When he was at Everton, my main criticism of him was that he was a coward on and off the ball and he showed that last night, especially when he had that chance after the Pickford/Tarkowski fúck up: he snatched at it, almost like he wanted rid of the ball. Rooney would have buried it and shown his arse to the Park End.
He'll be great when Newcastle are playing well, I think, but don't think he has that sand of character the top players have when the going's hard.