McLaren's reaction to losing in Moscow pretty much sums up what is wrong with the round-ball game in England.
First the facts: Rooney scores a great goal, which on replay appears offside. Only marginally, but you're either offside or you're not. He gets away with it.
Later, he commits a professional foul on a Russian player just outside the penalty box. The ref points to the spot. Unfair, although it was a cynical challenge. Evens up the earlier goal you could say, if you were a neutral.
Remember, at this stage a 1-1 draw is good enough for England. But we go to pieces and a few minutes later we're trailing 2-1 and probably out of the Euro Championships.
The reason we're in this predicament, remember, is that we've failed to beat the great footballing nations of Macedonia and Israel and lost to the giants of international football: Croatia.
And now for McLaren's response: "I've just seen the penalty again. It's an absolute disgrace . It's outside the box. The linesman didn't give it. It was the referee from quite some distance. Things like that turn games. We were comfortable. They were running out of ideas and that just turned the game. It was a mad four minutes after that and unfortunately we conceded a second. But I can't fault the players for the gameplan, the way they've endeavoured to work, the commitment, the blocks we got in, the headers. We've ended up losing a game that really, after 70 minutes, I never thought we'd lose.
The complete and utter ****ing idiot turnip of a man. All he can do is blame the ref. He should be made to watch replays of the England rugby team's world cup games until his eyes fall out.
