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Carrick was easily Tottenham's best player last season. Their team has gone to the dogs without him. IMO he was one of the best midfielders in the league last year and I admired his ability long before he signed for us. Stats would suggest he was the best passer in the league, ahead of Alonso, never mind Jermaine Jenas. Funny you should bring up Jenas - he epitomises the term 'overrated'.
We'll see how over-rated and over-priced Carrick is when he finds his feet at United. He's been getting better every game, and he will prove people like you wrong. It's futile comparing his price tag to people like Ronaldo and Parker. Ronaldo was a one-off bargain (though similarly many said £12m was too much) and parker got out of Chelsea on the cheap to piss poor Newcastle, much like Duff. Had either gone to a rival, you would have seen a much inflated price, fact.
Drop Rooney? Nice one.
But like I n others have said we still need that Owen type player up front which would make Roons game better also.
Can't you see the problem with Rooney is what you've been banging on about?
He needs an out and out striker to play with him, not Crouch.
Rooney drops deep and gives so much more to a team than goals, alot more than Crouch does anyway.
It's not like Crouch has done any more than Rooney in two games to justify a place ahead of him. He's been equally as bad, therefore you drop Crouch and use Rooney with a better partner.
Rooney hasn't even been playing that bad for United, people just overhype because he's not scoring and Ronaldo has been stealing the limelight. He's not at his all-conquering best, but that's no reason to drop him. I'd build the team around him, and that wouldn't include Crouch. I'd use him as an impact plan B sub.
The point is that Crouch is on better form than Rooney, and Rooney does not justify his selection at the moment. Crouch has faced the same problems- he needs someone to run off him- but Crouch has been at the heart of England's few attacking chances. The chance that Crouch gave to Rooney with his flick-on is a good example.
Johnson needs a good go at the team, its a shame he got injured because I would select him ahead of half-baked strikers like Defoe any day of the week.
I know the World Cup isn't a fair example for either player, but even before then I don't think Rooney and Owen was a partnership that was going to work.