Comments on: Château de Cor Bugeaud 2005

By: Alastair Bathgate

Alastair Bathgate — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:43:57 +0000

I think it is fair to say that the English football team is stirring some emotions over here at the moment!
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article496449.ece

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:19:37 +0000

Is wine and football in the UK similar to wine and hockey in the US?

By: Alastair Bathgate

Alastair Bathgate — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:03:13 +0000

9:0am 22 Nov: You heard it here first. The FA have just announced that Steve McClaren has been sacked. Nothing to celebrate. Let’s just quietly move on and try to erase this period from memory.

By: Alastair Bathgate

Alastair Bathgate — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:55:56 +0000

Awoke this morning and Steve McClaren has not resigned. BBC report him as “anxiously awaiting news of his fate”. It’s hard to believe that he thinks he should stay in post. Maybe he has bigger cajones than he has displayed as manager? Or maybe he is just hanging on to his contract so the FA need to pay him off. I really don’t think his position is tenable so one way or another his contract will terminate soon.
In a way I feel sorry for him, but when you take a high profile, senior, and publicly judged position like managing a national football team, you have to be prepared for this situation. It comes with the job, as they say.