Steve McClown

Steve McClaren the Steve McClown.

I can't help but to call McClaren the McClown, anymore!!
Well, I had been trying to refrain myself for calling McClown, coz it is not nice to call people names. But the more I look at his photo or his name been mentioned on newspapers, I could just feel my blood boil. After so many games, he still do not admit that he is letting the country down.

I am the supporter of England national soccer team. But I can't help but to boo-boo the current manager. Why? From the very first day, I had oppose Steve from being the England manager. Who is he to take charge of England? He is only the No.2 to Alex and Sven. What had he done to Middlesbrough? Nothing exciting. Where are they in the Premier League?

Look at the way he manage England. What strategies did he have? Well, I believe he has one - push the ball to the players. He just wish his millionare players could perform and get away lucky! Really, did you see any on field tactics that he had applied? He had no solid Plan B, don't talk about Plan C. His team selection are disastrous.

Well, now he may get lucky that the England FA are looking at "why England has gone wrong". They think it is becourse of the foreign players in the league. My goddness. So you think the curent crop of English players can't perform and win better than this pathetic Eurpean Cup results? You mean Ronney, Own, Lampard, Gerrad, Cole, Terry and company can't produce a much solid performance? Well, Steve may be lucky this time round that attention and blame have been shifted (poor Wenger, whose exciting team may get affected if FA decided to set a limit of foreign players).

Foreign players may or may not affect the level of English players (I may blog about this next time.. heee..). But. Face it. You have the current players. Lots of them are world class. And you can't put them together and achieve results?! Yeah, eleven world class player may not perform together. But still, here we are, and we don't deserve a much better results? Come'on Steve. you shouldn't lead England. We are now talking about England national team, not a Division 1 team. We are talking about a country's pride and honour. Frankly, even in Premier League, I don't think he could lead a team to top spot at consistant level.

Perhaps, England FA should take a look at another problem. Manager. Where are the English managers?? Who are managing the top-flight team in the Premier League? Gosh. Arsenal, Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea. All managed by foreign manager. Well, perhaps, should we impose a limit on foreign manager for our English clubs? Haa.. A soccer team is not only won by eleven soccer player. You need a great manager to be a great team. Jose Mourinho led FC Porto to Champion League Cup. Guus Hiddink guided South Korean to last four in World Cup! Most of these players are relatively unknown, before they achieved the results!

Come'on. Stop pointing the blames at the players. England FA should seriously decide how to breed their very own English manager. If not, we would end up with another clown.

If England do not make it to European Cup, I do not know that should I feel sad (how can my favorite team get booted out?!) or happy (that Steve had finally gone!).

Steve, you had make history.
But an infamous history that broken many hearts.