Rooney

[Blue83]

Bottom of the table with the worst defence and 2nd worst attack in the Championship, surely sacked by the weekend ?

 

[allen]

Bottom of the table with the worst defence and 2nd worst attack in the Championship, surely sacked by the weekend ?

Sacked and the end of his managerial career, you'd imagine.

 

[PhilM]

Sacked and the end of his managerial career, you'd imagine. hope

I don't dislike Rooney or have any ill will towards him, however how he and other professionals continue to get managerial jobs really does frustrate me.

He hasn't succeeded anywhere he goes nor does he leave the club in a better position; there isn't any philosophy, and the stories you hear are remarkable.

 

[Bryan+]

Sacked and the end of his managerial career, you'd imagine.

Just in time to walk out on the first day at BMD as our new manager.

#RememberTheName

 

[allen]

Just in time to walk out on the first day at BMD as our new manager.

#RememberTheName

I could absolutely see Bill giving him a sympathy position on the coaching staff.

 

[Zatara]

I don't dislike Rooney or have any ill will towards him, however how he and other professionals continue to get managerial jobs really does frustrate me.

He hasn't succeeded anywhere he goes nor does he leave the club in a better position; there isn't any philosophy, and the stories you hear are remarkable.

What stories?

 

[GoldenToffee]

He's just not a person that is cut out to be a professional football manager. Fair play to him for giving it a try, but I can't see where his next gig comes from after his inevitable sacking in the next week or two.

 

[Dancing Pat]

He's just not a person that is cut out to be a professional football manager. Fair play to him for giving it a try, but I can't see where his next gig comes from after his inevitable sacking in the next week or two.

Pub landlord of Waynes Bar

 

[Blue83]

Sacked and the end of his managerial career, you'd imagine.

There's always some idiot owner willing to take a chance on the name

 

[bluerobert]

Pub landlord of Waynes Bar

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He’d get himself barred somehow, it’s not like he doesn’t have previous for kicking off on himself

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Not surprising to see a gifted player fail at mgmt...entirely different skillset. It's like making a carpenter an electrician or vice versa. You both might work in home building but that doesn't mean either would be fit to do the others' job.

 

[PhilM]

What stories?

Post in thread 'Rooney sacked as Birmingham Manager'

January 3, 2024

He did but he had Liam rosenior has his assistant then,who’s highly rated and at hull now maybe he was brains behind that decent spell after all,

Rooney spent very little time with the Derby squad, even choosing to travel to games alone rather than with the squad because he'd been drinking the night before.

Rosenior was the linchpin of that squad. He's came to Birmingham with a similar attitude and it fell apart, because he couldn't win the squad around.

Put it simply, he doesn't have the attributes to be a manager.

• PhilM

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He wasn't overly professional whilst managing Derby, and it looks as if it's the same thing again during his Plymouth managerial career.

About a month ago, I spoke to a current Plymouth defender (I am sure you can work it out), and he pretty much said it's headless chicken time.

 

[Bryan+]

Post in thread 'Rooney sacked as Birmingham Manager'

January 3, 2024

He did but he had Liam rosenior has his assistant then,who’s highly rated and at hull now maybe he was brains behind that decent spell after all,

Rooney spent very little time with the Derby squad, even choosing to travel to games alone rather than with the squad because he'd been drinking the night before.

Rosenior was the linchpin of that squad. He's came to Birmingham with a similar attitude and it fell apart, because he couldn't win the squad around.

Put it simply, he doesn't have the attributes to be a manager.

• PhilM

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He wasn't overly professional whilst managing Derby, and it looks as if it's the same thing again during his Plymouth managerial career.

I don’t know a blue who hasn’t been in the company or shared a pint with Wayne. He defo drinks like a sailor. So these don’t surprise me.

Isn’t he due to have his annual “cheat-on-Coleen-a-thon”, soon?

 

[carolinablue232]

He wasn’t even a good manager in MLS which is a league where a decent manager can make a lot of difference as there’s generally so much parity between squads.

I can’t for the life of me figure out why he keeps getting chances.

 

[Rita_Poon]

He wasn’t even a good manager in MLS which is a league where a decent manager can make a lot of difference as there’s generally so much parity between squads.

I can’t for the life of me figure out why he keeps getting chances.

He's a draw, just like Bobby Charlton was. He'd be better off going and being a youth team coach somewhere, somewhere warm, and sunny. Somewhere where the main manager can help bring him on and get to know a squad and sub squad and try to realise a few styles of play and the players to put it into practice.

He's advanced to far beyond where he should be, and the whirlwind around his playing days is overshadowing his capabilities and achievements as a manager. Needs to start again.