Comments on: Man United 2-1 Arsenal: Did Wayne Rooney Dive?

By: Gooner Wenger

Gooner Wenger — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:14:38 +0000

Come guys lets vote Rooney as a diver on this site. I am outraged, he dived against Aston Villa too..

By: Gunz

Gunz — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:57:29 +0000

Rooney is a diver! Does it alot and gets away with it. Technically, a good player but has little respect for playing the game in a more fair manner. I’ve looked at alot of replays of penalties awarded for Wayne and they all look well dodgy.

By: Bradley lloydeplt

Bradley lloydeplt — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:13:20 +0000

Eduardo is not a diver but rooney is i am a arsenal fan but my friend is mun u fan and he think the same

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:14:54 +0000

I disagree. I can see why some people may think he engineered the penalty but I will explain what happened. Rooney is sprinting for the through ball and at the same time Almunia is sprinting to intercept (god knows why). Rooney just about gets to the ball first but in doing so he is stretching for the ball. This causes him to appear to start falling but Almunia takes Rooney out no question. So in conclusion it is definitely a penalty and by no means a dive. Almunia had no reason to come for the ball in the first place so it was his error of judgement that caused the penalty. I am a Liverpool fan by the way so I am looking at this from a neutral perspective.

By: KaE

KaE — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:18:03 +0000

did anyone still remember the game between man u vs newcatle united? when sir bobby robson was still in charge and shearer was still with the team……..the situation is almost the same with shearer running for the ball and the keeper(forgot who was it) came out and and clawed on shearer’s foot. it was a clear penalty but the referee awarded free kick to man u. actually i do agree with wenger when he said referee tend to refereeing in old traffordish way when man u played at home ground.

By: KaE

KaE — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:08:00 +0000

Rooney did dive. i agree with the author that rooney begins to fall forward before almunia make contact with him. but i do believe even though he din dive, that was suppose to be a penalty. if eduardo was banned for 2 games for diving, it should happen to rooney too coz he really intend too dive. 2 games exchange with a comback win against arsenal….it’s worth it.

By: Rumy

Rumy — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:20:19 +0000

Ban Rooney from soccer because of this dive and put him back in boxing ring!

By: jordan dean

jordan dean — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:52:59 +0000

wayne rooney was on the way down and was lucky that almunia made contact. If more technology was brought in rooney would have been banned and then football would have been completely fucked up as alex ferguson would have influenced the FA to uphold the ban as it was player.
Eduardo was only made an example because he is a foreigner, if the eduardo sitiuation didn’t happen rooney’s blatant dive would not have been made an example of because he is english.

By: Angryjohn

Angryjohn — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:11:43 +0000

Sorry Tanner, he’s dived twice to cost Arsenal. Once the other night and once to end the unbroken run a few years ago. The Roonster is certainly not “too honest to dive”

By: SherZ

SherZ — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:14:03 +0000

& for the obstruction thingy, try that in the penalty box. It will only be an indirect free kick when it is outside your penalty box, before asking others to learn about manners ask yourselve about commonsense because its your niaveness that trigger others anger…