There are three things Wayne Rooney has never lacked in his managerial career: confidence, enthusiasm and opportunity.
Sadly these do not feel like enough to sustain his ambition, for his feats in the dugout to match his heroics on the pitch.
Plymouth is surely his managerial last stand, unless he’s prepared to press reset in League Two or the National League – or trade off his name to cash in Saudi Pro League riches.
Sky, TNT, the BBC or Gary Lineker’s podcast empire will surely welcome him with open arms if he decides to go down the performing pundit route.
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Read MoreAnd it has been difficult not to root for Rooney on the touchline. He has thrown himself into his managerial roles, motivated by his love for the game and a deep-rooted desire to improve players, rather than money.
He worked hard and the players seemed to like him too. He’s clearly a likeable character, witty and self-deprecating, but also deeply knowledgeable about a game he excelled in as a player.
But that success has probably propelled him into jobs he wasn’t ready or qualified for – and ultimately left him with no road left to run as a manager.
We can talk about his character and charisma all we want, but after the stardust fades, there needs to be some substance there. There’s not much evidence that Rooney has the coaching chops to set up a team to win football matches.
The accusation from outsiders at Birmingham was that Rooney did not stand a chance because he was replacing a popular incumbent in John Eustace. Perhaps that was true, but a 13 per cent win ratio meant he was lucky to last the 15 games he did.
He did not walk into a wall of resistance at Home Park, even if most people recognised that without his star-studded playing CV he would never have got close to that sort of opportunity.
The feeling was that most of the Green Army wanted him to succeed, even if there was scepticism. And when – for a brief period – results arrived, alongside some decent, attacking football, there were signs of a bond between player and club.
But the Championship is unforgiving and relentless and Rooney was ultimately found wanting.
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Read MoreDefensively Plymouth were all over the place and even if there were signs of life in a rousing 3-3 draw with Middlesbrough before Christmas, a comprehensive loss at relegation rivals Oxford meant Tuesday morning’s club statement felt all too inevitable.
These days management is not so much a job as an obsession. At the top level they have no choice but to live it, sacrificing so much in the relentless pursuit of perfection.
They have never had so much data at their fingertips or scrutiny of what they do. Ask Ruben Amorim how unforgiving English football is as his complaints about lack of preparation time fall on deaf ears.
Rooney knew all of this and yet chose to give it a go. It is a shame for English football that it hasn’t worked out. There should be a role for him somewhere where his knowledge and experience isn’t lost to the game.
But the simple question is: if Rooney was appointed to manage your club, how would you feel? The relief of Plymouth fans tells its own sad story.
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