Euro 2004, is the only time I felt we was unbeatable

@@christophirelad9636 and yet you got beaten…

The moment where he stops trying to gain public sympathy by inviting us to pity him for becoming a multi-millionaire footballer, whose mistakes were forgiven and forgotten, who was idolised by millions and blessed in every conceivable way by all and sundry. The poor fella.

@@unclesnakehips6810 as I said, is the only time I felt we WAS... do you understand words?

The bicycle kick against City

Same man the reason I started watching football

An awesome player!

All of us ! When I be in the field, I think of him to play like him.

when rashford is on form he can be world class, last season is a great example, after the world cup he was in a different dimension. We wouldnt have came 4th without him. However Rashfords for is absolutely inconsistant. Rooney however was just always on ball. His worst seasons were the best seasons for some of the current united players. But rooney also had arguably the best team in the prem at the time the ball was just easily gifted to him so he could score. Currently every united player looks terrible by comparison and its hard to see if anyone even remotely has an passion what so ever. I think the only one is Hojlund becuase he wants to prove himself, but with players like rashford, anthony and garnacho hogging the ball and not passing to hojlund when they should it just ruins his mentality and makes him look like a bad player.

@@ashleygoggs5679 Rashford has had long enough at the club now. He just hasn't done enough on a personal level for me, regardless who's been around him. He did exactly what Pogba did, he put in a great season which got him a new contract on fantastic money. It's time he moved on and we bring some young hungry blood in, we've proved that with manoo, garnacho etc. Rashford doesn't even want to be there, you can tell by his body language, he doesn't smile and he thinks the whole worlds against him. I do agree with you though, we have alot of average players, they need moving on too. It seems every week we're discussing Rashford and how he's not performing to the levels he should be, I'd rather move on from that. I love Hojlunds attitude, we need more of that in the side

@@systemsky7921 Rashford wont go anywhere as long as united keep giving him a contract hes a united supporter. Like Stevie G. But like i said hes just really inconsistant.

You couldn’t just comment about Rooney without having a moan!😂

Rooney, Van persie, Scholes, Vidic, DeGea, we havent really had a single player that could touch guys like this in awhile. Ive got some confidence in Hojlund i really like his game. Long way to go though.

Ronaldo’s better

@@buridah328 obviously. But that doesn't change his statement in any way.

The calibre of players he was competing against was immense in comparison to today, Zidane, Ronaldinho, Henry, Scholes, Kaka, Ronaldo, Eto'o, Drogba, Shevchenko, Totti, Del piero, Beckham, Carlos, and many more.

Rooney was unlucky with injuries and he was a selfless player. If he stayed fit during tournaments and was a little more selfish and save his energy…

Rooney was inconsistent and not dedicated like Ronaldo & Messi.

😂😂 there was this little Brazilian called Ronaldo R9.. you might of Heard of

@@altonotis1975 don’t be silly 😂😂😂🤦‍♂️

@@XLscaf football existed before 27 May 1992 you know 😂😂😂

Messi, Ronaldo, Halland, Bellingham

Michael Owen

I think crouch has a better goals to hame ratio for enfland

Oh right that settles it then 😂​@@samjohnston4220

You've not heard of; Pele, Christiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi then 😂 That insane goal for Barcelona when Messi ran through the entire team virtually then sat the goalkeeper down went around him and scored he was still only 19.

@@adamknight7904 Better than all of them at 16-17-18-19

​@@eNyaaawronaldo nazario is far better as teenager than Rooney

Michael Owen was better at 19 he won ballon dor

He wasn’t underrated. He was THE star

Legendary Premiership player but never replicated that stellar teenage Euro 2004 form in subsequent tournaments. Odd and truly frustrating / annoying really...

@@beejj6190Well said.

@@seanjosephhayes Cheers, bredda!

​@@beejj6190 People forget he was recovering from bad injuries at both World Cups in 2006 and 2010 in 06 it was a groin injury and 2010 he was coming back from a fractured Metatarsal.

@@adamknight7904 - Mate, there is a context behind 'bad'. If he was that bad they wouldn't have played him. Obviously he wasn't pea,k but there was no point having an e.g. 50% Rooney on that pitch. You can conclude he just shouldn't have played given how ineffectual he was...

ok boss

Timecode for everyone who wants to see the chicken: 1:36

He finished his career as England's greatest ever scorer

@@joelthorpe4170 he scored 7 goals in euro and world cup finals.

@Abdul Raheem what because he didn’t face Brazil every time it’s not a great achievement 🙄

Dont completely disagree with u but dont agree also bellingham is 18 not 17 and he is doing very well but its a different league he plays in and standard for football now. When rooney was doing well as a youngster he was in one of the best if not the best united sides ever. Same as fabregas he had just came after an unbeatable arsenal squad. So i agree with the fact of english players often not living up to expectations and being overpriced but bellingham is nowhere near the level that rooney and fabregas were at. Its hard to compare different eras and different leagues.

@@adamloizou7530 i know what you are saying man.. time will tell when he comes back to england but i just think hes the future england captain and all sorts man.. the way he plays and handles himself i watched him over the 2 legs against rangers and very impressed fabregas is my fav player so i dont put players up that high often

@@iMertin90 he played well looked miles ahead of everyone else at dortmund without erling playing. I think if declan rice carries on the way its going for him he will inevitably be englands captain. I adored fabregas too as an arsenal fan but it hurts me to compare belling to cesc lol. But agreed he could 100% reach that level.

Watching Bellingham live the other night a think he will win everything at club level he’s to good not to , what a player 👏🏻

England have a glut of superb players at the minute. Kane, Sterling, Foden, Saka Rice, (who might be the best of all of them). Even Sancho was massively rated at Dortmund. I'm struggling to see how any of those wouldn't walk in to most first elevens at present. Rooney was still better than all of them.

He went on to become United's and (for a time) England's all time top scorer. People only think that because he dipped at only 29 (which was caused by him being overplayed).

Tell me please, what happend, why he couldnt realize his potential fully. Because of managers, placed him in many positions? or that he played under other players? like Ronaldo, Berbatov, Tevez, RvP etc? OR because he didnt care that much of his health. Im still asking myself why...

@patoma847 simple, he was overworked. Watch any interview given to any United player who played with him, and they'll tell you how hard he worked on the pitch and during training. Add to that, he also started early when most players were on the bench/reserve when they were 16.

​@patoma847 yeah I think it was a mix of things, he was never going to last at top level in the modern game past 30 due to his lifestyle choices, but he worked so hard off the ball and was so well rounded he could play in deeper positions and made sacrifices to chase back and defend to aid players like Ronaldo and Berbatov who didn't do much defensive work. That work off the ball takes a lot out of the legs.

While everything you guys have mentioned is indeed true and a factor to take into account, I think the main reason Rooney never reached his true full potential was that he was a bit unlucky in that he never got to be a long-term primary goalscorer for United. When that happened two times in 2009/10 and 2011/12 - his scoring and attacking ability were at their highest. Even after two broken metatarsals (which greatly affected his pace) he was still a predator of a striker. The reasons he never got to be the main guy up front were manifold. Sometimes other players like Ronaldo, RVP etc. were outshining him and he had to play in their shade. Few times he fell out with Sir Alex Ferguson. Other times he'd get bad long-term injuries and took a lot of time to regain match-fitness..

@P S read carefully most complete… name a player more complete?

@@MrSimonsonLifts gerrard was more complete than him tbf

@@shesbaldbutiwould In the air?

@@shesbaldbutiwould lol gerrard a complete player xD

@@sanjaydhirwan791 only thing he didnt do was dribble pretty complete tbh

Like José said EVERYONE would be interested in Rooney if he was for sale

Crouch catching strays.

totally agree, CR7 outright pushed himself to compete with Messi, I always thought Rooney had 2 main issues, he didnt take care of himself of the field, and was not selfish enough

Seriously? Get your facts straight. Was an amazing game and Portugal during all tournament was the best team unfortunately, we lost against an extremely defensive team as Greece. Talking about being robbed, try to go back to the world Cup of 1966... Google it and reply back!

Very true unfortunately. The golden generation massively underachieved. In fact I would say they were downright dysfunctional at times.

rooney was the best player on the pitch that day,zidane had 2 great moments but rooney was better overall