Liam Rosenior and Wayne Rooney sat together to address the media before their trip to Bristol City. Throughout the 45 minutes Q&A the message was clear. Well, that’s how it came across at the time.
It was about joined-up thinking, everybody being on the same page, and adopting a collaborative approach. Not even a week later that messaging changed and the collaboration had become a one-man operation.
Rooney is calling the shots now, a decision that was taken on Thursday evening after a meeting with the rest of the coaching staff and new technical director Steve McClaren, who Rooney says he will be leaning on for advice.
“We felt that they needed one voice, one person to make the decisions on the team and on the subs, and we felt I was the right man for that,” Rooney said before Saturday’s 1-1 draw at home to Wycombe. “And that’s where we’re at. Sometimes with the four you can have different opinions. It was…
