To sack McLaren and get Mourinho before someone else does?
― Herman G. Neuname, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 22:51 (sixteen years ago) link
'''Stephen "Steve" McClaren''' (born [[3 May]] [[1961]]) is an [[England|English]] former professional [[football (soccer)|football]]er and the current holder of the biggest twat in england award, having succeeded robert pires.
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 22:52 (sixteen years ago) link
re: Why? We haven't got a competitive game for 10 months.
You don't accept failure - Get rid of deadwood NOW ! - and rebuild
― djmartian, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 22:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Ian McShane 18-1
― blueski, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 22:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Big Ron 25-1 Howard Wilkinson 8/11 fav
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 22:58 (sixteen years ago) link
needed more Agbonlahor, has...plank...McClaren even been...to Erdington....this...s
― That mong guy that's shit, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
best GIS for "scorched earth" is from a Hitler fansite, so maybe just imagine some scorched earth yourselves
― That mong guy that's shit, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:12 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.users.bigpond.com/kceg/artimages/wasteland.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:15 (sixteen years ago) link
dude there's Noodle Vague's favourite jpg, as posted to the Euro 2008 thread.
― Just got offed, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:15 (sixteen years ago) link
wow SYNCHRONICITY OR WHAT EH
It's the gif that keeps on gifing
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:16 (sixteen years ago) link
soz 4 starting new thread while one was still active
xxxxxxpost nice def on da pic mr vague
― whatever, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:17 (sixteen years ago) link
I was looking for something a bit more sparse than that
It's a good picture though
― That mong guy that's shit, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:17 (sixteen years ago) link
noodle vague on sfa sympathy tip?
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/2408/geniusec5.jpg
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:18 (sixteen years ago) link
that mong guy right re agbonlahor. he and i should be whipping them under 21s into badass shape. mejoke but meserious
― whatever, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:19 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry, not a regliar postie hereabouts but wtftonight?
― whatever, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:21 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't know why people in England bother watching football the way they moan about it so much.
― Bob Six, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Why else do you think people watch it???
― Herman G. Neuname, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:22 (sixteen years ago) link
YES WE SHOULD JUST QUIETLY ACQUIESCE TO OUR SUPERIORS EH?
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Did anyone else think there was kind of an awkward moment in the studio when they were going over the second goal - Shaun Wright Phillips clearly substantially to blame, but Ian Wright being there the others weren't quite sure what to say.
Kind of like X Factor if Jack Osbourne auditioned.
― AlanSmithee, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:25 (sixteen years ago) link
There's that old comic book strip Peter Bagge and Alan Moore did about the life of the Kool Aid Man, and the punchline is that he can't stop smiling even when he's suicidal and really upset. That's what McLaren interviews remind me of.
― Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:27 (sixteen years ago) link
https://www.omlet.co.uk/images/nags_beetroot.gif
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Holy Shit I thought that was some Cthulhu-esque horror for a minute there
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:29 (sixteen years ago) link
i wonder if he still wants to distance himself from the eriksson regime. it might actually beneficial to him now to have been part of it.
― Weasel Diesel, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Why? Is there a coaching job going at Man City?
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:31 (sixteen years ago) link
well not beneficial exactly, but he may want to remind people that he played a small part in a regime slightly (significantly?) less retarded than his own.
― Weasel Diesel, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:32 (sixteen years ago) link
i mean: he was aware enough of the failings of the eriksson regime to want to distance himself from it, yet feels he his equipped to continue in the role, despite a significant drop in results.
― Weasel Diesel, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Summation of my feelings on the whole matter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jbya4kxC6E
― Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:35 (sixteen years ago) link
This thread is gold.
― G00blar, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:35 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.siyumhaseinfeld.com/images/chars/bania.jpg
― G00blar, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Sven had a great record as England manager - I don't know what he thought he was doing when he picked the World Cup squad with no fit strikers though.
Although to give him credit, he was about the only person in the country who would have played Owen Hargreaves and he went on to have a fantastic World Cup.
― AlanSmithee, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:36 (sixteen years ago) link
442
― That mong guy that's shit, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:37 (sixteen years ago) link
-- AlanSmithee,
england had no strikers, fit or not. it was the rest of the squad that let him and england down.
― whatever, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:39 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm here from downtown. I'm here from Mitch and Murray. And I'm here on a mission of mercy. Your name's McLaren?
― AlanSmithee, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:39 (sixteen years ago) link
the FA have called an emergency meeting at 8.30am tomorrow
This is the emergency meeting that was reported in the papers last week, then. You gotta hand it to these FA boys.
― The Boyler, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:41 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.durham21.co.uk/images/2004-2005/epiphany/3571/_41736940_gordon_brown270.jpg
STEVE MCCLAREN SEAL OF APPROVAL.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Better potential England managers:
* Andy McLaren * Anne McLaren * Bill McLaren * Brandon Jay McLaren * Brian McLaren * Bruce McLaren * Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway * Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway * Digby McLaren * Duncan McLaren * Dylan McLaren * Eric McLaren * Francis McLaren * Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway * Henry McLaren, 4th Baron Aberconway * Jim McLaren * John McLaren * John McLaren (baseball) * John McLaren (cricketer) * John Francis McLaren * John Inglis McLaren * Kenneth McLaren * Kyle McLaren * Laura McLaren, Baroness Aberconway * Leah McLaren * Malcolm McLaren * Martin McLaren * Norman McLaren * Peter McLaren * Lady Rose McLaren * Scott McLaren * Steve McLaren, a hockey player * Stuart McLaren * Wayne McLaren * William McLaren
― Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:41 (sixteen years ago) link
* DJ Martin McClaren * Louis Jagger McClaren * Sven Goran McClaren * My Mum McClaren * Terry Venables
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:44 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost Good old McLaren taking the heat off Darling and Brown.
― Billy Dods, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Martin Jol for England manager!
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Hmm... I think I'd rather keep Steve than see Malcolm McLaren get the England job. Other than that, a fair list.
xxxpost
― AlanSmithee, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:45 (sixteen years ago) link
http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/71074277.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19390335F8FA9CA92A6B12B6C2B23BEAE598BC3F87336C851A1
I think you're all fucked in the head. We're ten hours from the fucking fun park and you want to bail out. Well I'll tell you something. This is no longer a vacation. It's a quest. It's a quest for fun. I'm gonna have fun and you're gonna have fun. We're all gonna have so much fucking fun we'll need plastic surgeory to remove our godamn smiles. You'll be whistling 'Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah' out of you're assholes! I gotta be crazy! I'm on a pilgrimage to see a moose. Praise Marty Moose! Holy Shit!
― Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:46 (sixteen years ago) link
God needed a manager for Birmingham
― The Boyler, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm pretty sure God bailed out on Birmingham some time back.
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:48 (sixteen years ago) link
God needed a manager for Birmingham Ebsfleet
― AlanSmithee, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Y'know, I'm not sure we're giving this post the attention it deserves. Magnificent.
ZEE 10 POINT ACTION PLAN FOR ENGLAND
1. sack Steve McClown
2. Get rid of Barwick, replace with David Boyle
3. Bring David James back for stability ...If David James woz in goal tonight he would have known about Kranjcar
4. Bring in Matty Taylor instead of Scummer bridge
5. Bring in Glen Jonno Johnson at right back, he would have been up against Kranjcar tonite
6. Switch Micah Richards to Centre Back
7. Instal Harry Redknapp as part time manager with Jamie Redknapp as assistant and Louise as half time totty cheerleader
8. go web2.0 with rateyourenglandplayers.com - Social media and user generated content is the future
9. instal systems thinking courses, there is more than 4-4-2 or 4-5-1
10. copy Arsene Wenger's Arsenal Blueprint of quick passing football
DISCUSS !
-- djmartian, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 22:44 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:50 (sixteen years ago) link
My mind blew at point 8 and I was all like -3D6 against zings.
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:51 (sixteen years ago) link
EVERY SINGLE ONE A GEM except #6 which is actually sensible and maybe #10 which is only funny because it turns up so late.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:51 (sixteen years ago) link
England to start with strike force of Darren Bent and Surfjan Stevens
― Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 21 November 2007 23:53 (sixteen years ago) link