It was a nightmare for the coutry who claims as the home of football. With a team consist of multi-millions pounds players, Steve McClaren not be able to make them qualify to Austria and Switzerland next summer.

The most talented players with big name like Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, David Beckham, Joe Cole and the promising youth stars in Juleon Lescott and Micah Richards looks like hopeless and playing without any motivation and guidance.

The England performance last night reminds me of Newcastle United when we lost against Pompey.

The England players are playing without guidance, while their manager is just sitting down without doing anything or giving any further instructions of how to keep the game alive and even to win it.

It looks like they are satisfied enough with a draw, and think of they are already qualified.

The Telegraph reporting that members of the Football Association executive board are holding a meeting at 8.30am this morning to bring an end to Steve McClaren’s brief but disastrous reign as England manager.

Needing only a tie at home in its final qualifier, England allowed two quick goals, then rallied in the second half, getting an equalizer off David Beckham’s cross to Peter Crouch. But Mladen Petric scored in the 77th minute, giving Croatia a 3-2 first ever victory on Wednesday night. Croatia was never won their last three previous meeting with England at Wembley.

“Injuries are part of football and unfortunately we need to win on Wednesday and I do believe we are going to be without two centre halves and our two centre forwards.” McClaren said “There is spirit in there and they want to do it as much for the fans as anybody. Who could get 4,000 fans to a friendly in Austria? Only England.”

Yeah right, but Toon legend Alan Shearer don’t see the important of such as friendly match for England in just 5 days before the “real battle”.

“What did McClaren learn from that match that he didn’t know already?” Said Shearer, “England were expected to win, and they won. But at what cost? I wouldn’t have played it. He had too much too lose.”

Now whatever the result in Israel vs Russia game today, McClaren will have to learn how to deal in with the situation where he will missed two central forwards as both Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen now get injured. As for Michael’s latest injury, McClaren should say sorry for Toon Army.

Friendliest in whatsoever not meaningless, but with this fixture against Austria was something of a suicide action for Steve McClaren, who lost Michael Owen to a thigh injury that will keep him out for at least one month. Newcastle United will once again also suffering from his injured.

It is interesting to read what the reaction of Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce will be.