Certainly when it comes to women he’s not as careful!

I don’t disagree with you that he needs to channel his energy differently sometimes, I just believe it to be a natural development that can’t be hastened by punishing him, because it lies so deeply in him. Forcing him to think too much about it could make him loose focus on the things, he’s good at already.

And the reason I like Rooney is not so much his talent (even though it is phenomenal imo)… it’s his aggression and desire. And I don’t think, you can seperate his desire from those tackles. They may come out of frustration, but frustration comes out of desire to win and be your best, not from tiredness. Yes they may come, when he’s tired, but if he was tired and not had the desire, he wouldn’t make the tackles.

That means that you have to accept the tackles, if you accept his desire. I accept the tackles and can’t wait for him to mature his way out of making them, because it will only make him even better, as long as it doesn’t mean him losing the desire as well.

Neither he nor the team would benefit from that. It’s just a matter of him being that way, and he will mature with age. It’s a natural development. I do agree that it can be necessary to install some form of aid or discipline for some players, but Rooney is certainly not in the catagory of players needing that. He’s feisty, yes, and he does get bookings. He’s never red carded, and all though he could have had one or two for some of his tackles, it hasn’t happened. I couldn’t care less, if he receives a booking 5 times a season because of his temper.

Ferguson believes Rooney’s aggression and heart is so important to the team that he wouldn’t be without it. Of course, Ferguson can’t condone all of the tackles, because some of them endanger the health of players. It’s a fine line, but Rooney animates the rest of the team for success, and Ferguson has stated this quite a few times. This animation might lessen, if his aggression lessens. Unfortunately with the aggression comes a few bad tackels and a foul mouth, but there are certainly worse players than Rooney. I for one would be very disappointed, if Ferguson benched Rooney, and I would also be disappointed, if he didn’t bench him with the many important matches as reason. He should be kept on the field because of his desire, aggression and will to win.

Players like Ronaldo are the ones who add that extra spice, but that wouldn’t matter, if you didn’t have someone doing all the running. I’m not talking about Ronaldo and Rooney specifically, but their breed of style and attitude.

If you honestly think that 11 skillplayers will win you anything, I believe, your knowledge of the game needs an upgrade. If a team of 11 Rooney’s and 11 Ronaldo’s met, the Rooney’s would squash the Ronaldo’s, simply due to effort and heart.

But having one Ronaldo can be more lethal than having one Rooney, because there is room for a player with his qualities, when the rest of the team works as hard as the players here do.

I’m not discrediting Ronaldo, because I think he’s awesome. And I think, he played a major part in us winning the double. I’m not so sure that our game is built around him, as for instance Barcelona built their game around Ronaldinho. A lot of Ronaldo’s goals come from clever runs into and positioning in the area… simply his game intelligence. It’s not like we desperately need to give him the ball, he just often gets it due to the way he moves. Ronaldinho stayed on the left and ALWAYS received the ball out there, which is a different way of building the play around a single player.

Simply because he wouldnt be able to make Edwin like saves or make a good defensive partnership like Vida and Rio or become Evra or even Brown, a lot of people pin us winning the double on Ronaldo but the reality is without our back five Ronaldo would be just another top scorer whose team won nothing out of their season.