Steve McClaren

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 …

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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)?

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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This article is a submission for the Soccerlens Football Writing Competition; to participate, please read the details here. I think Sami Hyypia summed everything up brilliantly the other week. ‘When we were winning, the rotation wasn’t a problem but now …

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Sep 2, 2006 – England beat Andorra 5-0 in a somewhat pointless Euro 2008 qualifier. Having beaten Greece convincingly some time before in a friendly, McClaren’s “new England” are buoyant and enthusiastic about their future. Sep 12, 2007 – England …

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Paul Robinson’s crucifixation has started again, and combined with ‘that goal’ in the Croatia game as well as the short term memory of the press hacks calling for the recall of David James – these people seem to have forgotten …

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David Gill has responded to Ferguson’s desire to retire at the end of this season by naming an unlikely candidate as successor: Steve McClaren.

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Disclaimer: This is personal opinion, so keep that in mind before you go off on a rant. We know that the English media are a soulless, immoral, self-righteous and hypocritical bunch.

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Before the Israel game, Pini Zahavi, super-agent, predicted that the English media would set upon Steven McClaren like a pack of wolves if England failed to beat Israel. He may just have been stating the obvious truth, but what he …

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Long story short – Zahavi speaks to the Israeli press about the Israel v England game, talks about the England squad under Eriksson being jealous of Beckham and about the possible reaction in England towards McClaren if England loses to …

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