The Wayne Rooney Show<\/a>: \u201cI saw that last week from Tom Brady. I think it was a very unfair comment.<\/p>\n\u201cWhen I went into Birmingham, they were in a mess really. Hence, the fact that the players weren\u2019t really the players who could take the club forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Tom came in once, which was the day before a game where the days are a little bit lighter anyway, and I don\u2019t think he really understood football that well. But what he does understand is, he\u2019s a hard worker, we know that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFootball is not the NFL. NFL works for three months a year. Players do need rest as well, so I think it was very unfair, the way he\u2019s come out and portrayed that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rooney was dismissed from his role in January 2024 after just 15 matches in charge with the side 20th of 24 in the Championship. They were eventually relegated to League One at the end of the season, the first time in 29 years that the West Midlands had fallen into England\u2019s third tier.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the summer of 2024, with Chris Davies now in charge of the side, Birmingham\u2019s new owners invested heavily. Consequently, the club broke the Football League record for most points in a season (111), finishing top of League One in 2024-25 and earning promotion back to the Championship.<\/p>\n
\u201cListen, I respect Tom Brady massively,\u201d Rooney added. \u201cHe\u2019s one of the greatest, if not the greatest athlete of all time and Birmingham do look like they\u2019re getting it right now, which is good. I think what they have done is got the players out that they needed to get out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Birmingham drew their opening Championship game of the season against Ipswich Town but a late winner from Jay Stansfield helped Davies\u2019 side beat Sheffield United in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Birmingham are next in action against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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