Press & Media Take Some Blame

The aftermath of getting 4 points out of a possible 6 is the unrelenting vitriolic abuse on England manager Steve McClaren and you've got to wonder when will it all end.

'McDonut' the S*n calls him and various other papers adding fuel to fire. It makes the England job one of the most unattractive and stressful job on planet football.

And you wondered why Big Phil Scolari shunted the job and continued on with coaching Portugal.

Perhaps it's time for the press and media to take a good hard look on themselves and instead of putting blames on others, pointing fingers and in Sir Alex's term, 'mocking', the poor man.

They constantly come up with news that are blown out of proportion, putting the team and manager under intense pressure. The players now played under the fear of media criticism rather than the lack of result. They might be paid extremely well in our context but let's not forget, they are humans with feelings after all.

Have you wondered why teams like England and Spain always underachieved? Italy to a certain extent as they only manages to do well every 12 years but at least it's 12 years and not in England's case, 41 years!

Well, is it any coincidence that these country's press are the most critical ones? They're always the one that hype things up and when things doesn't go well, they're the first to cast the stone.

Professional criticisms are part and parcel. But when it comes to personal attacks and very unethical criticisms on a certain player is just bang out of order. It seemed like nobody is able to please the press anymore.

It's almost impossible to get rid of the culture as it's deeply implanted within the society already but maybe they could make do with less of those scathing personal attack on a certain individual or putting extra pressure on the players.

If it continues, no matter which manager they appoint or how many Ronaldinhos the academy can produce, it won't matter. They play with fear and insecurity. That's the last thing you want from them.