"McClaren sacked after Euro exit" is the headline at the Sun newspaper.
According to journalists Pat Sheehan and Shaun Curtis, the decision to sack Steve McClaren was made at 10.30 pm after the 3-2 home defeat by Croatia. McClaren was informed of the decision instantly.
Apparently, according to the Sun - FA chief executive Brian Barwick, his trusted aid Simon Johnson, FA chairman Geoff Thompson and chairman of the international committee Noel White met at 10.30 last night, sacked McClaren and decided to call an FA board meeting for 8.30am this morning to finalise procedings. A mere rubberstamp jobby of an already made decision.
I say McClaren will definately be sacked, or the pressure will mount upon the FA heirachy themselves.
McClaren had been booked on the plane to South Africa tomorrow for Sunday's World Cup draw in Durban but his seat will be cancelled.
The under fire England manager will receive a £2.5million golden handshake despite failing to get England to the 2008 Euro finals.
News i'm sure, that will not be of much surprise to anyone remotely interested in the 3 Lions.
Posted at 1:22 AM, Thursday, November 22, 2007
According to journalists Pat Sheehan and Shaun Curtis, the decision to sack Steve McClaren was made at 10.30 pm after the 3-2 home defeat by Croatia. McClaren was informed of the decision instantly.
Apparently, according to the Sun - FA chief executive Brian Barwick, his trusted aid Simon Johnson, FA chairman Geoff Thompson and chairman of the international committee Noel White met at 10.30 last night, sacked McClaren and decided to call an FA board meeting for 8.30am this morning to finalise procedings. A mere rubberstamp jobby of an already made decision.
I say McClaren will definately be sacked, or the pressure will mount upon the FA heirachy themselves.
McClaren had been booked on the plane to South Africa tomorrow for Sunday's World Cup draw in Durban but his seat will be cancelled.
The under fire England manager will receive a £2.5million golden handshake despite failing to get England to the 2008 Euro finals.
News i'm sure, that will not be of much surprise to anyone remotely interested in the 3 Lions.
Posted at 1:22 AM, Thursday, November 22, 2007
England 2
Lampard (pen) 56
Crouch 65
Croatia 3
Kranjcar 8
Olic 14
Petric 77
Venue: Wembley Stadium.
Attendance: 88,091.
Referee: Peter Frojdfeldt (Sweden).
England have failed to qualify for the 2008 Euro's after a dismal display at Wembley in front of nearly 90,000 fans.
I am still baffled how young goalkeeper Carson jumped ahead of David James in the pecking order. OK, Robinson has played badly enough lately to warrant being dropped. Why James, who has been on the bench, presumably therefore England's number 2, for every qualifier, was overlooked in preference for a rookie, is beyond me.
I am still confused also, as to why England lined up with a 451 formation. Owen got injured in a meaningless friendly away to Austria, and McClaren saw fit to change the whole set up, rather than just put in a replacement (defoe).
I refuse to berate the England players, who aside Crouch, Joe Cole and possibly David Beckham, floundered helplessly in the mud, on a Wembley pitch that had been trounced by the American football players that recently tore our hallowed turf to shreds.
The problem with the England side, for me, is the old boys brigade that run the FA. Non football people, making footballing decisions, strikes me as an oddity. Tomorrow these non footballing people will have an emergency board meeting, to decide on Steve McClaren's future tenure as the England manager.
The blind leading the blind springs to mind.
England 2 Croatia 3 Match Reports
♠ England Eliminated (the fa)
♠ England 2 Croatia 3 (bbc)
Posted at 12:05 AM,
Lampard (pen) 56
Crouch 65
Croatia 3
Kranjcar 8
Olic 14
Petric 77
Venue: Wembley Stadium.
Attendance: 88,091.
Referee: Peter Frojdfeldt (Sweden).
England have failed to qualify for the 2008 Euro's after a dismal display at Wembley in front of nearly 90,000 fans.
I am still baffled how young goalkeeper Carson jumped ahead of David James in the pecking order. OK, Robinson has played badly enough lately to warrant being dropped. Why James, who has been on the bench, presumably therefore England's number 2, for every qualifier, was overlooked in preference for a rookie, is beyond me.
I am still confused also, as to why England lined up with a 451 formation. Owen got injured in a meaningless friendly away to Austria, and McClaren saw fit to change the whole set up, rather than just put in a replacement (defoe).
I refuse to berate the England players, who aside Crouch, Joe Cole and possibly David Beckham, floundered helplessly in the mud, on a Wembley pitch that had been trounced by the American football players that recently tore our hallowed turf to shreds.
The problem with the England side, for me, is the old boys brigade that run the FA. Non football people, making footballing decisions, strikes me as an oddity. Tomorrow these non footballing people will have an emergency board meeting, to decide on Steve McClaren's future tenure as the England manager.
The blind leading the blind springs to mind.
England 2 Croatia 3 Match Reports
♠ England Eliminated (the fa)
♠ England 2 Croatia 3 (bbc)
Posted at 12:05 AM,
Israel 2
Barda 10
Golan 90
Russia 1
Bilyaletdinov 61
Israel survived a torrid second half which saw their early lead equalised, and with 5 to go Isreal were nearly defeated when a Russian shot hit the post. Somehow, amazingly, the Israeli's, who looked out on their feet, counter-attacked and stole all 3 points when Golan pounced on a Cohen through ball to make the score Israel 2 Russia 1.
As it stands, the England team only need draw at Wembley on wednesday at home to Croatia, who have now qualified, to progress through to the Euro finals.
There are many who feel Steve McClaren should never have been given the England managerial role. They may well be right, who knows? What I do know, is McClaren may well not be good enough for some England fans tastes, but surely he is lucky enough for all of us at the moment.
I have heard it mentioned before, that football teams do not need good managers, what they really need is lucky ones.
Either way: Come on England! & Thankyou Israel.
Posted at 7:58 PM, Saturday, November 17, 2007
Barda 10
Golan 90
Russia 1
Bilyaletdinov 61
Israel survived a torrid second half which saw their early lead equalised, and with 5 to go Isreal were nearly defeated when a Russian shot hit the post. Somehow, amazingly, the Israeli's, who looked out on their feet, counter-attacked and stole all 3 points when Golan pounced on a Cohen through ball to make the score Israel 2 Russia 1.
As it stands, the England team only need draw at Wembley on wednesday at home to Croatia, who have now qualified, to progress through to the Euro finals.
There are many who feel Steve McClaren should never have been given the England managerial role. They may well be right, who knows? What I do know, is McClaren may well not be good enough for some England fans tastes, but surely he is lucky enough for all of us at the moment.
I have heard it mentioned before, that football teams do not need good managers, what they really need is lucky ones.
Either way: Come on England! & Thankyou Israel.
Posted at 7:58 PM, Saturday, November 17, 2007
Austria 0
England 1
Peter Crouch 44
Venue: Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna
Kick Off: 8pm, Friday 16 November 2007
Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz
England beat quite a weak Austrian side with a headed goal from Peter Crouch, supplied by a David Beckham corner.
Scott Carson and Ashley Young made their England debuts. Both played well enough.
Once again though, the main news is about misfortune. Michael Owen was pulled off with a thigh strain, and will be out for a month. That means if Israel do manage to hold the Russians to a draw, and England can qualify for the Euro's by beating Croatia at Wembley, we'll have to do it without Michael Owen.
For me, Owen is clearly injury prone, and should be used sparingly when possible. Playing Michael in friendlies mid-season, is nil-by-mouth as far as i'm concerned.
Apart from that, we have the obvious situation once again, that Beckham is still a key player for the 3 Lions. Because once again, Beckham's crossing supplied the winner. As long as Beckham has someone like Crouch to aim at, he will remain one of our big guns.
So, all in all a satisfactory friendly result. Now we just wait for the Israeli's to do us a favour.
Come on England! Come on Israel!
Austria 0 England 1 Match Reports
♠ Victory in Vienna (the fa.com)
♠ Austria 0-1 England (bbc.co.uk)
Posted at 12:33 PM,
England 1
Peter Crouch 44
Venue: Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna
Kick Off: 8pm, Friday 16 November 2007
Referee: Nicolai Vollquartz
England beat quite a weak Austrian side with a headed goal from Peter Crouch, supplied by a David Beckham corner.
Scott Carson and Ashley Young made their England debuts. Both played well enough.
Once again though, the main news is about misfortune. Michael Owen was pulled off with a thigh strain, and will be out for a month. That means if Israel do manage to hold the Russians to a draw, and England can qualify for the Euro's by beating Croatia at Wembley, we'll have to do it without Michael Owen.
For me, Owen is clearly injury prone, and should be used sparingly when possible. Playing Michael in friendlies mid-season, is nil-by-mouth as far as i'm concerned.
Apart from that, we have the obvious situation once again, that Beckham is still a key player for the 3 Lions. Because once again, Beckham's crossing supplied the winner. As long as Beckham has someone like Crouch to aim at, he will remain one of our big guns.
So, all in all a satisfactory friendly result. Now we just wait for the Israeli's to do us a favour.
Come on England! Come on Israel!
Austria 0 England 1 Match Reports
♠ Victory in Vienna (the fa.com)
♠ Austria 0-1 England (bbc.co.uk)
Posted at 12:33 PM,
Previous Posts
♠ England 23 To Face France On 26 Mar 2008
♠ England 2 Switzerland 1 (6 Feb 08)
♠ Capello Names His First England Squad
♠ Fabio Capello - The New England Manager?
♠ Steve McClaren Sacked As England Manager
♠ England 2 Croatia 3 - England Fail To Qualify
♠ Isreal Beat Russia - England Can Qualify
♠ Austria 0 England 1 (friendly)
♠ Russia 2 England 1 (17 Oct 07)
♠ England 3 Estonia 0 (13 oct, 07)
♠ England 2 Switzerland 1 (6 Feb 08)
♠ Capello Names His First England Squad
♠ Fabio Capello - The New England Manager?
♠ Steve McClaren Sacked As England Manager
♠ England 2 Croatia 3 - England Fail To Qualify
♠ Isreal Beat Russia - England Can Qualify
♠ Austria 0 England 1 (friendly)
♠ Russia 2 England 1 (17 Oct 07)
♠ England 3 Estonia 0 (13 oct, 07)
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