Steve McClaren
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I was watching the game but I've decided I need more excitement so I'm watching some paint dry.
McLaren has a long track record of being unable to motivate players (he lost the dressing room at Middlesbrough) and we can see the latest manifestation of that in the performances of England.
Why play Dire (my sp) up front when he had Defoe on the bench? His response to going a goal down - take off the most creative player, Wright Phillips! Lacklustre and ineffective sums up all of his teams so far.
I'm looking forward to his interview afterwards. I expect lots of white teeth and "the lads did well I though" type bs.
: private frazer : We're doomed!
McLaren has a long track record of being unable to motivate players (he lost the dressing room at Middlesbrough) and we can see the latest manifestation of that in the performances of England.
Why play Dire (my sp) up front when he had Defoe on the bench? His response to going a goal down - take off the most creative player, Wright Phillips! Lacklustre and ineffective sums up all of his teams so far.
I'm looking forward to his interview afterwards. I expect lots of white teeth and "the lads did well I though" type bs.
: private frazer : We're doomed!
His interview infuriated me.
Just a long list of piss poor excuses about the performance.
When you look at how someone like Sam Allardyce can motivate players from all over the world and get them playing for each other, Steve McClaren looks like such a poor choice.
The run-up to, and including the next world cup/euro's is already depressingly predictable.
For McClaren, see Andy Robinson
Just a long list of piss poor excuses about the performance.
When you look at how someone like Sam Allardyce can motivate players from all over the world and get them playing for each other, Steve McClaren looks like such a poor choice.
The run-up to, and including the next world cup/euro's is already depressingly predictable.
For McClaren, see Andy Robinson
_ian_ said:
His interview infuriated me.
When you look at how someone like Sam Allardyce can motivate players from all over the world and get them playing for each other, Steve McClaren looks like such a poor choice.
When you look at how someone like Sam Allardyce can motivate players from all over the world and get them playing for each other, Steve McClaren looks like such a poor choice.
The FA will never go near Allardyce, the bung stories mean he'll never get the England job.
He must go now!Can't believe he was given the job in the first place. They should have given it to someone with some passion for the national team like Stuart Pearce, he might not have proved himself that much at club level yet but at least he would have got the team motivated. McClaren is too much like Sven.
Stuart Pearce?? Alright having passion but need some nous as well. Pearce be OK with a good guiding hand for a few years, Gus Hiddink, Scholari. Do not think we have any English manager at the moment who would be any good, and the public with the press overate some very mediocre players. Venables is way past his sell by date. Also why don't any of them f***wits at the FA ever resign, get sacked. Sven still getting £13k a day. We are a very average national team with a crap mamager.
SMc hasn't had a great start - but he's not got a great team either, the media / fans have come to expect a lot of the England side (why FFS??), and are ready to knock the ginger one at any opportunity.
Pearce? You're having a laugh surely? He's not exactly known for his tactical prowess - and I don't think he'll ever be a top manager. Motivator, yes - but he'd need somebody to hold his hand.
Allardyce will never get the job (not even if a brown envelope gets sent to the wrong address)...
Pearce? You're having a laugh surely? He's not exactly known for his tactical prowess - and I don't think he'll ever be a top manager. Motivator, yes - but he'd need somebody to hold his hand.
Allardyce will never get the job (not even if a brown envelope gets sent to the wrong address)...
SMC's side in the last couple of England performances have been below a acceptable standard, they just want to pass the ball in midfield. Making Triangles and Angles is all well and good but you want go forward not side to side.
Last night you had Dyer doing nothing and long balls into Crouch who committed fouls. If one person was not suitable for starting a game is Crouch.
Crouch needs a another person to work with and in that respect he is costly to your formation, No good hoofing a long ball up to him, he needs to head it down to someone to get the second touch.
No one wanted to make probing runs or probing passes last night, so in my book SMC is a Sven Mk2.
I think the solution has got to be Stuart Pearce to be manager with Veneables to guide his tactics. Or go back to a foreign manager.
Last night you had Dyer doing nothing and long balls into Crouch who committed fouls. If one person was not suitable for starting a game is Crouch.
Crouch needs a another person to work with and in that respect he is costly to your formation, No good hoofing a long ball up to him, he needs to head it down to someone to get the second touch.
No one wanted to make probing runs or probing passes last night, so in my book SMC is a Sven Mk2.
I think the solution has got to be Stuart Pearce to be manager with Veneables to guide his tactics. Or go back to a foreign manager.
Lucas said:
No one wanted to make probing runs or probing passes last night, so in my book SMC is a Sven Mk2.
I think the solution has got to be Stuart Pearce to be manager with Veneables to guide his tactics. Or go back to a foreign manager.
I'm a fan of Pearce but his ranting style is unsuitable for managing international players IMO.
I'm also a fan of El Tel but lets not forget that he's involved now and seems to be having little effect.
We need a strong manager with his own ideas who will command the respect of the players. I think most people would prefer an English (or at least British) manager if possible.
I think Allardyce would have been brilliant because I think he is the sort of character that players would sweat blood for and he is also technically astute. But for the reason already given I'm sure that the FA would never go for him.
I think Steve Coppell would be first class but I'm sure he wouldn't take it because he dislikes the limelight. Curbishley? O'Neill?
unrepentant said:
Why play Dire (my sp) up front when he had Defoe on the bench? His response to going a goal down - take off the most creative player, Wright Phillips! Lacklustre and ineffective sums up all of his teams so far.
I thought Wright-Phillips was pretty poor last night, to be honest. I realise he's hardly had much practice for Chelsea this season, but when he wasn't losing the ball he was running offside, so IMO the decision to take him off was fair enough.
I'm not a SMC fan, though. I don't like Big Sam either, but I wish he was England manager.
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