After a four-month layout the qualifiers for the European Championship, better known as the Euro qualifiers get under-way on Saturday. England placed low in Group E – further clutch onto dilemma with tough times for Steve McClaren as the side lingers with fitness crises. Winner take all is the scenario; looser stands no qualification possibility [...]
High profile England end at a goalless draw against Israel in the sides Euro 2008 qualifier, and the hopes further reduce to minimum, leaving the side struggling for qualification. England has struggled to perform for a long time now – but since the change in hierarchy, the condition has been worse. Players and Coach are [...]
Suddenly the vintage rhythm is back and England are on the front foot once more. After Steve McClaren’s team were held to a 0-0 draw in Tel Aviv by Israel way back in March, the suspicion that this highly talented England team could fail to qualify for the Euro 2008 finals was strengthened. But what [...]
The roller coaster ride of Steve McClaren as the coach of the England national team continues. At the end of last month, the former Middlesbrough manager was counting his options with the growing injury problems but now with just a week to go before a couple of crunch Euro 2008 qualifiers, he is once more [...]
The next five days could well be the most defining period in Steve McClaren’s career as the national coach of the England football team. England might have recovered somewhat in the otherwise stuttering Euro 2008 qualifiers last month when they won back to back matches against Israel and Russia at Wembley but Saturday’s match with [...]
Since the departure of Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho from Stamford Bridge earlier in the season, Chelsea’s high-profile players have hinted to follow in their former manager’s footsteps. After Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard admitting to consider their future at the London club at the end of the season, number one goalkeeper Petr Cech has spoken [...]
