Wayne Rooney 'wished' he could 取って代わる his ENTIRE starting XI at half-time in Birmingham City's 3-1 loss to Stoke... and says his 味方する were 'unrecognisable' as he 直面するs 開始するing 圧力

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Birmingham 経営者／支配人 Wayne Rooney 認める he could have 取って代わるd his whole team at half-time after a 3-1 選手権 敗北・負かす to Stoke at St Andrew's.

First-half goals from Jordan Thompson and Lynden Gooch put Stoke 2-0 ahead and Andre Vidigal made it three before Jay Stansfield's 69th-minute なぐさみ as Stoke ended a nine-match winless run and moved above Blues on goal difference.

Rooney has taken just nine points out of 39 since taking over, to leave Blues 19th in the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する, just seven points （疑いを）晴らす of the relegation zone.

The Birmingham City boss has 苦しむd eight 敗北・負かすs and home fans began streaming out after Stoke's third goal, while those that were left jeered the team off at the end.

'Ideally, you wish you could have 11 subs as I could have changed all 11 players at half-time,' said Rooney.

Wayne Rooney has 認める he wished he could 取って代わる his entire team at half-time during Birmingham City's 3-1 loss to Stoke - his eighth 敗北・負かす in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 of the West Midlands 味方する

Rooney's 味方する have taken just nine points from a possible 39 during his time in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金

Birmingham City were jeered off by their away support に引き続いて the 敗北・負かす against Stoke

'We just weren't doing the 権利 things - the basics. It wasn't 欠如（する） of 成果／努力, that would be 不公平な to say. It was 欠如（する） of game knowledge.

'It's hard to put into words. I didn't see that 業績／成果 coming. I didn't recognise the team out there on the pitch.

'It's 失望させるing because over the last few games we'd made some real strides, so this was difficult to take.

'It wasn't the result, or the 業績／成果, or anything we 手配中の，お尋ね者 to be honest. It was unrecognisable in the way we played.

'I felt the players didn't want to take the ball, they didn't 圧力（をかける） the way we 手配中の，お尋ね者 them to.

'The goals we 譲歩するd were crazy and we didn't deserve anything out of the game.'

Stoke led in the 12th minute through Thompson's 25-yard 運動 - his first strike for three years - which took a slight deflection off Juninho Bacuna.

Potter captain Gooch 二塁打d their lead on the half-hour after darting 負かす／撃墜する the left in a 雷 反対する-attack and poking the ball through goalkeeper John Ruddy's 脚s.

圧力 is 開始するing on Rooney に引き続いて a difficult start to life at the 選手権 club

The Potters made it 3-0 after 53 minutes when Vidigal （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Dion Sanderson before 解除するing the ball over Ruddy to send Birmingham fans 長，率いるing for the 出口s.

The hosts pulled one 支援する through Stansfield after goalkeeper Jack Bonham saved teenage 代用品，人 Romelle Donovan's 成果／努力.

New Stoke 長，率いる coach Steven Schumacher 持続するd his unbeaten start, making it four points from his first two games in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 and 認める a 支援する-to-basics approach was working for him.

'What we've tried to do with the lads is just 始める，決める some pretty basic, simple ground 支配するs,' he said.

'These are about how we're going to try to behave at the training ground and what we 推定する／予想する, what are the 非，不，無-negotiables and how we're going to try to play, with and without the ball.

'We showed some bits of 質 so that was really pleasing and we managed to do enough to get the three points that we 猛烈に 手配中の，お尋ね者 and needed.

'When you come into a 職業, you're desperate just to get the first 勝利，勝つ and we've done that now.'