Wayne Rooney has been sacked by Plymouth Argyle after a dismal run of form left the club bottom of the Championship. The former England captain oversaw just one win in 14 matches.
Rooney was sacked by Plymouth with the club bottom of the Championship after one win in 14 matches. Sadly these do not feel like enough to sustain his ambition, for his feats in the dugout to match his heroics on the pitch.And it has been difficult not to root for Rooney on the touchline. He has thrown himself into his managerial roles, motivated by his love for the game and a deep-rooted desire to improve players, rather than money. He worked hard and the players seemed to like him too.
He’s clearly a likeable character, witty and self-deprecating, but also deeply knowledgeable about a game he excelled in as a player. But that success has probably propelled him into jobs he wasn’t ready or qualified for – and ultimately left him with no road left to run as a manager. We can talk about his character and charisma all we want, but after the stardust fades, there needs to be some substance there. There’s not much evidence that Rooney has the coaching chops to set up a team to win football matches.was that Rooney did not stand a chance because he was replacing a popular incumbent in John Eustace. Perhaps that was true, but a 13 per cent win ratio meant he was lucky to last the 15 games he did. He did not walk into a wall of resistance at Home Park, even if most people recognised that without his star-studded playing CV he would never have got close to that sort of opportunity. The feeling was that most of the Green Army wanted him to succeed, even if there was scepticism. And when – for a brief period – results arrived, alongside some decent, attacking football, there were signs of a bond between player and club.Defensively Plymouth were all over the place and even if there were signs of life in a rousing 3-3 draw with Middlesbrough before Christmas, a comprehensive loss at relegation rivals Oxford meant Tuesday morning’s club statement felt all too inevitable. These days management is not so much a job as an obsessio
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