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[Discussion] Rooney in midfield (self.reddevils)

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How are you guys liking Rooney in a more central role so far?

We know he has played there on some occasion under SAF and LvG.

Has he improved there?

Is he capable of playing there more comfortably in the future?

Would you like to see him play alongside Carrick or Schneiderlin as the holding midfielder in the future?

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[–]DelusionalThomas666Blind 6ポイント7ポイント  (4子コメント)

I'm not too impressed tbh.

He's great at pressing, tracking back and spraying those crossfield passes, but he's too careless on the ball and can get dispossessed easily at times.

We lack a player who can pass between the lines, Blind is the only one that's capable of playing passes through the middle. Carrick used to play those passes, but he's been way too safe this year.

I don't think Rooney will ever evolve into a top midfielder.

[–]MrBenLadAnder the Saviour 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

I was really impressed with Blind's passing yesterday. Even in a LB role we have relied on him a lot to pull the strings from the back. Would love to see what he could do with a world class CAM by his side in midfield.

[–]BertrandRusDave 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

IMO Blind would be a much better CM than CB. Like you said, his passing range is fantastic, only one on the team besides Carrick who has that ability to pass through an opposition's midfield and defence.

[–]fakeplasticairbag 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

He's never going to be a top anything again. He's just a decent upper mid table player no matter where he's picked and has been for two years now.

[–]BertrandRusDave 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm not too impressed tbh.

I'm glad this is a popular opinion on this sub. While Rooney is a fantastic leader, I think his playing days are almost behind him. We should either start incorporating other players into the starting line up next season or the one after that or buy a replacement.

[–]ReflectingGodMata 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think he is solid in midfield and I'm happy with him continuing there for the rest of the season. In the future however (next season)? I'd rather we went out and brought a proper CM. We have too many 'solid' players and not enough game changers and top players. I'm surprised its taken this long to put him in midfield again. He was fairly decent there last season and the only reason he moved up top is because we lacked goals, Rooney never solved that issue, possibly made it worse as he went scoreless in the last 7 matches in the season and then scored just 2 in the first 19 matches of this season.

I wonder if we do look to selling him, whether it be this summer or the next, if teams will look to him as a decent central midfield option because right now I'm not convinced he is good enough to be starting up top for a club like Everton (a team that should be pushing for top 6).

[–]njpatelAnder Herrera 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

We have Schneiderlin & Herrera, we don't need Rooney to be a midfielder (in which he does nothing of substance), I'd rather he be a good no. 10, which it looks like he's forgotten how to do.

I can't remember one cutting throughball yesterday, or any fanciness on the edge of the box to get a yard of space. i can't remember a single pass he did that was to Rashford.

Rooney is so below par right now, we'd be better off starting with Herrera in no. 10. I really, really, want to see Rooney do amazing for us again, but doing some fancy cross-field balls, and then playing 1-2 with Carrick in the centre circle, is hardly something to write home about.

[–]Takley 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

He's a solid option, but nothing special

Like, if we were competing for the title , Rooney wouldn't look out of place in that type of midfield role , but he wouldn't be one of those "watch out for him" type players

[–]drexter12 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Rooney would fit perfectly under Mourinho in a counter-attacking midfield role to be honest. No one can deny his good long range passing ability.

I think with Shaw coming back and more pace in the squad upfront now, it could be done. Right now, too often our players including Carrick and Mata are scared to make a lofted pass that takes out the opponent's defense in one sweep (especially against weaker teams).

[–]mufcirclejerk 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

He looks decent there at home versus sides with less mobile midfields. Against a side with a truly quick or technical central midfield - Barca, Arsenal, etc. - he would be found out very quickly.

It seems to suit us better because it allows our three most mobile attackers (Rashford, Lingard, Martial) to make runs, whilst giving Carrick a decent short option.

We obviously still (STILL!) need to buy central midfielders. I'm optimistic that Schneiderlin can be part of a midfield pairing in the long term, but we need someone more dynamic to play alongside him.

[–]thecricketnerdYoung 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

He's our best box to box CM at the moment, shouldn't be considered anything more than stop gap though. Same as Blind at CB.