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...
decision wrong
My decision is final. It may be wrong but it's final!
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.
along dressing enjoy moments players room
I've just told the players in the dressing room to enjoy it because moments like this don't come along too often in your career.
change creativity fill ideal johnson provide
We have (Adam) Johnson who has potential, Manny (Pogatetz) who can fill in there and Franck can change over and provide some creativity going forward. It's not ideal but it's what we've got at the moment.
biggest game run season stepping victory
This was the biggest game of the season for us and it was the most important victory of our campaign. Hopefully, this is a stepping stone. I would like to think we can go on a run after this result.
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.
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.
bad far four game last next strengths sure
One of our strengths over the last four years is that we have had bad performances but we have responded and made sure the next game is far better than that.
expected game pressure saturday
On Saturday we have a game in which there should be no pressure on us, one we are not expected to win, but who knows?
next
I can't say I'll be here for the next 20 or 25 years, that isn't possible,
bodies deal derby negotiate short trying
We're short on numbers. We're trying to negotiate a deal with Derby because we need all the bodies we can get at the minute.
bad
We don't know yet how bad it is.
quite remember score
It's been a while, we don't quite remember how to celebrate. It was important to score first.
club lifeblood lose people
You can't lose people like that, they are the lifeblood of the club and we're very pleased.