McClaren Axed By England

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The Football Association have confirmed the departure of England coach Steve McClaren.



The FA board convened on Thursday morning after calling an emergency meeting and they wasted little time in confirming the termination of McClaren's contract.


McClaren's tenure was brought to an end less than 24 hours after England were knocked out of Euro 2008 at the qualifying stage.


England, who only needed a draw against Croatia to seal their place at the finals in Austria & Switzerland, lost 3-2 at Wembley on Wednesday.

McClaren was contracted up to the World Cup in 2010 - but he will not be seeing out the remaining 33 months of his contract after England's first failure to qualify for the finals of a major tournament since 1994.


His reign is the shortest in the history of the English national team.

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Suntan Superman

WC's Resident Samoan

I take it this is a classic example of....

High Expectations

Low Results.

Tyler Durden

The guy could not possibly stay.

He was the highest paid national football manager in world football and he failed to get the best out of the players at his disposal.

This is equally damning be it because he lacked the ability to do so or because the players themselves failed to perform for him.

The hope is that this failure sparks some kind of revolution in the English game as a whole that could take us forward. But it won't.

Sadly, for me, it's all about the Prem in this country now.

Mikk

WC's Sexy Beast

About time.

He should of never been appointed in the first place, he didn't seem like the person that could fire a team up and just looked soft.


There has been a few positives under his reign those being bringing in the younger players and getting rid of the dead weight, albeit for a short time.

Gareth Barry is someone who was given a chance in the England team and has done well and proves Lampard and Gerard can't play together but stick Barry with either then they can produce.


Now i may get some stick for this but David Beckham should never of been brought back, he's shite and past it.

So what if he can cross a ball, Gerrard can do that and i was so pleased when people like Shaun Wright Phillips came in as he gave us some pace down the wings unlike Beckham.

I hope who ever is appointed doesn't include Beckham and does look at the youth we have.

The Phantom

Boooooooo!!!

McLaren is a great football manager. The Welsh, Scots and Irish will all be mourning this departure.

So, Sven wasn't so bad after all then?

Tyler Durden

The good news is you can have him yourselves now!

The Phantom

Nah Tosh is doing a brilliant job with us.

Republic of Ireland are looking for a manager though. What do you think God?

Tyler Durden

Robbie Savage doesn't think so Deadly!

The Phantom

Savage can't manage his way out of a paper bag!

Tyler Durden

Lol, I remember when you loved him!