Same Old McClaren - Breaking Club Records the Right Way

[roger_ramjet]

Harsh, UTR. Seems a sensible post to me.

What is it in the water that makes local football correspondents turn red haired?

[Bear DCFC]

[quote="j1ll"]My assessment is that Clough clearly rebuilt the club and assembled a group of very capable players on a limited budget.

However, neither he nor his coaching team had the ability to mould that group of players into a team that could compete at the top of The Championship. Loyalty seems one of Clough's admirable characteristics but to me he seemed far too loyal to his coaching team and could have succeeded if he had been able/willing to recruit a coaching team that would bring abilities that he lacked.

McClaren has come in and done what Clough was unable to do with the setup that Clough had built, and we have our record breaking season.

We don't know if Steve could have done the rebuild as well as Nigel - I suspect not.

I am happy to appreciate Nigel for what he did, appreciate Sam Rush and co for making and executing a brave decision to change managers very efficiently, and thank Steve Mac and team for conducting themselves with a grace th