Wayne Rooney: The Moments That Made Them
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What were Wayne Rooney's early moments at Everton?
Hello and welcome to The Rest Is Football with Micah Richards, Alan Shearer and me, Gary Lineker, on this episode of the Premier League Greats, the moments that made them. We're focusing on absolutely one of the greats, someone that you may have played against, you've definitely played against. Micah, we know you played against him and got fairly close to him on occasions. It is the legendary Wayne Rooney. Oh! But we've also all worked with. Not on the field, but off the field.
Come on, let's stop all the nonsense. Was he better than you or not? At what? At scoring goals.
No. No? No, he was better than me at everything else, though. Oh, okay. Okay. Yeah. Natural talent was, like, ridiculous. When we saw him come in and score that goal at Everton Arsenal, wasn't it? That was the start of something incredibly special.
Funnily enough, that will be one of the moments. We'll come to that shortly. But I think you made the point, though, very well, that it was more than just a goal scorer, wasn't it? That's the thing about Wayne. He could do all of it, couldn't he? He was creative. He could pass. He could tackle. He was hard, though. He was strong.
He was brilliant at everything, actually. I know I joked about... being a better goal scorer, but his goal scoring, all types of goals, all of them, tap-ins, 30-yarders, headers, you said strong as they come
the best for me i think he could be the best player england have ever produced i think he's definitely got to be in that argument let's have that argument yeah now okay but it's different eras yeah of course and it's really difficult talking about different eras because things change a lot we were just having a little chat weren't we before about you know the the warm-up now what is it the pre-activation yes and that's the warm-up before the woman and it's an
where you get your stretches, your groin.
But even the way, and that would have changed even since Wayne played, probably. He would probably have been through some of that change. But you've got these beautiful gyms, ice baths, massive areas. We're in a loft here. It's fairly big, actually. It's about... probably three times as big as a dressing room in our day. You'd squeeze in there and you go play on boggy pitches and stuff. So different players from different generations. I would definitely throw in Bobby Charlton and Jimmy Greaves.
Gazza?
Tom Affini. People like that you'd have to recognize. But it's really hard unless you've seen them play a lot to make that judgment. But Gazza, Gazza in terms of ability, yes. Yeah. But in terms of career, not quite. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Gazza is a self-destruct button. Although you could say Wayne Rooney's got a little bit of Gazza in him, hasn't he? Bit of a maverick. But he'd have to be up there, wouldn't he?
Well, yeah, he scored on my debut and I thought I'd get some footage ready, just in case. This is not one of the moments... No, it's not, but I just want to do it because... Sorry, Rooney scored on your debut? No, hold on. Yes, Rooney scored on my debut for England. All right, OK. I was 18. I was fast, I was strong. Let me get it here for you. What year was this? This would have been 2006. Analysis.
How did Wayne Rooney's playing style impact his career?
Look at the run here to open up the gap for Joe Cole. I didn't get the assist on this one. All you did was make a run to open up space for Joe Cole. Yes, basically. That'd be what I was talking about.
for that for three hours on the train. Hang on a minute.
How important the space is. You know, when we talk about space, it's a pocket of space overlapping, creating this Wembley. Was it Wembley? No, this was away. Ah. Never debut away. Okay. Hmm. We've got a draw there. I was up against Robham.
Absolutely smashed into pieces. On this week's episode of Premier League Great Stamets and Made Them, we've got my team.
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Basically, Rooney owes his entire career to you. Basically, yeah. If you want to look for that space, you want to score. Yeah, my point entirely. Let's start with the first moment, which has to be one thing. You've already mentioned it right at the top. That remarkable goal when he announced himself.
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