Wayne Rooney fires warning to his Birmingham City players

Wayne Rooney has hit out at his Birmingham City players following their 3-1 loss at home to Stoke City on Boxing Day.

•  Birmingham City’s poor form continues as they suffer a well-deserved defeat against Stoke City.
•  Wayne Rooney is not happy with his players and warns that everyone’s position is up for grabs.
•  The performance against Stoke was concerning, and Rooney needs changes in the upcoming January transfer window.
• After Birmingham City’s crushing defeat at the hands of Stoke City on Boxing Day, manager Wayne Rooney has told his team that they are competing for their jobs.
• Birmingham’s awful performance persists
  When the England legend was announced as John Eustace’s replacement back in October, it’s safe to say he hasn’t had the impact he would have liked.

  Blues are currently 19th in the Championship, just seven points above the relegation zone, having come from a team that was in the top six.

• The board supports Rooney’s efforts to bring about significant changes at the club, but the team has faced difficulties in the first few months as they adjust to the new strategy.
• With goals from Lynden Gooch and Jordan Thompson putting Stoke ahead at the half, Blues’ performance was appalling. Andre Vidigal’s third goal in the 53rd minute all but ended the match as a contest.

  Even though Jay Stansfield gave Rooney’s team a response, and Romelle Donovan was a plus, the performance was unsettling, particularly on defence.

  Wayne Rooney cautions his teammates at Birmingham City
  And when he made his assessment of his team’s performance to Birmingham Live following the game, Rooney didn’t hold back.

  “I’m not happy with one player, except Romelle. The position of each player is up for grabs because that is insufficient in the slightest. We’ve let them down, myself included, when you have staff working incredibly hard and fans paying their money to watch the players. We need to be careful to correct that.

• To be honest, it had nothing to do with the performance, the outcome, or anything else we wanted. We weren’t even close to the same game. I thought the team didn’t deserve anything to come out of the game because the players didn’t want to take the ball, didn’t press the way we wanted them to, and gave up ridiculous goals.