Thursday, September 02, 2004, 1:06 AM
The Rooney Perfection
Finally, Man Utd has landed young prodigy and hot prospect Wayne Rooney for an awesome sum of 27 million pounds. Everton fans might hate him now, but it was his decision and for that, we should respect his decision. For me, I'm feeling alright because the squad is currently having 4 top class strikers. How will Alan Smith start since Rooney and Ruud Van Nistelrooy are 'destined' to partner each other? Smith is obviously the sensation and saviour for Manchester United and I'm kinda worried for him. Maybe Fergie should start with a 4-3-3 XI; Heinze, Silvestre, Ferdinand, Neville for defence, Giggs, Keane and Scholes for midfield and Rooney, Ruud and Smith for forward. But it look kinda strange for them to start like that as Fergie would always prefer the traditional 4-4-2 or 4-4-1-1 XI. What reporters never seem to know is that how will Fergie give the players a chance to play since more and more people are joining the club. In my opinion, I would be just like Jose Mourinho, prefering to work with small squads than big ones. Gabriel Heinze might have come back from his stint at the Olympics, but will he command a first team place in the squad? Without a shadow of a doubt, Ferdinand will definetely be going back to his old position after he finish serving his ban. The big problem right now is with the midfield. Just look at the midfielders : Phil Neville, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Kleberson, Paul Scholes, Roy Keane, Darren Fletcher, Eric Djemba Djemba, Liam Miller, Quinton Fortune, and Kieran Richardson. 11 midfielders! Yeah you can say that Ronaldo, Giggs, Scholes and Keane has already command first team places but what should Fergie do with the rest? Kleberson is getting better and better each day, Liam Miller is tipped to replace Roy Keane and Darren Fletcher being hailed as the next Beckham. These players' future lies in the hands of Fergie, depending on how is he gonna handle and use them. Theres got to be a way to solve this damn problem. Anyway, got to go for a sleep.