Birmingham are BOOED off by their own supporters after being beaten at home by Hull as Wayne Rooney calls for his players to ‘adapt to his style quickly’ after losing his first two games in charge of the Championship side

Wayne Rooney’s Birmingham were booed after his first home game in charge ended in a 2-0 defeat to Hull in the Championship.

The Tigers, managed by Rooney’s former assistant Liam Rosenior, ended a four-match winless run and handed Rooney a second successive defeat since replacing John Eustace at St Andrew’s.

Liam Delap cleared a poor back pass from Emmanuel Longelo to give the visitors a twelve minute lead. Jaden Philogene’s long-range strike settled the match with sixteen minutes remaining.

Rooney admits he will change his ‘no-fear football’ philosophy at Birmingham after the defeat to Hull because his players can’t do it.

“You have to be brave when you receive the ball, but it is clear from the first two games that the players are not comfortable with that,” said Birmingham manager Rooney.

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‘There will of course be minor adjustments, because we also have to get points.

“I can get players on the pitch, kick the ball up the pitch and try to pick up second balls, but we have to get the balance right.

‘This is my responsibility. Maybe I asked them too much and I take that responsibility. We ask them to play from the back and be more front-footed.

“I said to the boys after the game, ‘If you think you can’t do it, tell me and we can adjust and adapt.’

‘There are so many different elements in no-fear football. They’ve had snot and guts for the last ten years and it’s been really hard.

‘But that won’t change in two weeks if the players aren’t used to a completely different way.

“As I learn players’ strengths and weaknesses, we’ll find that balance to make sure we get it right.”

Fans made their feelings known to Rooney at the end of the match, as the team booed at half-time and full-time.

‘That’s part of football. You have to win games to change that,” Rooney said.

Ipswich showed few signs of rust as they kept the pressure on leaders Leicester with a 1-0 win at Bristol City.

Nathan Broadhead’s first-half goal gave Kieran McKenna’s side a tenth win in twelve league games as they played their first match since October 7.

Patrick Bamford missed a penalty before Pascal Struijk scored an own goal as Leeds’ three-match winning run was halted by a 1-0 defeat at Stoke.

Struijk’s own goal in the 80th minute came five minutes after Bamford shot over the bar from twelve yards.

But Leeds remained third as Preston and Southampton drew 2-2.

Kyle Walker-Peters brilliantly gave the Saints the lead in the 33rd minute when he cut in from the right and curled a left-footed effort into the far corner.

Preston turned the game around within the first ten minutes of the second half when substitute Milutin Osmajic smashed home an equalizer from the edge of the penalty area before setting up Brad Potts to make it 2-1.

But Ched Evans put through his own net in the sixth minute of extra time as Preston’s winless run reached six games.

Sheffield Wednesday’s winless start to the season continued as they were wiped out 3-0 by fellow strugglers Plymouth.

Mustapha Bundu’s free-kick in the 44th minute put Argyle ahead and Morgan Whittaker made a defensive error to make it 2–0 at half-time.

An unmarked Ryan Hardie then swept home a third in the 76th minute to emphatically end their four-match winless run.

Rotherham recorded only their second win of the campaign and a first clean sheet as Lee Peltier’s second-half header and Oliver Rathbone’s injury-time goal beat Coventry 2–0.