[Panzo]

I think the old thread got locked but the Man. United vs. West Ham game today seemed to sum up the conclusions most people had from that thread, mainly that Tevez is the more clinical finisher while Rooney is the superior athlete (exemplified by his nonstop workrate and how quickly he chased Tevez down to stop a west ham counterattack).

Ultimately, it's pointless to say which is the better player as it really depends on what style of play one prefers (Rooney is the favorite if it's the rougher EPL style while Tevez would feature better than him in the more technical styles of play seen in Serie A and La Liga).

But both are quality young stars who play with the hunger of true champions.

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[Dr. Know]

Oh god not this again .

[Teso Dos Bichos]

I have nothing new to add.

[Naughty by Nature]

Both have not achieved anything significant on international level, i would give Tevez the over hand. If he played with a better team he would be doing extremely well.

Rooney? Well my personal opinion of him is that he is overrated by the English media like tons of other English players.

[dor02]

Originally Posted by -Fifth CharM-

Both have not achieved anything significant on international level, i would give Tevez the over hand. If he played with a better team he would be doing extremely well.

Rooney? Well my personal opinion of him is that he is overrated by the English media like tons of other English players.

I agree with those comments Tevez has played well in the second half of the season.

[United Pumps]

Originally Posted by -Fifth CharM-

Both have not achieved anything significant on international level, i would give Tevez the over hand. If he played with a better team he would be doing extremely well.

Rooney? Well my personal opinion of him is that he is overrated by the English media like tons of other English players.

wut? Rooney would quite likely have been the top scorer of Euro 2004 if he hadn't got injured (which probably would've been enough to see England through against Portugal in a match that was decided by penalties).

Rooney may be overated by the English media but he is still damn good. His performance against Milan exemplifies this.

[Naughty by Nature]

Originally Posted by United Pumps

wut? Rooney would quite likely have been the top scorer of Euro 2004 if he hadn't got injured (which probably would've been enough to see England through against Portugal in a match that was decided by penalties).

Rooney may be overated by the English media but he is still damn good. His performance against Milan exemplifies this.

That might be the case but Rooney is proppeled into messiah type of player by the media something which is not true.

You have players like, Henry, Eto'o, Ruud, Shevchenko and Villa in oneplace then you have players like Rooney, Gilardino, Adebayor, Defoe, Crouch .. 2 completely different classes.

[United Pumps]

Originally Posted by -Fifth CharM-

That might be the case but Rooney is proppeled into messiah type of player by the media something which is not true.

You have players like, Henry, Eto'o, Ruud, Shevchenko and Villa in oneplace then you have players like Rooney, Gilardino, Adebayor, Defoe, Crouch .. 2 completely different classes.

I don't really get your point here as you haven't really defined what you mean by "place" and those groupings seem to be a bit random.

Henry and Eto'o are immense - no questions asked. Scheva can't fit in with the best squad in the world. Ruud narrows a club's options and I don't know much about Villa.

Rooney is debateably up there with the best. Gilardinho is overated, Adebayor doesn't really get much media attention so I'd probably call him underated. Defoe and Crouch get battered by the media.

Clarify, please.

[Teso Dos Bichos]

Originally Posted by -Fifth CharM-

Both have not achieved anything significant on international level, i would give Tevez the over hand. If he played with a better team he would be doing extremely well.

Rooney? Well my personal opinion of him is that he is overrated by the English media like tons of other English players.

Rooney was the joint second top goal scorer in Euro 2004 (on four goals with Van Nistelrooy) and was named in the team of the tournament. During the tournament he became youngest scorer in European Championship finals history (record now held by Johan Vonlanthen). I would call that significant. He also has three times the number of goals that Tevez has, despite the latter being the more clinical finisher.

Originally Posted by dor02

I agree with those comments Tevez has played well in the second half of the season.

Tevez has played well but Rooney better. There are numerous reasons for that but if you wish to highlight the good play of Tevez you must do likewise for Rooney. Despite his poor play at the start of the season when recovering from his pre-WC injury, Rooney has had his best ever season in terms of goals/assists.

Originally Posted by -Fifth CharM-

That might be the case but Rooney is proppeled into messiah type of player by the media something which is not true.

You have players like, Henry, Eto'o, Ruud, Shevchenko and Villa in oneplace then you have players like Rooney, Gilardino, Adebayor, Defoe, Crouch .. 2 completely different classes.

I disagree and many others will do likewise. How much of Rooney have you seen and what do you consider his position to be?

[johno]

Originally Posted by -Fifth CharM-

That might be the case but Rooney is proppeled into messiah type of player by the media something which is not true.

You have players like, Henry, Eto'o, Ruud, Shevchenko and Villa in oneplace then you have players like Rooney, Gilardino, Adebayor, Defoe, Crouch .. 2 completely different classes.

LOL... Rooney in a season plagued by poor form for him has outperformed everyone on the first list. Every single, one of them. How Villa gets into that list I'm not sure. You've got proven vets on that list and then just throw Villa on. I'm a big Villa fan but he's had 2 good years. Hell, Rooney's had 3.