Wayne Rooney responded to Tom Brady's criticisms regarding his work ethic in managing Birmingham City F.C. Rooney found Brady's comments unfair, noting that when he took over, the club was in disarray with players unfit for moving the club forward. Brady expressed concerns about Rooney’s work ethic and the players’ attitudes in the Amazon documentary "Built In Birmingham: Brady & The Blues." Rooney emphasized the differences between football and NFL, highlighting the need for player rest and disputing Brady's portrayal of his time with the team.
I think it was a very unfair comment," he said in an upcoming segment of The Wayne Rooney Show. "When I went into Birmingham, he was in a mess really, hence the fact that I went in, the players weren't really the players who could take the club forward, and we knew that.
I'm a little worried about our head coach's [Rooney's] work ethic," Brady said in the documentary released August 1st. "Well, we've already changed the coach, so it's really the players because the coach doesn't go out there and put the ball in the goal... They were lazy. They were entitled. And when you're lazy and entitled, you don't have much of a chance to succeed.
I think Tom came in once, which was the day before a game, where the day is a little bit lighter anyway. I don't think he really understood football that well at the time. Maybe he does now... But what he does understand is, you know, he's a hard worker. We know that.
Football is not NFL," Rooney explained. "NFL works for three months a year. Players do need rest as well, so I think he's very unfair, the way he's come out and portrayed that.
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