Wayne Rooney’s Plymouth Argyle had a critical relegation clash at Oxford, yet his wife, Coleen Rooney, was absent from the game. Instead, she attended Everton’s home game against Nottingham Forest at Goodison Park, where she shared photos from the directors’ lounge, including the teamsheets of the Premier League match.. This move could be viewed as quite the snub, especially with Wayne Rooney facing increasing uncertainty over his position at Plymouth, who were sitting at the bottom of the Championship prior to the 3pm fixtures.. Coleen chose to stay close to her roots rather than accompany her beleaguered husband to Oxford. Enjoying the match from an exclusive box at Goodison Park, she witnessed Everton in action.. Meanwhile, Plymouth’s struggles intensified after a demoralising 4-0 defeat by Coventry in their previous match, with Rooney’s team still seeking their first away win this season. Coventry manager Frank Lampard, expressing empathy towards his former England colleague, said, “The longer you do this for – and I’m not an absolute young manager anymore, in a way – you understand there is a time that this can happen,” adding, “You try and find balance, I’m not going to say too much [to Rooney].”. He continued, “We’ll try and chat football because everyone has challenges in this job, it’s not for me to comment on Wayne’s job there as much as it would be for him to discuss what goes on here. It was a game we won, we played well and I absolutely wish him the best.”, reports the Mirror.. Wayne Rooney has called for focus from his Plymouth players, urging them not to get caught up in any drama that might arise with Jamie Vardy when they face Leicester City on Monday. .. “It was a really good performance. Last week was difficult, but it happens in this league and it’s always more important how you react to things.”. “We’ve had a good week with the lads, today they performed really well, we looked good at times early in the game and then kept going, kept creating and being more clinical.”. Coventry had already taken a commanding lead by half-time, leaving Rooney’s squad struggling once more after showing some promise of improvement in recent weeks. “What I was really disappointed with was the goals we conceded because we know what Coventry’s strengths were,” he remarked.. “We identified them, especially about putting crosses into the box towards the back post and then to concede so early on exactly on what we knew they’d do was very disappointing. The big issue for us today was lads didn’t switch on quick enough.”. “It’s a silly tackle [from Callum Wright, who was sent off late on]. I think he has a wild tackle just before that, and I get it, I’ve been there myself as a player.”. “It’s disappointing because we prepared well for the game, we’ve done everything we felt was right for the game and then all the fans paid a lot of money, because the ticket prices were quite high. They’ve obviously travelled over this [festive] period and to come and see the performance, especially in the first half, they’ve every right to be disappointed.”
