Thursday, May 04, 2006

No Big Phil after all.

Meanwhile, back in Blighty, there's been news on the managerial front. For some reason, the FA has decided not to hire Scolari after all and instead is going to name Middlesborough boss Steve McClaren as manager later today. Apparently, Scolari either refused their offer or didn't want to commit until after the World Cup, so they up and hired McClaren instead. And why didn't they just wait for Big Phil, considering they already have a manager for the World Cup? Perhaps because they didn't want to have to be in the position of considering Sven again if England did well? But probably because they're a bunch of amateur clowns.

Anyway, for those who don't follow the English scene, McClaren is the manager of a mediocre club whose main items in his curriculum vitae are A) an implausible run to the final of the UEFA Cup this year and B) and English passport.

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