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...
along deserve enjoy fantastic moments players
We've got to enjoy this ? moments like this don't come along too often and the players deserve it, they were fantastic today.
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.
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.
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.
player games england
He is such a great player that he has the capabilities to let no one affect his game. (on David Beckham)
player expectations england
We have to reduce our expectations of England and we have the players to do it
football team player
Some of their players are internationals; some play for their national team.
games sure
We'll come through this spell. It's where you end up, not where you are after 18 games but we've got to make sure it doesn't become a really big issue.
assess bad
It is concussion so we will have to assess it and see how bad it is.
game happening lose minute
To get back into the game and then lose it in the 93rd minute is the kind of thing that has been happening to us.
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?
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.
decision wrong
My decision is final. It may be wrong but it's final!