{"id":101809,"date":"2023-11-12T23:27:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T23:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crossfitsugarland.com\/?p=101809"},"modified":"2023-11-12T23:27:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T23:27:44","slug":"birmingham-are-going-backwards-under-rooney-after-sunderland-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crossfitsugarland.com\/soccer\/birmingham-are-going-backwards-under-rooney-after-sunderland-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham are going BACKWARDS under Rooney after Sunderland loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Birmingham are going BACKWARDS under Wayne Rooney after their 3-1 loss to Sunderland&#8230; his five-match winless run hardly suggests he has become a better coach following his stint in the MLS<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wayne Rooney&#8217;s winless run with Birmingham extended to five on Saturday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>His side were beaten 3-1 by Sunderland and they look to be going backwards\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Man Utd are NOT good enough to have a ball-playing keeper &#8211; It&#8217;s All Coming Up\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>John Eustace will vouch that time is a commodity Birmingham\u2019s owners don\u2019t hand out readily to their managers, so it remains to be seen whether Wayne Rooney can buy more of it thanks to his A-list status.<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham captain Dion Sanderson is convinced Rooney will be a success at St Andrew\u2019s. But a five-game winless start after last month\u2019s needless sacking of Eustace in favour of his high-profile replacement hardly suggests the Manchester United legend has become a better coach during his stint in Major League Soccer.<\/p>\n<p>For all the mission statements to the contrary from their US owners, Birmingham have so far gone backwards under the 38-year-old, whose players, if not all of the club\u2019s fans, have bought into his promise of a bigger, better, brighter future.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The change in style will eventually pay off, 100 per cent,\u2019 Sanderson insisted after his own-goal, sandwiched between close-range strikes for ex-Blues midfielder Jobe Bellingham and substitute Adil Aouchiche, sealed the win for Sunderland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And with better finishing, it could have been more embarrassing for the visitors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/22\/77715925-0-image-a-142_1699826407712.jpg\" height=\"371\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wayne Rooney is still waiting for his first win after Birmingham&#8217;s 3-1 loss at Sunderland<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/22\/77717477-12741023-image-a-194_1699828621330.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rooney&#8217;s men look to be going backwards under his leadership following five games without victory<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/22\/77717451-12741023-image-a-192_1699828555311.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Time is a commodity Birmingham&#8217;s new owners don&#8217;t hand out to their managers. Pictured: Tom Brady and Blues co-owner Matt Alvarez<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Koji Miyoshi\u2019s first-half equaliser was the high point of an otherwise forgettable trip to the North East for a squad Rooney will put squarely through its paces during the international break in a bid to get his message across.<\/p>\n<p>Sanderson added: \u2018I don\u2019t think there\u2019s been a massive change, it\u2019s a different style of play and as a team we have to understand our roles better, but that will come.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There\u2019s a lot of work and we\u2019re showing glimpses in games, but we know it\u2019s about getting results.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The boys have got to stick to what the gaffer wants and stay positive. There will be a lot of hard work before the next game.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/22\/77715941-0-image-a-144_1699826440878.jpg\" height=\"352\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sunderland, meanwhile, are up to sixth &#8211; the same position Birmingham were when Eustace was sacked<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He has been class so far, he\u2019s a very good manager and a good person and we\u2019re enjoying working under him.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Sunderland are up to sixth \u2014the position Birmingham occupied when Eustace was sacked. The Blues are now 18th.<\/p>\n<p>After making a winning debut for Sunderland, Australian defender Nectar Triantis said: \u2018My family stayed up late to watch at home and to play was a dream come true.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12741023\/Birmingham-going-BACKWARDS-Wayne-Rooney-3-1-loss-Sunderland-five-match-winless-run-hardly-suggests-better-coach-following-stint-MLS.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham are going BACKWARDS under Wayne Rooney after their 3-1 loss to Sunderland&#8230; his five-match winless run hardly suggests he has become a better coach following his stint in the MLS Wayne Rooney&#8217;s winless run with Birmingham extended to five on Saturday\u00a0 His side were beaten 3-1 by Sunderland and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Birmingham are going BACKWARDS under Rooney after Sunderland loss - crossfitsugarland.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/crossfitsugarland.com\/soccer\/birmingham-are-going-backwards-under-rooney-after-sunderland-loss\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Birmingham are going BACKWARDS under Rooney after Sunderland loss - crossfitsugarland.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Birmingham are going BACKWARDS under Wayne Rooney after their 3-1 loss to Sunderland&#8230; 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