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The Amount of vandalism this Page suffers from English people shows how shit McClaren must be as a manager. That people from his own country would write disgusting criticism on his page proves, as well as his record in competition - that he is not very good at managing football teams.
Thoughts? 83.170.64.84 21:14, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
I was in the year above Steve at Nunthorpe. I've edited the part about him representing Yorkshire as a schoolboy - he couldn't have, as the county didn't exist as a political or sporting unit for football teams anymore after 1973. He would have represented North Yorkshire, as did Brian Kelly of Nunthorpe School in our year. (A team, by the way, that also included future Leeds United player Aiden Butterworth from Tadcaster Grammar School.)
A little known fact relates to Steve's other sporting talents as a youth because he was York U/16 tennis and squash champion!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.73.2.55 (talk) 14:57, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
And if he really did travel as many as 5 miles each way to & from the Shipton Street area, where he lived, to Nunthorpe School, (or is the original writer suggesting it was 10 miles each way?), I don't think much of his navigational skills.
I've just met up with the Brian mentioned above, who's still a mate - he informs me Steve didn't play at County level, and he didn't even play for York City Schools. Could whoever put this misleading comment remove it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.185.240.122 (talk) 10:28, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
A —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.73.2.55 (talk) 14:52, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
"However, his selection was praised by numerous other commentators, including Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Trevor Brooking" - Trevor Brooking was on the selection panel - so it would have been odd if he hadn't praised the appointment. As for Fergusson... well.. best left unsaid. Jooler 10:54, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
haha, hope that stays 62.25.106.209 13:41, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
After the teams' 3-0 win over minnows Andorra on 28th March 2007, England's head coach stormed out of the post-match Press conference, responding to just two questions. This has increased pressure from the British media, who view his actions as further proof that he cannot cope with the pressure of leading his country.
"Nothing concerns me outside, what you write or what people say. What matters is inside. There's a great determination to prove people wrong. So, gentlemen, if you want to write whatever you want to write you can write it. Because that's all I'm going to say' - McClaren
Is there any proof about the line which says that the FA will sack Steve if the fans continue to boo him? That sounds very farfetched, and I don't see even the Sun mention it. If there is no evidence, it may violate WP:BLP--Kylohk 20:30, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Is it wrong to write that he has lost the trust of the England fans when he so obviously has? As a fan and in being so knowing a large number of people who also are fans and in my ability to read papers and so gauge public opinion that in his time as England manager he was an unpopular choice to start with and has done nothing to improve his relationship to the fans. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Browner7680 (talk • contribs)
Why are there two boxed quotes about Beckham? Why aren't there quotes of what he said about Carragher? Why aren't there quotes about what he said about Sol Campbell returning? I'm sick of the numerous references to that overrated celebrity!
By the way, I don't know anybody who hasn't lost faith in McClaren! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.219.95.3 (talk) 08:16, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
I deleted the part which stated that Russia are Englands closest rivals, it simply isn't true. Englands rivals are Argentina, Germany and possibly Scotland.
mclaren has been sacked:- http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article492787.ece
and now we can't edit it. whoever took the decision to protect this for a whole day is a complete idiot, when it was so obvious that major events were going to happen over the next 24 hours
Orientcharlie (talk) 03:12, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
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This should show up somewhere in administrator land and initiate them in to doing something. "Faced with a deciding qualifier against Croatia, England would have qualified with a draw or a win, irrespective of other results. McClaren made several key decisions including dropping Paul Robinson for Scott Carson and David Beckham for Shaun Wright-Phillips. These decisions did not pay off, and with Carson partly responsible for the first goal; England were 2-0 down after 14 minutes. The team clawed back the deficit after half time but ultimately went down to a Mladen Petrić goal in the 77th minute, 2-3. After a meeting on Thursday morning The Football Association chose to dispose McClaren[1] / McClaren is expected to lose his job[2]
The detail is necessary as its his final match...probably the last time he'll be in management for a while I expect
Also link "qualification for Euro 2008" to UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
Rectify or delete the minnows link (Possibly link to European microstates)
References
Literally just in: McClaren has been sacked by the F.A.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7100393.stm http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/7477654 http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12016_2896125,00.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Itsmeltc (talk • contribs) 10:19, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
Hardly just in, I revealed this last night. Orientcharlie (talk) 10:29, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
I've just been past his house in Aislaby near Yarm. There are three satellite vans, and lots of cars outside his home. -Andrew Duffell (talk) 12:33, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
Do you think, being as we're not going to hear from him for a while, that this page should be locked again? Just a suggestion... and it'll stop vandalism that'll probably come. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rup235 (talk • contribs) 14:15, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
I've corrected McClaren's place of birth in the text. It was showing 'Howden, Yorkshire' per an article in the Telegraph but in fact is Fulford, York, as can be seen from numerous ghits[1] (including McClaren's own website). It was correct in the info box. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 02:00, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
"His first commentary game will be Austria v Croatia on 8 June 2008 - a game in which he would have managed England in place of Croatia, had qualification been achieved"
Are we quite sure about this? I thought Croatia finished top of the group ahead of Russia so had England qualified surely, depending on results, they would have been more likely to qualify at the expense of Russia than Croatia. Aside from that, even if England had qualified in place of Croatia, England would most likely have had a higher co-efficent than Croatia and so could well have been placed in a different pot and may not have even been drawn into the same group as Austria. There is no mention of how England might have been involved in this game on the source given. Does anyone have any reliable source stating that England would definately have been drawn into the same group that Croatia have if they had qualified in their place? If not, I think this claim should be removed, there are any number of circumstances which could lead to England being drawn into a different group to which Croatia where drawn into. MarkB79 (talk) 20:39, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
No, on the basis of UEFA's coefficient system, had England qualified at the expense of Croatia, they'd have ended up in the same pot 2 (see UEFA.com)
Mind, had England, a team with millions of pounds worth of talent, some of the best players in the world, paid the highest salaries, playing at home in front of 90,000 fans, then FIFA ranked 8th in the world and managed by a man who earnt 4 million quid a year beaten Croatia by two clear goals, England would have won the group...had it not been for the wally with the brolly...c'est la vie!...Jw2034 (talk) 21:25, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
perhaps an editor can create a suitable section for life after england manager? quite a few paragraphs which should not be under his england managerial career. --Xaiver0510 (talk) 15:23, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Has anyone got a free image of him in his last game (with the brolly) to add to the article? If not, could a non-free image be used under fair use as Images with iconic status or historical importance: As subjects of commentary. or Film and television screen shots: For critical commentary as per Wikipedia:Non-free content? I think in terms of iconic status and significance to the history of english football (and hence popular culture), it could be justified in the article discussion...Jw2034 (talk) 22:10, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
People in the UK are laughing a lot at the moment as a result of Steve Mcclaren's "newly found" dutch accent, with people labelling him Steve Van Klare. Do you think it's worth a mention Simonyoung69 (talk) 12:10, 15 August 2008 (UTC)Simonyoung69
Just when you thought he couldn't be more of a prat...ish is from holland, ishnt that wieerrrd! Steve Van Klare aka GoldmemberJw2034 (talk) 17:57, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
It's Steve van Klaaren! —Preceding unsigned comment added by WölffReik (talk • contribs) 14:11, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Oh well im sorry :s!!! u tit lol! n yeah i forgot the n at the end. but yeah the point is still the same, he's an idiot! 84.67.162.126 (talk) 21:17, 24 August 2008 (UTC) oops, sorry forgot to log in :p...and haha goldmember! go onto youtube n type in steve mcclaren...it's hilarious i promise! Simonyoung69 (talk) 21:20, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
'McClaren is the only England coach, other than Don Revie, to fail to take the national team to the finals of any major international tournament during his tenure'. (Stated on the article page) Please don't forget Graham Taylor - World Cup 1994! — Preceding unsigned comment added by WBTheRam (talk • contribs) 10:38, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
Not been sacked yet, see [2], [3]. Joseph2302 (talk) 14:52, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
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