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Post by indianwells on Feb 14, 2011 11:15:06 GMT 1
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on Feb 14, 2011 11:27:16 GMT 1
Rooney's was a decent overhead kick, of course.
But some of the press coverage has been way OTT.
I thought Yakubu's goal for Leicester was absolute class.
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Post by El Huracán!!!! on Feb 14, 2011 11:33:47 GMT 1
I think the Rooney goal is being talked about by the press a huge amount as it really was a collectors item A Rooney goal from open play
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Post by Pilch on Feb 14, 2011 11:34:56 GMT 1
I couldn't believe Lee Dixon going on about it coming off his shin The way he was going on about it anyone would think Rooney had handled it over the line It's irrelevant really Lou macari scored a cup final winner once with his arse ;-)
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Post by Ned on Feb 14, 2011 12:07:50 GMT 1
Not even in the same league as Wright's first against Hereford.
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Post by SouthStandShrew on Feb 14, 2011 12:14:18 GMT 1
Not even in the same league as Wright's first against Hereford. Odd comment?
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Post by mrbunny on Feb 14, 2011 12:23:12 GMT 1
Not even in the same league as Wright's first against Hereford. No Rooney's was in the Prem and Wright's was league 2.
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Post by siabod on Feb 14, 2011 13:05:35 GMT 1
It took a bit of the gloss off United's first goal which I thought was class as well.
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Post by OswestrySalopian on Feb 14, 2011 13:58:44 GMT 1
Not even in the same league as Wright's first against Hereford. No, Rooney's was better. You cant acuse me of being Biased.
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Post by Feedo Gnasher on Feb 14, 2011 14:01:02 GMT 1
Don't know how you can compare an overhead kick with an outside the area curler?
Personally, great goal, but press, best goal ever at Old Trafford?
I prefered Rooney's against Newcastle, or Raul Meireles' against Wolves, and Berbatov's against Liverpool.
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Post by Slackbladder on Feb 14, 2011 14:10:20 GMT 1
Lou macari scored a cup final winner once with his arse ;-) Macari only played in one cup final winning team (1976-77) and never scored - you been on the strong cheese before bedtime again
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Post by shrewsace on Feb 14, 2011 14:26:22 GMT 1
I couldn't believe Lee Dixon going on about it coming off his shin The way he was going on about it anyone would think Rooney had handled it over the line It's irrelevant really Lou macari scored a cup final winner once with his arse ;-) Didn't see it like that, really. Dixon's comments were something like "some people are saying it came off his shin, from this angle it does look like it hits his shin, but from this other angle I think he gets some of his laces on it. Anyway, it was a great goal and it doesn't really matter" Hardly an anti United rant! The MOTD2 coverage brought a new meaning to 'overkill'. Not content with showing it from three separate angles on Saturday night's outro MOTD montage, we then sure it from every conceivable angle, in progressive freeze frame! It was like we coudn't possibly appreciate the magnificence of the goal unless it was broken down into bite sized,slow mo chunks and explained to us by a commentator. It was a superb goal, both in conception and execution, but the coverage of it has verged on The Day Today style parody.
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Post by lexo on Feb 14, 2011 15:01:25 GMT 1
it was good but not as good as trevor sinclairs for qpr
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Post by Hatfieldshrew on Feb 14, 2011 15:06:34 GMT 1
If it had been DJ Campbell for Blackpool against Wigan it may of been lucky to get a footnote in a Sunday paper. But because who it was for and by whom the worlds gone crazy.
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Post by venceremos on Feb 14, 2011 15:23:37 GMT 1
The greatness of the goal lies in its context as well as its execution. Match winning goal in a Manchester derby involving two title chasing teams, effectively ending City's hopes. Rooney, struggling for form all game and all season against Kompany, who'd been outstanding all game. Yet Rooney wins the battle in one moment and also leaves England's keeper rooted to the spot.
That's why Rooney's goal will rank above a great goal in a less significant game and why the TV and press coverage was OTT (and the multi-angled TV shots were undeniably great, as was the MOTD2 game montage set to "This Town Ain't Big Enough". It's about the drama, not just the skill of the execution. Cantona and Best would have understood ...
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Post by stainesr on Feb 14, 2011 15:31:54 GMT 1
My fave ever Rooney goal was the one he scored against Arsenal last year - he got the ball in his own area, passed it to Nani, who dribbled it along the pitch and passed it back to Rooney in Arsenal's box, then Rooney smacked it in with one touch.
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Post by Ned on Feb 14, 2011 15:42:24 GMT 1
This one is better.
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Feb 14, 2011 16:20:01 GMT 1
A great goal is what it is, at any level...
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Post by Fingers on Feb 14, 2011 16:33:15 GMT 1
Great execution - like the giggs goal v arsenal - blown out of all proportion - inside the area with no one making a challenge. Besides it should have been a free kick for a high foot.
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Post by jamo on Feb 14, 2011 19:07:33 GMT 1
It took a bit of the gloss off United's first goal which I thought was class as well. Exactly. A wonderful goal, technically brilliant and superbly executed
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Feb 14, 2011 20:15:25 GMT 1
It took a bit of the gloss off United's first goal which I thought was class as well. Class? Route one...
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Post by Feedo Gnasher on Feb 14, 2011 20:16:49 GMT 1
It took a bit of the gloss off United's first goal which I thought was class as well. Class? Route one... Thump, header, pass, goal. Nani's part in the goal was brilliant, but that was about it for me.
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Post by Optimistic Shrew on Feb 14, 2011 20:20:47 GMT 1
It'll win goal of the season without a doubt, it was better than his against Newcastle a few years ago.
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Post by siabod on Feb 14, 2011 20:24:34 GMT 1
Thump, header, pass, goal. Nani'd part in the goal was brilliant, but that was about it for me. I thought the first time pass to Nani was not bad. You say route 1, well route 1 for me is thump shot goal, as you say there were 4 stages in this but it's all about opinions. Despite your route 1 comment you also class it as brilliant by the scorer so are you agreeing or disagreeing with me.
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Feb 14, 2011 21:00:28 GMT 1
Venceramos is right - the context made it extra special.
I was in a pub where the majority , judging from the cheering when City scored, were anti United. The seconds stunned silence followed by gasps of appreciation at the Rooney goal showed how how a dramatic and brilliant football moment can transcend rivalries.
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Post by Rusholme Ruffian on Feb 14, 2011 21:52:51 GMT 1
Exactly. Its the moment thats important. The fact that it is rooney, does make it that bit worse, he is English and quite good - therefore overhyped to the max.
On twitter someone compared Rooney to Messi after that as a joke, and was amazed at the amount of people that agreed with him, not thinking it was a joke.
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Post by Feedo Gnasher on Feb 14, 2011 21:59:39 GMT 1
Yep, the occasion makes a great goal even more memorable.
The occasion really does make a goal, one of the reasons why Gerrard vs Olympiakos and Gerrard's 2nd in the FA Cup final are two of my favourite goals in recent times.
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Post by constantinople on Feb 14, 2011 22:31:02 GMT 1
The greatness of the goal lies in its context as well as its execution. Match winning goal in a Manchester derby involving two title chasing teams, effectively ending City's hopes. Rooney, struggling for form all game and all season against Kompany, who'd been outstanding all game. Yet Rooney wins the battle in one moment and also leaves England's keeper rooted to the spot. That's why Rooney's goal will rank above a great goal in a less significant game and why the TV and press coverage was OTT (and the multi-angled TV shots were undeniably great, as was the MOTD2 game montage set to "This Town Ain't Big Enough". It's about the drama, not just the skill of the execution. Cantona and Best would have understood ... Agreed completely. It's already up there with the very best in terms of technique, but as you say the context moves it above goals of similar class but lesser significance. Even City fans won't argue with that. I only feel for them that it will be wheeled out again and again before every Manchester derby until the end of time
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Post by Pilch on Feb 14, 2011 22:34:03 GMT 1
Lou macari scored a cup final winner once with his arse ;-) Macari only played in one cup final winning team (1976-77) and never scored - you been on the strong cheese before bedtime again i wasn't far out didnt even follow footy in 77 and you were not far out either was just about to go under the knife in gobowen when i posted (ankle op from an old footy injury, ouch)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2011 22:54:33 GMT 1
Lets be fair, and it hurts me to say this, but the goal, the athleticism, execution , build up, occassion, whatever, the goal was superb. A worldy i think is the current expression used by some. If it was scored by a Santos Ronaldo Pele, or Juan Spicarro in a european or world cup game, we would never hear the last of it. It was simply superb.
Almost as good as Wroes on Saturday.
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