Slaven Bilic has hit out at those who have spoken badly of Newcastle boss Steve McClaren descrubing him as a “quality man, a great coach and manager.”
Slav’s Croatian team hardly helped the course of McClaren’s career when beating his England back in 2007 and denying them a route to Euro 2008.
Bilic, however, holds him in the highest regard saying: ““I wouldn’t say we are friends but I met him a few times and he is a quality man
The manager – quoted in www.London.com added: “First of all I think he is a great coach and a great manager, and nobody can deny he is one of the most polite people in football.
“Criticism of him is totally unfair, all the way back to the England v Croatia game. They had so many injuries that night and suspensions. Rooney, John Terry, four or five or even six were out.
“Back then, we qualified three days before and so that was the relief we needed. Going there needing a point to qualify it could have been completely different. “I remember saying to my boys. You have to use a level of politeness.
“They lost, I went to take some shirts to sign for my sons and they didn’t change their attitude. “They showed class. Gerrard, Lampard, Beckham. They lost, they were gutted but they signed and smiled. That is what I liked about it.”
its no secret David Sullivan wanted mclaren to be our manager. He was considered good enough to be England manager and he’s got a wealth of experience. I still wouldn’t want him personally.
Fair enough,he is a decent guy but i would still have been gutted if he had become our manager.Just think he is overrated imo.Will always be the Wally With The Brolly for me 😉
As long as Slav remembers come Monday what we are there for. I always think of Nadal in these situations. Always gracious to his opponents after the match but absolutely ruthless while playing.
Leicester did it today and got themselves up to second. Now it’s our turn to show we an do it too.