Gareth Southgate announces departure from the England National Team [REACTION] | ESPN FC

[@jonesdebrah181]

The fact that the FA wanted Southgate to stay on actually means the FA is the problem

[@milesnixon9554]

This is the elephant in the England failure room. The one consistent factor throughout years of failure.

[@James-sr9vr]

The fa don't want to win things

[@bravochamp9495]

If u think being in two euro finals is a failure the problem seems to be the fans

[@mohamedsahidkoroma1687]

Southgate is a success

[@wongyeng88]

😂

[@christianbarrow2568]

He’s managed the culture and human side of it very well, but he’s a poor tactical manager and doesn’t judge players well. He’s benefitted from some extremely kind draws in tournaments and after 8 years in the job failed to bring the team into this tournament with any coherent plan.

[@11robinho07]

And style of play and a system that suits the players he selects. It the same thing that's going on with France and Brazil.

[@KemzA658]

@@christianbarrow2568 Bingo! The last two tournaments were a cake walk to the finals, and they lost both because of his terrible tactics 😂

[@IsaiasSoldier2]

Are Southgate and Berhalter brothers?? It seems the USMNT had the exact same managerial problem as England. No wonder they tied in the world cup

[@SilverShamrock71]

Player loyalty, a fine line between that and daft tactical decisions, e.g. starting an injured Kane or subbing Mainoo rather than Bellingham or Saka for Palmer

[@TrocarSlushWeasel]

Lionel Scaloni went from managing the Argentina U-20s to the full national team and has done pretty well.

[@PrE233_]

Same thing with Spain’s Luis de la Fuente

[@lukelocks9083]

Doesn't make it a given for success, just because he took that route, as this ENG ex-manager proved!

[@IL7319]

He had Menotti's support and guidance for a long time, and he has some former players as his assistants.

[@palashrawat401]

Less talked about the way Scaloni's Argentina have had institutional support to win tournaments he has won the better. Not every manager gets those factors.

[@Nomadic10]

​@@palashrawat401what support? You hardly know what kinda pressure any Argentina NT manager faces, because people there accept nothing less than winning

[@stephenmason9527]

I can't imagine Jude Bellingham ever trying to flex attitude at Carlo Ancelotti like that. That's the difference.

[@DarKsiders751]

Who cares about that corrupt club VARdrid

[@MarcoBonechi]

The opposite. Ancelotti makes consistent good choices from 20 years of elite level.

[@monrush]

​@@MarcoBonechiEverton?????

[@naomidiamond1999]

Jude hate agenda is so forced cry more varcelona negreira payed bots

[@nayden5834]

Probably because he respects a guy that has been there and done it.........he's a winner and shows good leadership character, he's just young and still needs development but I would want that in my team instead of players that hide and dont communicate.

[@Matt-ou7tu]

As an England fan, I'm not a deluded fan that thinks we have a god given right to win tournaments. Personally I'd rather we just play to our best ability, getting the most out of the players and where we finish, we finish. Thats all you can ask for. However tactically under Southgate, i never felt we were performing to our best. Yes, we might have been scraping results but in the most ugly fashion possible and then when we came up against the better teams we inevitability fell short anyway. If we're going to fall short to the likes of Spain, France, etc, I'd rather it happened when we have left everything on the pitch.😂

[@LordBranniganThe]

Got news for you mate, you lot were rubbish well before Southgate was manager & you’ll be rubbish after as well. No manager in the world can make English players play 90minutes of good football. That’s not a shot, that’s a fact

[@yacobz]

That makes zero sense and you sound bitter at like a cultural level. I hope peace and joy finds you and never leaves your side friend.

[@Matt-ou7tu]

@@yacobz it doesn't make sense to you because you're a retard.

[@Matt-ou7tu]

@@LordBranniganThe Didn't play as badly as we did under Southgate and even under Southgate, the performances got worse rather than better.

[@imawormbeforeiamman6052]

​@@Matt-ou7tu lel England played bad before Southgate was hired. 2012 2016

[@Photosoflife]

Semifinals, finals, quarterfinals, and finals in four tournaments managed. I think history is going to end up being a lot kinder to Southgate than people realize right now. Getting this far in four straight tournaments may never happen again and should not be taken for granted. Far too many English fans really do not respect other nations and have an entitlement to success that is not at all justified.

[@vladsaint6344]

Lucky draws in most those tournaments. Germany v. Spain was the real final this year absolutely BS it happened in the quarters.

[@frazzledazzle89]

Yeah, we keep hearing this, if he done that with an average squad and got them playing better football everyone would want him to stay but the truth is he is so defensive, reactive and tactically inept for the most part. Every time we took the lead we sat back in the recent Euros, in the 2021 Euro final v Italy he allowed Italy back in the game, too one dimensional, too reactive, not pro active , that is why we have never won anything. Playing injured players, shoe horning players who weren't performing. We never started with an actual Left side attacking wide man, Jude Bellingham played there, as well as playing a no.10 role and a CDM role. Harry Kane had a shocker but he never dropped him because it was Harry Kane, clearly unfit. If he adapted and was braver himself he would of won something instead of being a "finalist" but it played it safe, that's his way safe, boring frustrating football that can sometimes get you over the line. He loves giving defensive instruction, makes a team hard to beat but my word they're difficult to watch. All that said yes he has been revolutionary for England more so off the pitch though, he has done a lot of good, he's just frozen in big moments and when it mattered most, that would of turned "finalist" into a winner and not doing it the second time of asking stepping down is the right thing. Has he been under appreciated? Probably. Will he be missed? Not when England are playing better he won't be.

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

🎯🎯🎯 perfectly said! Who even wants to be the manager of this team? Unrealistic and vague expectations, and nothing but abuse when they win because it wasn't "convincing enough," etc. The players are totally demoralized by the media and the "fans." Predict they will revert to pre-GS results and the team culture will go back to cliques.

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

@@frazzledazzle89 With respect, what makes you think another manager will achieve better results? GS inherited a toxic and failing team culture and turned it into something positive. This is a remarkable achievement in itself. But the players are totally demoralized thanks to media and social media. Not to mention the fans at the games. Winning isn't good enough. What more should they be doing? What would satisfy the media and fans? No wonder Musiala chose to play for not England, says he made the right decision and has no regrets - despite his team being poorer than anytime since ww2 and not having anywhere near the results that England has had in the same stretch.

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

@@vladsaint6344 England media really has an obsession with Germany, don't they? Very flattering especially since England has done much better than Germany since Southgate took over.

[@MuhammadImHardBruceLee]

Hardly anyone brings up what Southgate did in the 2021 penalty shootout. He subbed on two young players just for penalities, and blew it. That game, those decisions...that's his actual legacy.

[@supersahan1]

in 2008 Man United subbed on Nani and Anderson who were both very young and they scored. Thats not unique to southgate. Agree that he should have been more attacking after they scored first

[@ComradeOgilvy1984]

@@supersahan1 You are right, but the issue was much bigger than attacking is better. The Italian back line was both tall and old, and thus vulnerable to tiring out if you force them to run back and forth to defend. Sterling, Rashford, Saka had the legs to wear them down. Simply ceding control of the game allowed the Italians to manage the energy of their players to their liking.

[@Rain188]

He done it again this time. Brought Trent & Palmer who were bench throughout the tournament for the penalty shoutout. He is a cowered

[@BD-cy9qr]

​@Rain188 last time I checked they won the penalty shootout. And why wouldn't he bring those guys on for pens if they haven't missed one in their careers - this was a different situation

[@DuskPatrol]

EXACTLY

[@mamadousy9632]

The right thing He is holding this team back He is the kinda guy that wear a life jacket in the shower

[@Wonderboy_for_France]

😂

[@iguiste23]

No these players are just overrated, over paid and only play solid for their clubs becuase they're surrounded by international talent. There's a handful of exceptions on that England squad that are genuinely decent players. Outside of that bang average players. Pep could have been the manager and these players would still play like that.

[@axelkristoff]

​@@iguiste23 Agreed

[@ComradeOgilvy1984]

@@iguiste23 The players may or may not be overrated, but we have all seen most of these players perform better for England than what we saw at this tournament. England 2024 is literally a defensive low block team that does not know how to counterattack. England 2024 is literally a possession team in attack that does not know how to progress the ball up the left or middle. That is not because the players took stupid pills. That is on the manager.

[@michaelcox8820]

Oh leave him alone, the guy has left now. Why bash him always.

[@migry]

Let’s get a group of BBC and ITV pundits to manage England, as they seem to know exactly what the manager and team are doing wrong.

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

Yes please! 😂 The ESPN FC article describes how demoralized the players were by the media and the fans. Is that being mentioned at all at any time? Winning isn't good enough. It has to be done the right way. Whatever that is. They keep their expectations vague, so they can always claim they are not being met.

[@douglasramsey3786]

Add KZbin, commenters and sloppy drunk Fanboys who never moved beyond five aside and you'll have it completely covered.

[@Iron-Bridge]

Hey hey, there's a whole business model with being a talking head on these panels or being a basement dwelling fan running a commentary channel on a sport they can barely play in person 🤣. Does anybody take fat non playing career Gab Marcotti seriously?

[@shahjahanburki8463]

Criticising a manger for playing boring, conservative football (which has led to 0 trophies unlike Deschamps) is every fans , neutral, pundit etcs prerogative. Especially since it was more objective than subjective in this case 😂

[@CarlitoGio]

😂😂😂😂

[@humptydumpty20]

The next England manager will face much more pressure because of the results Southgate has achieved. Therefore, he must be someone who is really passionate and have a strong desire to lead the national team.

[@MrFakNo]

Thank you for that empty platitude.

[@FranciscoLopez-hp3kf]

Lampard bro

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

@@FranciscoLopez-hp3kfjurgen kloop

[@vizXRL]

Hard to imagine anyone else playing as much dross as he has.

[@michaelcox8820]

Yep. The minimum requirement for the World Cup should be the semi final.

[@EthanG298]

History will be kind to Southgate. He won more tournament knockout games between 2018 and 2024 than every England manager combined between 1968 and 2016 One of the most successful England managers of all time

[@benjaminarends8964]

As a huge Southgate critic - he does deserve respect for his results and like you say "history will be kind" to him. On the flipside, the talent England has is ridiculos. You can argue that England go to the final based on individual brillance and zero managerial skill. Bellinghams goal, Watkins goal etc.

[@martingonzalez2850]

Revisionism of history will be kind to him. He's been bang lucky. He's a mediocre manager.

[@aseq2]

If you pick your stats, yes. England needing last-minute action against all knockout opponents is telling. Not a single convincing victory against sides that were decidedly worse in terms of talent.

[@EthanG298]

@@benjaminarends8964 you can argue that if you like but it would be quite extreme. Southgate deserves criticism but also praise. He is the one that chose the squad and subbed on Watkins to enable him to score that goal, a lot of people at the time where I was watching said bring on Toney not Watkins. Going back to previous tournaments it was Southgate’s tactical set up that lead to England conceding only 2 goals in euro 2021, which doesn’t get talked about enough. I don’t think Southgate is a great tactician but does he deserve some praise? Of course. We can talk about the players too, if the players are so ridiculously talented like you say then I’d expect them to beat teams like Slovakia quite comfortably regardless of who the manager is, but they didn’t so surely deserve criticism too no?

[@michaelcox8820]

Yes, he’s outdone both Terry Venables and Sir Bobby Robson.

[@Juzgames]

For english standards GS performance is superb imagine back in days of 2007-2016 where england were struggling to even qualify for euros , advancing for group stages of the WC and Euro , losing to mediocre and underdog teams.... england was a laughing stalk back then compared to what it its now..... the likes of even fabio capello couldnt take england far...he is done great tbh nobody thought GS would even take england this far he has surely outperformed his critics and england were unlucky to have a better team than them in the competition !

[@user-en9lp8ex9t]

Just you should know the previous generation were never in cohesion as a team where the players from the clubs in England being selected for the international match don't play as a unit how do you succeed with that

[@patbrett3031]

Southgate did some really good things for England but always got out coached in the big games!!

[@LittyJonez]

The FA wanting him to stay is WILD 🤣

[@martingonzalez2850]

@LittyJonez Not at all. Take a look at the people governing the FA, and it all makes perfect sense. It's not about meritocracy. It's the usual PC diversity nonsense and tick boxing. Hence, why we've won nothing and had to suffer mediocrity with the talent Southgate had at his disposal.

[@maxfrasier]

not really they had just reached the Euros final

[@martingonzalez2850]

@@maxfrasier Come on.

[@MrSitemaster2]

ittyJonez - Since 66 no England manager has done any better.

[@martingonzalez2850]

@MrSitemaster2 That's a very low bar you're setting, and it doesn't compare like for like.

[@Røødiepøøs099]

Southgate to Manchester United, here we go! - Fabrizio Romano

[@milesnixon9554]

Lol.

[@jonathangault3335]

True

[@gumdeo]

🤣

[@rashakki]

Here we don’t

[@thenry866]

Id hate to be manager of england football, the lowest the next manager can go is winning the world cup or the next euros, ive never seen fans and media so arrogant thinking we should win, its like we do the same over and over again and expecting something different thats called madness, and delusional, we arent the only football nation trying to win the euros or the worldcup , have to cut the next manager some slack cause despite how you feel about southgate and his processes how he was treated thru to after the euros was pretty sh itty , all i can say about the next manager good luck have a nice day cause you going to need it.

[@kevinkb2290]

It's funny how journalists like James Olley keep reiterating that England did run deep in every tournament while also ignoring the fact that England for some reason also always was in THE EASY side of the draw. They never had to face propper teams until the point where they were beaten. They had to beat teams like Slovakia, Switzerland, Sweden, Colombia, Panama, Tunisia and the likes. Those are opponents you should beat with that incredibly talented squad that you have available. I guess the exception in this recent Euros was the Netherlands, but even they were not really all that great. Had England faced France, Portugal, Germany or Spain earlier in that tournament, they'd been out way earlier. The style of football has been nothing short of abysmal and everytime they came up against a proper team coacher by a proper coach, they fell short and rightly so.

[@jasonwright6823]

This happens in every tournament to one country or another. The Dutch played Romania and Turkey to reach the semi. The 2002 World Cup, where Germany reached the final playing lesser nations in the QF and SF. Morocco played in the semi in Qatar!

[@kevinkb2290]

@@jasonwright6823 I am German and I am not proud of that run in 2002. Germany played really bad and got a super lucky draw and eventually lost to a much better team in that final. Difference is that this kind of fortunate draw (similar to Germany's run in 2002) happened EVERY time when Southgate managed England at a major tournament. I don't know how he does it, but I guess I could give him credit for that. Also Germany this year were far better than the side was in 2002 and got knocked out in the QF by the winners, Spain, in the 120th minute. Honestly, I think that a league would tell you much more about how good a team ACTUALLY is than results from knock-out stages suggest.

[@pucz8215]

His single goal as an England manager was to keep his job by parking the bus and giving you the illusion that the team was close to winning

[@BruceLee1.0]

And what have you done in your life to talk like that lol

[@safarit678]

They reached a final for the first time on foreign soil. Do you even know football?

[@safarit678]

@kuromori6200 Because Argentina had arguably the best players in the world and were expected to win. England reaching 2 finals is a feat. You see why now?

[@LeeW534]

Imagine being poor Jude and going from a master of the managerial arts in Carlo, to a bumbling manager like Gareth. He must have been tearing his hair out.

[@davidcarrol110]

Southgate being portrayed by media pundits as an English Ally Macleod. He reached two consecutive European Championship finals and should have won Euro 2020.

[@sf5912]

Southgate totally messed up the Euros even though we crawled to the final via a lucky draw..the team was disjointed and played like individuals. Experimenting with Trent in midfield says everything you need to know about how badly he prepared for these Euros!

[@GabrielMartinez92-w4c]

while i might agree that sometimes i question his substitution patterns and tactics he was still a better manager for this side that any of the previous england coaches and he got treated horribly by pundits and fans i am England fan but live in America and him getting to the euros finals and world cup semis the same has bills going to the four super bowls even though they lost or the rockets and clippers teams on the NBA never being able to reach NBA finals and Flaming out in conference finals but they still got there which counts for something imo

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

I agree!

[@ishrendon6435]

Ha as a mexican id take englands results over ours lately lol😂 but I understand they have better players and potential overall and here futbol is dying as well in many areas its not like it used to be so theres that . I do feel spain would've won that with or without southgate . Spain just looked too amazing and was creating amazing plays . No shame in losing to this spain.

[@yacobz]

@@ishrendon6435 what if, and here me out here, Spain weren't better on paper but were actually just better coached 🤔

[@Thefamilychannel723]

​​​@@yacobz Spain was both better on paper as better coached. England Spain : GK : Spain RB : Spain CB'S: Spain LB : England RW: Spain CM : Spain LW : Spain CF : England And I mean on paper, once coached, it is all Spain.

[@kageryu311]

​@@Thefamilychannel723Bullshit

[@gruevlock24]

Are you joking right now ? So Olmo is better than Bellingham ? Nico is bettet than Foden ? And you're rating Yamal better than Saka right now ? On paper England is way better than Spain. We just have the worst manager in football. ​@Thefamilychannel723

[@RichardJuukovsky]

Firstly, Bellingham was a 20 year old in a competition shouting at his manager to change something. Why do you think that was? Is it a coincidence that he was shouting out the negative criticism that the media had been throwing at Southgate all over their papers, magazines, T.V and the internet as if to stupid, ignorant or immature to know that negativity would reach the England players and disrupt their minds as we clearly saw with the 20 year old that is Jude Bellingham shouting at the manager in a panic which I am sure the Spanish would have seen and grown in strength seeing. The biggest opponent England players, the manager and the team always must face is the English media, be it racism or just stubborn headed selfishness, killing the dreams of the nation and the dreams of the young men on the field representing us, some of them barely teenagers, and it is disgusting. They tell the media to stop and let them know it is damaging their operations, but they just don't care, they all just see the priority as being to make a name for themselves writing and speaking rubbish. Secondly, never heard so much nonsense. The media love Pochettino and will do all they can to get him the job because he always bends to their influence, but let's look at some facts. Pochettino's career as a manager is one in which he has always been outsmarted by top managers and that is why he has struggled to win trophies running into them in the later stages of competitions. At Chelsea he lost against an exhausted Man City who could not believe their luck that they faced such inept decision making by him and could not beat a Liverpool team of teenagers. The only time he was able to win was when he had players of the best money can buy when in France, but even then he was exposed because he could only get them to beat weak teams faced in the French league failing to achieve anything with them outside that league and so getting fired. It would be no different if he was England manager. He would make a lot of money which no doubt would make him want the job, but like throughout his career would be outsmarted by other quality managers and like always as a result win nothing. Peace and love

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

This is the first comment I've read asking about the media's role in demoralizing the players. Funny how nobody wants to address that aspect. Southgate took a toxic team culture and turned it into something positive. He achieved better results than anybody else has in decades. Who on earth wants to manage this team under these conditions? No wonder Musiala chose to not play for England. He says he has no regrets which is very interesting considering his team is having the worst results in decades while England is having the best.

[@kageryu311]

​@SteveSmith-wq4gpWrong. Tons of racism pointed at the POC players though.

[@kageryu311]

​@SteveSmith-wq4gp toxic team culture before Southgate was from players like Lampard, Gerrard and Terry and the likes.

[@TheOscar401]

@kageryu311 that’s because those players were still in “club” mode while playing for England, , nothing to do with race

[@A4000]

LY turned 17 during this tournament and showed more maturity and composure.

[@divanojrv8351]

Jamrs , trent , walker , trippier and Lewis !!! All at once ... England with that generation should've won many trophies 🏆

[@JehnomInfo]

He is still the most successful English national team manager... I respect him for opting out.. Kudos

[@lastpenny849]

Get Tuechel if you can. No one better available. He's great tactically and that's what England need. Give him a two-year contract until the World Cup, with possible 2-year extension. Knowing him, I believe he would love to knock Germany out of a major comp.

[@GR1ZZLEDSTYKA]

I like tuechel but I feel sometimes he can be very fickle with the media

[@user-kt2zx4iv4f]

I don't think Poch has the defensive capabilities for internationals. The special one.

[@Phizzo4real]

I see SouthGate as more pf a Sporting Director than a Coach. He should look into that for a club hire. Ian is absolutely right. England before 2016 reminds me of USAbasketball when they lost that Olympics. The culture change from being about individuals (as talented as they were) to all about team cohesion on and off the pitch. I would want Southgate at United, not as Head Coach, tho.

[@HuxleyWasRight]

Southgate almost got it right but had a couple of blind spots, the main one being the forward line, had he addressed this and dropped Kane we could have beaten Spain, not playing Palmer and persisting with a poor Foden was criminal! You have to drop players who aren’t delivering, whoever they are and no matter how big of a name they are!

[@abdulrasheedabdul-lateef7054]

No way Eddie Howe will walk out of Newcastle to England… potter needs to rebuild his confidence

[@arshadiqbal2807]

Southgate faced unecessary criticism from Englishs. He was right person for them. Now they need a Spanish manager like luis enrique or klopp is good option.

[@CosmicTuxedo]

Just need a coach whose not terrified of subbing players like Foden or Kane in the first 25-30minutes if required. Teamwork > Individual skill. Theres a reason Lukaku and CR7 didn't score a single tournament goal despite having two of the best playmakers on their respective teams. Coaches can't be scared of subbing them off early.

[@eriklopez4890]

its crazy how they were never gonna fire him... he could have stayed for another 10 years

[@baldwinyeah7042]

Southgate did a good job with the English team but he realized that a new coach with a new vision is needed. Good on him.

[@ArielRamirez-vx8kh]

Jude does have an attitude. It was apparent through the tournament. He will be humbled soon.

[@naomidiamond1999]

Jude hate agenda is so forced this is what this trash medias does you need profesional help varcelona negreira payed bots

[@shahedkhaddash]

He's transformed the England team. People forget that. The teams prior looked hopeless no matter how great the players were. They were never in these conversations of finals and winning in quite some time until he came in. He set them up for the future. People will look back at his tenure positively.

[@RazeefRazeff]

Paul simpson was coach of england under20 world cup 2017 winners..if the spanish coach that led spain to euro24 to victory was the former spain under 19/ 21 euro winning coach could succeed then why can't paul simpson be the next england manager...🤔🤔

[@davidreynolds8054]

I am certain that a great part of the burden of being the England Manager, and for the players is the outrageously high, crushing expectations of the English media and public. Winning International tournaments. Winning at that level is the Holy Grail of football. The players, and GS said that the on-field performance was affected by media expectations. When incredibly capable players and Managers are feeling ridiculous pressures of expectations they are human and will be nervous of failure. Either take the tam and Management out of the media exposure, or maybe get some soul searching by England supporters to examine their crippling reactions to an extraordinarily difficult task...

[@Enzoblueblood]

With the exception of a few toxic blowhards on talksport and other yt channels, the legacy English media has generally been benign to Southgate in comparison to how they were to previous England managers. The England fans, on the other hand, on SM, armed with their vast wealth of knowledge and experience of the game have been brutal since the Wembley final against Italy, even though England lost by a whisker on penalties to Italy who were quite clearly the best team in that competition.

[@eugenegoagoseb5095]

To be fair the guy made it to the finals twice with poor football. What does it say about the other managers he beat on the way to the finals?

[@stnbch3025]

Bad luck.

[@tricky1506]

You realize the teams you played to get to the final, right?😂😂😂 you barely managed Slovakia and Switzerland, Denmark made you look like a dollar store team. You've had the easiest runs to finals in history and you still struggle every step of the way and always fail against a big performing team. Could beat Belgium twice, couldn't beat Croatia, couldn't beat Italy, couldn't beat France, couldn't beat Spain. The teams are actually playing good always knock you down without doubt

[@desmondachocky537]

He was just fortunate that in those tournament's England got more easier n favourable bracket draws.Look at the 2018 wcup,euro 2020 and now this current euros.The opponents they came up against from the knock out rounds were much favorable.Everytime they faced real tougher opponents they finally crumbled.Croatia in 2018,Italy in 2021,France in 2022 and now Spain.

[@eugenegoagoseb5095]

@@tricky1506 I'm not English bro. Lol.

[@Thefamilychannel723]

​@@tricky1506 did beat the Netherlands.

[@michaelcox8820]

The England managers job is without doubt a far far superior upgrade compared to Newcastle. If Howe wins a trophy with England he will become a national hero, a knight of the realm. It’s actually his national duty as the best placed Englishman to step up now when his country needs him. Howe might never get the chance ever again to coach England & end up being sacked later down the road by the Newcastle owners once he becomes a victim of his own success. I think they would sack without remorse, such is the reality of modern owners. With England he has access to ALL of the best English players at all of the clubs, so it’s almost like having an infinite transfer budget. It’s like Championship Manager. He would inherit players with experience of going far in tournaments, so that’s great tools to work with. Also he would know that he evolve in the role without the fear of being sacked (unless we fail to pre-qualify)

[@GabrielMartinez92-w4c]

people can say whatever they want about southgate but that man got england to semis 2 of them in world cup and 2 Euro finals he has done what previous coaches over the 10 or 15 years never been able to do

[@brummiegaming8008]

It was a quarter final and a semi final of the WC - knocked out by two Top 5 teams (a common problem under Southgate) Also those older managers faced teams like Prime Brazil (R9,Rivaldo,Ronaldinho) and Prime Germany (Ozil, Goetze) in knockout matches (Woy Hodgson aside - Iceland) , and some were unlucky with Penalty shootouts like Hoddle in 98 and Portugal in 2000/02 Plus the other managers did not have one of the best squads in the whole tournament (Euro's specifically) - Player for player we have never had this talent vs other teams (and we wasted it) Southgate lost everytime he came up against a top 5 team. That is the problem - Didnt learn lessons from Croatia , Italy, France and came to this tournament no better clued up tactically than he did 8 years ago. Winging it the entire time

[@fckem1000]

Do you think they wouldn't have been able to it with that squad and those draws or do you think Southgate could have done it with the players and draws they had?

[@GabrielMartinez92-w4c]

@@brummiegaming8008 while i might agree that sometimes i question his substitution patterns and tactics he was still a better manager for this side that any of the previous england coaches and he got treated horribly by pundits and fans i am England fan but live in America and him getting to the euros finals and world cup semis the same has bills going to the four super bowls even though they lost or the rockets and clippers teams on the NBA never being able to reach NBA finals and Flaming out in conference finals but they still got there which counts for something imo Reply

[@ComradeOgilvy1984]

@@brummiegaming8008 Pointing out Southgate never beat a top 5 team is both true and understates the issue. In his last four major tournaments Southgate has beat a Colombian team whose most important star had a poor tournament (2018), a bizarrely bad German team (2021), and this so-so Netherlands squad that is rebuilding (2024). Southgate has never met a better team than those three and prevailed.

[@GabrielMartinez92-w4c]

@@fckem1000 Idk if your asking i believe you are and he probably would have had those teams reaching the same heights he did with this current squad and rooney gerrad jamie beckham rio England have had talent who won champions league and premier on thos squads 2006 2010 2014 2016 so yes i believe Southgate would have had the same success

[@serialkilla23]

legend have it..that southgate is saving two remaining sub left for the next game.

[@lisacervino6006]

When the USA got grouped of copa america steve said its not the coach to blame its the players.. but when southgate reaches the euro final 2 times its the coaches fault and not the players? Smh

[@fckem1000]

Do the players pick the team or the manager? Whoever you think it is blame them, as they played a lot of players out of position and who weren't fit. They also experimented as the tournament started. They also didn't find a replacement for Kalvin Phillips apparently

[@zalemdreams]

Because one team is stacked with world-class talent and plays awful football, while hhe other is devoid of talent besides a couple players.

[@HT-xt4cn]

Yes, and? More than one thing can be true.

[@CarlitoGio]

The guy in the shirt speaks just like Southgate. Crazy

[@01olracman]

He still the best coach in England since 1966

[@joegrinefine]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@michaelcox8820]

He is to be fair. Even if the football is horrible. The record speaks for itself

[@MarkBrown-gr9lk]

I am sick of all the negative comments. When he took over England were no where. Our Golden Generation - failed! England were rock bottom. You might not like his tactics and decisions - but he has elevated English football. He gave us back hope again and a belief in England once again. You all need to sit back and take a clear, hard look at what he has achieved. The next England manager will find it hard to even emulate his record. I wish Gareth all the very best for the future and thank him for giving us hope again.

[@simonpitt8145]

What a nice polite gentleman you are to be sure. This bitter world could do with more people like you in it.

[@kaokaluki880]

this is sad, he gave it his all, his football was boring but it got results, if they played any other team except spain they probably would have won.

[@Whatexactlyispeace]

Stevie: “2 finals, 1 semi, 1 quarter , that’s a fantastic job” Ten hag won 2 trophies and lost 1 final in 2 seasons. “Terrible coach. Ought to be fired” Double standards much. Both of them deserved to be fired. Simple as that.

[@kevinferguson530]

It seems quite contradictory when commentators criticize Southgate's strategies throughout the tournament, only to praise him upon his resignation. Throughout a Premier League season, these same critics have downplayed Tottenham's achievements, despite their near success and Champions League Final appearance, insisting that success is measured by trophies, not close finishes. By this logic, Southgate's tenure as England's manager was unsuccessful, with no tangible progress except for fostering team harmony, which arguably impacted performance by favoring loyalty to players who were either out of form or lacking club playing time.

[@neillgowans4350]

Look Craig trying to pretend he wasn’t one of the people effectively calling for Southgate to go with the level of disgust in the playing style.

[@Leo82870]

You are 100% correct

[@Phil_Mitchell]

Yeah it's kind of weird how he tried to tone down his opinion in this video lol. They weren't 'a bit lucky', they were incredibly lucky to get to the final!

[@milesnixon9554]

Thank god. 6 years too late. I feel sorry for the fans of any club he manages. Everything that was said then he has proven right again and again.

[@johndaly2816]

What has England achieved before Southgate?

[@milesnixon9554]

@@johndaly2816 1 world cup win in 66. Southgate's record W 0 L4.

[@etonstrawn9733]

​@milesnixon9554 What did the big name managers before him did? You'll see how great a job he did now that he's gone

[@milesnixon9554]

@@etonstrawn9733 It's not great to have a passenger up front for an entire tournament. A rubbish manager has the sense to play 11 fit players.

[@migry]

Typical statement from another disgruntled Sam Allerdyce fan.

[@nicolanoven4220]

if you haven't won a trophy for more than 50 years you should show up in the final with an absurd determination, with the ferocity of a beast, you should go and take the trophy by force. England on the other hand played as if they didn't care

[@dodivol]

These days football matches are WON ON THE BENCH because ALL THE PLAYERS ARE GOOD.

[@dantoes1]

Wouldn't be surprised if the FA contacts Lampard......

[@maxwolf8055]

Rooney waiting for this contract 😂 He will win everything

[@gostepsenglish4431]

The England manager job isn't about winning things. It's about PR. So until the FA changes it's focus from PR to winning, we will continue to lose.

[@gooner72]

As a 50 year old long-time suffering, heartbroken many many times, fanatical England follower/ supporter, I just want our squad of unbelievably talented players to A) play attractive football and, most importantly.... B) feel proud of wearing that shirt and enjoy playing for their Country. England Forever!!!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿✌️

[@godilexgodilex7374]

For me, the question will be to compare how easy it'd be to win the world cup with England to how easy it'd be to win trophies with Newcastle... England is definitely top 5 in world cup 2026 power rankings, Newcastle, well definitely further down relatively.... Having said this, the only way any new England manager will be successful is to either win trophies, or at least reach the finals of international tournaments.

[@nikolaucznaum4312]

Klop understands the English mentality!!....

[@alexandervapnyar3979]

FA should talk to Pep. He has only one year left in his contract. Maybe they can work it out

[@Triple_X_X]

GOOOOOOAAAAL Oyarzabal !!

[@abczyx2k15x]

Who?!

[@AJD-od9nq]

@@abczyx2k15xwake up, it’s over

[@abczyx2k15x]

@@AJD-od9nq what do you mean?

[@derekhough-jm9gc]

@@abczyx2k15x oyarzabal is the Turk who played for Germany -- looks like Marty Feldman

[@serialkilla23]

he is better than all of the english 26 man combine.

[@awesome1ru]

Thanks Gareth Southgate for those 8 years 🤝🏻

[@K.Impact]

Best tactical movement he ever made.

[@user-em1kk8wq9k]

Euro2024 final . Kane ❌️ , Watkins ⭕️

[@maxwolf8055]

😂 Kane loves playing and loosing

[@jeromeali3582]

Am I missing something here? ESPN pundits were among his biggest critics...

[@zalemdreams]

It's unbelievable how Rice escapes any criticism when he performed far worse than Bellingham in the tournament, on both sides of the pitch to boot.

[@car9melo]

I know it wont happen, but Klopp would be amazing,his style would fit with england so well

[@VeniVidiVici456]

He has guided England to consecutive finals and semifinals. THAT is success. It is hard to advance in international competition tournaments!

[@russellward4624]

No he hasn't. He had no impact on reaching the finals. They got to finals because of the draws not southgate. They got past Switzerland because of a bicycle kick off a rebound in the 93rd minute. Southgate had no effect on that goal. He had no impact on Saka or palmers goals. He has no tactics. His tactics are play negative and hope a player bails us out. You and I could do that.

[@wayneu1233]

I feel about Sputhgate with England like I feel about Moyes at West Ham in the EPL…he’s taken the team about as far as he possibly can. Time for a change.

[@edu1113]

at least Moyes actually got them over line

[@wayneu1233]

@@edu1113 Moyes got us into Europe a couple times, just as Southgate got England into big finals a couple times. Someone else needs to take the available talent to the next level in both cases.

[@wayneu1233]

Don’t know what I was thinking… of course we did win a European trophy under Moyes. Bad miss on my part.

[@edu1113]

@@wayneu1233 fair… both men have taken their team as far as they could.. time for someone else to be in charge

[@SagalDuran]

Let's just hope that "new chapter" doesn't start at MUFC 🤲🏼😂

[@llfsmith1]

Clearly, James is not in favour of a non English coach.

[@nigeltaylor3089]

Spain and Argentina have shown the English F.A what to do. Ignore the fans and promote from within your national U16, U18, U21 structure that's how they found Southgate and how Spain and Argentina found their current managers.

[@fonrogers]

Stevie’s attitude when the lady was clearly choking was disgraceful.

[@hanumanguy]

Thought the same.

[@Genevasplaytime]

The FA have upped their game since 2012...but maybe now they can see that they need to level up again to win cups.

[@bulliboyz]

Where is the footage of Bellingham shouting at Southgate? I’ve still not seen it.

[@Ismsanmar]

Search for "Is this the moment Jude Bellingham 'lost it' at Gareth Southgate?" on Google. Very funny how a player does better the coach job than Gareth.

[@L0REN0R2Z0RR0]

If people highlight that Southgate's biggest success was getting the locker room united, Tuchel is the absolutely worst choice. He's got a reputation of picking fights with players up the point that the current Dortmund manager Sahin and legend Schmelzer publicly criticised him after winning a cup final, because apparently he told Sahin that he'd be his key man in midfield for the final if recovered in time just to drop him out of the squad last second. Of course as a national team's manager, Tuchel could just not nominate whoever he is not getting along with, but not if that'd be Kane or Bellingham, unless he wants a huge discussion

[@BenOwen-o9h]

Let beckham be manager 😂

[@maxwolf8055]

😂 Too many clowns 🤡 waiting to be managers of English national team

[@KemzA658]

The FA wanted him to continue, they clearly don't want to win anything 😂😂

[@maxwolf8055]

It is miracle to be in final 😂

[@1Vice876]

Now I can see Ben White linking up with SAKA 😊

[@vendonbrissett5342]

Same pundits here said that Potter and Poch is "perfect " for Chelsea 😅 now here we go again "perfect " for England...as a Chelsea fans good luck 😅😅

[@maxwolf8055]

Chelsea happy 😊 without Poch

[@ljacobs357]

He did a good job but benefited from easy groups and home advantage in the last Euros.

[@pspaulstewartinterviewinspires]

Looking ahead, it wasn’t man-management that was lacking. You need a candidate that knows how to put the right combinations on the field and bring out the best during matches. Klopp stands out on that list for me. I would say Eddie How but not sure if he is available. That would be good though. I think we all agree, we want the shackles off.

[@user-dg6pz9gm4n]

Maybe Southgate was struggling as a “people manager” as part of being a head coach, guys like Carlo Ancelotti and Guus Hiddink are/were MASTERS at that….

[@MarcoBonechi]

Opposite. Players love him. He just can't read the game to make the right approach

[@user-dg6pz9gm4n]

@@MarcoBonechi he seems to have the proverbial “get out of jail card” though…well, at least until he gets to the finales

[@bottomeyeview2767]

i think its other way around, he's a great manager. As they pundits said, he bought unity, got rid of heirachy, built a healthy culture etc. but as a coach, his tactics were lacking.

[@richiestockton]

Gareth Southgate became hero bringing England back to the people but he stayed far to long which saw him become the villain - I honestly think the USAMT should hire Gareth because it's nothing personal or nothing and I honestly think he could do a job for them and it's a win, win for both sides as for England's next step you've got to show ambition because the World Cup is not to far away thus we need somebody who can get what we have firing on all fronts! so all this development talk coming up through the system listen Eddie Howe I would 100% take but he said no and that leaves only one other British manager for me - Brendon Rodgers, very experienced and respected in the game, cool calm and collected demeanor or nothing from Britain! - Ralph Rangnick, Klopp, Poch

[@zomgbat]

He would be a disaster in the U.S for his defensive tactics

[@simontam5206]

He should run for a MP serving England than England national soccer team.

[@reinderrider45]

It only makes sense that Graham Potter takes over

[@ElectroAtletico]

He build the best he could with an average side (highly hyped, but trophy short). Time for a new approach. Perhaps the FA can send some of its prospects to Spain and see how the Spanish Federation prepares their coaching staff and their youth side.

[@Azad_2024_]

From a neutral perspective as a scot-Eddie howe seems the stand out English candidate for sure. Re foreign candidates-pep is the standout but not available yet. Then poch or tuchel. You need a character who the players respect immediately and has a track record of winning major cups. That's what would get England over the line imo.

[@Roshand-pl9tn]

Its six years too late 😂😂😂

[@56710zz]

Stevie and Ty from AFTV should be put in a room together to see who's the more Deluded

[@johanvantrier]

Why not Sarina Wiegman ?

[@bbqR0ADK1LL]

The most positive thing you can say is that Southgate has improved England from where they were, but they still need somebody else to take the next step.

[@simontam5206]

No more " Made England cry again "😂

[@sanelemsomi6506]

Its very ridiculous to here the same pundit say oooh there was a lot of criticism for Southgate from pundits, podcasts and social media that is why he resigned. No man, please there was a lot of criticism from "us" and other guys of similar job

[@clivedavis9454]

Once you pick your 26 man squad, the manager has to emerge from friendlies and training and enter a major tournament with an ideal 11 starters. Eng went the entire group stage without a decided starting 11.

[@kingwata1]

Pochettino is media darling. What has the guy achieved?

[@markiec8914]

Certainly more as a player than Southgate throughout his soccer career...

[@java2894]

Best coach to elevate England is aboard because England have the best players to win these big competitions

[@gooner72]

Is it just me or does James Olley look like a taller Declan Donolly????

[@jarretc110]

southgate sandbagged these players. the players were the ones that got results in spite of southgate. there's plenty of valid criticism and the praise comes off as rationalization. they could have won if not for southgate.

[@HuxleyWasRight]

Why bother appointing a manager, just use the half time TV pundits to make the decisions, they know everything and have all the answers 😂