[adzii_nufc]

Why all the criticism for Rooney, He's been replaced by RVP essentially and has been playing out of position most of the time for a while now. He's the 6th highest scorer overall in the Premier League and will keep climbing and realistically finish second behind Shearer at some point unless he hit's massive form and bags 100 goals from now until retirement. He is the best English striker available by far.

I'd likely have the same mindset as Rooney and see Arsenal and Chelsea as the best destinations. He'll start firing properly again when the switch comes, hopefully not abroad.

I'd love a player like Rooney right about now and I still remember the bidding war between Newcastle & Man United for him when he was 18 but realistically Freddy Shepherd was being a Moron and could have bankrupted us had he won that bidding war. I don't think Rooney would have been as good at Newcastle either. Brings back the question of how many more goals could Shearer have scored at United.