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After Plymouth Argyle’s 2-0 defeat by Oxford United, Wayne Rooney admitted he was in danger of being sent off.
Goals from Ciaron Brown and Przemyslaw Plachta condemned Plymouth to their 13th league defeat of the season and ensured they finish 2024 at the foot of the Championship table.
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The loss also extended the Pilgrims’ winless streak to nine, six of which were losses.
Plymouth also have the second-worst defensive record, conceding 51 goals in 23 games for an average of 2.2 goals per game.
Ronnie’s Next up is Bristol City on New Year’s Day.
However, Rooney is under no illusions that he might not be in contention at Home Park, knowing what traditionally follows such worrying form.
“You have to look at every possible outcome, that’s normal with the results we’re going through,” Rooney said.
“You have to feel, ‘Do we have the players to bring it back?’ Can I return it? Can the coaching staff turn it around?
I will come back and try to prepare for Bristol, but at the end of the day I know football and how it works.
“I understand the fans. I’ve been there myself. As a fan, you want to see your team win, see your team running, tackle, and when your team loses games, like we are. , there is frustration. Get it.
“I know what we’re doing is a good thing. Unfortunately, we’re not getting results.”
Worryingly for Rooney, he faces an uphill battle to win back Plymouth fans.
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According to the PA news agency, Oxford fans enjoyed chanting “sack in the morning” at Rooney, but what made it worse was how some of the Pilgrims’ traveling fans joined in with the song.
The loss to Oxford also marked the eighth game in a row that Plymouth had conceded two or more goals.
Once again Rooney had to lament the simple manner in which Oxford breached Plymouth’s defence.
“It wasn’t good enough. We didn’t create enough chances, the goals we conceded – we didn’t do enough to stop them from scoring,” he said.
Defensively this has been going on for weeks. We tried to score but we didn’t hurt them enough today.
We’ve tried hard to stop crosses, we’ve been tight enough to stop them and we’ve tried in the corners in the second stages, but the first goal was here.
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Their second goal comes and we don’t do well enough defensively in one-on-one situations.
“I expected a bit more today, but I didn’t get it. That’s football. I’m always a balanced person, win, lose or draw, but it hurts, and it’s hard to bear the games we’re playing.
“We had some players who probably shouldn’t have played today, they played through the pain.”
If Plymouth drop Rooney before the Bristol City game, it will be his second successive Championship job in less than 18 months.
particle for direct object Manchester United And the England legend was controversially introduced as a replacement for John Eustace at Birmingham City last October.
However, Rooney won two games in charge of the Blues before his appearance He was axed after only 15 games Because the club was eventually relegated to League One.
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Despite worrying statistics from his time at Birmingham and Plymouth, one of Rooney’s former rivals has come to this conclusion. Defend him against criticism.
Lampard told talkSPORT after Coventry’s 4-0 defeat by Plymouth on Boxing Day. “I know the challenges of any job and you only know when you’re in it.”
It’s clear that Wayne has put his career behind him and now his management career, which he’s gone straight into.
It is not for me to comment on this, I am very happy to be here today. I always wish Wayne the best of luck because he is a proper footballer.
“Again, there are challenges, so people have to understand that he is working. I hope to see a good performance from him because he is a young English coach who has a lot to give and that continues.”
