i don' t understand all the fuss about rooney he's a promise didn't achieve anything specia to the day , i don't think the english team or man u will miss himl

nawel, FRANCE,

rooneyis a myth,united have bought tezer to win the premiershit,roonry id 90%pr 10%talk,i doubt if englaand willeverwin a cup withplayers of rooneys standard.regard yoday.

michael joseph heavey, cahersiveen/adams town, MADNESS

before the start of the season, i thought all smart money was on united. it will be interesting how they cope without rooney. they were fortunate enough, last term to suffer minimal effects due to injuries. this may turn out to be the most open season in a while.

Simosezwe Nyoni, Pretoria, South Africa

So Rooney is injured - the end of the World must now surely be nigh!

Rodney Barker, Gainsborough, England U.K.

Suffering pains is also footballer's normal job. I hope he will recover soon.

cc, shanghai, China

It's got to be the boots that are causing the problem. Yes you want them comfortable and light but if you're ploughing millions into a football club you need to ensure you're prize assets are better protected.

Martin Ballantyne, Congleton, UK

One minute everyones writing "ooh Sir Alex has bought too many strikers", "Tevez is too similar to Rooney" etc. The next theres a striker "crisis" at United as they only have 3 genuine forwards left! (not to mention another 2 or 3 who could play there if need be)... How I wish I was a reporter building fantasy from the mundane.

Nacom, Manchester,

Enjoyment of watching the Premiership is sullied by negative play be it diving, looking for free kicks (Gerrard yesterday?) or the routine willingness of players such as Carvalho to stifle attacks with blatant 'professional' fouls.

ITS RICH TO HEAR A MANC FAN HAVING A GO ABOUT DIVING,BUT NEVER MIND,IM GLAD TO READ A FORUM ABOUT UNITED AND SUPRISE SUPRISE,THE MIGHTY LIVERPOOL ARE BEING ATTACKED.WHAT ELSE DID TOM WANT READING TO DO?THEY PLAY TO THERE STRENGTH
OF FIT AND WELL DRILLED PRO'S.

STOP CRYIN,YOUVE GOT THE BEST MANAGER IN PREM HISTORY AND WE'LL DO WELL TO FINISH ABOVE YOU.
BRING IT ON ,A NEW AGE HAS ARRIVED.

mickey red eyes, merseyside,

This part of Rooney’s body may be his Achilles heel. The question is whether it is the footwear, pitch or his nutrition. An acid based diet such as the fast food he likes to eat and sugar drinks can help create an unbalance in the body causing the leaching of calcium from his bones. A Gabriel Cousens MD at the www.treeoflife.nu has worked on a personal nutrition plan; also the Ph miracle by Dr Young explains how the body can soon be depleted of calcium. This could be Rooney’s problem.

Arthur Brocklebank, Liverpool, England

Tom, the challenge was innocuous, and there was nosuggestion by anyone in the media, or by MU, that Reading or Duberry played with dirty tactics. MU are just finding that teams will set out to get a point against them, just as happened to Chelsea a lot last year when many matches were dull. That is the Premiership, with a few wealthy clubs and a lot of poorer ones.

The concern of most readers is about the boots as well as the number of matches top level professionals play. The international players have hardly had any rest at all this summer and injuries are inevitable.

Are rugby boots getting flimsier as well?

Pete, Aldershot, UK

This part of Rooney’s body may be his Achilles heel. The question is whether it is the footwear, pitch or his nutrition. An acid based diet such as the fast food he likes to eat and sugar drinks can help create an unbalance in the body causing the leaching of calcium from his bones. A Gabriel Cousens MD at the www.treeoflife.nu has worked on a personal nutrition plan; also the Ph miracle by Dr Young explains how the body can soon be depleted of calcium. This could be Rooney’s problem.

Arthur Brocklebank, Liverpool, England

The type of footwear is probably less relevant in this instance than the Reading team tactics. They went out simply to frustrate and 'out-muscle' Man Utd. Michael Duberry, no doubt chosen for his physique at least as much as for any skills, set out to stop Rooney in any way possible. And that is what he did, quite ruthlessly and with profound consequences for the player, his club and, perhaps, the national team. My respect for Reading and, particularly, Steve Coppell is greatly diminished . Hunt's childish attempt to knock the ball from van der Sar's hands, a red card for Kitson after 37 seconds - these are signs of desperation not talent and it is sad that they helped deliver a draw.

Enjoyment of watching the Premiership is sullied by negative play be it diving, looking for free kicks (Gerrard yesterday?) or the routine willingness of players such as Carvalho to stifle attacks with blatant 'professional' fouls.

Beautiful game? I think not!

Tom Read, Colchester,

It is an unwelcome start for MU,but i do believe MU's power.C.Ronald can still control the games without Roony.
On the other hand,Dong,your chance is coming.

Bai le, Shanghai, China

I'm no orthopedic expert but it's unlikely that footballers have suddenly developed weak bones in their feet (metatarsals etc..) so it must be a strong possibility that it is the footwear at fault - the 'cost' of a 6 week absence must be massive so why aren't the boot makers trying to fix this?

Jim, Hayling Island, UK

when are they going to stop wearing slippers to play football

onipee, brighton, east sussex

I question the type of footwear the modern footballer wear these days as there seem to be so many of these foot injuries...

CWW , Ipswich,

I am so sorry to hear that Rooney is injured. He is the one of the English footballers I like best even though I'm a firm supporter of Chelsea. Now I am very much worried about the team of England! Oh...
A Chinese Mother

Wu Xiaoli, Wuhan, China