Dead Manager Walking

A couple of weeks ago, we blogged about how Steve McClaren’s neck was very much on the line.

Yesterday, he was officially sacked and England are now on the hunt for a new manager.It’s not a surprise. Mc Claren was a spare part left over from the Sven Goren Erickson era and now England can get a new style of manager and inject some new ideas and energy.

So with England and Ireland both now looking for new men, it could come down to a tug of war between the two. The FA have the cash, but England manager is probably the worst managerial job there is due to all the hype and pressure.

This weekend, England could go crashing out of Euro 2008 contention if Russia get a win against Israel.

It’s out of England’s hands… and should Russia get the win they need, all eyes will turn to Steve McClaren (current boss).

Is he a ‘Dead Manager Walking’?

Well if the media and fans had their way, i’d say yes. Watch this space.

According to skysports:

“Wigan chairman Dave Whelan has revealed he is in talks with a mystery candidate to take the vacant manager’s job at The JJB Stadium.”

Wigan are currently 2nd from bottom in the premierleague with 13 games played and 8 points on the board.

Favourite for the job is Joe Royle (ex-Man City & Everton) but no matter who takes over, they’ll have a hard time rescuing Wigan from the drop