Steve McClaren
Assistant manager to Manchester United, assistant manager for England, led Middlesbrough to the Uefa Cup final and now England manager.
You’d think that with that sort of resume, McClaren might be an up and coming manager with the ability to inject passion and life into England performances.
You’d be wrong, too.
10 Rules to Being England’s Manager
It’s all over. After 18 matches, 1620 minutes of football and 457 days of management, Steve McClaren has been hounded out of his cushty job as England manager, and he’s taking a fancy paycheck with him. Did he need more guidance? Maybe. A leaflet or something with some basic pointers should have covered it.
On England…
“Wake up. You didn’t lose the game because of the tactics. We’re simply a better team. I admire your team and your players but my team is a much better team.” That is what the Croat manager had to say after the game at Wembley. Not only has he used the word ‘team’ four times…
England Fail to Qualify for Euro 2008
[Editor's note: for a minute-by-minute live blog report of the England-Croatia game, see this post] One word: Nightmare. On the night of the most important games for England in recent years they bottled it. A gutless and nervy performance from every player. They gave it away all throughout the game and constantly played long balls up-field to…
How McClaren plans to get Sacked
The genius of his lunacy is sublime. Not even the most advanced sports psychologists have recognised this, so I want you all to remember that I did. Its really quite clear – Steve McClaren wants the boot.
What Will You Do Next Summer?
When answering this question the average Englishman is probably in the following school of thought. He will be looking at the cities which will host the Cricket next summer, and look to buy himself grandstand tickets. He will also be thinking about becoming the butt of his Scottish mate’s jokes, which are shite at the…
What Football Manager 08 taught me about Steve McClaren and England
This website has been highly critical of Steve McClaren’s credentials to manage England – with that in mind, it’s interesting to take a look back at my weekend romp with FM 08 and look at what it takes to manage England.
Is Steve McClaren Good Enough To Manage England?
Why have the FA backed Steve McClaren when the former assistant manager has almost failed his objective of qualifying for Euro 2008 (and must rely on Israel to beat Russia on 17 November)?
Taxi for McClaren?
How many of you think that England’s defeat to Russia was the result of Steve McClaren’s tactical ineptitude and an acute inability to motivate his players? There’s talk of blaming Rooney but as Scott says, you cannot blame Rooney for a refereeing mistake. The fact that Rooney scored an opportunistic goal hid the fact that…
Bolton fire Lee – McClaren or Pearce next? Can Bolton get someone better than Big Sam?
Here’s a sobering thought for you Bolton fans – the comparisons with Charlton from last season (something I touched upon in my article last week on Bolton’s troubles) just got more obvious. In throwing out Sammy Lee (platitudes aside), the Bolton board has effectively thrown its hands up in the air and admitted that Lee…
There Should Be No ‘I’ In European Group Qualification
This article is a submission for the Soccerlens Football Writing Competition; to participate, please read the details here. Written by Gordon Kelly. It has long been argued in the beautiful game that there is no ‘I’ in team, no individual above a system, no player bigger than his club — or country. Following England’s latest…
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