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McClaren needs wins to revive reputation
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It took Steve McClaren several years to overcome his image as a figure of fun, standing on the touchline at Wembley under an umbrella as the rain poured down and England was eliminated from the Euro 2008 qualifiers.
A 鈥渨ally with the brolly鈥 tabloids dubbed him.
After some restorative work abroad with FC Twente and VfL Wolfsburg, he returned to English football for an unsuccessful spell with Derby County and his reputation is in danger of sagging again unless Newcastle United, which he joined in June, quickly improves on its early-season results.
McClaren鈥檚 nemesis that wet Wembley night, Croatia鈥檚 coach Slaven Bilic, was in the opposite technical area again on Monday as West Ham United鈥檚 2-0 victory sent Newcastle to the bottom of the Premier League with two points from five games.
It was the northeast club鈥檚 fourth successive league game without scoring, despite a net spend during the summer transfer window estimated at 41 million pounds (US$63.28 million), second only to Manchester City鈥檚.
Newcastle鈥檚 supporters have long been urging controversial owner Mike Ashley to spend some serious money to strengthen the squad. Now that he has done so, McClaren risks becoming the new target of their anger.
Critics have pointed out that his four main signings all came from Belgium, the Netherlands and France, with no England experience.
To be fair, the most high-profile of them, Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrovic, has hardly helped with his indiscipline. Given a yellow card less than five seconds into his debut against Southampton, he was sent off for an even worse challenge against Arsenal and banned for three matches.
McClaren was an assistant to Alex Ferguson when Manchester United won the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup in 1999, and was England manager from 2006-07. He has been in football long enough to know that results are everything, so he understands better than anyone that Newcastle needs some positive ones 鈥 and quickly.
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