downendcity Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 15 minutes ago, Davefevs said: A couple of seasons back he was a pundit....and he was very good. Was it fish puns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 4 hours ago, Fordy62 said: Interesting debate on Rooney here. Re his stats for Man United, I’d love to rewind time and swap him with Ade Akinbiyi or Shaun Goater. I guarantee that they’d have got a hatful too (granted not as many). He benefited from the best service any striker in his time got. No chance would Ade have got anywhere near as many - he missed so many sitters for Leicester at that level. Shaun Goater was slightly better but neither anywhere near good enough for top 4 level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted October 15, 2020 Report Share Posted October 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Davefevs said: A couple of seasons back he was a pundit....and he was very good. Did you know a pundit originally meant a native speaker who could translate for the British military in India? You do now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 7 hours ago, Red-Robbo said: Did you know a pundit originally meant a native speaker who could translate for the British military in India? You do now.... Now it means a bland former footballer who communicates only with tired cliches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenGem7 Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 Worth noting that Rooney has no coaching badges and a potential barrier to him achieving them may be his rumored reading age. It is well known he failed to pass any GCSE's and attempted to retake Maths and English at Man Utd with the help of an expensive tutor, only to fail again. I want to make clear this isn't intended in any way to mock the guy, he has achieved far more than many of us ever will, but you have to wonder about his ability to be a full time Championship club manager given these facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, HiddenGem7 said: Worth noting that Rooney has no coaching badges and a potential barrier to him achieving them may be his rumored reading age. It is well known he failed to pass any GCSE's and attempted to retake Maths and English at Man Utd with the help of an expensive tutor, only to fail again. I want to make clear this isn't intended in any way to mock the guy, he has achieved far more than many of us ever will, but you have to wonder about his ability to be a full time Championship club manager given these facts. Why would he take GCSEs at Man.Utd ? Seems strange as he had a life changing salary and a future as a millionaire footballer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenGem7 Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, bcfc01 said: Why would he take GCSEs at Man.Utd ? Seems strange as he had a life changing salary and a future as a millionaire footballer. Maybe he wanted to for his own personal reasons? The story is easily searchable, he said it in an interview with a journalist in 2007 that he was being tutored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 4 hours ago, HiddenGem7 said: Worth noting that Rooney has no coaching badges and a potential barrier to him achieving them may be his rumored reading age. It is well known he failed to pass any GCSE's and attempted to retake Maths and English at Man Utd with the help of an expensive tutor, only to fail again. I want to make clear this isn't intended in any way to mock the guy, he has achieved far more than many of us ever will, but you have to wonder about his ability to be a full time Championship club manager given these facts. Mel Morris says that having been through an academy he also owns, Rooney has 7 GCSEs, 2 A Levels., a degree in Economics and passed all his coaching badges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 5 hours ago, downendcity said: Mel Morris says that having been through an academy he also owns, Rooney has 7 GCSEs, 2 A Levels., a degree in Economics and passed all his coaching badges. Is that the City Of Derby Academy (Prop. Morris M) that was formerly the Derby City Academy that was owned by Mel Morris? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted October 16, 2020 Report Share Posted October 16, 2020 11 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: Is that the City Of Derby Academy (Prop. Morris M) that was formerly the Derby City Academy that was owned by Mel Morris? Not sure, but the invigilator for Roogney's exams was the chap that valued Pride Park! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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