Rowett 'knows what happens' if results don't improve

Oxford United manager Gary Rowett says he "knows what happens" with his job if his side continue to struggle to win games.

The U's are just one place and three points above the Championship relegation zone after two defeats in a row and only one win in their past five games (D1 L3).

"I'm not happy where we are," Rowett told BBC Radio Oxford.

"I understand where we are in the Championship pecking order but I also understand my job is to get results and make sure at the very least we stay in this division.

"At the moment, the results we're getting are not quite good enough for that and I have to find a solution.

"That's my job, I have to do it and if I don't do it very well, it's the Championship and we know what happens at a lot of clubs up and down the country."

The 51-year-old was not prompted to speak about his future following the 2-1 defeat at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday but did so of his own accord.

"No one has asked me the question and the fans have been brilliant, but I know my job," he added.

Podcaster George Elek told BBC Radio Oxford's The Dub show that the timing and wording of Rowett's comments before an international break were "quite strange".

"Normally managers don't like to be made to answer questions about their future but no one has asked about Gary Rowett's future and he decided to bring it up himself," Elek said.

"If there was a statement coming out today or tomorrow saying Rowett had been shown the door, I'd be absolutely flabbergasted.

"But the way Rowett was talking, it didn't really sound like he would be."

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