Sunday, October 21, 2007
"Steve is doing a bloody good job" ????
The autumn had started well for
There was talk about the plastic pitch at the Luzhniki giving the Russian’s an advantage…it seems that home advantage is something that is no longer allowed !! My opinion is that it was laying the foundations for later excuses…and that wouldn’t be a first offence.
So onto the game. 4,000 fans had travelled from
However, nothing is that simple.
The goal brought the Russian’s to life. They wanted more than a point and they smelt blood. Some sustained pressure and a couple of failed clearances saw Robinson drop a shot on the edge of the 6 yard box and despite being behind Lescott, the Russian striker muscled in to knock the ball into the net and the unthinkable was being thought. The tactical battle took another twist – Crouch came on up front to give away free kicks, Lampard came on for Wright-Phillips and one of the most bizarre moves I’ve ever seen was to bring on Stewart Downing at left back for Lescott. Not surprisingly, this triple substitution had no positive effect and
This result left qualification looking bad for
So where has it all gone wrong? After the qualification groups were drawn, a Scots friend of mine was insisting they were rigged as we couldn’t possible have such an easy group. Add to that, as top seeds, we dictated the fixture list so absolutely everything was in our favour in terms of opponents and when we played them.
Clearly, McClaren isn’t up to the job. He shows little passion, tactical knowledge, understanding of players etc etc. But should you blame the man who isn’t good enough, or the man who employed him? That man is Brian Barwick. Barwick was also the man who oversaw the collapse of ITV Digital and caused financial hardship for many lower league clubs. Phil Scolari and Guus Hiddink (pictured) were both available at the same time there was a vacancy for
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