Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
Since the date Welbeck signed he has scored two chances and missed one by a whisker. From the same date Rooney has scored a tap-in and missed two (maybe three) sitters. Rooney's finishing and overall play has been woeful. Welbeck has looked sharp and has put himself about well. Rooney has been given a free ride by the media, some hacks have even come out waving Rooney flags, a few fools gave him MOTM after his shitty England non-performance. RvC has looked clueless and is off form. Falcao is acknowledged as a deadly finisher, but he's missed his one chance so far.

In conclusion, Welbeck is the guy who can't finish.
I've never thought Rooney was a great finisher, he scores some great goals and the rest of his play is (or use to be) very good in terms of work rate, creativity etc but his finishing was never top notch.

He's had the odd season where he's scored quite a few but I don't think finishing is what his game is about. Maybe it's not Wellbecks either to be fair, but sadly we needed a finisher.

Wellbeck also hadn't scored for England for a year before those goals, 2 goals in a year of International football isn't a great return.