England on the verge of not qualifying for Euro 2008 and what is the England boss Steve McClaren doing?
It is being reported in the UK press that McClaren chose not to watch the Arsenal v. United match or any other Premiership game last weekend.
Instead he flew 6,000 miles to the USA west coast on the pretext to check on David Beckham's fitness.
He caught up with Beckham for a brief chat but then failed to watch him play in a charity game.
So apparently McClaren stayed on the west coast in luxury for three days at the FA's expense but is still non the wiser on Beckham's fitness or form.
One of England's most important games in years looming against Croatia and McClaren prefers to fly off on a useless junket.
What a waste of space.
Dave.