The reporter reported coldly A year ago, on January 2, Wayne Rooney, who had only managed 15 games, was sacked by Birmingham City; Three days earlier, on 31 December, Wayne Rooney, who was in charge of Plymouth in the Championship, was sacked again. The embarrassing time of two dismissals runs through 2024, when coach Rooney failed. Considering Rooney's previous dismal results in coaching Derby County and Washington, D.C. United, the British media have advised Rooney to give up his obsession with becoming a successful coach and change careers quickly. After all, with his coaching performance for more than 4 years, it may be difficult for any club to be willing to hire him to coach in the future.
Rooney has shown a keen eye for the pitch as a player, and since retiring from football, he has had a scathing resume as a football commentator and has written a football column for The Times. But just because you're a player and a good reader of the game doesn't mean you're a good coach. Rooney may think he is just repeating the history of his mentor Alex Ferguson: the lord was sacked at the age of 36 by Scottish side St Mirren, but that was Ferguson's first time as a coach and he has not been sacked since. But the 39-year-old Rooney has coached four teams, all of which have been dismal, which is enough to prove that he does not have the ability to be a good coach.
In November 2020, Wayne Rooney, who had just turned 35 and was still playing at Derby, formed an interim coaching staff with three other coaches. At the time, Derby County were bottom of the Championship, the team's lowest position in 12 seasons. After Wayne Rooney retired as permanent manager in January 2021, Derby County won just one of their 14 league games, including a humiliating six-game losing streak and narrowly relegated. The following season, Derby County were deducted 21 points for financial irregularities and eventually relegated to League One.
Since then, Rooney has managed Washington DC United in North America, Birmingham City and Plymouth in the Championship, and the results have been a mess. He scored just nine points in 14 games in his first season in charge of the Washington D.C. United, finishing bottom of the Eastern Conference and resigning after missing the playoffs in his second season. Coming to Birmingham City in October 2023 to fight fires, Rooney took the sixth-ranked team to 20th place in charge before being sacked after just 83 days. Birmingham City were eventually relegated to the third tier for the first time since 1995, with fans and media alike believing Wayne Rooney to be the culprit.
Charlooney was in charge of Plymouth last year and was sacked after leading the team for 143 days. Plymouth's results? Naturally, they are at the bottom of the Championship.
At his appearance in Plymouth on May 25 last year, Rooney said in a high-profile manner that he had turned down an offer to be a guest commentator, joking that he didn't want to be another Gary Neville. But in fact, he already is.
After a disastrous brief spell in Valencia, Neville decided to choose a more suitable career as a commentator. Wayne Rooney's coaching performance has been worse than Neville's, who is still averaging 1.32 points per game in Valencia, while Rooney has never averaged more than 1.18 points per game in four teams, 0.84 in Plymouth and 0.67 in Birmingham City.
Wayne Rooney was sacked at Plymouth, and even involved the documentary that he joined the team to shoot at the same time. The documentary was originally planned to feature Wayne Rooney as the protagonist and chronicle his coaching career at Plymouth. With Rooney out of class, there is no longer any need to continue filming the documentary. The Sun revealed that Rooney could return to the family to take care of the children and become the "man behind him" of his wife Colleen. Colleen's popularity soared after participating in the variety show "I Am a Celebrity", and there are currently as many as four or five variety show invitations, and her career is now far better than that of her husband Rooney.
However, Rooney won't be on the back foot for long. British media revealed that a number of TV organizations, including Sky TV, have sent invitations to him as a guest commentator. Previously, Rooney served as a guest commentator to comment on the match between England and Manchester United, which was well received by the industry and fans. With Lineker about to retire, English football is in dire need of a new commentator - Rooney should perhaps learn from Neville and shine in his commentary career, as for when will he "go out of the mountain" and coach again? Why don't you rest......