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Steve McClaren has hailed Owen Hargreaves as the 'glue' that holds his England
team together, and the man to get him out of a sticky situation

Fat Sam was right, England's fat and useless.

At least Owen's column for the Beeb is more interesting than Kevin Nolan's.

Posted by Chrissy at 2:26 PM 0 comments    

Labels: England, Ideas to Blow up in one's Face, Internationals, McClaren, Owen Hargreaves

From Fox Sports

England coach Steve McClaren insists he has not shut the door on out-of-favor trio David Beckham, David James and Sol Campbell. Beckham was left out out in the cold for England's friendly loss to Spain despite injury problems affecting the likes of Aaron Lennon.

1. If the door wasn't shut, why the hell didn't James and Campbell get called up for the last friendly? Both would have been welcomed in the squad. I guess the only thing that stops me from getting 1) pissed 2) indignant about it is the fact that it was just a friggin friendly so who cares--really.


2. Fuck off Fox Sports, Beckham didn't get called up for the friendly because he's just about useless, and ahead of the match, he hadn't played forever because of the temper tantrum from Calderon and Capello at Real Madrid. But most importantly let's not forget--useless.

Posted by Chrissy at 11:11 AM 0 comments    

Labels: David Beckham, David James, England, Internationals, McClaren, Sol Campbell

Any post that begins as below, is fantastic in my book.

Hmm, this is a tricky one. After all, they're both gingers and both called Steve. Oh, and they're both rubbish managers.

HEAD TO HEAD Steve Staunton vs Steve McClaren

Posted by Chrissy at 9:40 AM 0 comments    

Labels: England, Football Managers behaving badly, Internationals, Ireland, McClaren, rubbish, Staunton

I have a couple of questions after yesterday's horrendous performance by Engerland.

1. Why the HELL did he start Gerrard and Fat Frank? sub question: Why the hell didn't Barton play besides either Fat Frank or Gerro?
   
2. Crouch?? While I understand that there were a shit load of hurt strikers, couldn't he have paired Crouch with *ahem* DeFoe from earlier in the match
   
3. Ben Foster, Paul Robinson, what? Robinson has had a shit year and Foster is currently on loan to the championship bound Watford. I'm going to echo the rest of the world by saying that David James is having the form of his life, and while he's old and the Calamity James moniker is not undeserved, he should have been first keeper. Hell, I'd say Nicky Weaver is doing well enough to be 2nd or 3rd, but he's hurt right now

I'm really disappointed-but not surprised. I'm wondering why it was such a big deal to have an English Manager anyway. When was the last English Manager to win a top flight league?

Answers on a postcard please

Posted by Chrissy at 7:55 AM 0 comments    

Labels: England, Friendlies, Internationals, McClaren