John Rooney going to Guiseley

Some confusion over whether the trigger would be a second year on what's he's on or an improved contract. Either way it sounded like he'd have to take. Apart cut to stay.

Seems like Keates thinks it's not VFM. A shame but that's football I guess.

It's all rumour and innuendo at the moment. It makes sense with his contract, if Wrexham want him to take a cut and Rooney refuses, to send him out on loan and then release him in the summer.

If this is true then that says a lot about the man himself. I actually rated Rooney when he was here, sure he was one of the most frustrating Chester players I can remember but he could change a game. Did I blame him for going to Wrexham? Lets be honest, for purely footballing reasons I could understand it - we'd lost Hannah and Heneghan and appointed a rookie manager and the smart money would have been on us in a relegation battle. It was the manner of his exit that was the issue for me - pouring his heart out in the press saying he loved it here and would sign a new deal and then as soon as the Goats wafted a few quid extra at him he went back on his word and snakes like that soon earn themselves a reputation. Not to mention his lack of respect in the interview afterwards, no word of thanks for Chester for picking him off the football scrapheap and paying his wages for 3 years.....he'd rather gush about what a massive club the Goats are and how they will always be at the right end of the table etc.

Fast forward to today, and Keates seems to have got them going in the right direction again and generating a bit of spirit down there, but the snake would rather go and play in front of a few hundred at a ramshackle ground. What baffles me is the money his brother earns....if my sister earnt 250k a week then I'm sure she wouldn't see me short, so moving about from club to club in search of an extra hundred quid here and there seems a bit odd to me.

I trust it's Rooney who's the Berk and not me - I was just trying to predict his statement

It does mean he'll be coming here again later this season, if it's true.

In a way you can't blame him for chasing the money. He's never going to make it as a football league standard player and although he's still only young it's a very short career and I'm sure he has a young family to support.
How many of us would be happy to take a pay cut in our jobs?

So we have, forgot about the home win.

I don't think Keates means he want's to sign Rooney on an improved contract. I think Keates means 'either take it or leave it'

No problems mate

Stats don't tell the full story though. He seems to go through purple patches that distort it somewhat. Last season he was a passenger for 3/4 of the season but had a flurry of goals and assists at the end of the year. I rate him but don't think he's as good a player as the stats suggest.

It was the way JR left, and his comments at the time that showed a complete lack of class. A fans owned club that had paid his wages for nearly 3 years. Very poor indeed. 

However, the stats tell us he was a good player for us. Better than most we have now. Like it or not. 

As soon as Macca took over and played him in a more suitable position he started scoring again, and played better. Look at the difference in most of last season's players under Burr, and the way they've performed under Macca. Who's to say JR wouldn't have blossomed here this season?

Don't blame a player (employee) for moving to another place of work for double (?) the wages and a longer contract. Most of us probably would too. You don't know what bull Mills gave him at the time. Good to see he's left Wrexham, though.

sounds like he's played his last game for the club