Agreed but there is real opportunity to change the National side's fortune.
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Gareth Southgate knighted
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KennyG
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102 games and no style of play. £40m he earned in eight years. Think he will sleep like a baby
KentBlue
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Nobody is seriously suggesting Maureen, surely?
For England's cause that would be the last candidate.Nobody is seriously suggesting Maureen, surely?
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Sir Joe did an excellent job, using players, who, as the great man put it, played football with a smile on their face.They don't have a great record going all the way back to after Alf Ramsey's resignation.
It’s just a shame he wouldn’t take it on a permanent basis.
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Having gif issues, now changed.Noooooo.
Venables should never have been sacked.
We'd have gone to France 98 with a great shout of winning it
I agree but Venables was sacked for his offfield activities.Venables should never have been sacked.
mac
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Loosing in finals isn't something that should be lauded. When City loose in a final it is shite and we get ridiculed. Southgate is a boring shit manager. End off.
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Yeah Southgate should have said fuck playing them lets have another draw we need to play Germany and France instead.Yeah Netherlands who finish third in their group Switzerland who are rated in the equivalent of the PL relegation zone in 19th
mac
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Tbf we don't need rice. John Stones can bring the ball forward better than anyoneGet Dyche in
We're not playing progressive football when it has to go through Declan Rice to collect the ball from the defenders
Might aswell save the trouble, cut out the middle man and let Pickford smash it 70 yards to Ivan Toney. Full dycheball.
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That's the problem the FA should have backed him, the fans loved him the players loved him. He was far to controversial and he wasn't a yes man same reason why Brian Clough never managed England when it was so obviously the right man for the job.I agree but Venables was sacked for his offfield activities.
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Pursued by the Daily Mirror which never came to anything as I recall?I agree but Venables was sacked for his offfield activities.
FA's reason could have been it would have affected his England duties. Hoddle wasn't that bad to be honest but had nutty ideologies.That's the problem the FA should have backed him, the fans loved him the players loved him. He was far to controversial and he wasn't a yes man same reason why Brian Clough never managed England when it was so obviously the right man for the job.
Along with many others, I've often given Southgate credit for healing the dressing room atmosphere and instilling some team spirit.
But maybe he's just been lucky in that most of this generation's footballers aren't twats or difficult to work with.
Quite apart from the divisions that seem to have appeared at this tournament, a half-decent man-manager would have resolved the Ben White situation, which seems to have been nothing more than a pretty mild falling-out that a touchy player took to heart. A good manager fixes that - a great one gets them to laugh it off.
I don't think White's the answer to England's problems but he's a good player and you want him fighting for a place.
But maybe he's just been lucky in that most of this generation's footballers aren't twats or difficult to work with.
Quite apart from the divisions that seem to have appeared at this tournament, a half-decent man-manager would have resolved the Ben White situation, which seems to have been nothing more than a pretty mild falling-out that a touchy player took to heart. A good manager fixes that - a great one gets them to laugh it off.
I don't think White's the answer to England's problems but he's a good player and you want him fighting for a place.
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Why didn't they keep Joe as manager for a little longer?Sir Joe did an excellent job, using players, who, as the great man put it, played football with a smile on their face.
It’s just a shame he wouldn’t take it on a permanent basis.
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Couldn't pick a spot, never mind a football team, and thought tactics were small mints. His next appointment won't be welcomed by fans of the club involved.