Now, I am someone who it is very hard to impress, so it may just be a case of that, but I have always found it easier to get height and distance on a bouncing ball than I have from a dead ball. So, to me, booting the ball from a couple of yards into a half, so that it bounces centrally of a goal and bounces in, isn't an impressive skill, it's something that any professional footballer should be able to do, and given socceram's crossbar challenge, is something that lots of them can do (while they were aiming for the crossbar and falling short, it's a sign that the distance and the direction isn't that difficult).
Rooney's shot only goes in because the goalkeeper turned his back losing the flight of the ball then trips over trying to turn and find it again.
On Goals on Sunday they showed Beckham's (imo, more impressive because it was a dead ball, and on the half way line with a goal keeper who was better position to stop it) Suarez's (equally impressive because while it was closer it does go direct rather than bouncing in the 6 yard box, and had a well positioned keeper to beat), and Alonso's (probably most impressive - own half, dead ball, though did rely on Harper slipping over as he scrambled to save it). Yet, they seemed to think Rooney's was the best because he did it at 0-0 rather than at the end of a game that was already 2-0.
To be honest, I was more impressed with Toure's third goal.
Is this just another example of me not being so easily impressed by goals, or is Rooney's overrated?