Wayne Rooney saga over already but is it really the end?

Last night I more or less slated Wayne Rooney in my post only to find out that he signed a new 5 year contract this morning, which was a huge shock to me and I'm sure it was to football fans across the globe. I am a huge Wayne Rooney fan when it comes to his ability as a footballer and I have always stuck by him when hes come under criticism, when he said he wanted to leave I felt betrayed as I am sure many Manchester United fans did but it seems that he has been swayed into seeing the light by now deciding to stay at Old Trafford.

His reasoning for signing a new deal was that he had been given the assurances he was seeking regarding the clubs ambition and was assured by Sir Alex Ferguson, David Gill and the Glazers that they would still be able compete for honours at the highest level. If this is his true reasoning behind signing the deal then fair play to Wayne but I still have my doubts, I am happy to hear that he is staying at Old Trafford because he is a key player but a part of me just thinks he is in it for the money and for all we know him signing this contract could be a way of selling him in the future so that Manchester United get the money they want and deserve if he is to be sold.

Whatever his reasoning is I will be honest and say I was more or less delighted when I heard the news, as long as he comes out and apologises to the fans like he has apparently done to Sir Alex Ferguson then we can put this saga behind us and move on to see Wayne Rooney get back to performing to the best of his ability in the colours of Manchester United and help bring success to the club I and many millions of fans around the world love.

well done Wayne, you have made the right decision

Manchester United: Life After Wayne Rooney....?

Here I am for my second post discussing something close to my heart, the club I love and adore Manchester United. Over the 19 years of my life iv seen many highs as a United fan but the other day the club hit a low that it hasn't often been subject to, a player wanting to leave one of the greatest clubs in the world as he wants to continue challenging for and winning trophies. This came as a shock to me seeing as Sir Alex Ferguson has won 35 trophies as Manchester United manager and is the most successful British football manager in history so why would the player want to leave for a reason that when you add it up doesn't really make any sense?

Well the player in question here is Wayne Rooney who up until last week was seen as a hero in the eyes of virtually all Manchester United fans including myself. It seems in my opinion hes leaving for money, reportedly he wants to earn £150,000 a week after tax, wow what a reason to leave Wayne I mean im sure £90,000 a week doesn't help you survive does it, oh wait sorry your earning more in year then most people will earn in their lives. This decision is purely out of greed and not out of ambition, I believe my claim will be proven right if he joins Manchester City and if he does I will lose all respect for the lad. Being honest I didn't think he would stay at the club for life anyway because of all the things going on in his personal life, I said to a few friends on mine since the story of his cheating coming out that if Coleen didn't take him back a move to Barcelona or Real Madrid wouldn't be far off but even when it was revealed that she did take him back, poor her, I was still thinking that eventually he would get fed up with the media in England and pack his bags for a new life with his family but this isn't the case and in my eyes what he;s done has been a huge disrespect to the club, the fans and Sir Alex. Everything about this situation is just a disgrace, the manner in which its all been conducted and broken promises from Wayne himself, Everton fans thought he would be wearing blue for the rest of his career but he broke their hearts and now he is breaking ours, now I won't be surprised by anything Rooney does and seeing as he said he wants to leave I hope I never see him in a Manchester United shirt again.

The lies he told Evertonians

Wayne has proved himself to become what he loves.... a whore! we will not forgive you

this is what awaits Rooney if he joins Manchester City, don't be anymore selfish than you have been Wayne

So now that everyone assumes Wayne Rooney will never put on a Manchester United shirt again many people wonder how Manchester United will cope following this saga and if there is life after Wayne Rooney, will they be able to move on? well I believe there is only one answer and that answer is YES! People who read this and know me may think I am being biased but I can justify by beliefs and I do try to weigh up everything before I say something and yes I honestly do feel that Manchester United can cope without Wayne Rooney, even with him our start to the season has been shakey but positives remain such as still being unbeaten in all competitions plus as everybody knows United always perform best in the second half of the season. In the past great players have left the club and have not gone on to achieve the heights they did at Old Trafford, in fact there is not one player who has achieved more success then they did whilst applying their trade at the Theatre of Dreams. An example of these players are the likes of Paul Ince, Jaap Stam, Dwight Yorke, David Beckham and more recently, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Gabriel Heinze, these players also have had conflict with Mr Ferguson and moved on but with the great man at the helm the success has still continued and will continue to do so, even after Cristiano Ronaldo moved last summer the team managed to cope last season and just missed out on the league by a point and some bad luck cost us in the Champions League. We have a good young squad with talented players such as Hernandez, Macheda, Nani, Rafael, Fabio, Welbeck, Cleverly, Evans, Smalling, Gibson etc and most of these players will turn into the next generation of success, we could use the odd addition such as Sergio Aguero who I am a huge fan of and I would love to see him strut his stuff at Old Trafford.

Overall Manchester United fans just remember that with Sir Alex Ferguson in charge we are more then ready for another challenge and we will continue to fight for honours and win them. No player is bigger than the club and we will cope with Rooney when hes gone, there is life after he leaves and there always will be because of the spirit of the club and its supporters.....

In Fergie We Trust!

England: is there hope?

This is the first blog I have written so I thought I'd start with something that many football fans in England can relate to, the national team. Its been 44 years since the triumph in 1966 and generations have gone through few highs and many lows since that historic day at Wembley which many of us in the country will not even remember. Tuesday nights lacklustre and dismal performance against Montenegro made me wonder is there any hope? we have talented players who perform to the best of their ability week in and out for their club but when it comes to pulling on the shirt of our country they crumble. I was once such an optimist, every World Cup and European Championship that's come round since 1996 iv got all my hopes up for nothing, at least the performances in Euro '96 and of France 98' were something to be fairly proud on but if we look back on recent times its disgraceful with the World Cup that just happened in South Africa being one of the all time lows in my time as an England fan. Fabio Capello was our "new Alf Ramsey" going into the tournament but based on everything i saw after that 4th minute Steven Gerrard goal against the United States up until the final whistle on Tuesday night I'm starting to wonder if hes any better than Steve McClaren. Ok that may be slightly harsh seeing as he is way above him in most peoples eyes following Capello's achievements in club football but nothing has really changed since McClarens dismal era, we still play an out of date 4-4-2 system with the wrong players in the side and until Capello changes his ways or we get a new manager, Stuart Pearce would be a great choice following his wonders with the under 21s side and would actually have no problem telling any of the money grabbing superstars where to go, who is actually going to bring in some young blood to freshen up the side and actually play them I really feel that any hope is false hope.