McLaren new Blackburn boss?

[boldie]

FC Twente (Dutch club) wanted him as their manager but apparently he's close to closing the deal with Blackburn according to a Dutch paper.

You have to feel sorry for the Blackburn supporters.

[Rooky9]

Steve Mc has an okay record, if not better, as a club manager.

[scotty2hatty]

I can't decide whether I like this news or not.

[bolt pp]

pretty sick for blackburn supporters, built up a pretty solid team over the past few years, Mclaren is a load of shit.

[TightEnd]

good club coach, will be fine for Blackburn..or similar team.

[mondatoo]

I wouldn't be renewing my season ticket if i was a blackburn fan and he was in charge is he a good club manager middlesboro fans were calling for his head for months before he got eng job apart from the luckiest uefa campaign your ever likely to see he didnt do much good at smoggies

[TightEnd]

I wouldn't be renewing my season ticket if i was a blackburn fan

come off it, proper blackburn fans will get season tickets regardless. Don't sensationalise it, he's a decent club manager.

[Rooky9]

I wouldn't be renewing my season ticket if i was a blackburn fan

come off it, proper blackburn fans will get season tickets regardless. Don't sensationalise it, he's a decent club manager.

There must be about 15k season ticket holders at Ewood park. I think they'll be hard core enough to give him a chance.

Boro fans know F all about football. This is a FACT. They weren't at all dissappointed to see the back of him, but look where they have been since he left. you are right, you'll never see such a lucky run again, but they got there all the same, something they won't do again in my lifetime.

[mondatoo]

I wouldn't be renewing my season ticket if i was a blackburn fan

come off it, proper blackburn fans will get season tickets regardless. Don't sensationalise it, he's a decent club manager.

I'm not m8 i wont be watching any bbc coverage that has him on as pundit and i couldn't go and watch my team be managed by a bloke who couldn't qualify for a major tournament with a group of players as good as what he had at his disposable more important to me though is the fact that he's a spineless pathetic joke of a man he didn't care that he was inept at doing his job and was just glad to take his ridiculous huge wod of cash and go on his hols 4 a bit

[TightEnd]

that's ridiculous

No he wasn't an international manager but the blame lies just as much at the door of overpaid poorly performing players as it does with McClaren

McClaren's major fault was a dour personality and bad PR. Look beyond that and you'll see a very good coach(Ferguson rated him hugely at Man U), and an ok club manager. Just not at international level where he should never have been appointed, but not his fault

[Rooky9]

that's ridiculous

No he wasn't an international manager but the blame lies just as much at the door of overpaid poorly performing players as it does with McClaren
McClaren's major fault was a dour personality and bad PR. Look beyond that and you'll see a very good coach(Ferguson rated him hugely at Man U), and an ok club manager. Just not at international level where he should never have been appointed, but not his fault

I'd say much more the players fault. Massive individual errors, 4 or 5 that got punished, that you just don't see top international teams making.

Are you actually that bothered about England Mon?

[mondatoo]

What part is ridiculous tighty m8 (guessing ul say the whole part lol). Why would i want to listen to him on the bbc the man isn't some one who i believe had anything to say that is worth listening to imo.The amoiunt of money the players get paid is quite irrelevant to be fair seen as it's the club that pay them this money so there performances for england are kind of irrelevant to how much they earn.I do agree though that obviously the players have to take some of the blame but why do these same players play so well every week for there country then play so bad for there country surely this has something to do with the manager.Having a dour personality is one thing but to lack any kind of passion in your job is just pitiful imo we were 2-0 after 10mins and he stands on the touchline with his umbrella up and does make any attempt to instruct his players and didn't seem to have a care in the world i guess the effect of knowng your going toget a 5mil+ pay off in a couple of days time help the pain for him.I'm sure most won't agree but for the principle of it i would've quit instead of getting sacked so i could get my nice little payoff so many people on here love to slate kevin keegan at least the man had the decency to say ok a haven't done well enough at int level so instead of waitng to get my huge payoff ill resign with a bit of dignity.

that's ridiculous

No he wasn't an international manager but the blame lies just as much at the door of overpaid poorly performing players as it does with McClaren
McClaren's major fault was a dour personality and bad PR. Look beyond that and you'll see a very good coach(Ferguson rated him hugely at Man U), and an ok club manager. Just not at international level where he should never have been appointed, but not his fault

I'd say much more the players fault. Massive individual errors, 4 or 5 that got punished, that you just don't see top international teams making.

Are you actually that bothered about England Mon?

[mondatoo]

that's ridiculous

No he wasn't an international manager but the blame lies just as much at the door of overpaid poorly performing players as it does with McClaren
McClaren's major fault was a dour personality and bad PR. Look beyond that and you'll see a very good coach(Ferguson rated him hugely at Man U), and an ok club manager. Just not at international level where he should never have been appointed, but not his fault

I'd say much more the players fault. Massive individual errors, 4 or 5 that got punished, that you just don't see top international teams making.

Are you actually that bothered about England Mon?

lol was struggling with put your quote in. Although england come second to newcastle yeah m8 i was bothered loads me and my m8 where going to go over for the championships we had booked flights on the morning off the croatia game to go over afterwards a didnt give a monkeys ad wasted £180 was just gutted england weren't going to be there.

[TightEnd]

we had booked flights on the morning off the croatia game to go over afterwards a didnt give a monkeys ad wasted £180 was just gutted england weren't going to be there.

so clearly your lack of faith in McClaren hadn't been engendered by performances in Israel and Russia then?

you booked flights before the match? tbh, that suggests an optimism on McClaren before one match, not consistent with your views on McClaren now.

[The Baron]

I dont like McClaren as a coach. He reminds me of Houllier quite a bit. Moderately successful in the cups but dull a f*ck to watch and amazingly unambitious in the transfer market. I guess he's not terrible but no better than average.

Southgate is a much better manager potentially. A lot of people (me included) had him down to fail without Viduka, Yakubu and Hasselbaink but he gotten rid of the lazies, regardless of their reputation, and put a good little team together who all work for each other. Alves will end up being a very good signing.