Should Be as Consistent as a Monday.....

Happy Monday people,hope your weekend was good?I actually had a twist to my normal football infested weekend. I went for a party,my cousins...wasn't bad other than me not drinking any alcohol and not knowing anybody...so I sat down like I was in the naughty corner...sipping very nice cold water and as wonderful as water is, you usually can't drink more than 2 pints,unlike beer. Usually, I tell you what I saw from different games during the weekend but my focus happens to be on just one player this weekend and that player is none other than Wayne  Rooney.

I have been told I am too harsh on Wayne  Rooney but I'll start by saying,Rooney should be placed on the same pedestal as Messi and Ronaldo not because he is as good but I do believe he is not far behind. With the exceptional talent that Madrid and Barca possess,they still look to Messi and Ronaldo to raise their game,step up to the plate and save them in their time of trouble.Rooney I would say used to possess such ability but with age,he has become inconsistent,not to mention fat and with his off and on performances,I would say Rooney is closer to being called a very good player than a great one.
 
He started his international career in euro 2004,exploding into the world as the next best thing but that has been his best tournament for his country till date. He has made headlines for being sent off more times than he has for  scoring a deciding goal or influencing the game that takes England to the next level. Now he loses the ball too easily now and leaves me wondering if this is the same Wayne Rooney that you couldn't get the ball from even if you were a member of the avengers.Rooney hasn't lost the love for the game, that and a few other reasons has kept him in the frame of being great...simply because we know he can do more than what he does now.

Great players mature with age,adding new ways to their game that makes them stand out.Earlier on in his career,he could take on a player,wasn't scared to shoot and was definitely that player to rise to the occasion and get his team out of any position. Over the years,I am sorry to say,he has become as inconsistent as money(atleast in my bank account). The one thing Rooney hasn't lost is his passion and has shown that by his ability to be happy just being on the pitch regardless of which role he plays.Which raises the question,if he was very effective and wonderful in one position,why move him around?
  
Rooney has the talent a lot of people don't. He is hardworking and one of those players that the skill comes to naturally...the belief he put in everybody was so huge that he was taken injured to Germany 2006 over Defoe,who was fit and ready... so what has changed in his game?what has made the bright and can score from anywhere player dissolve and become so inconsistent?
 
If you haven't gotten my point till now, hear me when I say you can't be very inconsistent and be called great. You can't play well every game but your bad game should still be at a level higher than ordinary....Rooney has helped and raised United a lot of times but not so much to be called a legend yet. He was scoring last season and his form was still questioned.

Anyway, United supporters will always be thankful because so far as he has given his all and put his heart and soul in the game. He will probably be remembered as a legend especially if he leaves this summer with all the rumors going around after he was left out of the Madrid game.  Rooney has more talent  than to be ordinary and inconsistent and that's why watching him fall is frustrating....I don't expect him to score like he did against Manchester City but I expect him to know he possesses the ability to at least try...
 
In more words to come..Sabi Boi