Shteve McLaren close to winning Dutch title

[Lady Whistledown]

Might put the kiss of death on him here but it appears that Steve McLaren has taken his FC Twente side to within 2 games of winning the Dutch title for the first time in 84 years.

They're a point clear of Ajax with 2 games to go. Whatever happened to him as England boss, fair play to the ruddy faced buffoon if he can win the Dutch League ahead of the likes of Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV with a club who must be the local equivalent of Blackburn Rovers

 

[Icy Gull]

Scapegoat as Engand manager imo. No luck at all and a couple of decisions that backfired badly but not the clown he is made out to be. Glad he's doing well again.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Strikes me as a very good coach but unfortunately when in charge of England succumbed to the "call him JT"/WAG envrionment that Sven did.

Basically everything that Capello cracked down on.

 

[sam86]

Always been a great manager. Agree with the above about England.

 

[e77]

Got the England job too early (like Bobby Robson, I would argue).

 

[Statto]

I read somewhere the other day that he will become the first English manager to win a major european league since Bobby Robson at Barcelona. A great manager at club level, but unfortunatley he was useless at International level.

 

[fatbadger]

I read somewhere the other day that he will become the first English manager to win a major european league since Bobby Robson at Barcelona. A great manager at club level, but unfortunatley he was useless at International level.

Except Bobby Robson didn't win the title at Barcelona (although he did win both the Spanish Cup and the Cup-Winners' Cup with them). He did win the Portuguese title in '96, though, so I suspect it is indeed Robson who is the most recent English winner, as a manager, of a major European league title.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

As a follower of Dutch Football, the league is very good standard and for Mclaren to win the Dutch title would be superb feat in itself. I really hope they do it, because he deserves some luck.

 

[Citrus]

Great manager, poor coach.

 

[Spider]

I'm just looking forward to all the broadsheet sports journalists doing painful U-turns and re-evaluating McClaren/pretending they never thought he was a bad manager. Barry Glendenning will probably be the first!

 

[Bish Bosh]

How you shay...fantashtic performance with the underdogsh in Holland.

Well done Shteve!