Wayne Rooney | New Plymouth Head Coach

Pughnichi said:
Fair enough. He doesn’t half keep picking the difficult jobs. Not making life easy for himself
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Vault Dweller said:
Indeed, same here.
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Yes, he's my 2nd favourite United player ever after Cantona so it's just a case of hoping things go well for him because of that.

Plymouth is a tough job, while he didn't manage to keep Derby up of course, we all know he was operating under very difficult circumstances and made a prety good go of it all things considered. Perhaps being a small-budget Championship club Plymouth see/saw him as someone can work without much money.
 
Chipper said:
Yes, he's my 2nd favourite United player ever after Cantona so it's just a case of hoping things go well for him because of that.

Plymouth is a tough job, while he didn't manage to keep Derby up of course, we all know he was operating under very difficult circumstances and made a prety good go of it all things considered. Perhaps being a small-budget Championship club Plymouth see/saw him as someone can work without much money.
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They should have expected ups and downs then. Maybe he can't work on a penny a day.
 
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FrankDrebin said:
He'll get sacked and land into a another decent job because he's Wayne Rooney.
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I can also see him getting more time than he’s owed because he’s Wayne Rooney. Argyle is my second team and I’ve been to a few games at home park this season - the fans still sing his name.
 
2 man midfield said:
I can also see him getting more time than he’s owed because he’s Wayne Rooney. Argyle is my second team and I’ve been to a few games at home park this season - the fans still sing his name.
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He's actually got them really good at home, but away, oh my life....
 
2 man midfield said:
I can also see him getting more time than he’s owed because he’s Wayne Rooney. Argyle is my second team and I’ve been to a few games at home park this season - the fans still sing his name.
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What’s he doing wrong in particular?

The results are all over the place. Plymouth have a few good players. Whittaker and Cissoko I like.
 
TheReligion said:
What’s he doing wrong in particular?

The results are all over the place. Plymouth have a few good players. Whittaker and Cissoko I like.
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He is in some ways not dissimilar to Eth in a ways, doesn't care much about keeping the ball or the midfield, more focused on immediately attacking and being very direct.
 
TheReligion said:
What’s he doing wrong in particular?

The results are all over the place. Plymouth have a few good players. Whittaker and Cissoko I like.
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I honestly couldn’t say, as I only see the home games which usually end up ok :lol:

You can’t say the players aren’t trying though, they give everything. It’s usually defensive lapses or the opposition just having some quality if things do go wrong.
 
TheReligion said:
What’s he doing wrong in particular?

The results are all over the place. Plymouth have a few good players. Whittaker and Cissoko I like.
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They're trying to play a style they don't really know how to play, and even if they did they just don't have the quality of players to do it consistently in that division. Not to mention they lost (by a mile) the best keeper in the EFL last summer.

At home the crowd, momentum and away teams being more cautious help see them to decent results but away they're sitting ducks.

Oxford at home next is massive, with their away form they pretty much need close to maximum points against (likely) fellow bottom half sides at Home Park to stay up.
 
Mt father in law and uncle are season ticket holders at Home Park and went to the Bristol City game yesterday, Argyle were woeful apparently and the after shipping ten goals in two away games, the mood is turning against Rooney now. If they slip into the relegation zone, his time could be up. They were lucky Hull also lost yesterday, but Hull have two games in hand, it's not looking good!
 
I just can’t ever imagine a scenario in which Wayne Rooney makes for a successful coach. I know there’s a lot more to it than this, but he’s never once given an interview where you feel you’re listening to somebody who has a clear idea as to how he wants his football to be played.
 
Not gonna make it is he? He and Lampard are about to finally close the chapter on their attempts to forcefully become successful managers.
 
At least Lampard got to manage Chelsea. Wazza will never get near United's dugout.
 
Kag said:
I just can’t ever imagine a scenario in which Wayne Rooney makes for a successful coach. I know there’s a lot more to it than this, but he’s never once given an interview where you feel you’re listening to somebody who has a clear idea as to how he wants his football to be played.
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Same.
Once players get past the novelty of being managed by Wayne Rooney and the reputation he held as player, there doesn't seem to be much there.
Outside of his lad-ish charm he doesn't come across particularly informative when he talks about management on the Overlap.
 
Just don’t see it. Maybe working as a coach may be his future, or just be a pundit. He’s surprised me at how well he’s come across during analysis when on Sky.
 
Hernandez - BFA said:
Just don’t see it. Maybe working as a coach may be his future, or just be a pundit. He’s surprised me at how well he’s come across during analysis when on Sky.
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Much easier to talk about it then make it work on the pitch. Just ask GNev, Shearer, Keane etc.
 
Okey said:
Not gonna make it is he? He and Lampard are about to finally close the chapter on their attempts to forcefully become successful managers.
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+ Gerrard

I wonder which one of them is the worst.
 
Apparently has two games to save his job, both games are at home though so it could buy him some time to turn things around seems unlikely though.
 
Sounds like Plymouth are close to getting some US investment that will give them a mid-table Championship budget so there should be money to spend in January if Rooney can get to that point.
 
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