Rooney Scores Five in Europe

[Doon frae Troon]

Well done Adam, Aberdeen safely through 8-0 on aggregate.

 

[c1973]

Well done Adam, Aberdeen safely through 8-0 on aggregate.

I see UEFA are investigating the first match for illegal betting patterns. Apparently their opponents have been looked at before.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

By God the opposition must have been terrible.

Signed for us from ICT and was immediately recognised as the slowest moving striker in the history of the game, also looked as though he would struggle to hit a bull's a**e with a banjo.

Couldn't be sure though as his lack of pace meant he was very rarely in a position to prove otherwise.

In case you hadn't guessed I was not impressed and young Mr Shinnie seems similarly disappointing.

 

[pbrown7582]

Well done Adam, Aberdeen safely through 8-0 on aggregate.

well it most definitely wont be wayne this season!

 

[19thagain]

By God the opposition must have been terrible.

Signed for us from ICT and was immediately recognised as the slowest moving striker in the history of the game, also looked as though he would struggle to hit a bull's a**e with a banjo.

Couldn't be sure though as his lack of pace meant he was very rarely in a position to prove otherwise.

In case you hadn't guessed I was not impressed and young Mr Shinnie seems similarly disappointing.

Mr Rooney and Mr Shinnie were extremely successful in the SPL with Inverness Caley Thistle, however not every player adapts to their new club.
Aberdeen or should I say, their super manager, has managed to make Adam a force again, as he has with our other ex ICT Irishman.
No doubt Mr Shinnie could also flourish under new management.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Mr Rooney and Mr Shinnie were extremely successful in the SPL with Inverness Caley Thistle, however not every player adapts to their new club.
Aberdeen or should I say, their super manager, has managed to make Adam a force again, as he has with our other ex ICT Irishman.
No doubt Mr Shinnie could also flourish under new management.

Or at a lower standard?

 

[Doon frae Troon]

By God the opposition must have been terrible.

Signed for us from ICT and was immediately recognised as the slowest moving striker in the history of the game, also looked as though he would struggle to hit a bull's a**e with a banjo.

Couldn't be sure though as his lack of pace meant he was very rarely in a position to prove otherwise.

In case you hadn't guessed I was not impressed and young Mr Shinnie seems similarly disappointing.

Playing at a higher level and in Europe helps.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Playing at a higher level and in Europe helps.

Adam Rooney played in the Europa Cup whilst at Birmingham City and he was still poor. If you really think that the standard of the SPL is higher than the Championship in England then you either don't follow football or you have had an early drop of the malt this morning.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Adam Rooney played in the Europa Cup whilst at Birmingham City and he was still poor. If you really think that the standard of the SPL is higher than the Championship in England then you either don't follow football or you have had an early drop of the malt this morning.

Unbelievable............Birmingham once played in Europe!

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Playing at a higher level and in Europe helps.

? The SPL is not higher than the Championship

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Unbelievable............Birmingham once played in Europe!

Check your facts. First British Club to appear in the final of a European Club Competition, Inter Cities Fairs Cup.

Also more difficult to qualify in England these days than in Scotland, will Aberdeen actually make the group stages?

I am afraid you are stuck in a time warp when Scottish clubs such as Aberdeen & Dundee United were at least a match , if not better, than their counterparts down south, never mind the Old Firm.

Those days are long, long gone.

On the OP just look up Adam Rooney's stats in England, most of the time he was struggling to get a game in League 1. If he was better than that you can be certain there would have been approaches from EPL clubs.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Mickey, I was not being desperately serious!

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Mickey, I was not being desperately serious!

Hey! We have precious little to be proud of. Have to shout about it when I can.

As they say "Some of my best friends are Scotsmen", and one in particular was a fine centre-half who never got to play for his country, probably due to the then anti-Anglo policy that the SFA could afford to implement in those days.

In the early 1960's every team in England seemed to have their share of quality players from North of the border. Dirty Bertie Auld still figures in my all time Birmingham team. Leicester City were even referred to as Leicester Thistle.

Sad how times have changed and the clubs in the EPL are "shopping" everywhere else in the world.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Hey! We have precious little to be proud of. Have to shout about it when I can.

As they say "Some of my best friends are Scotsmen", and one in particular was a fine centre-half who never got to play for his country, probably due to the then anti-Anglo policy that the SFA could afford to implement in those days.

In the early 1960's every team in England seemed to have their share of quality players from North of the border. Dirty Bertie Auld still figures in my all time Birmingham team. Leicester City were even referred to as Leicester Thistle.

Sad how times have changed and the clubs in the EPL are "shopping" everywhere else in the world.

Watched most of the Alan Hansen documentary the other night.

He said that the team with him in defense Souness in midfield and Dalgliesh up front could have been the best in the world.

He was bitter that Freguson chose McLeish and Miller in front of him for the World Cup, can't say I blame him.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

Watched most of the Alan Hansen documentary the other night.

He said that the team with him in defense Souness in midfield and Dalgliesh up front could have been the best in the world.

He was bitter that Freguson chose McLeish and Miller in front of him for the World Cup, can't say I blame him.

He was right to be bitter.

McLeish and Miller were good but Hansen was probably world class, and from my previous posts you might know that I do not use that accolade lightly.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

He was right to be bitter.

McLeish and Miller were good but Hansen was probably world class, and from my previous posts you might know that I do not use that accolade lightly.

Fully agree - Hansen is the best CB we have ever had - absolutely amazing. Scotland not picking him was a joke.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

McLeish and Miller were a great pair though, so I could see why the greatest ever manager in the world made his tough choice.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

McLeish and Miller were a great pair though, so I could see why the greatest ever manager in the world made his tough choice.

Bob Paisley was never manager of Scotland ?