McClaren, no moral fibre

[helpmetoo]

Having failed miserably in the one task he was employed so to do he should have resigned immediately.

Interviewed after the disgrace last night he said he had no intention of resigning.

So, he will justifiably get the sack today and a totally unjustified seven figure lump of compensation for an overvalued contract.

Steve McClaren......sad loser.

[kwicky]

Sven knew that English footballers are a load of cr*p when he took on Mancester City and brought in foreign players. The English way is a long ball hoping that the centre forward gets his head to it. No guile or skill. Strangely the Scots have more inborn skills than the English and their play is sometimes attractive to watch.

Changing the manager is akin to re-arranging the deckchairs on the Titanic.

[jno]

it was the FA who overvalued the contract, not McClaren. He's just taken what he's entitled to under the deal he and they signed. If he was hopeless, blame the people who signed him (while pretending they hadn't really wanted anyone else at all)

[Reverandfunk]

Very very rich loser.

Why dont he sort his hair out???

[Pippa68]

Is it just me who is more inclined to blame the players?

[spaced]

some blame needs to be placed on the players, well lets call them people, as they didnt exactly "play" last night.

[Emu2005]

I would say the manager and players are both to blame.

But it is despicable that SM gets a massive payout for basically failing.

I think there should be an international cap on salaries, then maybe people would play because they want to play, not just cos they make so much money.

My boyfriend reckons if this happened all the players would strike, which would just accentuate the fact that all they care about is money and not actually playing the game!

[Booldawg]

from what I saw of the match the English played good football, put them under pressure were strong in midfield, passed the ball about well. 3-2 is hardly a thumping. If he'd only played David James in goal, 6 clean sheets at Pompey out of 13 league games?

[Football-fan]

he should have resigned, but instead he waited to be sacked for his cash for being a ver y very poor football manager

[anotheoldgit]

Would not everyone in his position have waited to be sacked rather than resign?

We are talking big money here, and that is what football is all about I am afraid. Rather be a very rich sacked Coach, than a much poorer man of principle.

But he was not the only one responsible. Blame the FA for grabbing big money hiring out Wembley for the pitch to be churned up by American Football, days before a very important England Soccer match

And blame those overpaid prima donnas, who do not seem to have grasped the very basics of football. They cannot pass the ball accurately, when they gain possession they do not seem to know what to do with it, they cannot dribble, constanly loose possession and very really hit the target.

Dismal performance from so called very highly paid professionals, who's pay should be performance related.