Rooney Back For Hammers Game
By: Wayne Farry | February 6th, 2009
He won’t start but Wayne Rooney will be on the bench for United’s EPL game against West Ham at Upton Park on Sunday. Wayne has been out since the Wigan match in January, getting injured only minutes after he scored the decisive, and only goal. It’s a boost for us, even though things are going brilliantly anyway. Seeing Rooney back will be great for the team and the fans, hopefully providing the goals that ahd been missing for a while. He starts on the bench and I could put my house on the fact that he’ll replace Tevez at some point during the game.
Strangely, although Rooney’s been out for a while, Sir Alex has said that he won’t stand in Fabio Capello’s way in picking the striker for England’s upcoming match with Spain.
Ferguson said, “I have no strong issue with that. It is a question of whether he would play or be a substitute, which is the same position as I am in.
“It is up to Fabio. I really have no strong objection to that.”
All of which I’m pretty surprised about. But he must be pretty confident about Rooney’s fitness. It also hints that Fergie and Capello have a good relationship, or perhaps I’m over-analyzing. I have a habit of doing that.
In another wee bit of news, United are believed to be front-runners for the signature of Michael Jackson circa 1982. The American singer’s displays since joining Wigan a few years back have apparently convinced Fergie he’s good enough to play for Man Utd, but United have competition in the form of nearly everyone, including Madrid. Will Jackson circa 1982’s potential arrival spell the end for United’s current Michael Jackson lookalike, Nani? Only time will tell.
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what was the purpose of the tosic signing if theyre gonna get valencia too? i mean i like valencia but has tosic already proven to be a nonstarter in the prem or what? is it just strength in depth blah blah blah?
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I can see what you mean, depth is good but if Valencia is bought and no-one sold there’ll be and incredible overabundance of wingers…
Still not sure whether I’d prefer Valencia over Nani either…
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What a wonderful job Martin O Neill is doing at Villa… I just hope he’s around when Sir Alex leaves for United to choose from and not with one of the top four here..which looks very likely with the way Chelsea and Pool are playing
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Yeah, I totally agree Mat. I couldn’t see Martin O’Neill going to Chelsea or Liverpool. He’d only go somewhere he’d get total control. He’d get that control at Utd.
I genuinely think he’s one of the best managers around today.
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