Birmingham City reporter Alex Dicken has penned his thoughts on the sacking of manager Wayne Rooney
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To summarise
"In the last 15 games, no Championship team has performed worse than Blues. No team has fewer points, no team has conceded more goals, no team has a worse goal difference.
In addition to those statistics, Rooney was never able to deliver the remit he was given. Knighthead are adamant possession-based football is the way to the Premier League - but Blues had less of the ball under Rooney than they did under Eustace.
Blues averaged 41.4 percent possession under Rooney, in comparison to 44.9 percent per game in the opening 11 matches under Eustace. Even Blues’ goals scored column has taken a hit since Knighthead went down the ‘no fear football’ route. Blues scored 15 goals in 15 games under Rooney, compared to 15 in 11 beforehand."