HIGHLIGHTS

  • Wayne Rooney thinks Birmingham City can defeat Coventry City this evening if they put in the work on the training ground.
  • Birmingham dropped from sixth to fifteenth place in the Championship table as a result of Rooney’s bad play.
  • Coventry needs to put in a lot of work to finish in the top six after a poor start to the season.

Speaking to the Blues’ media team, Wayne Rooney expressed his belief that Birmingham City can defeat Coventry City tonight if they can put some of the training ground work into practice.

Birmingham has only triumphed once under Rooney, and that was against Sheffield Wednesday, who are presently bottom of the Championship standings, coming into this match.

When John Eustace left, they were sixth in the standings, but they are currently in 15th place and face serious danger of dropping farther in the standings if they don’t pick up additional victories.

Championship Table (As it stands December 4th)
Team P GD Pts
9 Sunderland 19 7 27
10 Watford 19 5 27
11 Cardiff City 19 4 27
12 Middlesbrough 19 2 27
13 Norwich City 19 -2 26
14 Bristol City 19 -1 25
15 Birmingham City 19 -4 23
16 Plymouth Argyle 19 2 22

They won’t exactly be full of confidence when kick-off nears because of this poor form under Rooney – but they only have to make the reasonably short trip to the Coventry Building Society Arena and will be backed by 4,000 away fans.

One thing that will give them encouragement is the fact Coventry haven’t enjoyed a good start to the season.

Currently sitting in 17th place, there’s a lot of work for them to do if they want to secure another top-six finish at the end of this term.

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