Wayne Rooney is already feeling the Sam Allardyce effect. Everton's creaky old prodigal son scored a hat trick in his first performance in front of the new boss. First impressions are very important, and Wayne Rooney clearly knows that.
Granted, Everton were playing West Ham who are terrible, but level of competition doesn't matter when you can do this:
ROONEY! FROM HIS OWN HALF! pic.twitter.com/1TwTF2ipvM
— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) November 29, 2017
Rooney's other two goals were a header rebound off a missed (by Rooney) penalty and a poach from a late run in the box, but hey, they all count the same.
ROOOONEY with the header! #EVEWHU pic.twitter.com/1qNo0EEh6l
— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) November 29, 2017
Everton finished the match 4-0, which should give them some confidence heading into December.
That should give Rooney a boost, although the December chill may cause him to become even creakier.
The win bumped Everton up to 13th, a far cry from where they expected to end up after a free-spending summer, but safely out of the relegation zone, which was what Allardyce was brought in to facilitate anyway.
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