Congratulations Steve McLaren

MrStuffins

One of a VERY long line of managers who have been screwed over by the British Press and the English F.A. after not winning every single game his England team were involved in whilst England manager.

I know there are other threads discussing the run-in to the Dutch league, but i think the guy deserves this thread to say congratulations. And at very least this post (if nobody wants to join me in my congratulations).

GOOD MAN STEVE!

unknown13

Didnt Ajax the team they beat to first have something like +83 goal difference

MrStuffins

unknown13 wrote: »

Didnt Ajax the team they beat to first have something like +83 goal difference

Possibly.

I have a cat named Colin.

That's another irrelivant point :P

JPA

Well done to him but don't think he didn't deserve to be sacked by England.

MrStuffins

JPA wrote: »

Well done to him but don't think he didn't deserve to be sacked by England.

He failed to qualify sure, but did he deserve the media stick he got?

Absolutely not!

Mr.Nice Guy

I am...how you say...very pleased for him?

He's done great to silence the tabloids who slaughtered him. I think the England job was too big for him when he took it on but he clearly is a top coach and has a lot to offer.

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Vell done Schteve

x in the city

StHevee To Liverpool.

You heard it here firhst.

m@cc@

MrStuffins wrote: »

One of a VERY long line of managers who have been screwed over by the British Press and the English F.A. after not winning every single game his England team were involved in whilst England manager.

He was clearly out of his depth with the England job. He's found his level with Twente. Congrats.

Hank_Jones

Fair play to him for bouncing back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnoP4sUV90

Savman

Could never stand the guy but full credit where it's due.

RichTea

I loved him and his early interviews at Twente. He's a goon but a lovable goon who seems to be quite an adept manager (at least at club level).

Well done to the guy, but I do dread the media going overboard now with praise.

If he does want to step back to a higher level, he will have to stop trying to be everyones friend, and dispense with the 'JT' and 'Stevie G' -isms.

everdead.ie

He's been heavily linked with the wolfburg and Hamburg jobs I think.
I hope he does well all England managers get slaughtered for not winning anything to not qualify was a disaster

Johner

I doubt he will leave Twente, Champions League football. Delighted for him.

ctrl-alt-delete

MrStuffins wrote: »

One of a VERY long line of managers who have been screwed over by the British Press and the English F.A. after not winning every single game his England team were involved in whilst England manager.

In all fairness he failed to qualify for the Euros, which is a pretty hard task to do with a country like England.

All credit to him for what he has done in Holland though, Twente winning their 1st ever league title with him in charge. Couldn't have been easy for him with the language barrier, i know he could speak pigeon dutch though

monkey9

What the hell is going on with that interview? Why is he talking like that?

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monkey9 wrote: »

What the hell is going on with that interview? Why is he talking like that?

That is how to speak English as a foreign language

kraggy

I also am called Jasper.

monkey9

kraggy wrote: »

I also am called Jasper.

Datsh cool

TonyD79

Johner wrote: »

I doubt he will leave Twente, Champions League football. Delighted for him.

Sure he got them champions league football before and they were knocked out in the qualifying round. Do the Champions go straight into the group stage though as Ajax have failed in the qualifying stages aswell recently?

Imagine his Anglo-German accent if he did go:D

monkey9

TonyD79 wrote: »

Sure he got them champions league football before and they were knocked out in the qualifying round. Do the Champions go straight into the group stage though as Ajax have failed in the qualifying stages aswell recently?

Imagine his Anglo-German accent if he did go:D

Yeah, Twente are straight in to the group stages

HalloweenJack

TonyD79 wrote: »

Sure he got them champions league football before and they were knocked out in the qualifying round. Do the Champions go straight into the group stage though as Ajax have failed in the qualifying stages aswell recently?

Twente had qualified for the Champions League before he took over. They drew Arsenal and got thrashed 6-0.

Also, Ajax have only been in the CL qualifiers because they haven't been winning the league, not since 2004, iirc. AZ and PSV have gone straight into the group stages when they've won it.

EDIT - Would like to add, I'm delighted for McClaren to be rebuilding his career. He got a shocking treatment by the English media after they didn't make it to Euro 2008. When you see how well Croatia and Russia did once they got there, it's hardly a big failure.

looking at where middlesborough are now and what twente achieved i would say mclaren is a more then capable coach. it didnt work out for him with england but by virtue of that bad patch alone it don't make him a 'wally' like some of the amateur gutter journos coined him.

additionally he was probably working with hard working players who play for the shirt at twente and middlesborough unlike some of the huge egos in the England camp

larchielads

prob gonna be the only english manager to win anythin this year and he prob wont even get the recognition he deserves.

M5

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Fair play to him for bouncing back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnoP4sUV90

Aw man, thats awfull, had to stop it half way through. Makes David Brent look normal. cringe

Dozen Wicked Words

Great to see Twente win the league this year, following on from AZ last year, breaking the near 30 year run that Feyenoord, Ajax and PSV had before that.

He was a fairly average England manager, but lots of other good coaches have been made to look crap by England.

Headshot

http://www.soccerway.com/news/2010/May/04/mcclaren-set-to-be-named-new-wolfsburg-coach/

GSM) - Twente boss Steve McClaren is set to leave the Dutch champions and join VfL Wolfsburg. According to France Football, negotiations between the former England coach and last year's Bundesliga champions should be completed next week.

Twente's title festivities are overshadowed by rumours of an approaching exodus and McClaren could be the first one to leave the Dutch side, who won the first championship in their history on Sunday.

Wolfsburg has had a disappointing season, showing incapable of reproducing the performances that saw them become champions just the campaign before. McClaren is being tipped as the man to bring them back to glory.

I think that would be a fair stupid move by Steve