Too many big Ego's in the England dressing room to ever let McClaren be the boss ! He just has no chance except to let the big players lead from the front !

Gerrard and Terry i believe are the key building blocks when the chips are down and you need some real fighters to come to the fore these are the boys who will stand tall .

Unfortunately England as a Rule don't normally play their best football unless their backs are against the wall .

think

Italy 97
Argentina 98
Germany 01
Argentina 02
Turkey 05
Portugal 06

Not all these were glorius wins but they were times when we needed a result and went out and got it by taking the the game to the other side and not sitting back .........Portugal was backs against the walls clairty of vision waiting for the breakaway stuff but they never looked even close to breaking us down .


I think all sides need a few years together and they certainly need to feel a bit of adversity to become truly great sides , you cant just throw individuals who play for totally different clubs with completely different styles of play and just ask them to gel 6-7 times a year it cant happen like that .

Maybe Beckham has a part to play , i hope so ,he stood up when all was lost against lowly Greece who could s forget ?

they'll work it out and then Martin Samuel and Steve Howard can fuck and die .