Rooney in form

Last season people considered Wayne Rooney's season a disappointment. Even though he did not score a hatful of goals, Rooney did provide the support for the team to excel to the heights of last season.

Rooney's condribution lead United to the Premier League and Champions League title. He also had a hand in Ronaldo's 42 goals last season. But as we all know a striker is judged on the goals he scores and his assists often go unnoticed.

The 2008/09 season started slowly for Rooney, with many doubting if we would ever see the killer instinct we saw 4 years ago against Fenerbahce. Rooney is the type of player who gets down and dirty and will do anything for the team. His game has been critisized as being too demanding for a striker. We often see him down in United's half fighting for the ball, he's all over the place.

Rooney has now scored 8 goals in the last 6 games. Everyone is praising his form which not so long ago was being critisized. With Berbatov coming into the fold, Rooney has obviously raised to a new level. With Berbatov in the team, it has allowed Rooney to roam freely behind the striker and be more of a threat.

I think the question on everybody's mind is; whether or not Rooney can be consitent throughout the season. I certainly hope he can and Rooney definitly has the mentality to do so.