most recent Birmingham City newsWayne Rooney’s response to the draw with Rotherham United is shown live.
During the 0-0 draw with Rotherham United, a visibly irritated Wayne Rooney berated his Birmingham City teammates for causing their own problems.
In front of owner Tom Wagner and investor Tom Brady, the Blues stumbled to a dull draw at St Andrew’s against the Millers, who were in 23rd place. During his most vehement press conference to date, Rooney lamented the shortcomings of the Blues while letting Rotherham earn just their second road point of the year.
“The game wasn’t very good,” Rooney remarked. “I thought we were playing well for the first twenty minutes, but after Ethan (Laird) left for an unknown reason, we became sloppy, slowed down, and the game lost all sense of pace. Today, we made a lot of our own problems.
“In the end, we were lucky to win by a point. From our perspective, the game was not good, and I have a lot of things to talk about because the fundamentals of the game—heading the ball and defending—were lacking today.
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Blues repeatedly played themselves into trouble. Blues’ vain attempt to play out from the back would have gifted Rotherham a goal or two if not for some careless finishing and desperate defending.
Rooney gave the following explanation: “We decided it’s not something we’re going to overdo after having this conversation with the players early on, which I also told you guys about. When it comes to game management, we naturally participate if it’s enabled and there’s room for it. We’re not skilled enough to handle it if teams are pressing us and it’s not on.
“Players make decisions sometimes, and we are discovered. We don’t appear at all at ease. We have been attempting to play more in the opponent’s half and in their half. That frustrated me.
We might have given up a goal or had a player dismissed for being careless. We gave them excellent opportunities twice or three
Right now, Rooney is being persuaded by the back five—which includes custodian John Ruddy—that they are a good fit for his system. Rooney will inevitably make personnel changes, but how big of a rebuild it takes will depend on the events of the next few months.
The Blues manager went on, “My job is to make them better players.” “I hope there will be changes within the next six months. If you try to recruit players, they will eventually leave the team.
We need to be careful because we have a lot of talented players. That game should be won by the squad I chose today. We didn’t win the game because we became complacent, even though the team is talented enough to win it.
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