EPL: Manchester United 3-0 Liverpool

FT: Manchester United 3-0 Liverpool (Rooney 12′, Mata 40′, RvP 71′). Yaaay United beat Liverpool! 3 goals, 3 points, 3rd on the table. I couldn’t be happier today! 🙂 De Gea won Man of The Match. Well deserved! He made brilliant saves, as always. He was fantastic. David De Gea, legend in the making!

Louis van Gaal: “Today, I thought we were the better team, and we deserved to win. So, it wasn’t the same as the Southampton game – we pressed more from the front, and that was the key. It’s a process. It’s important that we win the games, because it makes the players believe in the philosophy. But, we have to improve and I’m saying that to them every week. When that’s no longer the case, I’ll be pleased. Now Aston Villa becomes our most important match. Every game in this league is difficult to win.”

Here are some photos from the match.

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Line Up & Subs:
Manchester United: De Gea, Jones, Carrick, Evans, Valencia, Fellaini, Rooney, Young, Mata, RvP, Wilson.
Subs: Falcao, Januzaj, Lindegaard, Herrera, Fletcher, McNair, Blackett.Liverpool: Jones, Johnson, Skrtel, Lovren, Henderson, Gerrard, Allen, Moreno, Coutinho, Sterling, Lallana.
Subs: K Toure, Lambert, Lucas, Mignolet, Can, Balotelli, Markovic,Ref: Martin Atkinson

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EPL: Manchester United 2-1 Stoke City

FT: Manchester United 2-1 Stoke City. (Fellaini 21’, N’Zonzi 39’, Mata 59’).
Another important 3 points! It was United’s fourth win in a row since Desember 2013. Wayne Rooney and Di Maria were out injured, but the team proved they can win the game despite the absence of the two crucial players. United led through Marouane Fellaini before Stoke’s Steven N’Zonzi equalized before half time. But Juan Mata restored the home teams lead with a free kick. The Boss Louis van Gaal was pleased with the win, but he admitted that it wasn’t their best performance.

Fellaini’s celebration.

Van Gaal: “It was not our best performance. We were not aggressive enough in the first half, we didn’t keep our position on the pitch. I was not pleased at half-time – and I told them (the players). The second half was better, we created more chances but we need to score more goals. But I’m pleased we held this result. The last few moments were not necessary, but it is always like that. We have struggled until the end in the Premier League. It is common.”

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Anyway, this victory kept United in fourth position in the Premier League table. But it’s still a long way to go. The most important thing is United can be in top 4 by the end of season. Keep up the good work, Lads!

Line Up & Subs
Manchester United:
De Gea, Valencia, Smalling, Rojo, Young, Herrera, Fellaini, Carrick, Mata, Van Persie, Wilson
Subs: Lindegaard, Blackett, McNair, Fletcher, Januzaj, Falcao, W. Keane

Stoke City:
Begovic, Bardsley, Shawcross, Wilson, Pieters, Cameron, N’Zonzi, Ireland, Bojan, Assaidi, Diouf
Subs: Butland, Muniesa, Palacios, Arnautovic, Adam, Crouch, Shenton

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EPL: Arsenal 1-2 Manchester United

Yay! United won 2-1 over Arsenal at Emirates (Giroud 95′; Gibbs OG 56′, Rooney 85′) yesterday. It’s United’s first away win under Van Gaal, and of course it’s another important win for United in the PL. De Dea won Man of The Match. Well deserved, he was so brilliant.

Van Gaal: “It was the right moment to win this game, against a top team. In the first 25 minutes, we gave the ball away too easily but, after that, you could see us coming back into it. When we keep the ball and play with confidence, we create many chances. We created at least three big ones”

Rooney: “It was a very important victory. We weathered the storm at times, especially in the first half, and then we knew we could hit them on the counter attack, we knew they were vulnerable on the break and we did that. We rode our luck at times, our goalkeeper was fantastic for us today but we hit them with two good goals. It was quite a difficult game, they had a lot of possession but we hit them on the break and that was our game plan.”

And these are some photos from the match. Loving that Rooney’s passionate celebration.

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And the most hilarious thing is Rooney’s tweet. Love how he trolls Piers Morgan, hahahahaha. Peace, Arsenal fans! 🙂

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Will Van Gaal Bring United to The Top Four?

Hey guys, long time no talk about football. My last football related post was my review on United’s CL game against Bayern Munich last season when Moyes still took in charge as United Manager. I haven’t posted anything United related since then, haha 🙂

As we know, Louis van Gaal was appointed as United manager to replace Moyes who was sacked last season for his failure at managing United. Van Gaal was known as a great manager who has succeeded at Ajax, AZ AlkMaar, Barcelona, and Bayern Munich. The Dutchman has impressed United fans much because of his CV, the fans believed he could be better than Moyes. Moreover, he did a brilliant job with the Holland team in the World Cup 2014. The fans couldn’t wait for the new season to start, to see United under Van Gaal. Anyway, United also did a great job in summer transfer, the club signed Ander Herrera and Luke Shaw in June. And Van Gaal has impressed the fans much more as United got fantastic results in pre-season games. The fans were overwhelmed.

Premier League Season 2014-2015 began. The fans were so excited for the match against Swansea City, United’s PL first game this season. And we lost, it was a bit disappointing to be honest. But we thought it was just the first game, still many games to come. But until now, we only win 4 of 11 matches. Depressing. We should have focused on PL more, since we have no CL game this season. And it hurts more because the club has spent a lot of money to sign players. After Herrera and Shaw, we also signed Marcos Rojo, Angel Di Maria, Daley Blind, and Radamel Falcao (a long season loan). We signed Di Maria from Real Madrid for fantastic fee £59,7m. And we have the most expensive squad in Premier League history. Of course the signings have been good additions for the team. Di Maria who gets the legendary United no. 7 shirt number, especially, has been so brilliant and important to the team. He and the other signings also have decent games and they bring the positive impact to the team performance. But injuries seem always to be the biggest threat for United. The injuries problem has been the endless nightmare. Okay, we can take the player injuries as an excuse. But I think it’s more complicated than that, because in some games we didn’t play well although we had the decent line up. I personally think Van Gaal needs to fit the English football more, and the players need to improve.

People start comparing Van Gaal to Moyes. They say the Dutchman isn’t any better than Moyes. I wasn’t so excited when United announced Van Gaal as the new United manager, to be honest, because I was still devastated with Moyes’ failure. All I wanted that time was Sir Alex to come back, hahaha. But between Moyes and Van Gaal, I’d prefer Van Gaal if you ask me. Van Gaal knows what he wants and what he has to do. He is strict and the players respect him a lot. We still remember how Moyes got slated by his team last season. And the most important is, Van Gaal has great confidence, and he trusts his players despite criticizing them.

United’s midfield has improved more than last season. But we are so fragile in defense. We have serious problem in defense after the departure of Rio, Vidic and Evra. Van Gaal has a selection of defenders with injury problems. But I think, the problem isn’t only in defense, but also the forward. We are lack of attacking. Rooney, who was appointed as Captain, is still very important to the team, despite his silly tackle against West Ham that made him get suspended for many games. RvP still scores, but he isn’t on his best these days. I miss the old him when he used to be our gunman. He is still important for us, though. I agree with Gary Neville that RvP needs better service from those backing him up. And Falcao, sigh, he is injured for long time, as if we signed him for his injury. The sooner he comes back, the better.

So, will Van Gaal bring United to the top four? Difficult question. But there are still many games to come, so there’s always a hope.
“We have to ensure we maintain that we are in a position that we can be in the first four positions. Of course we need to raise our level. It’s a matter of time but it’s also a matter of getting over a lot of injuries.” Said the Boss.
As the fans, nothing we can do but supporting. Hopefully the injured players recover soon, and we do hope the team improve, play their hardest with passion and confidence, and win every game. Well, I really look forward to the game against Arsenal after this boring international break.

Can United Get Through? Keep Calm and Support The Team

The only thing I could do when I knew United got Bayern in CL Draw for the quarter final was laughing. Manchester United, the worst performing big club this season would play against Bayern Munich, the world’s best team at the moment! Okay. I wasn’t confident to be honest. I’m not a pessimist but considering our performances this season, how was I suppose to be optimistic? Yeah, although we got a victory against Aston Villa before, it didn’t make me feel confident for the Bayern game. Some fans even wanted United to lose just because they wanted Moyes to get sacked. Pathetic. Well, I couldn’t care less about them. I didn’t feel confident, but no way I would make fun of my team and want my team to lose. I wasn’t confident, but I wouldn’t lose my spirit and desire to watch my team playing. I was so excited. I didn’t expect much, win or lose, whatever the result would be, all I wanted was the lads to play their best and fight till the very end on the pitch.

And… my team didn’t disappoint me! It was just a draw game, but I was so happy for their performance. I was having fever that day. The game was late in my country. I slept for about one hour before the game, and woke up at 1.30 am with a terrible headache, sacrificing my sleeping time to watch my beloved team, United. I wanted my favourite player Vidic to score so badly, and I had a feeling that he would score. I said quietly that if Vida scored, that would be my medicine, lol. With Mata cup-tied and RvP was injured, I thought Moyes would play Kagawa behind Rooney. But nope, Kagawa was on the bench. Well, I thought it wasn’t the time to moan about Moyes or the squad. I only wanted to support the team especially the lads who were playing on the pitch to do their hardest.

The first leg game was at our home Old Trafford. The support from fans was amazing. Well, it was a bit boring in the first half if you ask me. But actually we played impressive; Welbeck was very mobile, we did attacks, created some chances although Bayern held the possession. Our defense was very solid so far. And we should’ve led 1-0 if Welbeck’s goal was allowed. Sigh. And we lost our big chance again, Welbeck missed the 1 on 1 with Neuer. Gutted but could do nothing. Some fans blamed Welbeck. They said if it was Robin, he would’ve finished off that. Okay, but if there was no Welbeck, would have the chance been created? No. Welbeck had the pace. He might get pressure so he couldn’t finish it properly. So, I would give Welbeck credit for his try. In the second half, Kagawa finally came in. The fans cheered on him, hoped his experiences as an ex Dortmund player who used to play against Bayern would help. They were hoping Shinji would make some changes. AND HE DID! The team played with more determination. Yeaaah, all we need is Shinji Kagawaaa! Then, Rooney took the corner and in the 57^th minute Vida scored it! WHAT A HEADER!!! United 1-0 Bayern. I can’t describe how happy I was. I was officially the happiest one. Vida heard my whisper that I wanted him to score, hahaha 🙂 And I just loved his celebration with the team, full of passion! And the crowds were fantastic, so loud! Oh yeah, don’t forget Rooney’s passionate celebration after that Vida’s header. He doesn’t love the club, does he? 😉 It was just too beautiful to describe with words. Epic goal. Passionate Celebration. Amazing crowds. Perfect Atmosphere. I wish I was at OT that time.

In the 67^th minute, Schweinsteiger equalized for Bayern. United 1-1 Bayern. We never stopped to hope. But till the final whistle, the score still was 1-1. I could see that Moyes looked a bit disappointed with the result because yeah we could’ve won 3-1. But anyway, I was so proud of the lads, good teamwork. Vida won the Man of the Match, yeay! Vida, Shinji, and Jones had been immense. But I noted that Buttner was awesome too! Before the game, he said he felt confident and he would try to stop Robben. He watched the videos of Robben. Loved his efforts. And he succeed, he was having a good game. To be honest, I never rated him highly as a LB and I always picked Evra ahead of him. But he proved that he deserved to play in big games. I really wish him a great future ahead. Well, credit to Moyes, the lads, and the whole team. Yeah, it was only a draw game, but considering our current form this season, it was a decent performance. It shows that if we play with determination, motivation, willingness, passion and confidence, we’ll be able to give a great performance on the pitch.

And tonight, we’ll be playing the second leg game at Allianz Arena. We all know, the atmosphere there is so amazing, the fans are massive. And Bayern must play with more confidence; moreover Bayern already got one away goal in the first leg at OT, that’s absolutely an advantage for them. It’s gonna be tough, BUT NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. If we win only 1-0, we’ll already get through to semifinal. Schweinsteiger, Thiago and Martinez won’t be playing for Bayern in the second leg. Hopefully (the word “hopefully” reminds me of Moyes press conferences, sigh), we can take advantage. But that doesn’t guarantee the game will be easier. We know Bayern have many incredible players in their squad. But we are Manchester United, just believe! I’m not saying I’m confident for this game, but I try to be positive that we can make it. Rooney is back from injury, I hope he scores tonight. Nervous and excited at the same time. I don’t expect much, win or lose, whatever the result will be, all I want is the lads to play their best and fight till the very end on the pitch. SO, CAN WE GET THROUGH? KEEP CALM AND SUPPORT THE TEAM!!!

When ‘The Chosen One’ Turns Into ‘The Clueless One’

“The club stood by me. All my staff stood by me. The players stood by me. So your job now is to stand by our new manager. That is important.”

That was Sir Alex’s speech after the game against West Bromwich Albion with 5-5 draw result last season, the last game he was in charge as United manager. The crowds were in silence, paid their fully attention to the man who had brought Manchester United, their favourite football club to the greatest glory. Very touching. All the fans were crying couldn’t believe that Sir Alex was retiring. And he told the fans that Moyes was the next United manager.

Many people, include the fans, were wondering why Sir Alex chose David Moyes, that ex Everton manager to be his successor. But, despite having their own favourite candidates to be the next United manager, the fans obeyed what Sir Alex said and believed in him, that ‘The Chosen One’ would continue the tradition and the success of United. I personally thought Moyes could be the right one, he was known as a manager who was great at developing young talents, which was one of United traditions. I backed him since day one. And I know lots of fans did, even those who doubted, tried to support him. And the fans started trusting him as we won the Community Shield. And we saw the big ‘The Chosen One’ banner in United games after. And we believed that the new era of Manchester United began.

But, as the time passed, some fans lost their trust in Moyes. The fans disliked the fact that Moyes decided to bring his own staff instead of working with Sir Alex staff who literally knew the club very well. And in first months of premier league this season, we only won a few games. And it was actually not the win itself that really matters, but the performance as well. Our players played very poor, they seemed to forget how to play football, didn’t care to play better and win the games. I can say that it was only Rooney who played brilliantly.

The fans started questioning about Moyes’s tactics. Lots of his decisions were questionable. The fans often felt confused about the line-up. Moyes hadn’t found his best line-up yet. Why did he keep picking Ashley Young to start who –we all know- had bad performances this season, and left a class player like Kagawa and a great young talent like Zaha on the bench. His decision to substitute the players was confusing as well. He often made late decisions and incorrect substitutions and we ended up losing the games because of that. And even he got the line-up right, we still had to suffer with his predictable tactics. We started to hear “MoyesOut” everywhere. Plenty thought that he wasn’t the man. But there were also a lot of fans who wanted to give him time, who thought in a transition, failures were normal, it wasn’t easy to manage a big club like United. I was one of those fans. I still defended him that time. I understood the criticism towards him (I criticize him as well) but I thought saying “MoyesOut” was way too far. I mean he was already in and even if we had someone to replace him, it won’t guarantee us to play better. Besides, I didn’t want United to turn into Chelsea or City who changed their manager in short time. So yeah, I would give him chances.

But then, things get ridiculous. We keep losing and play like a small club and Moyes keeps applying his confusing and predictable tactics. The lads keep performing the very bad displays; they play with no determination, motivation and passion whatsoever. We play very poor, struggling in every game even if we play against small clubs, and we make those small clubs play like big clubs against us. In United under SAF, we would always win and didn’t tolerate a defeat, even a draw game could feel like a defeat. But, on the contrary, in United under Moyes, the defeats seem to be our friends; don’t even think about the win, we have to be very grateful if we don’t lose. Sigh… Moyes also upsets the fans by his press conferences. He says United don’t have many world class players etc. That may be true, but what’s the point of saying that in front of the press? Dear Moyes, even though United don’t have many world class players, this average squad were the champions of last season Premier League and we have won the league for 20 times. And we always hear some excuses after some loss, he keeps saying words like “unlucky”, “try”, or “hopefully”. I don’t have to mention, you know many of his press conferences also upset us. And Ladies and Gentleman, the most amazing part of this season is Moyes loves breaking records. Many small clubs hadn’t won against us for years, they win it this season. Old Trafford was always feared by our opponents, but now it seems to be the place for them to get their victory. And many other records that we held proudly for many years have been broken by Mr. Moyes, the chosen one. Brilliant!

Then the criticisms and the “MoyesOut” things are inevitable. The fans think Moyes has destroyed the tradition instead of keeping it. “The Chosen One’ turns into ‘The Clueless One’. The fans want the club to sack Moyes. Some still say that it all wasn’t Moyes fault, he doesn’t play on the pitch, and the players are the ones to blame. True that he doesn’t play on the pitch but he is the manager! He should make the players do what he wants, and make his tactics work well to the squad. And even it is the players fault, the players are the ones who play poor, it’s a manager’s job to make the ‘shit’ squad works and fix the problems in the squad, so they can improve and play better. That’s why a football club needs a manager! I think Moyes deserves the criticism. Just because the fans criticize him, doesn’t mean they don’t get behind the team. So I hate it when some so called ‘die hard’ fans call those who criticize Moyes glory hunters. That’s harsh, and how can they be glory hunters if they still support and stand by the team until now? The fans are depressed, very sad to watch their favourite team fall down this far. They criticize because they care, everyone wants the best for the team. So stop judging other fans, because calling others plastic doesn’t make you a better fan.

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I myself don’t even know what to say. I feel so depressed. I’ve tried to be positive in every match, but I always end up being disappointed. I give up. I mean I will still support Moyes as long as he’s the manager, but I couldn’t care less if he gets sacked soon. Moyes is losing the plot. I think the problem isn’t only on the pitch, but also off the pitch, the mindset of the team thoroughly. Moyes loses the dressing room, the players seem not to trust him. We know some players now easily talk to the media about how they feel and what has happened to the club. Rio Ferdinand even criticizes Moyes in front of media. Moyes hasn’t got the charisma that Sir Alex had, and he can’t motivate the players as what Sir Alex did. I feel sorry for Moyes at times to be honest. But I don’t know when he will improve. As much as the fans want him to get sacked, I think the club won’t sack him. Sir Alex also defends him, so yeah I reckon he’s still our manager for next season.

It touched the limit of the patience of United fans when we lost to 0-3 to Liverpool, our biggest rival. It hurt us to the bone. We weren’t confident at all to watch our second leg match against Olympiacos in Champions League. But then we were surprised. We win 3-0! The hattrick of RvP and the decent performance by the lads brought us the victory. We qualified. I was so happy because the game was exactly on my birthday, so it was such a beautiful birthday present for me. And next, our 2-0 victory against West Ham United with that Rooney’s fantastic goal made us believe that our team would rise again. Moyes deserved a credit for those of course, but I didn’t want to hype it. I still doubted him and was still afraid that he would tear us down after some wins. Okay, I was too negative, but that was what I really felt. And I wasn’t wrong. We lost 0-3 against City at our home, Old Trafford. And what made it worse was Moyes’s press conference after, he said “City are at the level we aspire to be”. I feel like dying.

Sir Alex used to say “City are a small club, with the small mentality”. And now Moyes says we the Almighty United aspire to the level of our Noisy Neighbour. I’m done, Mr. Moyes, you’re really getting on my nerves. Enough is enough. I’m in the limit that I can’t say anything but crying. It breaks my heart to see my beloved United suffering this much. I don’t care if we don’t win anything. But the way Moyes manages the team with the small mentality is unacceptable. I don’t care about him anymore. I don’t want to involve with those “MoyesOut or “MoyesIn” whatsoever. If he gets sacked, I won’t be sad. If he is still the manager, he has to improve much. Otherwise, he has to go! This season is enough for all his excuses. I’ve lost my trust in him. But as I said, I don’t think the club will sack him. So yeah, let us see. If he is still our manager next season, will he improve? I’ll be glad if he proves us- who don’t trust him- wrong. But I can’t see that now to be honest. We know Sir Alex is irreplaceable. But the man who deserves to be his successor is the one who can manage the team United’s way, who can bring us the confidence to face anyone with pride as we used to, WHO CAN KEEP THE TRADITION AND LEGACY OF OUR BELOVED CLUB, MANCHESTER UNITED.

I Can’t Say Goodbye To Vida

“Nemanja.. whoahhh… Nemanja.. whoahhh… He comes from Serbia… He’ll f*ckin’ murder ya!”

The chant. The chant has been sung by United fans for years. The chant for the Captain Fantastic, the solid rock, the most beautiful man to me, my favourite player, Nemanja Vidic.

The chant. The chant which was always sung by the fans with pride for the braver, the chant that always gave the warmth in my heart every time I heard it. But now, all I can do when I hear it is crying.

VIDA IS LEAVING UNITED. Yes, it was like a thunderstorm in my head when I first heard that news. My most favourite player will leave my favourite football club. I can’t describe how devastated I am. I always wanted him to retire at United.

People keep telling me that it was Vida himself who wanted to leave. That’s true. But if he were offered the new contract before, I think he wouldn’t leave. Okay, I don’t know what the actual truth regarding his decision to leave. But I could say he showed the intention of staying actually. If you remember we ever got news that Vida and Carrick had agreed to sign the extension contract, but then it was only Carrick’s contract that had been confirmed. And as a player who still wanted to play but didn’t get new contract, what did you suppose him to do? Of course he was going to move on!

I don’t blame Moyes, but my thought is, if Sir Alex were still in charge, he wouldn’t let Vida go. He used to give at least one year new deal to honour senior players (especially those who had faith to the club), although the players no longer played in their highest level. Sir Alex knew how to handle the team. And I’m pretty sure Vida would be at United for the rest of his career if Sir Alex were still our manager.

I remember Moyes once said that Vida was the best defender he ever worked with. So I wonder why he didn’t offer Vida the new contract. Because he wants to build the new United with the youths? Really? I know Vida is getting older, but he still is our best CB in my opinion, even though he isn’t playing in his highest level anymore. True that he did some fatal errors this season. But it happened to the whole team as well, to be honest. Vida is still good; he showed how solid he was in some important games this season. And if he’s fit, I think he still can play for one or two more seasons.

And you think that we can replace Vida easily? Hahaha, I don’t think so. I know Evans, Smalling and Jones are decent and young, they still can improve more for sure. But I don’t think they can replace Vida that easy, they won’t be as exceptional as Vida was on his day. And if you think we can replace Vida with the new signing if we sign a CB this summer, he should be a very talented and smart one. Yes, Vida is that good you know. His departure is such a loss to United.

Now the fans are slagging him off like every day. Their hatred towards him is doing my head in. They call him a betrayer and think he shouldn’t be added to the United legends list. You call a player who bled many times for you a betrayer?! Sigh. I know the fact that Vida signing a contract with Inter in the middle of season hurts so much. He could have waited until this season ends. But you just can’t call him a betrayer. As if the picture of him smiling while signing the contract at Inter has erased all your memories about him struggling for the club. He’s been great and kept his faith for years, and bled many times for us! HE IS OUR TRUE LEGEND!!!

Vida isn’t only an incredible defender, he is also an amazing captain. He holds the team together, leads the team to always stick no matter what. I think it’s very hard to find the new captain who has a strong charisma like him. I don’t care what you say. I will never hate him and he will still be my favourite footballer. I know I have to wish him good luck at Inter. But I still can’t say goodbye to him. I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. I love him as a player and a person. I love him more than the words I can describe…

Wayne Rooney, the Talisman!

As a Rooney admirer, I’m so happy that he is doing great this season. Despite his absences in United preseason tours, he has surprised us by giving his incredible performances from the beginning until half of season (hopefully he continues doing good until the end of season). He has become our best player by a mile. He has won Man of the Match many times, and also Player of the Month. He has proved that his role is very big on the pitch, his presences in some games can really influence the performance of the whole squad. He has become so important.

I remember how he was being phenomenal last season. The fans hated and abused him for his ‘second transfer request’. I personally thought, we the fans didn’t know what the truth was, what actually happened regarding that transfer request. But the negative reactions from the fans were inevitable. It hurts to remember how the fans hated him and abused him, slagged him off those days. I tried to understand those reactions from the fans. Rooney’s first transfer request was unacceptable for most of them, but then they forgave him, and it was very painful for them to hear about the second. I understood, because it was very painful for me too. But then, the hatred towards him had been immense and irrational. Everything he did was wrong according to the fans. They harshly abused him, a player who was literally still playing for the club. And worse, they even felt the need to abuse his wife, Coleen! That was embarrassing! Very childish and disgraceful, ridiculous.

Actually, it was getting on my nerves because the so called fans started slagging him off before he handed that second transfer request to be honest. They called him lazy and thought that he didn’t care to improve his game. They seemed to forget that he got bad injury early season. They compared him to RvP, and said Rooney was having a bad season. I can say that it was just an average season. True that it wasn’t his best season, but the statistic of his goals and assists said that it wasn’t actually as bad as what people thought.

I was so afraid if he would leave last summer. I thought, if Rooney actually didn’t mean to leave, but because of all the abuses he felt unloved and he did leave, I would be so sad. But so grateful, he didn’t! Moyes kept him.  He said “Rooney isn’t for sale.” twice on his press conferences and he meant it. Moyes trusts him much and rates him highly. And Rooney has paid that trust with his great actions. He shows how crucial he is this season so far. In some games, he played everywhere. He defended, he assisted, he scored. He played forward, controlled the midfield, and owned the pitch. He proves his doubters and haters wrong!

Now, on the contrary, those who abused him are chanting his name. I am proud I was one of few who backed him and always wanted him to stay. I know our team performances this season are so frustrating, but still, keeping him is the right thing to do. Robin is back from injury and we’ve signed Mata, but in my opinion, Rooney is still the main man at United. And the latest news I heard, Rooney has agreed to sign the new contract, I’m waiting for it to be confirmed soon.

Rooney haters shouldn’t read this, really. You will hate me for this. But yeah, I couldn’t care less, it’s my opinion. I have neither got blinded by Rooney nor considered him to be bigger than the club. It’s my honest opinion and it’s your right whether to agree or not. But love him or hate him, you can’t deny the importance of him. I know he’s past his best, but he is still tremendous. To me, Rooney is such a complete player, play-maker, exceptional! He is the talisman.He goes by the name of Wayne Rooney! I love you, Wayne.