Bang on assessment....I think managing Middlesbrough on anyones CV speaks volumes! The FA love a yes man and they've got that in bucketloads with the GS. He talks well if you like your corporate jargon "step change, boil the ocean" and all the other meaningless crap that gives the corporate types a hard on. Trouble is after a 4-0 loss at home it's difficult to buy into all the crap that he spouts. Personally I don't care much for England but I do feel sorry for those that do.After BFS all the F.A. wanted was a low profile manager who wouldnt make the headlines for all the wrong reasons and they have chosen well ,but Safesouthgate has rode his luck with easy draws in tournaments , scraping results and depending on Kane & Sterling to score the goals and a fairly resolute defence due to turgid anti-football tactics.
The amount of talent on that pitch tonight no matter how "tired" should not get thrashed by a bunch of honest unknowns , this was mis-management on another level , he doesnt like flair players with personailty and some devilment in them , he wants poster boys like Mount , Saka , Ward Prowse , Bellingham , Phillips , Rice who slot into a position with a priority to "track back" .
Under Pep this group of players would win a world cup by a country mile , under Safesouthgate they will be lucky to scrape through the group with two 0-0 draws and a 1-0 penalty win.
Safesouthgate is a management fraud and the next world cup campaign will be over in a blink of an eye under his stewardship , he is tactically clueless.
Fabio Capello · 1x Champions League winner · 5x Italian champion · 2x Spanish champion · 1x Uefa Supercup winner · 4x Italian Super Cup winner · 1x Coppa Italia
Sven-Göran Eriksson ; 1x Italian champion. Italian champion. 99/00, SS Lazio ; 1x Uefa Cup winner. Uefa Cup winner. 81/82, IFK Göteborg champions
Gareth Southgate -
Won fuck all, though.Our most successful manager since Alf Ramsey
He hasn’t won anything so that’s nonsenseOur most successful manager since Alf Ramsey
He hasn’t won anything so that’s nonsense
Ramsey wasn't particularly good. He got lucky in 1966, and had his best team in 1970. Even then he managed to bollocks it up.Our most successful manager since Alf Ramsey