The Second Best French Striker in United’s History
“What a waste of money,” ran the Mirror headline before Anthony Martial made his United début against Liverpool earlier this month. How silly that looks now. The Frenchman scored two more fine goals against Southampton in a narrow United victory at the weekend – taking his total to three, and the Reds to second place in the Premier League. If Martial was brilliant, Wayne Rooney was bad. Very bad. Very very bad. Ed & Paul discuss the contrasting fortunes of United’s strikers, review the performance against Soton and look forward to games against Ipswich Town and Sunderland.
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Took me an absoute age to work out who the best French striker was. Thought it was a Bellion joke.
Saha obvs
Prunier
My Tuesday morning walks are always more enjoyable 🙂
I just downloaded and listened whilst on a walk. Unitedrant the walker’s podcast.
U guys are fools n stupid after all Rooney have done for club and country u guys can just show little gratitude n you are all busy calling him names simply because he hasn’t scored in the league this season even though he scored in the ucl n euro qualifies talking bullshit about him you all are just haters if success n I guess you all are not successful in your field that’s why you v not serious to do or say
Don’t listen to the pod anymore then!
55min of Rooney bashing, tired snide remarks about LVG, and two guys laughing at their own jokes.
I don’t know why I bother.
To be fair, neither do we
I blooming LOVE LvG! (The rest is right).
Not sure I’ve EVER made a single snide remark about LvG. All the rest is fair enough.
Lol! Touché.
Hey…if I didn’t love the show, I wouldn’t listen at all. Cheers.
You’ve made me super self-conscious about laughing at my own jokes. It only happens because we record in separate places.
What jokes?
Paul, we love your jokes and your laugh! Please don’t change!
Don’t listen to me, man. Lol!
Honestly, you two have one of the more professional sounding shows out there. Seriously…have you heard Can They Score, lately? It’s like they cut it in a restroom. The mic levels are all over the place. One guy’s whispering, one is screaming, one sounds like Darth Vader on a bad VHS tape.
I listen to you two all the time. I don’t always agree with you, but you know your stuff.
William Kyle Morgan Ha, we’re all in trouble if twitter followers define anything…
The rantcast is amazing!
what’s the name of the song at the end?
“Sexy Boy” by Air
Paul and Ed rock.
We love the Rant cast, We do!
We love the Rant cast, We do!
We love the Rant cast, We do!
Oooh the Rant cast , we love you!
The Rant cast *clap clap clap* The Rant cast!
55 mins of Rooney bashing is exactly why I bother. Clear, well-observed, shrewdly considered opinions that express the frustration of so many fans who love the club and wish desperately that Rooney could muster his many talents to operate at even 33% of the level he showed c.2005-2011 when he was truly exceptional. He’s the biggest problem with this side now, and has been for 3 seasons, because he’s no longer good enough but too big a name to sideline, so we shoehorn him into line-ups at the expense of better options. He either accepts the Giggs/Scholes role of being a useful option and an experienced hand in the squad to use when needed or he needs to go out to pasture in LA/New York.
William Kyle Morgan: This week’s rantcast was, without a doubt, the worst episode ever. Rest assured, I was on the Internet within minutes, registering my disgust throughout the world.
Bart: Hey, I know it wasn’t great, but what right do you have to complain?
William Kyle Morgan: As a loyal listener, I feel they owe me.
Bart: What? They’ve given you thousands of hours of entertainment for free! What could they possibly owe you? If anything, you owe them!
William Kyle Morgan: Worst episode ever.
cast The yin/ yang of #MUFC podcasts.Paul’s sunny optimism clashes well with Ed’s stinging cynicism #NeverTooMuchRooney
If van Gaal treated Rooney just like any other player and not give him ‘special privileges’ for being captain, it would be best for all concerned. Starting with Rooney and keeping him on for ninety minutes, regardless of how poor he is playing, harms both the team and the player himself. If Memphis and Darmian can be taken off at half-time because of their performance there can be no justification for keeping Rooney on when he is contributing so little. It does nothing for team performance nor Rooney’s self confidence and just provides more ammo for his critics.
Bench him, make more use of the likes of Herrera, Mata, Pereira and Wilson in whatever is deemed to be the best combination and let’s see if United can build some alternative attacking options to the current Wazza plus three.
Some of these comments are unbelievable, why would have the energy to download a pod. Listen to the whole thing and then still come on here and bash the rantcasters. Guys that do this for free and take time out of their day and week to record and give us the best United pod by far.
I’ve heard plenty of other pods in my day, if I didn’t like it then I just simply stopped listening and didn’t download anymore. I suggest you bashers do the same! U don’t like then don’t listen.
Outstanding, per normal. Such a great listen!
Seeing as how Rooney picked up three hundred grand last week for doing fuck all, perhaps he could put a few quid in the tip jar.
Ed and Paul give of their time and money to produce the podcast and I doubt whether they earn as much as Rooney does. Even if their salaries were added together it still might not be as much….I think.
Bit saddened to read these comments. I heart the Rantcast and will absolutely boycott if Paul ditches the joke!!!!!
Brilliant Podcast, Best United Podcast out there in my opinion. The “Rooney Bashing” is totally acceptable at this present time, he’s provided nothing to the team this season on the pitch. I have been listening to Rantcast for about 4 years now and they still provide great United insight!
Hey guys! Loved the pod as always. Could we get the contest URLs in the description?
Thanks!
High quality Rant Cast again. Keep up the good work. Ignore the numpties.
Agree with Ed about Mata re poor against PSV at number 10, very frustrating, as clearly, he’s not best suited to the wide right position.
Regarding Martial, early days yet and I agree we can’t get carried away, but he really does look like the real deal in the making. All credit to United ref scouting Martial.
As for Rooney, I have just read a (laughable) theory on a ‘United forum’ that the captain’s armband is the reason behind his poor form; there’s none so blind as those who cannot see.