£300k per week deal for Wayne Rooney

[Sir Bobby]

I was from BBC 606 and I posted a few times there . (i was like 14 at the time )

Same! I was 12 when I joined and I think you were supposed to be 16. I felt like such a badass

[biggeordiedave]

I joined 606 when I was 18. I'm 25 now <grim>.

[Sir Bobby]

I'm surprised you able to use the internet, old man.

[bodacious benny]

TF 28 club is where it's at

[overseasTOON]

I'm an old age poster.

[Yacob]

I joined when I was about 14 on 606, but I hardly posted, I just liked reading for some reason. T4E and zetom

[Speedo]

I joined 606 when I was 15 I think, I wrote an article about Schrodinger's Cat I think

I completely misunderstood the whole thing

[Cal]

I made my first 606 account after lurking for a while in Jan 08. Three years and a week of mostly lurking until Not606, then a year and a week there until joining this place.

[DarrasHallStalker]

<wenger>

That wasn't the point of your nit-picking though. This is what happened:

1). DarrasHallStalker said about Rooney, and I quote, "He's not even a very good player.

This is even when 94 goals/assists in 111 games really isn't that far off and still proves fine well that he's a good player and that the statement "he's not even a very good player" is ridiculous.

Statistics don't 'prove' anything, they are an inference.

Are you telling us he is worth £300k per week ?

[Micky Quim]

I'm an old age poster.

Me too

[Minty Fresh]

I joined 606 and then everyone left two days later. <grim>

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<wenger>

That wasn't the point of your nit-picking though. This is what happened:

1). DarrasHallStalker said about Rooney, and I quote, "He's not even a very good player.

This is even when 94 goals/assists in 111 games really isn't that far off and still proves fine well that he's a good player and that the statement "he's not even a very good player" is ridiculous.

Statistics don't 'prove' anything, they are an inference.

Are you telling us he is worth £300k per week ?

Money is relative in football. For Man United's brand they need Rooney, especially now that the club seems be falling apart. Based on footballing reasons is he worth that amount per week? No, but you could say the same thing for 90% footballers and their weekly wage.

[biggeordiedave]

Are film stars worth their money? DiCaprio made 'The Wolf of Wall Street' and 'The Great Gatsby' last year and made $30m .

[overseasTOON]

I joined 606 and then everyone left two days later. <grim>

Seems you never got the hint

Spoiler

Only joking.

[overseasTOON]

Are film stars worth their money? DiCaprio made 'The Wolf of Wall Street' and 'The Great Gatsby' last year and made $30m .

So he got paid a shed load of cash AND got close enough to Margot Robbie to fill a vault in a w*** bank!!!!

[Aldridge Prior]

I think anyone not from BBC 606 is a c***

I concur

Whatever happened to JoKeR?

[Goat]

<wenger>

That wasn't the point of your nit-picking though. This is what happened:

1). DarrasHallStalker said about Rooney, and I quote, "He's not even a very good player.

This is even when 94 goals/assists in 111 games really isn't that far off and still proves fine well that he's a good player and that the statement "he's not even a very good player" is ridiculous.

Statistics don't 'prove' anything, they are an inference.

Are you telling us he is worth £300k per week ?

The only thing I'm calling you out on is that you said Wayne Rooney "isn't a very good player", which is a ridiculous statement. It's debatable whether he's truly world class, and debatable whether he's worth £300k, but he is a very good player.

Any forward who can get almost a goal or assist per game in the PL is bloody good. It's really impossible to argue with that because any club in the PL would absolutely love to have a striker who can have that sort of attacking output and contribution to the team, so that definitely makes him a good player.

[Colback's Orange Tufts]

Rooney may be over-rated, but he's definitely at least a good player.

Is he worth 300k a week? No, but Man Utd have to pay it. Even in current overinflated market conditions, that's too much. But Utd are struggling to keep their best players/stay at the top, if he leaves it will be a big thing. So he's so important to them it makes sense to pay that.

[Goat]

In my view, Rooney is a top, top player. I'd probably put him in the world class bracket personally.

A Man Utd team built around him in the heart of the attack has won the Premier League 5 times, the Champions League once and been runners up in the Champions League twice. You don't achieve that sort of thing unless you're a f***ing good player. Rooney has often been the one leading the team forward and is rarely ever being carried by the team, so it just goes to show his importance in all of those achievements.

Not too long ago he even managed 27 goals and 4 assists in 32 PL apps when he was played as an outright striker. Van Persie had a similar record in the same season yet everyone w**** over him whilst claiming that Rooney isn't that good and is overrated by many.

I don't think he's worth £300k per week, but that's only because Ronaldo and Messi get paid similar amounts and they're obviously a fair bit better. However, it's more than just the footballing player to Man Utd. Rooney is a big part of their global brand and they will need to pay over the odds to tie him down now that CL football isn't a certainty for a while.

[Micky Quim]

In my view, Rooney is a top, top player. I'd probably put him in the world class bracket personally.

He's on the edge for me. Not quite breaking through but could if he sorted himself out (drinking, smoking, sniffing glue, shooting heroin, eating big-macs, licking his nan's vulva)