Wayne Rooney looked like someone who had not been training properly during a shocking cameo display in Manchester United's 3-0 defeat at Newcastle three days ago.
Perhaps that isn't too surprising. Last weekend Rooney was dropped by Sir Alex Ferguson after a dinner he and Coleen had with teammates Jonny Evans and Darron Gibson and their wives. It is alleged the trio did not train very well the following morning and apart from being dropped against Blackburn, the players were also fined a week's wages, in Rooney's case £180,000. Expensive dinner.
He returned against Newcastle and was substituted after 75 minutes of near anonymity. Rooney's body language, demeanor and the poverty of his all-round performance made his display probably his worst in a United shirt. Unusually, he even looked unhappy.