{"id":533067,"date":"2023-10-26T11:51:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T10:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=533067"},"modified":"2023-10-26T11:52:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T10:52:02","slug":"serves-the-owners-right-birmingham-city-fans-react-to-wayne-rooneys-first-home-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/serves-the-owners-right-birmingham-city-fans-react-to-wayne-rooneys-first-home-match\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Serves the owners right&#8217; &#8211; Birmingham City fans react to Wayne Rooney&#8217;s first home match"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Wayne Rooney has split the opinion of Birmingham City fans after overseeing his first home match in charge, a 2-0 defeat to Hull City on Wednesday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Football Insider<\/strong> has been gathering the reaction of Blues fans after new manager Rooney lost his second consecutive game since taking over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Man United legend was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcfc.com\/news\/all\/wayne-rooney-appointed-blues-manager\">appointed<\/a> to replace John Eustace following the club&#8217;s takeover with the new owners looking for a big name to lead the side forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rooney kicked off his new job with a 1-0 defeat to Middlesbrough at the weekend before Wednesday&#8217;s (25 October) 2-0 defeat to Hull. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Blues are currently 12th in the Championship table with 18 points from the 13 games played so far. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former manager Eustace won five of the 11 league games he took charge of before being replaced by Rooney. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans have been split over the potential of the former DC United manager to lead Birmingham to success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One supporter urged to club to get rid of Rooney now before things get worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Depressing being a blues fan why do they always do this sack a good manager and bring in someone with a poor record just for the name this has got rowett written all over it just get rid of Rooney now before he gets us relegated \ud83d\ude21<\/p>&mdash; James Dennington \ud83d\udfe6 (@Jimbobsmooth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jimbobsmooth\/status\/1717445643407405270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One supporter claimed the bad start &#8220;serves the owners right&#8221; for getting rid of Eustace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Serves the ownership at Birmingham right. Should never have sacked Eustace<\/p>&mdash; Will A.G (@willarcher_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/willarcher_\/status\/1717319727918280711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One begged the board to bring back the ex-manager before things get really bad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Serves the ownership at Birmingham right. Should never have sacked Eustace<\/p>&mdash; Will A.G (@willarcher_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/willarcher_\/status\/1717319727918280711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another supporter is worried for the players at having to listen to Rooney. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He doesn&#39;t come across as convincing does he.<br>Doesn&#39;t have great communication skills. How does he get his points across to the players? I genuinely feel sorry for Blues players. Supporters have explained tonights game better than this.<\/p>&mdash; Steve Horne (@sahinbrum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sahinbrum\/status\/1717317873910051118?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But some supporters urged their fellow Blues fans to get behind the manager acknowledging that it will take more than two games to get settled with the new boss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Since when did we become a club that turned on a manager after TWO games? Yes they\u2019ve been poor but Jesus, it\u2019s two games.<br><br>If there\u2019s no change in a month\u2019s time, then I\u2019d understand it, but he\u2019s barely had a full week or training yet.<br><br>Give your heads a wobble.<\/p>&mdash; Liam Clarke (@LiamGClarke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiamGClarke\/status\/1717313064947617895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One fan was behind Rooney but is worried about completely overhauling the playing style. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rooney has been given an objective so not necessarily to blame. However a change of style has to be done by evolution not revolution. To change everything so soon is suicidal. At least it appears he will adapt to accommodate players so all is not lost.<\/p>&mdash; Doug T (@dougt04) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dougt04\/status\/1717445223494652195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another urged fans to get behind the new manager. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Think we need to back Rooney tbh. It wasn\u2019t his decision to sack Eustace. It\u2019s clear he\u2019s trying to change things, he can only play the style he believes in. It\u2019s been a poor start but an awful 5 games hasn\u2019t helped. Should be doing a Liverpool, us against the world job rn <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bcfc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bcfc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; K (@Kieranbcfc2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kieranbcfc2\/status\/1717443802233790547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And one insisted the club have been &#8220;saved&#8221; by the board with Rooney&#8217;s appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The board saved us. They want us to play a certain way and have hired the man they believe can implement that. Any1 who knows ball knows it doesn\u2019t happen overnight. It is a LONG term plan. Get behind the lads, Rooney and the board and stop being ungrateful \ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffb <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BCFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BCFC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Simon Cooper (@SiCooperCoach) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiCooperCoach\/status\/1717440998857425053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-birmingham-city-in-advanced-talks-to-agree-deal-with-ex-man-city-chief-mike-rigg\/\">Birmingham City in advanced talks to agree deal with ex-Man City chief<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wayne Rooney has split the opinion of Birmingham City fans after overseeing his first home match in charge, a 2-0 defeat to Hull City on Wednesday night. 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