- Wayne Rooney's Plymouth are rooted to the bottom of the Championship standings
- The club has only managed one victory in its last 14 league games.
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Wayne Rooney candidly questioned his future as Plymouth manager after his team were beaten by Oxford.
The Pilgrims entered Sunday's clash bottom of the Championship table, having almost two months passed since their last win.
Fellow strugglers Oxford found themselves in the middle of their own dismal run, but any hope that Plymouth could find the result they so desperately needed was quickly dashed when they traveled to the Kassam Stadium.
Ciaron Brown gave Oxford the lead after just 14 minutes before Polish international Przemysław Placheta doubled their advantage after the hour to seal a 2-0 victory.
The result further increased the pressure on Rooney, with his team four points from safety at the bottom of the second division.
When asked after the match if he had considered whether he was the right man to take the club forward, the former England captain admitted he was considering all eventualities.
Wayne Rooney admitted he has to “analyze all possible outcomes” after Plymouth's latest defeat
A 2-0 defeat to Oxford on Sunday kept the Pilgrims at the foot of the Championship table.
“I think you have to consider all possible outcomes,” Rooney said. Plymouth live. 'I think that's normal with the results we're going through.
“You have to feel like you can change things, do you have the players to change things? Can I change things? Can the coaches change things? That's all we really have to consider.”
When asked about the reaction of fans who had made the 400-mile round trip, Rooney insisted he understood their frustration.
He continued: 'I get it, I get it. I was there myself when I was young.
“I've been there as a fan and you want to see your team win, you want to see them run, you want to see them tackle.”
“When you lose games, like we do, that frustration is there. I understand it, I don't take it personally.
'I think all of us are trying to do the right things and help each other win games. Unfortunately, in recent weeks that hasn't been the case.'
Rooney arrived at Home Park this summer after Plymouth narrowly escaped relegation in the 2023-24 campaign.
They recorded three wins and two draws in their first nine league games in a solid start that saw the club move to 14th in the table at the beginning of October.
Speaking after the match, the former England captain insisted he understood fans' frustration.
Rooney's men have not won a game since November and are now four points away from safety
Since then, however, the Pilgrims have endured a miserable run, picking up just seven points from a possible 42, with a 1-0 win over southern rivals Portsmouth in November the last time they picked up three points.
He added: “I'm not going to sit here and attack the players individually or collectively.”
'From my point of view we have come this far, we have tried to compete and we have lost the game.
“Of course, there will be talks with the players individually, but that is obviously between them and me.”