Steve McLaren

[PeachSalsa]

You're American though mate.

Surely you should be cheering for Brad Friedle, Mcbride, Beasley and all those lads...

When they learn to play football I might give them a look see.

[Maestro]

Fashanu on Gladiators or Craig Charles then Shaggy?? Both claimed they used "awooga" first!!

Check out the Kris Akabusi thread.
Do not drink beverages while reading it however...

[Shaggy]

Check out the Kris Akabusi thread.
Do not drink beverages while reading it however...

Yes, Slim, go to the Kris Akabusi thread at once!

[REDSCOUSER]

i predict McLaren will have the worst England record in the history

this is what i posted on the san marino thread

[kurtangle01]

I said when he took over England that 1) They would struggle to qualify under his guidance and 2) He was no better than Graham Taylor.

I stand by those words.

[Slim]

Check out the Kris Akabusi thread.
Do not drink beverages while reading it however...

Yes, Slim, go to the Kris Akabusi thread at once!

I'm on my way!

[anfieldanfield]

I swear to God that's the last England friendly I ever watch.

Mind numbingly poor.

[andyinswinton]

I said when he took over England that 1) They would struggle to qualify under his guidance and 2) He was no better than Graham Taylor.

I stand by those words.

You just might be right.

McClaren should never have been appointed manager. The only good thing he has done is drop Beckham.

[jackjosh]

He is sh*t

[sambirken]

I said when he took over England that 1) They would struggle to qualify under his guidance and 2) He was no better than Graham Taylor.

I stand by those words.

BRING BACK TAYLOR!!!!!!

[spud_gun]

...is a genius?



All hail McLaren!!!!

[Shaggy]

BRING BACK TAYLOR!!!!!!

Des Walker knocks a misplaced pass to John Barnes:

Taylor: "Ooooh, ****ing........do I not like that!"

Poland win the ball, break and score.

Taylor: "What a ****ing ball. What a ball, eh, from Des to Barnesy. What a ****ing......it was our possession!"

Phil Neal: "I know."

Taylor: "It was from our free kick. We've come square, and the ball... Des and Barnesy, eh? ****ing ball, eh? You can talk till you're ****ing blue in the face, can't you?"

Phil Neal: "Yes boss."

The game kicks off again:

Taylor: "Come on. Bigger, bigger."

Another misplaced pass.

Taylor: "We've done that ****ing.......CAN WE NOT KNOCK IT? They've done everything that we told them not to do. Everything that we told them not to do."



And then there was the encounter against the Dutch....

Taylor: "Linesman, linesman, what sort of thing is happening here? You know it, you know it, don’t you? Absolutely disgraceful."

Linesman mutters something.

Taylor: "Linesman, linesman, that’s disgrace… Hells Bells!"


Koeman hasn’t even scored the free kick yet. In the gantry, Brian Moore is first to cotton on to what’s about to happen.

"He’s gonna flip one. He’s gonna flip one. HE’S GONNA FLIP ONE!"

Koeman has scored.

Taylor: "I’ll tell you, they don’t ****ing deserve.....****ing.........that is absolutely shocking."

Taylor: "We’ll have to get Wrighty on shortly."

Phil Neal: "We’ll have to give Wrighty a go."

Taylor turns his attention once more to the beleaguered linesman.

"You know we’ve been cheated, don’t you."

Linesman motions him back to his technical area.

"I have a metre. I have a metre. You know. It’s alright."

Linesman is getting fed up. Goes to report Taylor, who pleads for mercy.

"I won’t say anything else. Come on, don’t. But I’m allowed to stay in the metre."

Linesman lets him off with a warning. However, the peace bond is soon broken...

"Even if he doesn’t see it as a penalty, he has to go. You know that. I know you know it, so......and then the fella scores the free kick."

A sudden outbreak of bonhomie from Taylor:

"You can’t say anything. I know you can’t say anything. I know that."

Again it’s short-lived:

"But, you see at the end of the day, I get the sack. Will you say to the fella, the referee has got me the sack."

"Thank him ever so much for that, won’t you?"

[Maestro]

Phil Neal: "Yes boss."

[Slim]

Yes, Slim, go to the Kris Akabusi thread at once!

Check out the Kris Akabusi thread.
Do not drink beverages while reading it however...

I'm on my way!

I'm back and I've nearly burst a kidney laughing so much!

I'm going to skin up and go back for some more!!

[Slim]

Des Walker knocks a misplaced pass to John Barnes:

Taylor: "Ooooh, ****ing........do I not like that!"

Poland win the ball, break and score.

Taylor: "What a ****ing ball. What a ball, eh, from Des to Barnesy. What a ****ing......it was our possession!"

Phil Neal: "I know."

Taylor: "It was from our free kick. We've come square, and the ball... Des and Barnesy, eh? ****ing ball, eh? You can talk till you're ****ing blue in the face, can't you?"

Phil Neal: "Yes boss."

The game kicks off again:

Taylor: "Come on. Bigger, bigger."

Another misplaced pass.

Taylor: "We've done that ****ing.......CAN WE NOT KNOCK IT? They've done everything that we told them not to do. Everything that we told them not to do."



And then there was the encounter against the Dutch....

Taylor: "Linesman, linesman, what sort of thing is happening here? You know it, you know it, don’t you? Absolutely disgraceful."

Linesman mutters something.

Taylor: "Linesman, linesman, that’s disgrace… Hells Bells!"


Koeman hasn’t even scored the free kick yet. In the gantry, Brian Moore is first to cotton on to what’s about to happen.

"He’s gonna flip one. He’s gonna flip one. HE’S GONNA FLIP ONE!"

Koeman has scored.

Taylor: "I’ll tell you, they don’t ****ing deserve.....****ing.........that is absolutely shocking."

Taylor: "We’ll have to get Wrighty on shortly."

Phil Neal: "We’ll have to give Wrighty a go."

Taylor turns his attention once more to the beleaguered linesman.

"You know we’ve been cheated, don’t you."

Linesman motions him back to his technical area.

"I have a metre. I have a metre. You know. It’s alright."

Linesman is getting fed up. Goes to report Taylor, who pleads for mercy.

"I won’t say anything else. Come on, don’t. But I’m allowed to stay in the metre."

Linesman lets him off with a warning. However, the peace bond is soon broken...

"Even if he doesn’t see it as a penalty, he has to go. You know that. I know you know it, so......and then the fella scores the free kick."

A sudden outbreak of bonhomie from Taylor:

"You can’t say anything. I know you can’t say anything. I know that."

Again it’s short-lived:

"But, you see at the end of the day, I get the sack. Will you say to the fella, the referee has got me the sack."

"Thank him ever so much for that, won’t you?"

Please stop it! I've just read the Akabusi thread and now this!!

Actually I liked Taylor a lot more after I watched that programme.