Steve McClaren
Steve McClaren
Stephen "Steve" McClarenis an English professional football manager and former player who most recently was the head coach of Newcastle United. McClaren served as manager of England from August 2006 to November 2007. He was sacked when England failed to qualify for the 2008 European Championship...
quite remember score
It's been a while, we don't quite remember how to celebrate. It was important to score first.
football good needed signing taxation
That, for us, was as good as signing on the dotted line. There was a taxation issue, not a football issue, that needed sorting out.
wants
There is no-one more than me wants to see Mick do well at Sunderland , and I want to see Sunderland do well,
beat ground hard
We didn't play very well -- I'd be the first to admit. But we were hard to beat and we ground out the result.
bad
We don't know yet how bad it is.
club lifeblood lose people
You can't lose people like that, they are the lifeblood of the club and we're very pleased.
couple credit football great longer players politics rewarded spirit stuck time week
A week is a long time in politics and even longer in football at times. We have had an eventful couple of months. But credit the players for this win. Through all the criticism, all the performances and the results, we have always stuck together. There has always been a great spirit and it rewarded us today.
beating experience future moment players took
This is a big lesson, a big experience for them. This will make them better players in the future but at the moment it hurts. We took a beating today.
doubt james rest season
James is a big doubt for the rest of the season and he's going to see a specialist.
accepted football happy known mark move players shocked wants
I was very surprised, very shocked and very disappointed. Really, it was accepted reluctantly on our behalf. But as always, you only want players who are happy here, who want to play for your football club, and Mark has made it known he wants to move on, so we have reluctantly accepted that.
days decide eight either few needs next six specialist
He'll need a specialist in the next few days before we decide if he needs an op. But either way he's going to be out for six to eight weeks.
best club moves spell
I don't need to spell out how important Gareth is to the team. Now we feel it's best for the club and for Ugo that he moves on to pastures new.
andrew experience good loan positive reports stand
Andrew has done well on loan at Bradford. We've had some positive reports on his performances and the experience should stand him in good stead.
fighting criticism weight
I'm fighting hard - it's difficult under the weight of criticism but you have to take it