Steve McClaren is the new England manager

[Illuminattile]

Or will be, after the World Cup obviously.

Steve McClaren has been confirmed as the new England manager and will take charge of The Three Lions after this summer's World Cup finals.

McClaren has been working as Sven Goran Eriksson's assistant since the Swede took the reins in 2001 and he always appeared to be a leading candidate.

The FA had hoped to appoint Luiz Felipe Scolari, but the Brazilian rejected the chance to manage England last week and McClaren was quickly thrust back into the spotlight.

Bolton boss Sam Allardyce had expressed a desire to take control, but The FA opted for McClaren - with his experience of the England set-up seemingly tipping the scales in his favour.

The Middlesbrough boss will assist Eriksson in Germany this summer and he is looking forward to the challenge of leading his country.

"This is the biggest honour that any coach can have, and is obviously the highlight of my career," said McClaren. "It's a massive challenge and one that I welcome.

"I have hugely enjoyed my time at Middlesbrough and am very grateful to the club.

"However, this was an opportunity I couldn’t refuse."

McClaren cut his coaching teeth at Oxford and Derby, but his big break came in 1999 when Sir Alex Ferguson brought him to Manchester United as his assistant.

The 45-year-old learned plenty off the Scot and headed out on his own to Middlesbrough in 2001.

He brought the club their first ever piece of silverware when guiding them to League Cup glory in 2004 and The FA will hope he can bring success to The Three Lions.

McClaren has signed a four-year deal and will take charge on August 1, but he has a major task before the World Cup finals as his Middlesbrough side will face Sevilla in the Uefa Cup final later in May.

"My immediate priority is next week's Uefa Cup final with Boro, and then working with Sven and his coaching team to achieve success in Germany this summer, before I turn my thoughts to the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign," he declared.

McClaren's first foray into international management will be a game with Greece at Old Trafford on August 16.

Opinions? Good choice/bad choice?

 

[Bobby Sands]

What are his achievements he wins a worthington cup with Middlesborough and brought them to UEFA Cup final(they could be in for a hiding i think) this year and now he is manager of England.I cant see why.He is fucking muppet as well.

 

[DPG iz all I C]

HAHA what a fucking donkey of a manager, only got the job because hes English.

 

[troublesome2004]

What are his achievements he wins a worthington cup with Middlesborough and brought them to UEFA Cup final(they could be in for a hiding i think) this year and now he is manager of England.I cant see why.He is fucking muppet as well.

:thumb: Can't say it better.

 

[Illuminattile]

What are his achievements he wins a worthington cup with Middlesborough and brought them to UEFA Cup final(they could be in for a hiding i think) this year and now he is manager of England.I cant see why.He is fucking muppet as well.

Steve McClaren's Achievements:
Took Middlesbrough to their first ever "major honour" in 2004, winning the League Cup.
Took Middlesbrough into Europe for the first time in their history
Took Middlesbrough to their highest ever finish in the Premiership
Took Middlesbrough to the UEFA Cup final, masterminding two miraculous comebacks
Is English

He might not be the most qualified, but he knows the system, the players and the staff and he's a good coach. If they were going to pick an Englishman, I think it had to be McClaren.

I'm going to reserve judgement on Steve until the actually plays some games, until then I don't really have an opinion.

 

[troublesome2004]

Steve McClaren's Achievements:
Took Middlesbrough to their first ever "major honour" in 2004, winning the League Cup.
Took Middlesbrough into Europe for the first time in their history
Took Middlesbrough to their highest ever finish in the Premiership
Took Middlesbrough to the UEFA Cup final, masterminding two miraculous comebacks
Is English

He might not be the most qualified, but he knows the system, the players and the staff and he's a good coach. If they were going to pick an Englishman, I think it had to be McClaren.

I'm going to reserve judgement on Steve until the actually plays some games, until then I don't really have an opinion.

There are two main reasons why Steve McClaren become the new England manager. First, less important, it's because he's an Englishman. The public in England demanded home manager and they got it. But, one thing there is appreciably, how much the FA cares about their nation's wishes. They were resolved to appoint Scolari (personally, I think that he's the best candidate) and leave all home solutions outside. But, then Scolari become frighten of paparazzi and he refused. Now, they (the FA) claim they never offered him a job and that they just negotiated which is untrue. Height of salary was the main problem. The FA wanted to finish this before the World Cup so they held strong attitude while having McClaren as a reserve.
Back to McClaren... The second, and the biggest reason, why he become the England manager, is why he's five years in England's national team as Eriksson assistant. So, he knows a lot of about players, atmosphere in the team, environment and problems. That would help him when he starts to run the job by himself. His advantage is also because he still belongs to younger generation of managers and because he was schooled by two of the European giants, Ferguson and Eriksson.
As far for his 'achievements'... With such a rooster of players which Middlesbrough as a club posses, and with such budget he just started to make something. He could achieve much more. This year they have great season in Europe, thanks to God, McClaren & Maccarone but could that and the League Cup title stand against the achievements of Scolari? McClaren still needs to learn more about the continental football. The FA choose the easier way but will that help only time will tell. This will be the long and uncertain way for the McClaren at one of the most most difficult manager places of national teams in the World.

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

Better than me.

 

[2Pax]

Give the man time, and then judge him.

I would have preferred big Sam for the job but then again Steve has more International experience.

 

[stefanwzyga]

Steve McClaren's Achievements:
Took Middlesbrough to their first ever "major honour" in 2004, winning the League Cup.

Big deal. they won a trophy which nobody gives a shit about.

Took Middlesbrough into Europe for the first time in their history

Hardly anything worth shouting about.

Took Middlesbrough to their highest ever finish in the Premiership

Do you know how much they have spent on players over the years? He inherited Bryan robsons players and spent an absolute fortune.

Took Middlesbrough to the UEFA Cup final, masterminding two miraculous comebacks
Is English

Nobody gives a flying fuck about the uefa cup. On the money he's spent he should be achieving something.


Winning the uefa cup would be a good achievment for middlesbourgh, but hardly makes you england manager material.

 

[Bobby Sands]

Yea,its not like Middlesbrough have a bad team.They have some very good players,so iim not that surprised that they get to the UEFA cup final or won the Worthless Cup.

These "achievements" with some of the players McLaren has at his disposal are what would be expected.Middlesbrough have been rubbish in the premiership this year.

 

[stefanwzyga]

Yea,its not like Middlesbrough have a bad team.They have some very good players,so iim not that surprised that they get to the UEFA cup final or won the Worthless Cup.

These "achievements" with some of the players McLaren has at his disposal are what would be expected.Middlesbrough have been rubbish in the premiership this year.

Yep could'nt agree more.:thumb:

The guy really has done nothing to be getting this job.

Mind you i aint english so i really dont give a shit.

 

[Taliq]

I think all the English candidates were pretty poor, but McClaren was the obvious choice between them. He's had reletively good success at Middlesborough and he's had experience at the high level being an assistant to Sven and Sir Alex. As it's been said here a few times already, you can't make a judgement on him until England have played a few games with him in charge.