in my opinion with Hoddle, Gazza, Scholes and Charlton. Defenders not included. Honourable mention to Keegan, Owen, Greeves, Shearer and Linekar.
@@jrericneuville5202 both similar scoring rates, Rooney slightly better. Rooney was a better passer, tackler and had better vision and creativity. Rooney could play a striker, a no.10, a winger, a midfielder, Drogba could only play as striker.
@@valentineogubuike2062 well given the time period in which he played for them Arsenal were up against the Roman Abramovic Chelsea who had very deep pockets and a prime Mourinho in charge, and Utd who were about to go through the Rooney, Ronaldo and Tevez era, With Arsenals far more strict wage structure and spending options ( or lack there of) they weren’t able to compete with Chelsea and Utd, Also despite having pockets of success under Wenger they were notorious bottlers in the league and Europe, as soon as Van Persie joined a team with a winning culture all be it a weakened Utd team he thrived.
He was better in every single way than rvp, its only slow assna fans that think rvp was anything more than a 2 season wonder. Last season for the filth and his next season for utd were amazing, that's literally it. What about his 'finishing' was so great? He was always injured and literally wasn't that good until he had a really late bloom (that was short lived) most overrated player I've ever seen.
people only rated Rooney based on a goal he scored. But people forgot that Rooney is also great playmaker and 4th (3rd back then) most Assist in Premier League
To be a great goal scorer you have to be able to score goals from anywhere on the pitch. Haaland can only score tap ins and 1 on 1s, a lot of them for sure but he’s not a complete goal scorer
@@dieheiligenhallen5184Being a beast isn’t everything. Rooney had it all. class & talent when it came to the field of play. Halaand is too average to be even mentioned close to these legendary football greats put some respect to their names please🙏
You're delusional in my opinion 😂 How is Rooney better than CR7 at United? Saha, Berbatov, Nilsteroy, Tevez could all replace Rooney in their time without missing him but without CR7 there wasn't any winger who could play without you missing CR7 in the team. His drive He won the Balond'or at United for good reason. No player in English premier league has won it since.
@@kazbj9265 you're the one who delusional. Replace rooney? 2011 man utd final ucl without ronaldo. Both are great player but your statement is stupid. Rooney play with united much longer than ronaldo, so thats why we still love him so much. Fact, he didnt pursue the glory for himself. So if you only know ronaldo part at united, then you are didnt watch most of the game.
@@kazbj9265 Ronaldo was exceptional but I wouldn't want 2 of him in my team. The whining would be too much and they'd hate each other. Rooney was a REAL team player. You don't see many like him at all.
I do. I think most of the people that watched football from 2008 on remember that Man UTD after Ronaldo left and Rooney was just the heart of everything. Even that goal against Barcelona in the final... who else but Rooney?
If you listen to a story by the late Kevin Campbell he was put up front with Rooney in a reserve match when Rooney was 14, he couldn’t believe the cheek that this had happened as he didn’t know much about the new kid on the block, he said he was unreal, knocking goals in and even setting Campbell up. Campbell went back to Everton the next day and told all the lads about him😂
@@Yyyyyyyy-ep do your research yourself you fucking helmet. He won 2 Prem golden boots, outside those two seasons he never scored more than 12 goals in the Prem like I said.
@@Yyyyyyyy-ep how about you do your research you absolute helmet he won the golden boot twice and in his other seasons never got above 12 goals exactly like I said
Wayne Rooney is one of my favorite players. He was just so good at everything ... whatever he was doing on the pitch, he was doing it better than most. It was fun to watch.
The title that fits Rooney is :best all round player,'he literally could play in any posituon around the field& play well!..And there's not many players who could do the same!
Any position, really, that would be stretching it! When it comes to tackling, while he was definitely better than Paul Scholes, Rooney's was also just a smidgen better than horrendous. How could he play in every position...
@@ashaekuteku9591 Ur not thinking about this deeply enough! ..All it would have taken was a period of adjustment& then Rooney would have adapted to whatever position he was given or asked to play ' (Fergie said he could pretty much play anywhere on the field!) .And that is a rare quality!
@@ashaekuteku9591you have no idea what you’re talking about, if Rooney decided to be a defender he’d still be top half of the premier league quality. During his time he dropped back and defended with decent tackling ability and still tore it back up the pitch to be involved in the counter. He could literally play any out field position at top level. An easy to find example of his tackling was that MLS game that he chased down the opponent that was free on an open goal after an injury time corner, he closes down chance on goal, wins the ball and plays a sublime cross pitch assist.
Been a city fan for over 20 years, used to hate him. Since he retired I’ve come to appreciate and love this man for the player he was. But also his football brain and knowledge. The man just dares to speak what is on his mind. Not the “acceptable” thing to say in the media. He’s a UTD fan, but he’ll call the players primadonna’s. Played with CR7, but he’ll admit to Messi being the goat. As we citizens would say, he is different gravy. Players like him are of a dying breed. The more you realise young top players are all social media diva’s. The more you come to respect them. I’ll never forget seeing that overhead kick in semis against us. The noise in the stands. At the time I died inside. Now I realise I was witnessing history. What a player.
Drogba was not an amazing goalscorer. He was more clutch. He only managed to get over 20 goals in one out of nine Premier League seasons getting 0.4 goals per game as a striker.
And what did the very underrated wayne rooney won for england ? The nostalgia marchants need to stop they want to make him at the same level of ronaldinho 🥱🥱
@@Wizzy678 Your comment's not as smart as you think it is. Nobody's talking about England. They're talking about just Rooney. And yes, for a few seasons he was the definition of world-class.
I wonder why. Drogba scored more than a dozen goals in only a couple of seasons. Rooney's clearly the better goalscorer even though Drogba's of course a Chelsea legend.
@@izzy9189 their goals per game ratio is pretty much the same. RVP was a better goalscorer as well. Rooney overall was probably better than RVP but the question was goalscoring and RVP is way ahead.
@smartsquirrel1 and as much as older guys hate to admit it since he's playing today, Haaland's entire style is goalscoring, if Haaland isn't a better goalscorer than Rooney he should be playing in league 2, not competing for the ballon dor
@@georgebrady5369 Dunno bout the drink "issues", otherwise you right... Genes/body genetics too though.... people think this doesn't matter...it does...&is also the reason the Giggs's & Rivaldos of this world can do it till 40-odd... this Combined with their dedicated body-care/management is the 🔑
ROONEY WAS EXCEPTIONAL.... SKILLS WISE AND HAD THAT TOUGHNESS I ENJOYED HIS FOOTBALL EVERYTIME I COULD WATCH HIM.... AND THEY UNDER RATE HIM IN THE PASSING DEPARTMENT
No he’s not light years ahead Rooneys a better player than Van Perise? If we’re talking about old Rooney then yes but prime Wayne Rooney was a different level than RVP, people really forget how good he really was. If we’re talking about just goals Rooney has scored more goals than RVP. RVP scored 254, and I know Rooney scored over 380 I’m so confused to why you believe RVP is light years ahead of Rooney? Did you just start watching football like 5 years ago?
Rooney was top class. There was a time when you had the "big three": Messi, Cristiano and Rooney. Back then, United was a monster, and Rooney was one of the top three players in the world. Yes, Rooney was that good. He could score with his head, he was good with both feet, he had great vision, great long distance pass, great long distance shot, sheer strength and power and very good stamina, he could tackle, score bicycle kicks, you name it. Incredibly underrated, but the best English player that my eyes have ever seen. The streets will never forget you, Wayne Mark Rooney.
Rooney’s one of my favourite players ever and I’m a united fan, but Haaland’s only 90 goals behind him, and he’s 23…..going to end up with double the goals of Rooney
@@ZelenikTchingy the question was “best goal scorer”…yeah that’s right because a tap in is only work 1 goal and a worldie is worth 2 I forgot, behave yourself
@@ZelenikTchingy scored 280 career goals at the age of 23 and you want to try as dismiss him a “just tap ins and penalties, football fans like you are honestly clueless
@@Jimboslice35 *Dude watch all Haaland goals in succession, you will be get bored and disgusted by the goals, it's all the same type of goals. This question was regarding the ABILITY TO SCORE, meaning in every possible way, not just penalties and tap-ins*
@@ZelenikTchingy “a better goal scorer” when in the world are you seeing better at scoring different kinds of goals..aw honestly I don’t know why I bother you internet balloons.
Man, this guy was too good. Humble too. Heavily underrated. No ego guy. The way he gave space to Ronaldo, Van Persie to be the main men when he himself could have been a superstar. Absolutely amazing player. No nonsense, heavily talented player.
They’re all better goal scorers than him except Morata. Torres. Drogba & even Lukaku were miles better, is this some kind of joke? 😂 Wayne Rooney wasn’t even the best goal scorer in his own team when he was playing with CR7, Tevez, RVP & Berbatov.
Funny because he’s more career goals than majority of those players, played as main striker for two seasons and had back to back seasons scoring 30+ goals 🤷🏻♂️
@@AnthonyAE86IRL Goals to games is probably a better metric. And context. Drogba for Ivory coast and Marseille. Torres with terrible injuries. RVP injuries and playing for a second rate Arsenal (from 07 onwards). Ronaldo and Rooney don't belong in the same conversation as goalscorers.
@@bh629 Rooney has better goal to game ratio than Torres for both club and country, also has more goals than Drogba. Whilst also not even playing as the main striker for most of his career, there isn’t a striker in the prem who has close to the assists he has, neverMind his goals
It's close. There's a 100% solid argument that Rooney was a better all-round player, but Van Persie + Drogba both better natural goal scorers (only). Based purely on goals, probably Drogba, then Van Persie....but I'd still rather have Rooney on my team. Tough one.
They all were on the top goal scorer list of the Premier League in their prime competing with eachother. Would say they’re all in the same class, same level.
@@jovna5315Drogba and van Persie have won 2 Premier League Golden Boots to Rooneys 1, with van Persie being the only one to win with 30 goals. Plus he has won it for 2 different teams, so I'd say Robin van Persie is the best of the 3 in terms of the goalscoring. As overall players they are much more level, but as pure goal scorers I'd say: van Persie > Drogba > Rooney.
Comments show how underrated and under appreciated Wazza still is! Hands down one of the most brilliant footballers to ever play the game. He could literally do everything on the pitch and do it well. He played for the team and did whatever role he was given better than anyone. He’s a striker/center forward, a winger (mostly LW) playmaker, advanced midfielder (8) and even a deep lying midfielder(6) What other player could do that and play with passion and grit everytime?
Yes, but his conversion rate (goals/shots) is bollocks at City. They're not using him correctly whatsoever. Makes his goal tally all the more impressive, though.
You must be a very young United fan. Rooney was a force of nature. Haaland goes missing in games and offers very little besides goals, and the entire system is designed to get him the ball. Rooney CREATED for others and could win a game on his own, too.
@blacklotus5364 okay I'm sure what your point is here? The question was who's a better goalscorer? Haaland is objectively the better goalscorer. I'm very aware of Rooney was but that's irrelevant to this post mush.
@@paulearle3780 It was a pretty simple point to understand, bro. Haaland is not a better goalscorer than Rooney. This is a classic example of recency bias. As I said, you're probably too young to remember the player that Rooney was. Look at the variety of goals that Rooney scored. He could drop in, play as a 10, create, play with his back to goal, run from deep and play one touch. Both Manchester United and England's top goal scorer at one point. Haaland hasn't really done much yet. 👍🏻 Better goals per game ratio means nothing when you realize that Rooney was also influencing the game as a creator, in the same side as Tevez, Ronaldo & Berbatov. He didn't have an entire system of play set up for him to be the focal point in attack the way that Haaland does. And he still broke goalscoring records.
I agreee with Rooney he was so gut so so so underrated or under talked he was the man he did everything he ran back to goal got the ball and ran all the way then to lay off Ronaldo or who ever else was coming to the box he was selfless courageous passionate power full fanatic finish and could change games he was an absolutely machine
Rooney is one of the GOATs, he was an absolute Team player and was so versatile and complete. If he never got that injury in the World Cup I think we would’ve had an English R9.
I'm from Brazil, i started following european football in the mid-2000s, and Rooney was simply one of the people responsible for me liking football so much. At school, i pretended to be Rooney and my friend was Cristiano Ronaldo. I was a big fan of his.
The more I think about it the more Wazza is probably one of the all time greats. His United and England goalscoring records prove this as does his PL tally but more than anything else was his selflessness and determination, he’d play in goal if it meant he’d help the team. He’s one of 🐐’s
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Man almost laughed when they said Morata
Deserved
He did actually laugh😂
Well, I laughed
And Lakaka
and lukaku
Didier Drigba: panics 😅😅😅
We saw it bro😂😂😂
Flinched on RVP
Haaland is the better goalscorer
@@MoonayMultipliar 😂😂 pass the blunt
@@MoonayMultipliarno
Rooney was an all round player . He can defend aggressively, he can control the midfield, his pass range was on a different level, he can assist, and he scores all kinds of goals . Wazza was under rated even until today .
Under rated??? He’s literally seen as one of England’s best ever players
@@MinoYTD people say harry is better. he's not underrated but most people say that he isn't the greatest english player of all time when he very clearly is
Especially skinhead Rooney. That was monster on the pitch.
as a life long man u fan. He was overrated. Sure he was good but overrated.
Underrated is the go to word for dorks pretending they know football..!
Drogba tested his resolve, I respect that. ❤😎
@@cjay6547 he is overrated bcs he played in the pl.
Great big game player. He is not on a level like for example haaland is now and therefore its strange ppl think drogba is a test.
Haaland is a striker like the van nistelrooys, lewandowskis and so on in their prime
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Rooney was a better striker than Haaland by far mate. The question was not who is in a oil funded team and is currently scoring goals because of financial backing
@MoonayMultipliar Drogba was an absolute beast. As an Arsenal fan, he is one of very few players that I hated my team playing against. Haaland comes nowhere close. A good finisher, that's it.
@@stinga7general haaland scored loads with salzburg and dortmund
Manu then were in a weaker league than city is now with a greater pull and lots of money.
Im sorry, he wasnt. Better playing striker but nowhere the scorer
Rooney played 2 seasons for United as the main striker, look up his stats, it’s pretty obvious which two they were. He was just so brilliant in so many other ways too, and a true team player
As much as I disliked Man U, watching him play those few years was beautiful to watch.
I remember that 09/10 season when Ronaldo left he stepped up to the mark and was just banging goals in for fun.
@@charlieshorto6558
As a Charlton fan I could watch that season without bias, and I couldn't agree more.
Strong, aggressive, great first touch, great finisher and something that a lot of modern players struggle with, he put the team before ego (mostly).
It may sound funny (depending on your age) but I think he is very underrated.
And we didn't win anything major both seasons. Putting Wayne up front we lost so much of his all round game, he was better when playing behind a striker
@@davidc5170 I mean we were very close to the league both years, literally seconds away the second one 😂 should have never given city a chance to get back in it either. Very nearly knocked Bayern out if not for that Robben madness and we would have had a great chance of winning the CL then in 2010
Great to see in the comments that football fans recognize Rooney’s supreme talent.
What a player. What a talent.
None like him. Never will be. True footballer. Had it all. Beastly 😊
Which makes the end of his career more disgraceful. He did not take care of his body. Smoked cigarettes and drank a lot. When he got the hair implant it was the beginning of the end because it proved that his head wasn't where it needed to be.
He flinched at torres van persie and drogba shows respect he has
@@kmcd449 its premier league and british bias with lineker
He didn't move Half an inch at Torres buddy
@@MoonayMultipliarlineker was also only the only one to score more than Rooney per minute played, that might have something to do with it.
Shows he knows his superiors but his final answer shows he knows who's asking the question and paying him
@@MoonayMultipliarLineker didn’t play in the Premiership.
The more I hear Rooney the more I like him
Turn off your hearing aids then
The more i hear him, the more he seems like a jealous little hobbitt
@@iDontCare12345Countessyou don't hear him much then. And like it or not but he's one of the greatest players ever
@@iDontCare12345CountessRooneys not jealous of anyone if he didn't get injured in that tournament he'd have won it for us on his own at 18yrs old
Surprised he said Lineker!.( Who was prolific for Club& country) But a Ball over the top,race onto it,& slot it in or around the Penalty area!
Honestly the new generation don’t know how good Rooney was at his peak, one of the very best of his era without a shadow of a doubt.
Top ten British player ever
Man's was a beast was an absolute joy to watch growing up and getting into football
@@SeanF-m4btop 5 in my opinion with Hoddle, Gazza, Scholes and Charlton. Defenders not included. Honourable mention to Keegan, Owen, Greeves, Shearer and Linekar.
@@KevinMcGee-qg6hmKing Kenny beats every one of them.
@@davidrowan3853 he wasn't bad
Why are peoples criticising Rooneys looks? So sad and pathetic. Shout out to those positive comments on Rooney as a player and as a person
I agree, he looks good for someone in their 60s.
@@TamiDaireblud he’s 38
Bro, he is 38
@@miia-sofietropp6115 joke went over someones head huh
Look, dude is a legend but I ain't gon' lie - he funny looking as fuck
Love Rooney as a pundit too. He’s a legend of the game coached by the best manager and gives his honest views
I love Rooney! Everyone has to catch an interview with him. So honest, so brilliant and real.
Drogba didier ❤❤❤ was fire
Calm down he was a good striker but that's it.
Yeah, but not better than Rooney
@@MaxwellAyofar better than Rooney
@@jrericneuville5202 both similar scoring rates, Rooney slightly better.
Rooney was a better passer, tackler and had better vision and creativity.
Rooney could play a striker, a no.10, a winger, a midfielder, Drogba could only play as striker.
Drogba didier?
'e did though did'n''e (scouse accent)
He had to think for a second about Van Persie lol, that 2013 season utd won the league was predominantly down to Van persie’s sheer brilliance
He thought for more than a second about Drogba
@@Logicsupersedes of course, Drogba was a savage
Why didn't vanpersie brilliance never comes close to winning the league for arsenal,foods for thought😊
@@valentineogubuike2062 well given the time period in which he played for them Arsenal were up against the Roman Abramovic Chelsea who had very deep pockets and a prime Mourinho in charge, and Utd who were about to go through the Rooney, Ronaldo and Tevez era, With Arsenals far more strict wage structure and spending options ( or lack there of) they weren’t able to compete with Chelsea and Utd, Also despite having pockets of success under Wenger they were notorious bottlers in the league and Europe, as soon as Van Persie joined a team with a winning culture all be it a weakened Utd team he thrived.
@@valentineogubuike2062injuries
All "Messi and Ronaldo and nobody else " football fans would never realise how special he was.
There all just kids aren't they that never watched their careers lol
I am a ronaldo fan i love rooney
Not but let’s no lie here Ronaldo and Messi are in a league of their own, even Messi is in a diff league than Ronaldo
R9?
@@macca1626 yes maybe 6 or more years ago, not now
He knows RVP was a better finisher he just didn't want to end the game so soon
He was better in every single way than rvp, its only slow assna fans that think rvp was anything more than a 2 season wonder. Last season for the filth and his next season for utd were amazing, that's literally it. What about his 'finishing' was so great? He was always injured and literally wasn't that good until he had a really late bloom (that was short lived) most overrated player I've ever seen.
@magik410 you must be a child, what has injuries got to do with his ability to finish?
@@magik410 he wasn't a better goalscorer than RVP, better all round player for sure, but RVP was lethal
Van persie a better finisher but Rooney is definitely a better goal scorer.
@@magik410Van Persie was much more technical than Rooney.
I know he is quite rated but Rooney is still quite underrated for how good he was.
crazily overrated af
people only rated Rooney based on a goal he scored. But people forgot that Rooney is also great playmaker and 4th (3rd back then) most Assist in Premier League
@@kleberson777 exactly. 👍🏽
Wayne Rooney The Goat Legend of Manchester United.
Did you mean the GRAN legend ?
I still havent seen a player like Rooney. Absolute beast from teenage years.
Haaland is another level
@@dieheiligenhallen5184no he isn’t
@@JohnDoe-12 the question was goal scorer. Not player. How he snubbed Haaland in this is laughable
To be a great goal scorer you have to be able to score goals from anywhere on the pitch. Haaland can only score tap ins and 1 on 1s, a lot of them for sure but he’s not a complete goal scorer
@@dieheiligenhallen5184Being a beast isn’t everything. Rooney had it all. class & talent when it came to the field of play. Halaand is too average to be even mentioned close to these legendary football greats put some respect to their names please🙏
He was being modest
He wasn’t. Linekar was a goal machine
@@daggaboomagreed, people seem to forget how consistent he was.
@@daggaboom 283 goals 573 games..... i could name 100 better than that
@@daggaboom Harry kane..now that's a goal machine
@@itsonlyyoutube-d5m Not everything is about stats mate
Rooney....pure class and down to earth still
This guy was once one of if not the best player England has ever produced.
😂😂😂 in your dreams mate
@@charlesnorwich5932 If you think Rooney wasn’t one of the best ever to play for England then your football knowledge is that of a unsalted peanut.
@charlieshorto6558 Amen. The guy above is in fact an unsalted peanut. Or a Liverpool fan. Same same.
Gazza was better
Still is
Man I miss Rooney even more than cristiano at United 😢 he was the heart of that team.
You're delusional in my opinion 😂
How is Rooney better than CR7 at United? Saha, Berbatov, Nilsteroy, Tevez could all replace Rooney in their time without missing him but without CR7 there wasn't any winger who could play without you missing CR7 in the team. His drive He won the Balond'or at United for good reason. No player in English premier league has won it since.
@@kazbj9265 you're the one who delusional. Replace rooney? 2011 man utd final ucl without ronaldo. Both are great player but your statement is stupid. Rooney play with united much longer than ronaldo, so thats why we still love him so much. Fact, he didnt pursue the glory for himself. So if you only know ronaldo part at united, then you are didnt watch most of the game.
@@kazbj9265 oh shut up lol.
Us long term fans know who makes things tick. Rooney was the engine room of that team.
@@kazbj9265 Ronaldo was exceptional but I wouldn't want 2 of him in my team. The whining would be too much and they'd hate each other.
Rooney was a REAL team player. You don't see many like him at all.
@@DirtyJamesUK thats kookoos. CR7 has no records of whinning anywhere. I dont understand how people like keep making things up
Rooney is a legend, score goals, doesn't miss, top class, equal to any great striker ❤❤❤
Rooney was so good. People outside the UK don’t give him the respect he deserves.
He’s an English player that actually warranted the hype.
Because he's a nuisance ,he hated cristiano and jealous of hime
I do. I think most of the people that watched football from 2008 on remember that Man UTD after Ronaldo left and Rooney was just the heart of everything. Even that goal against Barcelona in the final... who else but Rooney?
@@omilakindavid8672 clueless comment
Lie. Rooney it’s loved even outside the uk
As a Spanish, much respect for Rooney. A top player. I think you are wrong, we respect him all over the world.
Rooney is a good example of an early peaker. Already looking and playing like a fully grown man at 16, but winding down by 33.
Winding down at 33?? He was finished as a top level player by about 29.
I'd like to see his passport.
He was 25 when he was 16, and he's about 47 now he's 38.
He'll be the oldest man in the world when he's 75!
He didn’t look after himself though. If he had have, like Ronaldo I feel he could still be playing if he fancied it
@@Eire4irishyeah people forget this and try and rewrite history. Those last few seasons especially at United were tragic
You guys forget he played so many games as a youngster compared to others.
Wazza was definitely a great striker and a LEGEND!
Rooney was better than all of them, absolutely destroying full grown men at 16 beast
If you listen to a story by the late Kevin Campbell he was put up front with Rooney in a reserve match when Rooney was 14, he couldn’t believe the cheek that this had happened as he didn’t know much about the new kid on the block, he said he was unreal, knocking goals in and even setting Campbell up.
Campbell went back to Everton the next day and told all the lads about him😂
@@dean7652 I saw it bud was an awesome interview , bullying grown men at 14 that’s even crazier he scored 2 aswell I think he said
@@Danny_10UK yeh think it was 2, you’re right as well Campbell saying he was knocking these big blokes about.
Nuts!
Goal scorer was the question. Not all round player. Keep your focus kid
Diddier Drogba and RVP were much better players technically. Rooney was just over-hyped!
Drogba was pretty close to make him talk 😂😂
pretty Klose indeed
Rooney is a proper legend and top goal scorer. Stats don’t lie and some of his finishes are incredible.
DIDIER DROGBA WAS ONE OF THE BESTS OF ALL THE TIMES IN WORLD FOOTBALL ⚽. ❤❤❤🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮BIG UP TO HIM...
Great in big games but not a consistent goalscorer. Only scored more than 12 goals once or twice in the prem
@@adamdickinson2894 Thanks for this. Drogba's a Chelsea legend, but Rooney's clear in terms of scoring goals (and indeed a few other areas).
@@adamdickinson2894😂😂😂😂😂😂 you forgot that he took premier league golden boots. Go do your research
@@Yyyyyyyy-ep do your research yourself you fucking helmet. He won 2 Prem golden boots, outside those two seasons he never scored more than 12 goals in the Prem like I said.
@@Yyyyyyyy-ep how about you do your research you absolute helmet he won the golden boot twice and in his other seasons never got above 12 goals exactly like I said
Wayne Rooney is one of my favorite players. He was just so good at everything ... whatever he was doing on the pitch, he was doing it better than most. It was fun to watch.
a LOVELY video featuring a LOVELY man!. Brought an ever increasing smile to my face as each choice was announced.
His eyes was very loud wen he heard drogba and van persie..
The title that fits Rooney is :best all round player,'he literally could play in any posituon around the field& play well!..And there's not many players who could do the same!
Any position, really, that would be stretching it! When it comes to tackling, while he was definitely better than Paul Scholes, Rooney's was also just a smidgen better than horrendous. How could he play in every position...
@@ashaekuteku9591 Ur not thinking about this deeply enough! ..All it would have taken was a period of adjustment& then Rooney would have adapted to whatever position he was given or asked to play ' (Fergie said he could pretty much play anywhere on the field!) .And that is a rare quality!
@@ashaekuteku9591you have no idea what you’re talking about, if Rooney decided to be a defender he’d still be top half of the premier league quality. During his time he dropped back and defended with decent tackling ability and still tore it back up the pitch to be involved in the counter. He could literally play any out field position at top level. An easy to find example of his tackling was that MLS game that he chased down the opponent that was free on an open goal after an injury time corner, he closes down chance on goal, wins the ball and plays a sublime cross pitch assist.
Been a city fan for over 20 years, used to hate him. Since he retired I’ve come to appreciate and love this man for the player he was. But also his football brain and knowledge. The man just dares to speak what is on his mind. Not the “acceptable” thing to say in the media. He’s a UTD fan, but he’ll call the players primadonna’s. Played with CR7, but he’ll admit to Messi being the goat. As we citizens would say, he is different gravy. Players like him are of a dying breed. The more you realise young top players are all social media diva’s. The more you come to respect them. I’ll never forget seeing that overhead kick in semis against us. The noise in the stands. At the time I died inside. Now I realise I was witnessing history. What a player.
Haalands best season has nearly 30 more goals than Waynes best lol
Didier Drogba: The eyes, the eyes don’t lie (legend)🏆
What a pleasure it was to watch Wayne. Unbelievable talent. Thanks for some mega memories Wayne!
He had to think for a hot sec when he heard Drogba 😂
Yeah his average of 8 goals a season sure sounds frightening!
Drogba was not an amazing goalscorer. He was more clutch. He only managed to get over 20 goals in one out of nine Premier League seasons getting 0.4 goals per game as a striker.
Idk why he was thinking Rooney is def a better goal scorer
Of course he says Lineker. He's after a full time job on the bbc panel as a pundit.
Love the confidence got to respect it. Rooney was such a great player.
The only world class English man since gazza
And what did the very underrated wayne rooney won for england ? The nostalgia marchants need to stop they want to make him at the same level of ronaldinho 🥱🥱
What has anyone won with England in past 30 years that’s face it england or shite
Gerrard wasn't world class then
Cole Palmer will be better than them all
@@Wizzy678 Your comment's not as smart as you think it is. Nobody's talking about England. They're talking about just Rooney. And yes, for a few seasons he was the definition of world-class.
He flinched with Drogba 😅
I wonder why. Drogba scored more than a dozen goals in only a couple of seasons. Rooney's clearly the better goalscorer even though Drogba's of course a Chelsea legend.
Rooney is so humble and kind men with class
He wanted to say Drogba lol
Drogba was a big game player , he's nowhere near a regular scorer that Rooney was lol
He never
Drogba have more goals than Rooney man@@izzy9189
@@izzy9189 their goals per game ratio is pretty much the same. RVP was a better goalscorer as well.
Rooney overall was probably better than RVP but the question was goalscoring and RVP is way ahead.
@smartsquirrel1 and as much as older guys hate to admit it since he's playing today, Haaland's entire style is goalscoring, if Haaland isn't a better goalscorer than Rooney he should be playing in league 2, not competing for the ballon dor
Rooney gives me killer Viking vibes
I see exactly what you mean
Great player and guy. Respect to the legend
That very little smile when he heard "morata" 😂😂😂
Rooney looks old beyond his years, i can't understand Cristiano Ronaldo is older and still playing well at club and international level
Because Ronald is so selfish.....he should let young players enjoy....his ego is big ..we saw it last night
Wouldn’t say ‘well’ tho
Idk how you don't understand, its pretty obvious.
how is it hard to understand?? CR7 takes better care of himself. Rooney has had alcohol issues since his early 20s
@@georgebrady5369 Dunno bout the drink "issues", otherwise you right...
Genes/body genetics too though.... people think this doesn't matter...it does...&is also the reason the Giggs's & Rivaldos of this world can do it till 40-odd... this Combined with their dedicated body-care/management is the 🔑
ROONEY WAS EXCEPTIONAL.... SKILLS WISE AND HAD THAT TOUGHNESS I ENJOYED HIS FOOTBALL EVERYTIME I COULD WATCH HIM.... AND THEY UNDER RATE HIM IN THE PASSING DEPARTMENT
As a lifelong United fan, I'd say as a pure goalscorer, Van Nistelrooy is light years ahead of Rooney
He didn't say Nistlerooy but better striker yes but Rooney a better player
Alan shearer better than both
No he’s not light years ahead Rooneys a better player than Van Perise?
If we’re talking about old Rooney then yes but prime Wayne Rooney was a different level than RVP, people really forget how good he really was.
If we’re talking about just goals Rooney has scored more goals than RVP. RVP scored 254, and I know Rooney scored over 380
I’m so confused to why you believe RVP is light years ahead of Rooney? Did you just start watching football like 5 years ago?
@@Yes-u5x he didn’t say Van Persie mate
@@user-yb8yl6kg9x that’s what he meant though
Erling bro let's be honest 😂
Rooney was top class. There was a time when you had the "big three": Messi, Cristiano and Rooney. Back then, United was a monster, and Rooney was one of the top three players in the world. Yes, Rooney was that good. He could score with his head, he was good with both feet, he had great vision, great long distance pass, great long distance shot, sheer strength and power and very good stamina, he could tackle, score bicycle kicks, you name it. Incredibly underrated, but the best English player that my eyes have ever seen. The streets will never forget you, Wayne Mark Rooney.
From Klose onwards they are all better than him 😂
I agree
Klose scored more goals wasn’t a better footballer overall fact
Drogba made him contemplate lol
Drogba na idáán 👑🙏🏿
Gary Lineker!!! 🤣🤣
(Said while holding a BBC mic!!!)
😂😂if not he’ll get his P45
You've never seen linked play then
@@alanconvey4030 Rooney was better all round player,it’s like comparing Halland to Kane.
@@randomvideos7309did you even listen to the question?
It's funny until you discover that Lineker is a Barca legend. Man was good.
Rooney’s one of my favourite players ever and I’m a united fan, but Haaland’s only 90 goals behind him, and he’s 23…..going to end up with double the goals of Rooney
*95% of Haaland's goals are tap-ins and penalties dude, this is about the ability to score in every possible way*
@@ZelenikTchingy the question was “best goal scorer”…yeah that’s right because a tap in is only work 1 goal and a worldie is worth 2 I forgot, behave yourself
@@ZelenikTchingy scored 280 career goals at the age of 23 and you want to try as dismiss him a “just tap ins and penalties, football fans like you are honestly clueless
@@Jimboslice35 *Dude watch all Haaland goals in succession, you will be get bored and disgusted by the goals, it's all the same type of goals. This question was regarding the ABILITY TO SCORE, meaning in every possible way, not just penalties and tap-ins*
@@ZelenikTchingy “a better goal scorer” when in the world are you seeing better at scoring different kinds of goals..aw honestly I don’t know why I bother you internet balloons.
Man, this guy was too good. Humble too. Heavily underrated. No ego guy. The way he gave space to Ronaldo, Van Persie to be the main men when he himself could have been a superstar. Absolutely amazing player. No nonsense, heavily talented player.
Erling clear as a goal scorer
I don't see haaland scoring goals from halfway lines and valleys from far outside the box
@@deestarsmarmar9294cool. but he still isn’t a better goal scorer
Wtf the lad isn't even 40 yet and he looks 60 😮
It’s crazy.
alcoholism
@@JS-rm2ws didn’t think about it make sense now.
@@JS-rm2ws behave, he might have a drink now and then, he looks like that because that’s the way he looks. Unfortunately ha
@@marky8594 yeah fair. Some people looks older. Some are blessed with youthful good looks
Your passion for football really shines through in every video!
As a goal scorer, Haaland is far better than him. Not even a debate.
Yeah in like 5-10 years when he’s actually shows he has it in him to do it long term he probably will acknowledge that.
Haaland is one dimensional... Not all rounded like Rooney was.
😂
@@saidhashi2856 are u stupid? It literally says 'as a goalscorer'.
exactly. Haaland is leagues above Rooney as a finisher.
They’re all better goal scorers than him except Morata.
Torres. Drogba & even Lukaku were miles better, is this some kind of joke? 😂
Wayne Rooney wasn’t even the best goal scorer in his own team when he was playing with CR7, Tevez, RVP & Berbatov.
Funny because he’s more career goals than majority of those players, played as main striker for two seasons and had back to back seasons scoring 30+ goals 🤷🏻♂️
@@AnthonyAE86IRL
Goals to games is probably a better metric.
And context. Drogba for Ivory coast and Marseille. Torres with terrible injuries. RVP injuries and playing for a second rate Arsenal (from 07 onwards).
Ronaldo and Rooney don't belong in the same conversation as goalscorers.
@@bh629 Rooney has better goal to game ratio than Torres for both club and country, also has more goals than Drogba. Whilst also not even playing as the main striker for most of his career, there isn’t a striker in the prem who has close to the assists he has, neverMind his goals
@@AnthonyAE86IRLdrogba have more goals than Rooney man
Haaland is a better goalscorer than all of them
WAYNE ROONEY: MY GOAT 🙇✅
Rooney ageing like full fat milk 🥛
You might source him some of your TRT and he will be unrecognisable in a year 💉
@@AnthonyAE86IRL what's TRT?
Are you his lawyer you f morob@@AnthonyAE86IRL
@@cjobi6622Don't act stupid😂
@@MR12AMAZING Huh???
Reckon he was thinking "draw" for Torres ,Drogba and RVP.
Far better goalscorer than drogba
@@jhaych
Drogba far better player than Rooney
@@jhaychwell drogba scored more goals than Rooney
@@pauliyonas3576 erm no he didn't
@@bh629 not a chance
Rooney was a world class player anyone born before 1995 can remember that
He looks 60 here wtf 😢
Omg
Well he doesn’t
He obviously doesn’t
I'd say 50
Drogba and Van Persie over Rooney all day
Big fan of both but no chance either of them were as good as Rooney.
It's close. There's a 100% solid argument that Rooney was a better all-round player, but Van Persie + Drogba both better natural goal scorers (only). Based purely on goals, probably Drogba, then Van Persie....but I'd still rather have Rooney on my team. Tough one.
They all were on the top goal scorer list of the Premier League in their prime competing with eachother. Would say they’re all in the same class, same level.
@@jovna5315Drogba and van Persie have won 2 Premier League Golden Boots to Rooneys 1, with van Persie being the only one to win with 30 goals. Plus he has won it for 2 different teams, so I'd say Robin van Persie is the best of the 3 in terms of the goalscoring.
As overall players they are much more level, but as pure goal scorers I'd say:
van Persie > Drogba > Rooney.
You have to be British to think Rooney was better
Comments show how underrated and under appreciated Wazza still is! Hands down one of the most brilliant footballers to ever play the game. He could literally do everything on the pitch and do it well. He played for the team and did whatever role he was given better than anyone. He’s a striker/center forward, a winger (mostly LW) playmaker, advanced midfielder (8) and even a deep lying midfielder(6)
What other player could do that and play with passion and grit everytime?
Dude is 38 and looks 55 crazy
Let's see u lol
He's aged like milk
Alcohol abuse does that
Tf are these comments,, yall bots are getting outta hand
ROONEY the man who made me love Manchester united and football in general
Didier Drogba > All other names he mentioned
Quite a few of them have far better goal per game ratios. Halalnd is a far better goal getter ffs. That's from a utd fan.
Yes, but his conversion rate (goals/shots) is bollocks at City. They're not using him correctly whatsoever. Makes his goal tally all the more impressive, though.
Yeah purely goal scoring Haaland is definitely above Rooney.
You must be a very young United fan. Rooney was a force of nature.
Haaland goes missing in games and offers very little besides goals, and the entire system is designed to get him the ball.
Rooney CREATED for others and could win a game on his own, too.
@blacklotus5364 okay I'm sure what your point is here? The question was who's a better goalscorer? Haaland is objectively the better goalscorer. I'm very aware of Rooney was but that's irrelevant to this post mush.
@@paulearle3780 It was a pretty simple point to understand, bro.
Haaland is not a better goalscorer than Rooney. This is a classic example of recency bias. As I said, you're probably too young to remember the player that Rooney was.
Look at the variety of goals that Rooney scored. He could drop in, play as a 10, create, play with his back to goal, run from deep and play one touch. Both Manchester United and England's top goal scorer at one point.
Haaland hasn't really done much yet. 👍🏻
Better goals per game ratio means nothing when you realize that Rooney was also influencing the game as a creator, in the same side as Tevez, Ronaldo & Berbatov.
He didn't have an entire system of play set up for him to be the focal point in attack the way that Haaland does. And he still broke goalscoring records.
Rooney is the reason I love football as much as I do today; OGs will not forget the Ronaldo, Messi or Rooney days.
Lol RVP is way ahead than Rooney as a striker 💥
He shouldve said something Klose. My man won the world cup as the main striker and won stuff with bayern
Yeah and the kids in the comments snubbed Klose as well. That's juvenile crime to football
As a Chelsea fan, Rooney was such an incredibly talented all round player. Loved watching him play. World Class
I cannot believe how old rooney looks for a 38 year old. Honestly he’s the oldest 38 year old I’ve ever seen by far
Don’t forget he got hair implants..
Prime Fernando Torres was 10x better than Rooney ever has been
You’re either delusional, ignorant because you never actually witnessed Rooney or just lying
Erling haland,he was like' he is good but too early for that'😂😂
Good ol Rooney. Man, time flies.
I love the classic rooney as coach in his AF9s going, 'just get it and do this'. And the players were all like err... sorry gaffa, we ain't you 😅
Love the Roon but r.v.p was Better goalscorer/finisher Rooney was a better player but on just that attribute rvp probably shades it
One of the best to ever played the game..🙌🏿
Unlike a lot of these players that were at the very top Rooney has humility . Its refreshing to see and puts him above them all as a man .
Wow. Wayne "Wazza" Rooney show mad respect to the legendary goalscorer himself Gary Lineker.
I agreee with Rooney he was so gut so so so underrated or under talked he was the man he did everything he ran back to goal got the ball and ran all the way then to lay off Ronaldo or who ever else was coming to the box he was selfless courageous passionate power full fanatic finish and could change games he was an absolutely machine
I agree i just didnt knew who Gary Lineker was. Rooney was an absolute beast
Rooney is one of the GOATs, he was an absolute Team player and was so versatile and complete. If he never got that injury in the World Cup I think we would’ve had an English R9.
I'm from Brazil, i started following european football in the mid-2000s, and Rooney was simply one of the people responsible for me liking football so much.
At school, i pretended to be Rooney and my friend was Cristiano Ronaldo. I was a big fan of his.
The more I think about it the more Wazza is probably one of the all time greats. His United and England goalscoring records prove this as does his PL tally but more than anything else was his selflessness and determination, he’d play in goal if it meant he’d help the team. He’s one of 🐐’s
Halaand isn’t a better footballer than Rooney but definitely a better goal scorer
That straight cold face when Erling Haaland was mentioned... True Red!! 😂😂
Уххх Рунни очень изменился😮😢😢
He went with the English man in the end, clever guy 😂
Haaland is clearly a better goal scorer. Rooney is by far the superior overall player.