Tue 17 Oct 06
The Week We Wish that Wasn’t
Your humble scribe has been distracted from posting by a number of pressing concerns. Unfortunately, among them was witnessing the latest phase of Steve McClaren’s European campaign. While the post-match video reports confirmed that a torn-up divot was the culprit, I shudder at the memory of Paul Robinson’s flubbed return that led to Gary Neville’s own goal in the Croatia match.
But the real horror lies in Doctor McClaren’s mad experiments in formations. The 5-3-2 was hopeless and hapless in the face of Croatia. Did we suffer under the yoke of Sven only to be greeted by the stuff that saw Macca flame out in an earlier bid at European glory?!
Will it be another Ides of March next spring when England face Israel and mighty Andorra?
Pray.
Paul Canniff
