Why?

Readers,

Why was Steve Mclaren appointed as England manager when it was clear to everyone before his tenure started that he was not the right man for the job?

Why was he given a four year contract?

Why was he paid a staggering 2 million pounds pay off for failing to qualify?

Why is the world of football so disproportionate to the real world that everybody else lives in?

Its unbelievable - that is what it is.

Just a week or so ago - I wrote to thank Israel for doing their bit to get England to the euros. To be fair to Israel, its not their fault Mclaren was incapable of selecting, organising and motivating a team to achieve a draw against a team that had nothing to play for.

What hurts the most is Mclaren says the day of his sacking is the saddest day of his life - well what about the day before you clown? Remember - when YOUR inability to do your job properly meant that YOUR country did not qualify for a major international tournament for the first time in over a decade? What a selfish jerk - I try not to judge - honestly I do - perhaps not hard enough but I do dammit.

Still when Mclaren says it hurts more to lose his job than England not qualifying when it is so patently clear for the whole world to see it was his fault we didnt qualify - well it jars me. Whats more is that this man is not being sacked just like that - he is being paid more money than 99.9% of humans who have lived, live or are going to live in this world are ever going to see - and for what? for failing to do his job properly!!!

I was told by a friend recently and by employers in the past that it is the easiest thing to be a critique and criticise everything. Ironically the title of this whole blog - you know the 'random positivity' thing was meant to be semi ironic but still... sometimes its just bloody necessary to vent.

I couldnt find the energy or the words to describe how I felt at England's failure to qualify - and now that I have - its coming out in spades, - spades of anger at the clown - you know the rich one!

We havent finished paying off the last sacked manager and so when we appoint the next England manager - we are going to be paying three men at the same time to be doing one job.

All I have to say is

Why?