rooney v van persie

Sneijder would have been more useful back then when the CMs were more influential and if I remember correctly, United's wingers were not particularly quick. Veron would thrive under the tippy tappy culture of present as that is not massively difficult to do.

Has Veron retired yet?

Not decent enough to warrant such outlay but he did get a few goals in Europe.

comment by Arab of Manćhester (U11781)

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Has Veron retired yet?
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Still at Estudiantes last I heard

£30m. That must surely be Ferguson's worst signing in terms of value for money.

Almost certainly, and probably the reason he was hesitant over Sneijder. If papers can be believed anyway.

Very nice selection of stats there. How about these:

Rooney penalty goals - 5
Van Persie penalty goals - 1

Rooney assists - 4
Van Persie assists - 9

Rooney chances created/game - 1.6
Van Persie chances created/game - 2.3

Rooney throughballs/game - 0.2
Van Persie throughballs/game - 0.4

It's easy to pick and choose stats to show what you want. Rooney plays deeper as more of a second forward, hence the greater pass numbers and accuracy. Van Persie plays higher up as a single CF, yet he's still got an excellent record for creating chances (9th best in the league) and playing defence-splitting passes (joint 4th best in league), while maintaining an excellent goal record, the vast majority of which are from open play.

In fact he's the only player in the league who's into double figures for goals while averaging 2+ chances created per game, most players specialise in either one or the other. (Bale though has a very respectable 9 goals, 2.5 chances created/game, and 8 assists)

Source:
http://www.whoscored.com/Regions/252/Tournaments/2/Seasons/2935/Stages/5476/PlayerStatistics/England-Premier-League-2011-2012

So to counter his cherry picking of stats you cherry picked your own? I love 606.

thats the point he was making

So to counter his cherry picking of stats you cherry picked your own? I love 606.
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I wasn't cherry picking, merely going into greater depth with the stats that were already posted in the article (which were far too vague to mean anything).

Furthermore the poster used his very limited selection of stats to come to the sweeping conclusion that one player is better than another, I on the other hand't wasn't trying to conclude anything other than the stats don't do Van Persie justice.