Steve Sends in the Clowns ; Euro 2008 Qualifiers: Robinson's Howler Caps Night of Woe for England

Daily Mail › November 10, 2006

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CROATIA 2 ENGLAND 0

THEY came here to compete with Croatia but in the end the only contest was between Steve McClaren and Paul Robinson.

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Steve Sends in the Clowns ; Euro 2008 Qualifiers: Robinson's Howler Caps Night of Woe for England

So who should be more embarrassed for what happened at the Maksimir Stadium last night?

Robinson for a quite extraordinary blunder or McClaren for, well, what now looks like a quite extraordinary blunder.

England's coach could not legislate for Robinson's failure to connect with a Gary Neville back pass that, in fairness, took a nasty bobble. But McClaren should have realised just how badly prepared his players were for ...

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