I am well gutted but hey, it happens in football.
England’s failure to qualify for Euro 2008 might prove to be a blessing in disguise. For once there can be no excuses – we can’t blame penalties, we can’t blame bad luck and we can’t blame the referee – England simply were not good enough. They were not good enough on the night and, more importantly, they weren’t up to scratch for the entire qualifying campaign. The disaster means that England must now draw a line under the sorry episode and begin a rebuilding process that focuses on the World Cup in 2010 and the next Euro tournament in 2012. If the side (and I use that word rather than team deliberately) had qualified, it would have papered over the colossal cracks that are there for all to see. The same personnel and manager would have headed off to Austria and Switzerland and the deficiencies would have been overlooked.
Tactically, the Croatia game confirmed what everybody knew about McClaren – he’s distinctly average. Against Croatia, McClaren should have made changes in the first half. What was the point of waiting? Wright Phillips deserved longer on the pitch as he was one of the few plus points of the first half. Once England got level, why did they sit back and allow Croatia to get back into the game? It was naïve stuff and everyone watching on TV could see this. The errors he made were obvious.
I seriously hope that FA will bring manager with international experience who will reform the whole sqaud. Lets pray everything will be fine in the coming year.
To be honest I wouldn't mind Jose Mourinho as new England manager and its my personal thought.
Who would you like to see as a new England manager? Martin O’Neill ? Fabio Capello? Harry Redknapp? Jurgen Klinsmann? Alan Shearer?
Your precious thought please...................
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