Will Rooney get another chance in management?

Wayne Rooney deserves credit for taking the Plymouth job in the first place but the odds were always stacked against him.

Plymouth has the potential to be a decent sized Championship club but is geographically isolated, which makes getting players from the bigger cities incredibly difficult without spending more on wages.

The club has a data model, which led them to recruit a youthful squad but sources say it lacked the experience to keep them up and a major decision is looming next month over whether to buy for survival or keep going and accept relegation could be the consequence.

As for Rooney, it is another underwhelming short spell as a manager following on from his time at Birmingham. The question is whether clubs will continue to offer chances to someone who did okay with Derby and DC United without really setting the world alight.

The former England and Manchester United skipper will always be in demand as a TV pundit as he has shown himself to be quite fearless in his assessments, very much in the Roy Keane mould.

It is easy to see him settling into that role unless, like former international team-mate Frank Lampard, an opening appears from an unexpected source.