If not Mourinho... how about Schteve?

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

[zigackly]

That's very therapeutic actually.

[Strontium]

I don't want to sound like I am endorsing McClaren as a choice for manager, but the guy deserves to be judged on his achievements, which right now appear to be pretty epic.

[Tom R]

I don't want to sound like I am endorsing McClaren as a choice for manager, but the guy deserves to be judged on his achievements, which right now appear to be pretty epic.

 

Epic? Really?

 

Winning the Carling cup in England and nothing with England or in Holland?

[Ezekiel 25:17]

How you say er, 'mashiff wanker'.

[Stu Monty]

[hamstrung]

[WaltonRed]

No to the blatent WUM who started the thread and a fuck no to McClaren

[dave u]

I put this in the diary in the mag a couple of months back, but let's get him in, I wanna hear him talk scouse.

[WaltonRed]

I'd rather have Malcolm McClaren...

[wrightylew]

Good Lord.

[RafaLaBamba]

Mclaren....Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! That's all I have to say about that suggestion. But on a brighter note, O'Neill and Hodgson are good suggestions. I'd rather have Roy than Martin, but that's only because I believe Roy Hodgson has the ability to take the team to that next level on a smaller budget. O'Neill also irritates me to the point of death at times, so all round Roy would be the better option for me.

[dirty_sanchez]

Firstly, I don't want Steve McClaren to replace Benitez.

 

Right, now that I've got that out of the way...

 

Secondly, I think the man deserves a lot more respect and think he's a very good manager. Look at his CV: He was assistant manager at Man Utd when they won the treble in 1999, he took previously trophyless Middlesbrough to Cardiff and won the Carling Cup and also took them to europe via a good league position in 2005 before they reached the UEFA Cup final losing to (For losing to see anihaliated by) a very good Sevilla side. And now he's got everybodies attention in Holland.

 

His biggest mistake was taking on the England job, though again look at his CV he was a big part of the England set up as coach. It's the worst job in the world for any manager to take due to the amount of pressure you're put under and if it goes wrong you can expect the worst abuse from the gutter press and once that shit is thrown it sticks - and the public buy into it aswell.

 

His record with England wasn't that bad. They were a point away from qualifying for the Euros but lost out to Croatia and Russia - managed by Bilic and Hiddink, two managers who are consistently talked about on these boards as being potentially good replacements for Benitez...

 

He was never a popular appointment as he wasn't fashionable enough. Look at the reaction at halftime when they played Andorra and it was 0-0 - roundly booed by the morons in the crowd and press box. 2 years later Cappello's side went there and went in at halftime at 0-0 and there wasn't a peep from anyone.

 

He deserves a bit more respect.

 

I agree (sort of).

 

I don't think Steve McClaren is a world class manager by any stretch of the imagination, but he deserves some respect for what he's achieved at Boro and Twente.

[The Special One]

[The Golden Eel]

fair enough. I stand corrected then. My Boro supporting mate who told me all this obviously doesn't remember that season!

 

He didn't rate McClaren one jot and he has way more experience of him that me.

 

 

Bet it's that bloke who threw the season ticket at McClaren.

[SammyAftershave]

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[t1971]

Does deserve respect for what he has done there. The league is poor at the minute but still its agood job hes doing. Despite Celtic and Rangers being truly awful this year, no one has got close to winning that league ahead of them. Steve has done a great job over there. Dont want him here, but neither do i want Mourinho, ONeill or Hodgson.

[TheBitch]

Does deserve respect for what he has done there. The league is poor at the minute but still its agood job hes doing. Despite Celtic and Rangers being truly awful this year, no one has got close to winning that league ahead of them. Steve has done a great job over there. Dont want him here, but neither do i want Mourinho, ONeill or Hodgson.

[RobbieOR]

He deserves a lot of respect alone for having the balls to try himself abroad unlike the likes of O'Neill and Allayrdici who just stay in Britain all of the time.

[The-Sir]

[Manny]

He deserves a lot of respect alone for having the balls to try himself abroad unlike the likes of O'Neill and Allayrdici who just stay in Britain all of the time.

 

Good point. He's gone abroad and done well, and I've a lot of time for him and his comedy voice acting. I'd not want him anywhere near the club though.

 

Agree also with the notion that the shithouse press turned on him and rewrote history because he didn't succeed at international level. When it comes to Ingerlund, I tend to judge a manager's record slightly differently, due to the number of insufferable cunts he'd have to put up with - journos, the FA, the LMA, Ginsoak, Mongo, Max Clifford, paparazzi, Rio Ferdinand, etc.

[Strontium]

Epic? Really?

 

Winning the Carling cup in England and nothing with England or in Holland?

 

 

He's 2 matches away from taking a minor Dutch club to the Dutch title. That's an achievement whether you like it or not.

[Antynwa]

I like Steve McClaren, although I wouldn't want him as our manager.

[DooooodekNo5]

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ahahahaha what the flying fuck , thats up there on the list of most fucked up things seen online.

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