Rooney suspended for derby

• sand king

  3 Feb 08, 17:36

  Rooney suspended for derby

  Wayne Rooney will sit out the Manchester derby next Sunday after picking up his fifth yellow card of the season at Tottenham.

  The United striker was cautioned in the second half of Saturday's 1-1 draw for an ill-advised dive in the box under a challenge from Michael Dawson.

  He was one of 10 players who went into referee Mark Clattenburg's notebook in a lively game, in which Carlos Tevez rescued a point for the Reds with a last-gasp equaliser.

  United boss Sir Alex Ferguson had no qualms about Rooney's booking but claimed Clattenburg should have dismissed Spurs midfielder Tom Huddlestone for a similar incident.

  "If the referee deems Rooney has dived, then he's right to book him," Ferguson told MUTV.

  "But a few minutes later Huddlestone dived. He had already been booked but the referee did nothing about it. So you've got to say, is that fair?" 

  Rooney will be joined in the stands next Sunday by mercurial City midfielder Elano, who also received his fifth booking of the campaign in the Blues' 3-1 home defeat by Arsenal.

   

  

  Rooney's five bookings

  23/09/07 United 2-0 Chelsea
  06/10/07 United 4-0 Wigan
  23/12/07 United 2-1 Everton
  12/01/08 United 6-0 Newcastle
  02/02/08 Tottenham 1-1 United

  Rooney's yellow card against Spurs was the first time he has been booked away from home this season.

• scorchio

  3 Feb 08, 20:47

  the yellow card is the emperor's edict. Rooney is kneeling down to receive it

• palachan

  3 Feb 08, 23:27

   

  I tok he was praying to god for CNY luck!

• Keii

  3 Feb 08, 23:30

  I think he needs this 'time off' to gather himself together. He hasn't been performing up to standards imo.

• Dead_Man_Inc

  4 Feb 08, 10:59

  so we only got tevez available for striker

   for the man city match?

• soccerbest

  4 Feb 08, 19:23

  Originally posted by Dead_Man_Inc:

  so we only got tevez available for striker

   for the man city match?

   

  hey still got Dong.

• omgukilledkenny

  4 Feb 08, 19:41

  i think Evra's suspended too.

• omgukilledkenny

  4 Feb 08, 19:42

  Originally posted by Dead_Man_Inc:

  so we only got tevez available for striker

   for the man city match?

  Guess it'll be Ronaldo/Giggs and Tevez up front.

  Damn, never liked Ronny playing as a striker.

• a-Lost-9uY

  4 Feb 08, 19:47

  Originally posted by soccerbest:

   

  hey still got Dong.

  n tat new Angola striker who is on-loan to another club

• soccerbest

  4 Feb 08, 22:42

  Any idea if Saha is back though?

   

  that poor bloke just cannot stay away from injuries.

• Dead_Man_Inc

  5 Feb 08, 02:09

  anderson playing as rooney's role? anyone?

• sand king

  5 Feb 08, 07:18

  Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:

  Guess it'll be Ronaldo/Giggs and Tevez up front.

  Damn, never liked Ronny playing as a striker.

  I hope they play someone els besides giggs or ron as striker...

  me 2 i never liked him away from his usual role.

• Sienx

  5 Feb 08, 23:24

  i hope anderson does play the role of of rooney maybe saha may be back LOLS.....but anderson did veri well during tot and portsmouth nani is still too selfish anyhow fire 1