[jambutty]

As assistant to Sven, Steve is the ideal English manager to take over after the current World Cup. As a club manager he may not have won anything of note but then neither had Alf Ramsey when he became England manager. However both of them were excellent motivators much in the same vein as Brian Clough. They could get more than the best out of players. A player’s earnings don’t come into the equation and only reflect that state of the market and perceived player’s ability.

So to discard Steve Maclaren just because he manages Middlesbro, a team without too many footballing honours is meaningless.

and lest we not forget this is the same mclaren who was sittin on the bench as sven when england was losing against brazil and didtn suggest anything.

I wasn’t aware that you were sat on the England bench and was privy to what Steve Maclaren did or didn’t do.

The assistant coach’s job is to assist the manager and not dictate how a team plays. That honour falls to the manager and if he chooses to ignore his assistant’s suggestions then there is nothing that the assistant can do other than keep his counsel or resign.