Wayne Rooney’s Birmingham City start extremely worrying

Not the ideal start for Wazza at BCFC.

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00:00 Charlie, on to Birmingham City. Obviously Wayne Rooney coming in controversially received

00:04 as a club decision, three losses on the bounce. This is something that could very quickly

00:10 go from very bad to even worse, isn't it?

00:13 He came in and people were a bit apprehensive as he got the tactical ability to perform

00:19 in the Championship. His win rate wasn't very good at Derby County, of course lots going

00:23 on there so you can't blame him. But DC United as well, not the best record in the MLS and

00:29 it's carried on at Birmingham. Three games in a row without a win, all of them being

00:33 defeats, just one goal scored in that period whereas six have been conceded. It is worrying.

00:39 And the next games to come, Ipswich Town at home on Saturday, which for Birmingham is

00:45 an incredibly difficult fixture. Ipswich look as if they're going to get top two, maybe

00:49 even fight for the title. And then Sunderland away, a team that in tremendous form at the

00:53 moment, Jack Clark the top scorer in the entire division. That could quickly go from three

00:58 losses to four to five. After that is Sheffield Wednesday at home, so you'd hope that they'd

01:03 win that one. They lost that as well. I think Rooney's head might be gone already. So I

01:09 think you've got to look at the opposition's, they're tough. He's not had an easy start

01:13 and he's not really had much backing either from the fan base. So I can get kind of feel

01:18 a bit empathetic for Rooney, but at the same time, the results have been appalling.