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What a ridiculous attempt at excuse mongering by possibly the worst manager England have ever had. If the lack of players was to blame then how come Sven got to three successive quarterfinals? And how does he know that no one emerged in the right midfield/right wing position when he barely played Lennon and never played Bentley, easily the two most promising wide midfielders/wingers England have got?
As to blaming foreign players - this is just Cr@p, as I've explained time and time again. If decent English players were abundant then they wouldn't cost a fortune and there'd be no need for clubs to go scouting all over Europe, and the only foreign players we'd have in England would be the likes of Drogba and Ronaldo - the best money can buy.
And wasn't this also the man who kept talking about his squad being 'full of world class players'? And the man who picked the richest, most famous XI players regardless of form? If he wants to know why he didn't have experienced up and coming players available then he has to look at the selection policy he employed, and Sven employed before him. Putting Scholes on the left wing and playing Carragher as a fullback put paid to their international careers because who the f@ck would want to play completely out of position just because the manager doesn't want to leave out Fat Lampard and Terry the Dogger? Treat your players with disrespect and it'll come back to haunt you.
On the other hand, there's a tiny grain of truth in what he is saying - we don't have 25 players who are definitely of international class. We have maybe 6 or 7. But McClaren helped to maintain the culture that has brought this about - whereby the tabloid hype and huge money in our league is used as a means of distracting from the very real problem of having maybe 2 central midfielders in the whole country who can pass a ball on the floor more than 10 yards. And not a single left sided winger who can actually dribble with any regularity. And a series of paceless, idiotic centrehalves who think that getting mugged and being forced into last ditch tackles makes them look hard.
McClaren should never be given a job again after these comments. A 2nd rate manager (at best), and a hypocritical, stupid asshole to boot.
Steve McClaren claims a lack of depth in top quality players cost him his job.
It
was England's failure to qualify for this summer's European
Championships that ultimately forced the FA to act, but McClaren
believes this was due to a lack of cover for his injured first-choice
players.
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And the former Middlesbrough manager believes the dearth of English
talent has now reached unacceptable levels. Speaking in the United
States, McClaren said: "10-15 years ago we could have a pool of 35, 40
players all roughly the same standard. And that has slowly dwindled
down to a number which isn't acceptable.
"We look at our Premier
League and the feeding grounds where English players come from and we
find it's inundated with foreign players. I think the last count was
38% of English players play in the Premier League and a very small
percentage are playing for the top four and in the Champions League.
"The Champions League is where you have to play to get the experience
for international football, but we've got too few players playing in
Europe, playing in the Champions League. "When we lose those players we
struggle for experience." McClaren has certainly changed his tune from
the day he was appointed. In the summer of 2006 he claimed that his aim
during his four-year contract was to "win a major trophy". And McClaren
claims the lack of emerging talent was the reason behind his decision
to recall David Beckham after excluding the former captain from his
first squad.He said of Beckham's recall: "No one really took the
mantle and emerged on that right hand side from the young kids coming
though. I know he was very, very disappointed, but he's professional
and knows things like that happen in football. And what does he do? He
gets on with it and proves people wrong." McClaren is also confident
that Beckham, currently training with the Arsenal first team squad,
will earn a much deserved 100th cap under new boss Fabio Capello. He
said: "I believe he will get his 100th cap. And then it's up to him and
the performances he puts in whether he gets any more."
What a ridiculous attempt at excuse mongering by possibly the worst manager England have ever had. If the lack of players was to blame then how come Sven got to three successive quarterfinals? And how does he know that no one emerged in the right midfield/right wing position when he barely played Lennon and never played Bentley, easily the two most promising wide midfielders/wingers England have got?
As to blaming foreign players - this is just Cr@p, as I've explained time and time again. If decent English players were abundant then they wouldn't cost a fortune and there'd be no need for clubs to go scouting all over Europe, and the only foreign players we'd have in England would be the likes of Drogba and Ronaldo - the best money can buy.
And wasn't this also the man who kept talking about his squad being 'full of world class players'? And the man who picked the richest, most famous XI players regardless of form? If he wants to know why he didn't have experienced up and coming players available then he has to look at the selection policy he employed, and Sven employed before him. Putting Scholes on the left wing and playing Carragher as a fullback put paid to their international careers because who the f@ck would want to play completely out of position just because the manager doesn't want to leave out Fat Lampard and Terry the Dogger? Treat your players with disrespect and it'll come back to haunt you.
On the other hand, there's a tiny grain of truth in what he is saying - we don't have 25 players who are definitely of international class. We have maybe 6 or 7. But McClaren helped to maintain the culture that has brought this about - whereby the tabloid hype and huge money in our league is used as a means of distracting from the very real problem of having maybe 2 central midfielders in the whole country who can pass a ball on the floor more than 10 yards. And not a single left sided winger who can actually dribble with any regularity. And a series of paceless, idiotic centrehalves who think that getting mugged and being forced into last ditch tackles makes them look hard.
McClaren should never be given a job again after these comments. A 2nd rate manager (at best), and a hypocritical, stupid asshole to boot.
