Martin Keown & Alex Crook CLASH Over Whether Or Not Gareth Southgate Is An AVERAGE Manager! 😡🔥

Jim White, Alex Crook and Martin Keown debate if Gareth Southgate is more than an average England Manager.
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[@SBS_RMPOOLE]

Martin is one of the worst pundits I’ve heard in my life. Biased, not so bright, in fact thick as mince

[@SimonFlynn-un1ur]

@@SBS_RMPOOLE he is talking more sense than the others. So what does that make them??!!

[@SBS_RMPOOLE]

@@SimonFlynn-un1ur So you say! Martin talks about as much sense as Southgates tactics and team selection

[@dannyskelton]

Oh I tried to like this twice so true

[@lawmantheonetrueking3739]

@@SBS_RMPOOLEsomehow should ask Martin would he have SlothGATE as Arsenal’s next manager if Arteta goes off to Barcalona

[@UrbanKizBeast]

Thick as mince is the funniest things I've heard in ages 😂😂😂 Underrated comment 😂😂😂

[@abdulrahmanfakhroo4966]

Bang average unless he wins it on Sunday.. that’ll make him a lucky average manager

[@qwertyvypez]

The thing is consistently beating the teams you theoretically should isn't easy (most managers actually dont do this) and actually makes you a good manager. Consistently beating the teams you shouldn't makes you an elite manager. In international football Southgate is a good manager.

[@alexwarren9730]

@@qwertyvypez you have a point there tbf but a lot of it has been luck this time around. scoring that late goal to go in to extra time against slovakia was not tactical genius it was mere luck that a special player came up with a special moment to save us from being absolutely humiliated. the draws have been lottery winning lucky, i mean we havent beaten a team that is as good as us yet under this manager in a major tournament so you cannot say he is a "good" manager.

[@HdHd-hp6qz]

You can’t claim to be average drawing to slavkia Switzerland Denmark and lose to Iceland

[@Woods-w7t]

Bang bang average Every player in that team plays for a better manager at club level No world class managers entertain international management for the obvious reason He wouldn’t get a job hardly in prem let’s have it right

[@guitarreilly]

Yeah because it’s so easy to win these tournaments. We’ve not won anything for 60 years you entitled little clown

[@troy8613]

Totally disagree with Simon!! No way is Southgate an average manager, he’s worse than average. He’ll get any Prem team relegated. He’s got the luckiest draws I’ve ever seen in all my years watching football. Where’s Roberto Di Matteo?

[@IWTBF]

3:04 so if Jude doesn’t score v Slovakia (30 seconds to go) then what does that make Gareth

[@Easy_tiger69]

@IWTBF too right people quickly forget. We ve beaten teams we should have beaten up until now. England have struggle against poor teams because of him and I m sick of people saying hes the best since 66, you cant compare him to England managers of the past, hes done ok but in major tournaments beaten no one ranked above us and finished bottom of the nations league group with no win in 6 against teams in and around us. Hes below bang average

[@james.butler.]

Iceland was an “easy draw” and look what happened. There are no guarantees. Southgate has earned his paths by topping his groups.

[@dondamon4669]

England have had the hardest route! All the famous teams are rubbish ATM and tired! Look at mbappe! England faced defensive hungry players who all play in Europe and play like a final every game! France, Germany etc be much easier, look at Holland was easy

[@vincenzoriccio5036]

Peps won else where. Champions leagues, trebles. Southgate hasn't, that's the point

[@brelshar4968]

Calling Clowngate average is an insult to actual average managers.

[@Joker-et2je]

Heyyy U Just Insulted All the Clowns 🤡‼️🙄

[@barryflynch]

2 euro finals in a row, you don't understand football

[@iykeharrison9161]

"Clowngate" has taken England to two consecutive Euros finals. You don't do that if you are just average manager. You may not like his style but he seems to always get the job done. You guys should start putting some respect on his name

[@brelshar4968]

@@iykeharrison9161 No thanks. I'm fairly sure that I could have gotten to the same amount of finals with this squad.

[@barryflynch]

@@brelshar4968 yeah you're delusional and don't understand football stfu

[@thomascooper1144]

It’s a compliment to call Southgate an average manager because he’s far worse than that, let’s not forget this is the same guy who had us facing humiliation at the hands of Slovakia until an individual piece of brilliance from Bellingham bailed him out. Make no mistake we are in this position because of the incredible depth of talent we possess not because the manager is performing miracles. In fact I honestly believe Southgate is only getting about 60% out of what this squad is actually capable of.

[@paulpurves484]

Agreed.

[@user-kg9rt3jh1z]

What have you accomplished at international level player or manager?

[@Jaxel1926]

@@user-kg9rt3jh1zhow is that a valid response.

[@user-kg9rt3jh1z]

@@Jaxel1926 I will ask again what have you done at international level has a player or manager please answer the question?

[@SimonFlynn-un1ur]

Absolutely clueless

[@Dewsytv]

De Matteo won the champions league. Does that make him an elite manager? NO. This win would be in spite of Southgate. We’ve got all eyes ffs

[@mcbudget]

You've got eyes but no memory of what used to be normal for England. An unhappy mess in the camp, division among players, tactically clueless, unable to cope with the pressure of knockout football. Southgate creates a unity and sense of shared purpose that is unique and unheard of in recent memory for england teams at tournaments. He's not Guardiola or Klopp, but how many of those are there in international football? Almost none.

[@SimonFlynn-un1ur]

@@Dewsytv grow up

[@Mindfull_Momentum]

You muppet

[@calvincrane]

THIS- THANK GOD OTHERS REMEMBER AND HAVE EYES.

[@nilszandt4378]

two finals and one semi final. Sven had much better players and got nowhere.

[@hungmna1tp]

If Southgate is such a good manager, let's see which big club would welcome him once he leaves the England job

[@kevh7941]

Yep that's a great point let's wait and see I bet its not a big club

[@qwertyvypez]

Hes a good manager in international football. Doesn't mean he will be good in club football

[@kurtmiller7040]

Hes not leaving. The FA want him for 2 more years

[@nudisco7882]

​@@qwertyvypezHe's CLEARLY a terrible manager Suffers from low expectations & mediocrity.

[@user-ug4dx6ul4d]

A dozen times says Keown.... I said 57 and looked it up. I was correct. How has this pleb got a talksport gig? He actually knows nothing!

[@Adamm357]

He's basically Solskjaer. Ended up in a fortunate position and is heavily reliant on the experienced coaching team. The individual brilliance from players has got them to the final, not Southgate's tactics.

[@mikeyL575]

He is far worse than Solskjaer. What Experienced coaching team did solskjaer have exactly he had the likes of Kieran McKenna and Michael Carrick.

[@user-yu7ko6do4k]

Keown and Crook now there`s a meeting of minds!!!!

[@Dresstosweatdottv]

lol both as dumb as a doorstop

[@user-ug4dx6ul4d]

Im an Arsenal fan and love what Keown did for us.... But he doesn't half talk a load of shite🙄

[@user-hb4wm6lh9f]

Sick and tired of Jim White

[@thomasoflaherty3520]

Then don't watch.

[@leemccann88]

We're sick and tired of you ton

[@user-hb4wm6lh9f]

@@leemccann88 😄

[@SimonFlynn-un1ur]

@user-hb4wm6lh9f yeah time to stop watching. Just desperately trying to stir it up and cause as much chaos as possible. Gotta feel for him with Scotland doing what they do and then england in the final. He'll be devastated if we win it

[@kiely4561]

@@SimonFlynn-un1urthats what they pay him to do lol, he’s there to be the instigator and to play the devils advocate role.

[@mikeevans-ud5bk]

Southgate didn’t get us this far, the players did! He’s a terrible manager who, if this was club level, he’d be gone! Gets away with it as the players want to play for England. Not him! Winning means I hope, that he’s gone for good.

[@rebel3369]

But its not club level

[@deluxeedition46]

​@@rebel3369good job he be sacked and exposed on weekly basis

[@emjayconan8223]

Coward, spineless, too weak to admit you were wrong

[@animemadness1171]

Southgate has poor tactics and a great team doesn’t win anything but is being talked about as a great manager….on top of this they are saying the language used is poor. Erik Ten Hag wins two trophies and qualifies for Europe in two whole seasons and yet he’s a bad manager? You can’t make this up.

[@ScepticEngineer]

The bias towards English people is rife. Ten Hag is absolutely class and the proof is in the pudding despite last season. Southgate for the job on a proxy and has no tactical awareness. He’s lucky we have the probably the best squad in the world and they might win it despite Southgate

[@williamjarrett9309]

this is what media has become. We look at the outcome and then rewrite history to match it. Southgate is an average manager, no matter the outcome. International soccer management is about catering to players and hoping things work out.

[@andrewwatson4244]

Take him at arsenal then Martin and sack Arteta!

[@darrensaquaticsworld]

Calling Garath average is actually being complementary to him.

[@Chae-bo6tv]

Why is Alex crook being treated like an expert now

[@cd83974sheirbrhej]

Spot on, how he's made it into a main seat is baffling, the guy just repeats what he's read online!

[@yippeeki-yay1691]

When people like Martin Keown end up going woke, you know the world's in trouble..

[@mychannel5019]

'Woke'. You're a 🤡.

[@gregwickert3478]

You know the world's in trouble when more people keep using the term 'woke' to describe anything they don't agree with.

[@yippeeki-yay1691]

@@gregwickert3478 - Yea right, let's get real here - Accusing someone of "appalling language" just because they described someone as average is getting beyond ridiculous - it's an opinion, rightly or wrongly - nothing more - Im sure you can even see that through your blinkers.

[@CHIPorange]

​​@@yippeeki-yay1691 if someone using the term "stupid" or "appalling" to show how much they disagree with something is woke, then i don't think "going woke" is a such bad thing...

[@yippeeki-yay1691]

@@CHIPorange - At the end of the day the guys entitled to call something as he sees it without someone acting as the thought police and accuse it "appalling" - it wasn't personal or abusive - it's a part of society now that's getting out of hand.

[@barryosullivan1486]

Have England beaten anyone under Southgate who they weren't expected to beat? Surely any have decent manager would have got passed Serbia, Denmark, Slovenia, Slovakia, Switzerland and an average dutch team. If England beat Spain then fair enough, I'll take my hat off and give Southgate the credit he deserves.

[@RobboYTQ]

It’s almost like Keown tries to be wrong

[@GAMING-CELT]

He’s payed to say the opposite of what most people think

[@willcampbell8829]

Indeed, Keown is is own brand of stupid.

[@charlierich4267]

Southgate is 100% an average manager at best, Keown is worst than that as a pundit

[@AliJason313]

The guy went from “we have Jude” to Palmer 🤣

[@enockowl681]

Alex crook 😆 🤣 😂 😹... talksport is finished

[@garyjohnson3751]

Keown is a mammas boy

[@beniwal.mayank]

Spain will show how average southgate is and he will gonna find his levels and how out of depth he is on Sunday, period

[@dannytallmage2971]

Lmao complete gibberish.

[@kurtmiller7040]

Absolute nonsense. Try doing it again in English

[@dondamon4669]

Spain have had an easy route to the final playing teams that aren't interested England have had a much harder route

[@emjayconan8223]

And if we win? You’ll find another reason to say Southgate is bad. Coward, spineless, too weak to admit you were wrong

[@jamesjarrett52]

The people who hate Southgate hate HIM as a person. Thats the only conclusion I can come to because his results are the best for sixty years. No matter what he does he gets buried. Its just pure hatred, while Robson, Venables, Eriksen were lauded to the rooftops.

[@thepipesmokingbeekeeper8917]

Martyn Leon will always defend Southgate as he does with linker because he's trying to get jobs with his mates

[@thepipesmokingbeekeeper8917]

Keown

[@thomasoflaherty3520]

Martin.

[@marvelloussingandu415]

Lineker

[@rogerwhite4073]

England could have fielded two teams that would have made the quarter finals. I wish this would have been a possibility with two separate squads and managers, so that we could have seen at least one team set up to win matches instead of not to lose.

[@soapboxparishrecordings5287]

Average isn’t bad. Why’s everyone getting caught up on this? Think every national manager this summer is average 0:42

[@96Shalom]

How can you say Southgate is a good manager because he keeps his best players on the bench until it's nearly too late

[@johnpaulreed4862]

Sir Bobby Robson, terry venables, sven, capello all these managers did not do what Southgate has done the hate is not justified.

[@garethbranigan9277]

My word Keon comes over thick as bricks here

[@RickBolton-m6r]

I agree complexity with Simon Jordan Southgate is an average manager and Watkins scored 19 goals playing week in week out for villa so don’t see how he needs to be teased to score goals

[@lukelocks9083]

The talent of individal players, Bellingham's volley, Palmer's pass-Watkins finish, cool-confident heads taking PENs, draws that were so jammy they defied belief, have got ENG to 2 finals and a WC semi, NOT this DIV-1 manager. These recent ENG teams have got as far as they did despite, not because of Kneelgate. As an Emperor once said, I don't want your best Generals for this war, bring me your lukciest Generals. For Keown to say Kneelgate "teased it (the goal) out of him" by making him wait to come on with just a few minutes to go, deserves a torrent of rotten tomatoes flung his way. Shame on him for saying such nonsense!

[@arryharry]

Gareth and the players are the sum of their parts. Please, Keown, White, and any other silly sod thinking Southgate is more than an average manager, explain where he has affected change through team setup or tactical nous at any point in this tournament. We have lucked our way through with big, late, and incredibly low xG goals that were individual brilliance more than well worked goals. Agreeably, the Watkins winner was well worked with Palmer, but as Simon said after the game, our expectations are so low that we think a basic midfield to attack pass that ends in a goal is earth shatteringly good. We are defence merchants this tourney and have ridden our luck like no other team has. We're so imbalanced, with players on the bench that would give us 70% more in positions that hurt teams. Otherwise, it's all passing to feet, nothing through or over, and Jude is a complete passenger because Mainoo is playing the 6 and 8 role all by himself, and it's not being recognised. Get Foden behind Kane for Jude, Palmer on the right, and Gordon on for Trippier. That team would give us so much more balance and attacking impetus it's untrue. We may be about to find out what real use of possession is all about.

[@dondamon4669]

😂😂 management isn't all about tactics just look at all the great managers, none of them put tactics first they put man management first and the players love Southgate! You prefer Capello do you? 😂😂

[@adanvelasquez1374]

If Spain win it, Fabian Ruiz should be player of the tournament

[@matthewjennings5893]

Has has wokegate been magnificent? Bellingham saved his job, he only reacted when Switzerland went ahead and holland have weighorst upfront.

[@guitarreilly]

Wokegate? Are you thick as mince or maybe worse?

[@phillydirector]

Southgate is great at man management. That makes him a Social worker.

[@philmccavity7738]

Jeez...If you can't see that Southgate is an average manager, you need to give your head a wobble....he's Mr average!!

[@alanjackson4028]

Before Gareth got here we were going out to Iceland and the previous tournament we didn't make it out of the group stages

[@miguelaltunagajr6379]

I have been in England for about 20 years and I'm sometimes in shock of how negative and depressive media and the people are with their own team. Unbelievable!! Just be proud and enjoy the moment!! Two consecutive finals and still complaining about the coach. Ungrateful and to the occasion?

[@Jamie-bq6xv]

You only need to look at Phil scolari ,won the world cup with 4 ballon for winners in the squad ,he went to Portugal done nothing ,went to Chelsea lasted under 6months ,went back to Brazil got hammered 7-1 by Germany in the semi and lost his job

[@murcielago-vikingo]

Bringing this Kiwi whatever his name is to defend SG made me believe SG is even below average.

[@AdaptStudios]

Pundits are so knee jerk. If Bellingham hadn’t scored that worldie no one would blink if Southgate was sacked. I’d argue even if they win Southgate must go.

[@geekylove3603]

Foden spent the entire game on the right of attacking midfield. What on earth is Martin talking about?

[@aysteria4ever]

Lucky manager more fittingly. He shouldn't be rated

[@neilboyd904]

I just wonder if Gareth was manager of Scotland or Wales how would things have gone?

[@blueleaf1717]

After the last world cup, it was YOU Martin, stating he was 18 months away from having this trophy in his hands and now you say our expectations to win are unrealistic?! XD

[@rosuzzieagnes124]

We can’t take getting to finals for granted

[@nocturnallmusic]

Nobody is, but when you have the easiest side of the draw 3 tournaments in a row, context is needed. Anyway time to get behind the boys!!!

[@leonhughes9014]

He has two strikers and his main striker was tired, he had a 50/50 choice Toney or Watkins..... it's not amazing decision.. and the goal scored was individual class not related to any tactic... People are delusional about Southgate

[@seanlennon8446]

Some Tosser Martin

[@user-hb4wm6lh9f]

Quote Brilliant Keown!!.. 2 last minute wins and pens😂

[@moosencatcowbiggly8607]

Alex crook needs to worry about where his neck has gone

[@joshdarnbrook1989]

Needed Simon Jordan to put keown in his place.

[@rivafussball6719]

How can a sentient football fan call Southgate an "average" international manager based on his achievements with England?

[@UrbanKizBeast]

Keoen looks like an aging Turtle in that thumbnail 😂😂😂

[@paulbradbury2613]

Not one PL or other top flight team would employ him. He’s not even average he’s poor

[@jaymac6831]

You know Jim is gonna stir the pot with Keown's comments next time he sees Lord Jordan...😂

[@JerahmeelJames]

“If we can stop Rodri then England should be favorites.” Where on earth do they get these people from?!

[@TheShaneGuy]

I don’t think Southgate is an average manager. He is a defensive, cautious, seasoned and wise tournament international manager. He’s a really good international manager and often good international managers don’t make good club managers and vice versa. He’s not the same manager that struggled at Middlesbrough. Southgate isn’t as bad as his critics say or as great as his fans say. This time last week people thought England would lose to Switzerland and this week it’s the eve of successive Euro finals and we’re talking knighthoods and top club jobs. Not average and not brilliant but damn good.

[@Crazecollector]

Even when we win it. We need to get Klopp to win the World Cup

[@nithingopakumar3475]

How Martin Keown is even called a pundit is beyond me.. he himself don't know what he's talking about. What a waste of air time

[@dondamon4669]

Jose would be considered a genius getting these players in this position

[@tomball592]

If anyone thinks Southgate is an above average manager after the performances we've had not just the Euros but past competitions is living in dream world

[@MarkSmith-fl4zq]

Well said Martin. What's the 1 thing everyone remembers about the 66 final???? Nobody talks about the group games etc they talk about winning the final. Massive lack or respect towards Gareth

[@John-bu4ik]

Average former player sticking up for average managers.

[@jdci75]

"If we get the tactics right we can beat them" doh! Is that what Keown gets paid as an expert to tell us?

[@manrajs4998]

England were 30secs away from going home. That was down to 1 player with a special goal. It’s 100% down to the players getting them to get this far.

[@rishikuna19]

If Keown thinks so great about Southgate, please get him to Arsenal please 😂😂😂😂😂

[@sambaprince]

Southgate hate is ridiclous 😂 rare W from Keown well done for speaking sense

[@MattHarwood]

Did Martin just say Southgate in this tournament 'has just been magnificent'?!!!! My god! DELUDED

[@TfortLo-q8m]

Spain havent won every game they drew with Germany

[@ephraimcharles3195]

this guy was talking a whole bunch without making a proper point. what actually makes gareth not an average coach?

[@jordan9318]

I always feel martin is giving a view with one eye on what people will think of it before he gives it.

[@peterbarnett8714]

I *need* Keown Vs Jordan on Monday!

[@Jtggllkyhfff]

The England managers job is like the prime minsters, everyone thinks they know more and can do a better job. Pathetic. Southgate has made history, results are the most important thing .

[@calvincrane]

The new tactic managers should use is: get your players angry... lol

[@isthatakingfisher2931]

Southgate and magnificent don’t belong in the same sentence together

[@abuyahya4440]

Remember Greece won the Euro with Average players and manager

[@pjoseph5950]

Is everybody forgetting the performance v Slovakia 🇸🇰 🤔

[@sarkis_in_a_state]

Di Matteo won the champions League, he hasn't won anything since. He was a below average manager who won the champions League. Why is it so hard to accept that Southgate is the same.

[@dannyskelton]

If England win it a credit to the players with such a poor manager imagine them with pep are klopp

[@davidknight2104]

Southgate wouldn't get a job in the prem.... that says he's an average manager with an unbelievable squad of players

[@user-qj9pj1sx5d]

Hopefully after Gareth leaves, we will see England winning consistently. Hopefully because the general consensus amongst English fans is that they will be playing this super duper football and winning left right and center the moment Southgate leaves.

[@lovejoy3347]

Forget England. What we all want to know is was Gary's Bet builder large enough to cover Cantona's Cognac bill?

[@IWTBF]

3:04 So if Jude doesn’t score v Slovakia (30 seconds to go) then what does that make Gareth

[@knownAsB18]

Southgate is an average international manager but a good international manager there's a difference

[@shaun67uk]

Martin would go to a luxury Italian ice cream parlour and order vanilla.

[@philbourne548]

There’s loads of people who aren’t stupid and understand football. Talk sport should try employing a few of them

[@muaythaimarkthailand]

Whilst I dont think Southgates style of football is the most entertaining and he can be frustrating being reactive rather than proactive. He isnt average as you cant get to semi finals and finals of tournaments with just good players.... England have always had strong squads and we have never achieved the consistent levels of success as Gareth has.

[@ZSKSkilz]

You can be an average manager and win a tournament - happens all the way through grassroots football and in the competitive league cup tournaments

[@raymondbutler834]

Interestingly, I bumped into a West Ham fan earlier today and asked him if he would take Southgate at West Ham and he wouldn't, same goes for that Leeds fan who I used to work with last year. The only reasons England have progressed deep into previous tournaments is all down to Favourable Draws and Home Advantage. If England lose this Sunday, nobody will remember 2nd place.

[@garyjohnson3751]

It’s totally disrespectful saying Southgate is a bang average player! He’s much much worse than that

[@mickdundee920]

If you think he is not average manager then everybody is a good manager even the people at home

[@Chris-si4ox]

Would he walk into the job at Liverpool => no. Would he walk into a top club anywhere in Europe? => no. He has a world class group of players, Simon is right

[@noelroche794]

Southgate still learning, he's been in the job 8 years.

[@mkkravist11]

2 points. 1. Roberto di Matteo wins the CL, obviously he’s average. 2. If Southgate is so good, would you have him at Arsenal?? Of course not!!!

[@MrCrashturner]

He was a safe pick by the FA after the Sam Allardyce debacle. This is easily one of England's greatest generation of players. Under a manager with a better tactical acumen, they would've won the last Euros and made the 2018 World Cup final, and dare I say could've won it. Just as they could've made it to the 2022 final. He's the epitome of a person who has failed forward. Just as Lampard, Gerrard and Rooney have done. He gets the credit for uniting the players. Not for his tactical nous. Folks need to calm down. England's progress has been in spite of Southgate, not because of him.

[@Reesa89]

Southgate has had some flaws but this tournament you can tell he’s been pressured to play all the big names at the detriment of the team. Truth is he’s a good tournament manager

[@riccardobrogelli3550]

He is an average manager, not even slightly above average. If England win on Sunday they will have done in spite of Southgate, definitely not because of Southgate.

[@willcampbell8829]

Keown is DELUSIONAL....If the team that finished the game against the Dutch had started the group games England would have racked up a fair few goals in the early stages and the football would have looked a lot more dynamic which would have then been something to build on moving forward. Instead, Keown thinks Southgate is a genius because his undervalued bench bailed him out.