In the past week, The Blame Game has been at full force to explain why England didn’t qualify for Euro 2008 and why the future looks bleak. Robert Green blames Playstations. Alan Hansen blames the kids. David Pleat blamed the tactics. And so on and so forth (including many reporters blaming the amount of foreigners […]

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It’s official. Steve McClaren has been sacked as England manager just one day after the country’s exit from the Euro 2008 qualifying process.
To be honest, there are many England fans and journalists who are happy this morning. They’re pleased because “Second Choice Steve” (as The Guardian dubbed him after Scolari turned down the job offer) […]

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In this week’s EPL Talk Podcast, I warned listeners that Croatia would love nothing more than to visit Wembley and steal a win putting their country on the back pages of sportspages worldwide and making manager Slaven Bilic look like a mastermind (and a future Premier League manager). Well, they did it by beating England […]

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Steve McClaren must be the luckiest man on earth today. In injury time between Israel and Russia in the Euro 2008 qualifier today, Russia had a shot that struck the post. If it went in, it would have been 2-1 to Russia and would have signaled England’s downfall. But, luckily for England and McClaren, the […]

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The fate of whether England qualifies for next summer’s Euro 2008 is now in the hands of Israel after the English national team lost 2-1. If Russia beats Israel and Andorra in its remaining matches, then both Croatia and Russia will qualify automatically leaving England to watch the tournament on television.
The pinnacle match deciding England’s […]

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By John Nicholson
If you’re an England fan, then I will be telling you what you already know, England are in a crisis.
I don’t use the c word very often because in modern day media, a crisis can be anything from a full blown terrorist attack to the local store selling out of bread. The word […]

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Setanta’s team of pundits for the 2007/2008 season is continuing to grow. In the past few months, they announced that Steve McClaren McManaman, Angus Young and Steve Bower will join the Irish company.
Setanta has added Les Ferdinand to their ranks and The Guardian is reporting that Emmanuel Petit is in talks with Setanta.
At the same […]

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By John Nicholson
Is Steve McClaren a two-faced hypocrite? Yes, says ex-players Massimo Maccarone and Danny Mills, no says, well, nobody except McClaren.
Both sides are obviously biased, but there is an air of truth about these criticisms simply because they confirm so many fans long held beliefs, that McClaren is an essentially weak man. When he […]

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