England's post-Kane era finally looks far more rosy

Santos, Doak & eight best Premier League loanees of the season

How it feels to beat Lionel Messi

Why Man Utd & Liverpool both want Argentine teen Soler

Top 25 African players of the 21st century - ranked

How to watch Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson from anywhere

Amorim told he's already made his first mistake at Man Utd

Ronaldo stunner the cherry on top for five-star Portugal 

Where's Leo?! Messi invisible as Argentina upset by Paraguay

Indonesia vs Japan: Stream, TV channels & where to watch

Jones exactly what England need as Carsley does Tuchel big favour

Vini's nightmare goes on as Brazil drop more WCQ points

Harry who?! Watkins makes England case as Kane watches on

Article continues belowArticle continues belowArticle continues below<script type="application/json" data-placement="fcplayer-semantic">{"type":"fcplayer-semantic","data":{"embedCode":"//cdn.fcp.codes/embed-code-template/embed-code-template.js#SEMANTIC_5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90"}}</script><ul><li>Plymouth lost to Stoke City</li><li>Have yet to record first win</li><li>Rooney annoyed at repeating messages</li></ul>

'Football can be cruel' - Wayne Rooney frustrated by having to give 'same message' to Plymouth players after suffering another defeat in woeful start in Championship

Championship

Plymouth

Watford

Queens Park Rangers

Stoke

Plymouth lost 1-0 to Stoke on Saturday, in what was their fourth game of the season. Argyle are yet to win a game this season, losing 4-0 to Sheffield Wednesday on the opening day, before drawing with both Hull City and QPR.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Rooney believes that Plymouth simply have to be more clinical; they recorded 15 shots, of which seven were on target, against Stoke, but did not manage to find the back of the net. As a result, they now sit 22nd in the Championship.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Rooney told reporters: "Again, I'm sat here talking about being clinical and being ruthless. If we do that today, I think we win the game."We allowed Stoke to still be a threat, especially on transition, second half and they get a goal towards the end. Disappointed with the result but I think there was lots of good things in the game. The big thing for us at the minute is we need to be more clinical. It's the same message I have given the first four games really so that's frustrating."He added: "They started the first half trying to play more football but after the first 15-20 minutes we pressed them with enough aggression to take that away from them, so I think the game plan was working. I felt if anyone was going to win it, it was probably us but football can be cruel."It's a good finish from their lad. It's something we identified, he does that a lot. He cuts in and tries to go near post. We worked with Bali [Mumba] on that and he does everything right really. For a forward, it's clever play, shooting through the defender's legs."

WHAT ROONEY SAID

Plymouth will have to live with the defeat throughout the international break before taking on promotion hopefuls Sunderland on September 14.

WHAT NEXT?

'Football can be cruel' - Wayne Rooney frustrated by having to give 'same message' to Plymouth players after suffering another defeat in woeful start in Championship | Goal.com Malaysia

Wayne Rooney has revealed his frustration at having to tell his Plymouth players to be &quot;more clinical&quot; after their dismal start to the season.

&apos;Football can be cruel&apos; - Wayne Rooney frustrated by having to give &apos;same message&apos; to Plymouth players after suffering another defeat in woeful start in Championship