Rampant Rooney

A scoring Wayne is the Wayne we all love

Wayne Rooney has been on a blistering form. 7 goals from the last 5 games and 5 goals from his last 3 internationals, which included 2 goals each at the last two internationals. It has been a slow start for him this season, with him being criticised for being at the wrong part of the field with the defence instead of going upfront and scoring. Nevertheless, Rooney had struck a sensational rich vein of form and has consistently scored a goal each for United at every game since opening his account in the Bolton game.

With United playing at home at Old Trafford, it's almost a guarantee that they will get the victory but the question is how much would the win margin be? No prizes for guessing who will be the one to grab the first goal for United given Rooney's superb form. At the 24th minute or so, he manages to put the ball past the goalkeeper but the referee refused to award the goal citing that Rooney was adjudged to have unfairly shoved one of the defenders on the way to goal. The United players were frustrated and a series of chances that came afterwards were near misses. At half-time, it was surprisingly 0-0 although United dominated the game well.

At the 56th minute, Rooney is at an excellent position again, and with a slight twist and turn to beat the defender, puts United up at 1-0. That makes it 4 goals out of 4 games for Man United! Rooney jubilantly does his sliding celebration, reminiscing the old days when the 16 year old teenager with the blue Everton shirt scored against Arsenal and the 18 year old who scored the hat trick on his debut in the 6-2 win against Fenerbahce. Rooney is at the forefront of United's attack again when he released a ball forward in which Ronaldo floated out of nowhere with his raw pace and nips the ball past the keeper. Man Utd's 3rd goal was a quickfire. 2 minutes after Ronaldo's goal, Nani tried to cross the ball into the box. It was not a great cross but the West Brom defenders were slow to deal with it. O Shea missed the ball but Berbatov made sure that he punished West Brom with a brilliant flick into the net. Berba must have been delighted to score his first goal in the league for Man Utd. At the 90th minute, to finish off in style, Rooney unselfishly passed the ball to Nani for a simple finish. Lol, Nani wanna do his trademark somersault celebration but this time he did only half of it. Anyways, this is fantastic stuff from Rooney as highlighted by his goal and two assists. A brilliant team player all around who contributes well and West Brom couldn't contain him at all!

Looking at the other results, Boro were raped 0-5 by Chelsea at the Riverside stadium. This is madness, because Chelsea, even with playing away and with half of their squad injured, still manages to chalk up a massive result. Liverpool once again, manages to escape with a 3-2 win despite Wigan looking set to win it at 2-1. Kuyt was the unsung hero once again and from the last two games, not only did he saved Liverpool from defeat, he provided them with the 3 points! How fortunate can you get seriously! Liverpool are now on level points with Chelsea at the top of the table. Another individual worth noting in the game is Wigan's Amr Zaki. That lad is now the top scorer in the league ahead of any of the other established strikers. One of the goals he scored against Liverpool was a beautiful bicycle kick. When he was being compared to Alan Shearer by the Wigan chairman earlier this year, many were laughing and chuckling at such a comparison. Hehe, looks like Amr Zaki did proofed to be superb signing and it won't be surprising to see one of the big clubs knocking at the door for him soon.

Ohhh..and it's another impressive result from Hull City! A 1-0 win over West Ham has propelled them to THIRD place right behind Liverpool and Chelsea with a 3-point difference. This was not a freak placing a couple of years ago when Wigan was second in the league for a while. Hull had overcame clubs which are touted to be way better than them, notably the Arsenal gooners. The plucky Tigers were not drawing or even losing..they were winning. They are definitely not one of the candidates for relegation this season even if they don't win in their next 10 games. In my opinion, I think Hull are the real heroes of the League because they had managed to achieve such wonderful results without splashing the cash like the top four. It goes down to basic ethics of determination and hard work.

On the other hand, Tottenham had went from Hell to the ABYSS after losing 1-2 to their fellow relegation buddies, Stoke City and had two of their players sent off. Goshhhh, they were becoming a laughing stock in the whole of England and they were raising hell more than when Martin Jol was in charge. Here's another lol Spurs joke : Last week, Tottenham equaled the record of their worst start in the league since 1912, the year when the Titanic sank. And after yesterday's result's, they were sinking even more than the Titanic! At least in 1912, they got 3 points in their opening 8 matches. In 2008, they can't even get to 3 points for crying out loud!! All the new boys from Division 1 has gotten at least 1 win but Spurs STILL has ZERO. This is a shocking horror for a big club like Spurs. To make it worst than the abyss, Spurs lost Michael Dawson and Gareth Bale to red cards plus Corluka has a serious injury. In short, their whole defence line is nearly wiped out with Ledley King still out. Every week, the opposition crowd would chant to Ramos "You're gonna get sacked this morning!". Hehe, but the losers won't be Ramos because he'll be getting a compensation even if he does get sacked. Btw, past history of Premier League showed that fellas who strayed far away at the bottom of the table at this time of the year rarely escapes relegation. Tonight, Spur's good buddy Newcastle will be taking on Man City. Both of them will have a nice time at the table bottom if Man City grabs the victory.