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<blockquote data-quote="Salty25" data-source="post: 392742" data-attributes="member: 185281">Well, I hope it is only for these two games, it'd be a real low if we started selecting a player plying his trade in the sub-standard MLS.I'll tell exactly what happened - McClaren sat in his office, thought to himself &quot;how do I keep the media quiet, keep my job, and even if we lose deflect the blame on to someone else?&quot;. Beckham is the perfect fall-guy.I think the whole thing proves McClaren has no long-term plan looking beyond Euro 2008. Why did he drop him in the first place if &quot;Everyone knows David's attributes and he's a big-game player who can help us win in Estonia&quot;? Surely to goodness anyone sensible would have kept him in the squad at least and try to blood the young players in their roles, under the guidance of Beckham - why not make him part of the coaching set-up?If Lampard isn't dropped now McClaren is completely blind to the facts <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite13" alt=":-rofl2" title="roll on floor&nbsp; &nbsp; :-rofl2" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-rofl2" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Salty25, post: 392742, member: 185281"] Well, I hope it is only for these two games, it'd be a real low if we started selecting a player plying his trade in the sub-standard MLS. I'll tell exactly what happened - McClaren sat in his office, thought to himself "how do I keep the media quiet, keep my job, and even if we lose deflect the blame on to someone else?". Beckham is the perfect fall-guy. I think the whole thing proves McClaren has no long-term plan looking beyond Euro 2008. Why did he drop him in the first place if "Everyone knows David's attributes and he's a big-game player who can help us win in Estonia"? Surely to goodness anyone sensible would have kept him in the squad at least and try to blood the young players in their roles, under the guidance of Beckham - why not make him part of the coaching set-up? If Lampard isn't dropped now McClaren is completely blind to the facts :-rofl2 [/QUOTE]

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