Wayne Rooney: Birmingham City boss unworried by poor start under him

Wayne Rooney has brought in Ashley Cole and John O'Shea as part of his coaching staff at St Andrew's

Wayne Rooney insists he is unworried by the poor start Birmingham have made under him but knows they need points.

Blues have lost four of their five games, collecting just one point, since Rooney replaced John Eustace.

That sequence of results has seen them slip from sixth place to 18th and they host Championship bottom side Sheffield Wednesday at St Andrew's on Saturday.

"We've had five games - five tough games against very good opposition as well," Rooney told BBC Radio WM.

"People - fans, pundits, whatever - can have their opinions, of course they can, but as long as we know what we're trying to do and where we're trying to go to, that's fine."

Blues' five matches under Rooney have all come against sides in the top 10 - losing to Middlesbrough, Hull, Southampton and Sunderland.

Their only point came in a 2-2 draw at home to second-placed Ipswich but Saturday's game with the Owls is the start of a run of three matches in the next four where they face sides below them.

"I don't worry," added the former Manchester United and England striker, who left DC United in the United States before taking the Blues job on 11 October.

"We know we need to be picking up points but I think we've got a good bunch of games now where we can really push on.

"How we are trying to play - it's a different way, a different style, different physicality to what the players have been used to and that takes time.

"It's always a difficult game when you're playing somebody at the bottom of the table because there's always that slip-up which can happen, and happens quite regularly in the Championship.

"Our concentration has to be at a high level to make sure we win the game and what I'm seeing on the training pitch is an improvement every week."