da gbg bet： So, it all ended in tears – again.
da betano casino： Opinion remains divided as to whether Steve McClaren should have stayed until the end or, as has already happened, been dismissed by Newcastle. It’s inconsequential now because it was out and one in with lightning speed and disdain for the predecessor. Rafa Benitez shuffled in, smiling and waiving his three year contract in the face of McClaren. Metaphorically speaking. McClaren’s humiliation was complete just over a week ago.
McClaren was lampooned years ago when he took over from Sven-Goran Eriksson as England boss. Pictures on the night of England’s defeat against Slaven Bilic’s Croatia showed the same kind of expression that Steve has worn all season long. The kind of ‘What do I do now?’ look that epitomises his reigns.
Many thought that he was unlucky at Derby as the team imploded at the business end of the season and failed to get into the play-off’s. His name was constantly being linked with Newcastle and many bosses will consider the Newcastle job to be a big one and one that should be accepted because it’s Newcastle United.
“Judge me after ten games,” McClaren said after The Magpies faltering start, but the good times never came and eventually, almost cruelly, McClaren was judged. But the timing of his judgement could be questioned. His Newcastle team did nothing of any note other than roll over and die a thousand deaths on the pitches across England.
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With a full ten games left to play, Newcastle’s fixtures did not look too bad. There was hope that maybe something could be salvaged – especially as the North East derby was just around the corner followed by a trip to fellow relegation strugglers, Norwich City. However, it was decided by the football-know-nothings in the corridors of power, that McClaren had done his best with near enough £80m of individual talent, but that his best was critically, not good enough. For a club having spent so much, you would think that somewhere in the altitude of the top ten should have been attainable. So, second from bottom must’ve been a shock.
McClaren’s tenures have not, sad to say, been overly successful. Middlesbrough was slightly different. In his first season, Boro reached the FA Cup semi-final, knocking out his previous employers, Manchester United, in the fourth round, but lost 0–1 to Arsenal. They finished 12th in the league, a small improvement on the previous season’s 14th-place finish. The following season brought another modest improvement, this time finishing 11th, although they had been in higher positions – and the race for a UEFA Cup place – for most of the season.
The 2004 Football League Cup Final between Middlesbrough and Bolton Wanderers at the Millennium Stadium in the 2003/04 season, was where McClaren guided Boro to victory with a 2–1 win. His, and the club’s, first real taste of success.
McClaren is best remembered as being Ferguson’s ‘No.2’ at Man United, but Middlesbrough was his first journey alone. Despite this victory and a UEFA cup run, it all ended on a sour note, as McClaren’s team were dubbed boring with an overriding sense that if it hadn’t been for the senior players at the club, then nothing would have happened.
With England it was dismal failure as McClaren became the few England coaches, other than Don Revie, to fail to take the national team to the finals of any major international tournament during his tenure.
With surprise to most, Twente in Holland won their first ever title under McClaren and then he left to have another dreadful managerial reign in Germany, before going back to Twente and then resigning.
All in all, McClaren hasn’t had a happy time in management and now his status as a manager lies in tatters for all to see. Maybe he is a better coach and assistant than he is a boss. Players that have worked under McClaren all say that he is a wonderful coach, so that could be his role in life now.
It shouldn’t be forgotten that many others around St James’ Park, from top to bottom within this fractured club are also to blame for the failure this season, but the buck stops with the manager – always.
Whatever he does now and wherever he goes, the sorry tale of Newcastle’s decline will follow him and haunt him to his football retirement.
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