Southgate steps down as England manager

[foxfanazer]

Fair play to him for that. Time for a freshen up and a better tactician

[ClaphamFox]

Right decision. We can be grateful to him for making England consistently reach the latter stages, but we need somebody else if we want to actually win something.

[Bert]

Let’s hope whoever we get in next can take us to the next level and utilise the amazing talent that we have. 
 

Thanks for everything Gareth. 

[EnderbyFox]

I'll miss that Atomic Kitten song, the football not so much 

[tom27111]

Best. Day. Ever.

[Super_horns]

6 minutes ago, foxfanazer said:

Fair play to him for that. Time for a freshen up and a better tactician

Hopefully!

 

Will be under pressure straight away I suspect.

[st albans fox]

Would rather carsley gets promoted than bringing in a club manager …

[DJ Barry Hammond]

He’s got out at the right time.

 

England’s upcoming Nations League fixtures of Ireland, Finland and Greece are no gimmies AND World Cup qualifying might be tricky given I believe we’re not going to be a top seed.

 

Whoever the new man is - they’ll need to hit the ground running.

[foxes_rule1978]

Right decision, he has taken us as far as he can, but he doesn’t have it in him to get us over that final hurdle. We need a more tactically astute manager who plays a less negative style. Southgate deserves respect for what he has achieved did a decent job at what was a difficult time for the England team. 

Edited 16 July by foxes_rule1978

[Sharpe's Fox]

[Dr Marco]

Fair play to him

[ClaphamFox]

6 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

Best. Day. Ever.

Until the club quietly leaks the news that Fatawu has been denied a work permit.. 

[DJ Barry Hammond]

2 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Would rather carsley gets promoted than bringing in a club manager …

Really? 
 

Minimal club experience (few games as caretaker manager) and I don’t think he’s reached more than 50 games for the Under 21’s.

 

Managing the full set-up, with big-ego pro’s would be very different to the juniors.

I don’t see the FA going this way personally - much to big of a risk.

 

[Bert]

5 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Would rather carsley gets promoted than bringing in a club manager …

The most likely outcome I think. They did the same with Southgate. Got him in the 21s then promoted him. 

[AjcW]

6 minutes ago, DJ Barry Hammond said:

 

 

England’s upcoming Nations League fixtures of Ireland, Finland and Greece are no gimmies

Sort of think they are to be honest, 3 nice 'friendlies' to bed in a new style and new players. I doubt the nations league will go on for much longer so needing to get 'promoted' is less of an issue.

 

I get the feeling Carsley will take those three games. Wouldn't be surprised to see England go the same route and hire him permenantly after that test.

The football the U21's play has been excellent, especially in the last tournament.

Edited 16 July by AjcW

[Samilktray]

Great bloke, gave us memories with the England team I didn’t think would ever happen and made waistcoats cool for a summer, but unfortunately the job just outgrew him.

 

Cheers Gareth, all the best fella

[st albans fox]

3 minutes ago, DJ Barry Hammond said:

Really? 
 

Minimal club experience (few games as caretaker manager) and I don’t think he’s reached more than 50 games for the Under 21’s.

 

Managing the full set-up, with big-ego pro’s would be very different to the juniors.

I don’t see the FA going this way personally - much to big of a risk.

 

The Spanish took a risk with their U21 coach …..

 

and I think he has the bottle to tell some of the big time Charlies that it’s time to move on.  Southgate also did that but then ended up too close to some of them over the past few years. 

Edited 16 July by st albans fox

[Tuna]

You can't knock his record but he is infuriating. Should have gone after Italy and certainly after France.

[AjcW]

2 minutes ago, DJ Barry Hammond said:

Really? 
 

Minimal club experience (few games as caretaker manager) and I don’t think he’s reached more than 50 games for the Under 21’s.

 

Managing the full set-up, with big-ego pro’s would be very different to the juniors.

I don’t see the FA going this way personally - much to big of a risk.

 

He won the last Euros in the style Spain just won the senior euros, won every game and didn't concede a single goal!

And a lot of that team now feature in the senior squad.

[HybridFox]

Good riddance 

[atomicfox]

It's for the best.

[The Guvnor]

Correct decision, time to refresh.

[TheUltimateWinner]

Glad he's made the right decision.

 

He can hold his head high as the manager who laid the foundations.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Right time, this tournament was awful, borderline maddening – but he's gone further than any manager bar Alf Ramsay and because of the conservative (often dull) football I don't really think he'll ever really get the credit for it.

 

I know people will fall back on the "easy draw" rhetoric, but he's given me infinitely more joy and hope as an England fan than Hoddle, Keegan, Sven, Capello or Hodgson ever did. That Colombia penalty shoot-out in 2018 was the most I'd given a shit about England in ****ing ages.

 

 

[KFS]

He’ll manage Wrexham at some point. Save this post