Plymouth Argyle told ‘sack Wayne Rooney now’ after ‘huge’ exit news

Wed 11 December 2024 7:58, UK Updated Thu 4 September 2025 22:39, UK

Plymouth Argyle fans have taken to social media to urge the club to sack incumbent manager Wayne Rooney after their 2-1 defeat to Swansea on Tuesday (December 10).

The South Coast club are in the relegation zone and two points off the bottom after goals from Swansea duo Jay Fulton and Liam Cullen, extending their winless streak to five league games.

Mustapha Bundu scored a late consolation for Plymouth with a 79th-minute close-range effort, but it was too little too late for the home side.

Rooney, 39, made six changes from their previous 4-0 defeat to Bristol City, with defender Brendan Galloway returning after two months out with an ankle injury.

According to the Guardian, the Man United legend is under “heightened scrutiny” following his “hugely damaging” run of results at the Championship club.

The report states that despite “no immediate plans to make a change,” the following games against Oxford and Swansea appear “crucial” for Rooney’s future.

Plymouth’s game against Oxford on Saturday (December 7) was postponed due to bad weather caused by Storm Daragh.

Plymouth fans fed up with Wayne Rooney as relegation fears emerge

Rooney’s side face promotion-chasing Sheffield United on Saturday (December 14) in what could prove to be a deal-breaker for the former England international.

The fans are certainly fed-up with the situation, taking to X, formally known as Twitter, to urge the club to sack Rooney.

Unfortunately under Rooney you start to become an automatic 3 points for all opposition. Dont make the mistake we did – sack him now to give the new manager time to pick up enough points to keep you up
— Joe_bcfc1992 (@bcfc1992) December 10, 2024

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Yes, the playing squad isn’t good enough and injuries to better players has exposed that. But Rooney as manager has only exacerbated the problems. He had a much better squad at Blues and relegated then with ease. He’s a tactical dullard and poor man manager. Get him gone #pafc https://t.co/zNB81E7RIJ
— Matt Lee (@Matt_Lee_MPL) December 10, 2024

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The Rooney experiment just hasn't worked. Time to go, before we get cut adrift. The football has been abysmal. We won't make the changes, though, and will go down with no fight in us whatsoever #pafc
— ℝ𝕠𝕤𝕤 ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕣 (@argyleross1985) December 10, 2024

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When will Plymouth put their supporters out of their misery and sack Wayne Rooney?
— The Supercilious Hermit. (@VerbaIPugilist) December 10, 2024

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It'll be at least 6 weeks before we get our best XI back won't it, and the board are desperately holding out for that.
But rules are rules, and I'm afraid they'll have to sack Rooney before then. No manager survives playing like this for that long.
— voodoo (@Voodoov21) December 10, 2024

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And let’s be real – this is far far worse than anything we had under Ian Foster. The only reason why he was sacked a lot quicker was because of his non existent relationship with the fans. Rooneys Karaoke and name has brought him time that he shouldn’t be getting #pafc
— GM (@Element_M1ller) December 10, 2024

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Sack Rooney and Dewsnip and try convince Phelan to be DoF? He’s far more qualified at least #pafc
— Tom (@PAFC_TB) December 10, 2024

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Shocking performance, no energy, no leadership, no fight, Zero team spirit that’s what saved us last season Rooneys sucked that out of the team no different to what Foster done, needs to lay off the barbican cobbles and prove he wants to be here or get gone ! #Pafc
— Lance1988 (@Lpen88) December 10, 2024

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I have tried to back Rooney and I know we have a lot of injuries with some key players but it's so hard to watch. I think his time is up we will be rock bottom by the end of the year and so many points adrift. Something needs to change #pafc
— Neil Sargeant (@Neil_Sarg) December 10, 2024

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Sack Rooney after this game pleaseee @Argyle
— Kingsley (@Okad_Snr) December 10, 2024

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In other news, Wayne Rooney reacts to confirmed Plymouth Argyle exit – ‘We had to part ways’.

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