Plymouth’s problems went from bad to worse as Wayne Rooney’s side shipped FOUR goals in the first half at Coventry.
The Pilgrims, who are winless in their last eight, are bottom of the Championship and looked destined to stay there due to their nightmare first half at the Coventry Building Society Arena.
Coventry, managed by Rooney’s former England teammate Frank Lampard, took the lead after five minutes through Tatsuhiro Sakumoto.
Ephron Mason-Clark scored in between two Josh Eccles goals to put Lampard’s men firmly into the driving seat.
And some of the fans in attendance inflicted further misery on Rooney with a chant about his future status as Plymouth manager.
“What on Earth has Frank Lampard done to Ephron Mason-Clark?” talkSPORT’s Geoff Peters said reporting from the game after the third goal.
“He’s been superb since Lampard arrived at the CBS Arena And I’m sure there’s a few cries about Rooney getting sacked in the morning.”
And after Eccles made it 4-0 to Coventry, Peters said: “‘You’re getting sacked in the morning’, they’re singing to Wayne Rooney. It’s Lampard’s Coventry 4-0 Plymouth.”
The second half didn’t see any more goals, however, Plymouth finished the game a man light with Callum Wright being sent off on 87 minutes having only come on in the 37th minute of the game.
Rooney was appointed Plymouth boss in May after the west country side narrowly avoided relegation from the Championship last season.
But Plymouth are rooted to the bottom of the table with just four wins from their 21 league outings.
Lampard was appointed head coach of the Sky Blues in November and is having a better time of it than Rooney.
Since Lampard was appointed, Coventry have won two and lost two of their five games prior to kick-off on Boxing Day.
