Re: Roy Keane fires Birmingham City warning to 'lucky lad' Wayne Rooney

He IS right ... but it sounds weird to hear him talk about Rooney only just learning his trade as manager and that people should give him time ......

.... didn't the exact same apply to Eustace ? - and he wasn't given time, despite the encouraging signs of our current league position.

I still hate the way that the appointment was done and the weasel words in the first club statement (and i didn't think the second was much better) and the complete lack of respect that the club has shown towards Eustace. They didn't need to "diss" him in public. It would have been much much more acceptable to be honest and just say "we're the owners, it's our money, we can do what we want, we're bringing in Rooney". There couldn't have been any argument against that.

AND .... despite hating the way the appointment was done, i still obviously ('cos i support Blues) hope that Rooney is a complete success here.

BUT ... the club also haven't really put Rooney in a good situation either with their mentions of "world class" and "no fear football" and that we will see "a rise" in things

SO that's 3 marks against Cook for me
1 .. disrespectful to Eustace
2 .. lack of honesty
3 .. putting our new manager in a poor starting position by talking about their expectations