Stuart Pearce REVEALS His Private Conversation With Gareth Southgate After Leaving England 👀

[@MrEchoes1962]

A ' private conversation ' he had and yet he broadcasts it on the radio🙄

[@SimonFlynn-un1ur]

What is wrong with that?

[@MrEchoes1962]

@@SimonFlynn-un1ur Erm a bit obvious but private should remain private and not for broadcast.

[@SimonFlynn-un1ur]

@MrEchoes1962 it is even more obvious that the conversation was private..and it remains private because if you listen to what Pearce says..he actually doesn't say anything much about the conversation

[@Mike-dk7wj]

Looking after your mate Stuart. Very commendable. Truth is, however, Southgate bungled it in every tournament, despite having the best players, the easiest of draws, and the weakest oppositions. Over eight years, no England team, no England manager will have such luck and such opportunity, probably for another 58 years. Southgate is everybody's favourite, kindly and empathetic uncle and has fine human qualities but more is required to be a winner at the very highest levels of professional sport. Making the right decisions at the right times, and a capacity for extreme ruthlessness are required - for instance, Alf Ramsey dropping Jimmy Greaves for the '66 World Cup final. We saw time after time after time that Southgate doesn't possess these attributes when the chips are down. Moreover, England played tedious safety-first football for the entirety of Southgate's reign, so he didn't provide success nor entertainment. If a happy, united squad is the criteria for success than Southgate was a success, if winning tournaments is the sole yardstick he was a complete failure, and at 7.5 million annual salary a pretty expensive one.

[@davidtindley1366]

the players from the 90,s were better like gascoign etc and they still failed - as for southgate having the best players, take kane out their all youngsters are thay really a better squad than spain, france and germany

[@user-lj6jp8qp7z]

I was Southgate out since euro 2020 final. But Germany and The Netherlands are not easy opponents. When people like you say stuff like that, it annoys me. Before the Germany game at Euro 2020, every single person including me wrote off England. Same against The Netherlands. Those are two strong opponents. When England beat Senegal at the last world cup, Senegal at that time were the defending champions of Africa ffs.

[@wengelder9256]

He doesn’t have the best players at all …

[@Archway_Archie]

Fantastic post: I agree with every word. Southgate was a boring manager who played boring football. He squandered easy draws and some great players because he didn’t have the skill or the guts to take advantage of them. I never ever saw him winning a trophy as England manager. But the real villains are the FA for employing him and keeping him in the job for 8 years.

[@thomsonfly645k]

@@user-lj6jp8qp7z I was thinking this as well, while Germany weren't as good as the team they had in the previous years they still had several very good players in their team at the time and it is still difficult to knock Germany out of major competitions (before England it had only been France, Italy and Spain in other tournaments). Same for the Netherlands, they weren't as good as previous dutch teams but still are a difficult team to beat. Both have eaten England alive in previous tournaments/qualifications.

[@Ipdex]

What on earth are you talking about Pearce? Not one single International team will come knocking on his door to manage them. Not one. Same as Moyes & the prem, nobody will come knocking - an utter & classic talktripe pundit keeping his options open. Laughable 🤣

[@SimonFlynn-un1ur]

I bet a lot of clubs come knocking on his door. So you will be wrong

[@jeffery8792]

@@SimonFlynn-un1uryeah??? Like who??? I bet you he will fail. He is shocking. What did he do?? Nothing … failed everywhere he’s been.

[@utv5490]

Southgate a failure? What do you think of Joey Barton then??

[@Upstairsforpete]

If you were Southgate,s mate you would have told him he made a pigs ear out of it...

[@SimonFlynn-un1ur]

No you wouldn't. You would tell the truth and tell him what a great job he has done

[@AJB17]

Southgate gets far too much credit. With the riches of talent that the England team/squad possesses, most managers could replicate or even surpass what's been achieved. Unfortunately I see the last 8 years as a failure to make the most of what's probably the most talented squad we've had for quite some time, as well as some very average opposition sides (when you compare them to past Italian/Spanish/French squads).

[@Enzoblueblood]

I believe the next manager will have more or less the same problem Southgate’s had: against top opposition England have never been able to control games by controlling the midfield because they still don’t have the right profile player able to collect the ball from defenders and progress the game through the midfield. Until they find that player it will be more of the same.

[@AJB17]

@@Enzoblueblood that is true. Maddison does that week in week out, but hasn't ever been in favour with Southgate. Maybe a stellar season with Spurs might see him get more international game time. The problem will be who does the new manager drop if that's the case? A good problem to have. I suspect Palmer and Foden have the ability to play through the lines too.

[@Enzoblueblood]

@@AJB17 but those players are attacking players. I’m talking about a defensive midfielder who will sit alongside Rice. England needs a type like a Pirlo or a Busquet, Kroos or a Rodri. The closest we’ve had to any of those was Michael Carrick(and we never bloody played him). Maybe, Adam Wharton could develop into that player; time will tell, but the next manager is going to have to find a way for England to dominate or at least match up high possession teams in the midfield. Historically, if we go too attacking we get opened up on counterattacks, and if we go too defensive we get swamped. Either way we always lose. The next manager will have a challenge to find a happy medium. Good luck to him.

[@thomsonfly645k]

@@Enzoblueblood Other than Michael Carrick haven't we also had Paul Ince, Steve Mcmanaman, Darren Anderton, Paul Scholes as well? Weren't they better than Carrick? Also werent Beckham and Lampard decent possession based players?

[@SimonFlynn-un1ur]

He doesn't get anywhere near enough credit. He gets dogs abuse so I have no idea what you're talking about

[@stevieboy826]

What Stuart Pearce is missing is the point that Southgate had a fantastic group of players and never sent them out with any intent to go and take a game by the scruff of the neck.

[@SimonFlynn-un1ur]

Southgate our most successful manager ever. We've had great squads before and done diddly squat

[@billybattsshinebox8559]

Coming from a man who put david james on the pitch as a centre forward 😂

[@user-re9fu2ov6u]

Only pathetic hosts like the talkspoort workforce and this host is pathetic . Mealy mouthed , toe headed, red nosed peARSE

[@jonathanhall7815]

Gareth Southgate has a much better record than almost all previous England managers. However, he missed real opportunities to win something and some of the performances were poor. His tactics and team selections with the players available were often puzzling.

[@GrahamSouthorn]

100%

[@SimonFlynn-un1ur]

Every England manager has missed opportunities with excellent squads. Southgate got us further than anyone else

[@jonathanhall7815]

@@SimonFlynn-un1ur Sven-Goran Eriksson also had squads good enough to win something. He was probably also too cautious.

[@alphacanine9641]

Not private is it if your telling the world on radio donuts 😂

[@SimonFlynn-un1ur]

It was private. It remains private. Because actually pearce didn't say anything

[@johnnyhartley4330]

Southgate has an amazing squad, and any manager would find it hard to not succeed with that squad, but he still managed to underperform with that squad, which should have won tournaments, instead of just being runners up.

[@gerard394]

England is not a amazing team average at best England has not succeed anything

[@johnnyhartley4330]

@@gerard394 Rubbish, if you look at the individual ability of our players, Kane, Bellingham, Foden, Walker, Pickford etc it is way above other countries, yet the English national team underperform in crucial games because of Southgate's overly defensive mindset.

[@gerard394]

@@johnnyhartley4330 I do there still average big time

[@johnnyhartley4330]

@Highlandwarrior-rh7rn That's because the scottish side is full of players called McWho?

[@SimonFlynn-un1ur]

He has done a brilliant job. Our most successful manager ever. We have had great squads before and done nothing. If you are a child I would understand your comment

[@tonydunsford1278]

Southgate is a nice person . I get that. But he dident win anything. Thank you for taking us to two finals but I don't know. I don't think it's fair that Southgate is blamed for all of this. The players need to take responsibility as well. People forget that.

[@SimonFlynn-un1ur]

Southgate our most successful manager ever. We are now contenders. Look at the mess he inherited

[@davidwilliams5378]

Last group game what is Pearce on about ? Gareth made 4 good subs but he should have made a 5th in Toney on for leggy Bellingham so he would have 2 Number 9 in t box

[@craig3420]

Thank god safegate has left....magnificent job...the draws hes had will never be repeated...the General public know what he's done...shite us what he's done

[@Stephen-yw9sn]

I can never forgive Stuart Pearce for leaving David Beckham out of team gb for the 2012 Olympics. I'm convinced we would have won it if he was captain.

[@noelroche794]

I totally disagree with Stuart, the next manager will do just as well as southgate, lf he gets the same draws with easy teams that southgate got, he'll probably do better, Southgate never had a clue against the better teams, also the so called great players of England have look at themselves, the looked levels below the Spanish players, Rodri v rice no contest rice is starting to believe his own hype, at least now he knows he's not world class

[@gerard394]

All English players are average

[@craig3420]

Let's see if safegate gets a top job...I bey he dosnt

[@Ipdex]

You only manage/coach by committee if you've don't have the confidence in your own ability.

[@williamsmith9315]

Who do you manage/coach?

[@warwickhunt]

Will Gareth get another managerial job based on his England tenure, what would the expectations be of a chairman who appointed him & at what level would that be at? We can all have an opinion, but his next move will be a good indicator as to what his legacy as England manager is truly like.

[@iainrae6159]

We will always have 1966. My grandfather told me it was a wonderful day.

[@elthamo]

We don't expect to win the World Cup, we expect the players to perform at more than 60% of their ability, it's not much to ask.

[@davebarlow6457]

Southgate definitely chose the wrong starting lineup for the final and who knows what would have happened if he had chosen the right one ? That aside he has certainly made us a force in world football again and changed the divisive culture that used to exist in the squad. These things should not be overlooked when reviewing his time in charge.

[@Simko3426]

Pearce,Lampard and Gerrard are the same level: Maybe League 1 Pearce is a completely disaster!

[@Cedisdead]

Perfect for your loser team then 😂

[@davidlawrencegraham6722]

yep i agree mate

[@rivafussball6719]

Wasn't very private then was it? Never trust a journalist. Even a 2 bob one

[@Ipdex]

What happened to Pearce? One of the toughest blokes to play the game yet as a pundit he's so weak and so woke in what he says its cringing. He was like it with his 'mate Moysey' who was, if indeed possible, more boring & gutless than Southgate. Little wonder then that nobody's come knocking on Moyes door for one of the 'top jobs' talktripe ranted on about he would get. Absolute bullshit.

[@Cedisdead]

He found a brain and probably cut out the booze unlike the rest of you drunks who don't understand Southgate is the best manager in Brexit history

[@FreeJohnGotti]

Chill out pal, just because he was a tough player on the pitch doesn't mean he's going to align his view with what every donut in the country thinks he should say. It's only opinion, makes the world go round.

[@utv5490]

Useful insight 😂😂

[@jeffery8792]

Shocking manager that failed at every opportunity. The easiest run in tournaments we have ever had. He didn’t learn anything from losing to Italy and Croatia. Budget manager….. he’s a good man manager but that is it. Tactically shocking.

[@TheAtticradio]

Southgate seems to have got rid of the toxicity the English squad once had and did reasonably well over all but Southgate for another international team? - can’t see it. Premier league team ? … can’t see it

[@SimonFlynn-un1ur]

What you can't see is irrelevant. It will happen

[@snowyren5135]

Follow the money, that’s where you’ll see Pearce

[@GrahamSouthorn]

I would have been cheering England to the rafters had they won this year. But looking back on it, the football they played was the most dull and negative I’ve ever seen from England. So you’re bound to look back and say “what if?” What if they’d played more attacking in those two finals? They might have lost them playing that way, but we lost anyway.

[@jodu626]

i wouldn’t get him to manage the shopping list

[@JohnCorrUK]

Take your blinkers off Stuart

[@glennseaward3050]

Thought it was private? Some pal you😂

[@christophernicolson5086]

Portugal is a good shout

[@user-lj6jp8qp7z]

Southgate threw away two euros because He put loyalty ahead of talent. Good riddance. When you are playing a strong world class team like Spain, you start a strong 11 and not your favourites and be playing players out of position. This watermelon Southgate put Bellingham at LW and Foden at RW. Two CAM. When I saw that formation before the game, I knew straight away that England had 0 chances of winning that final. Watkins showed how deadly He can be in the 10 minutes He played against The Netherlands. And Southgate still started Kane ahead of Watkins in the final. When Kane started that final, it was like we were playing with 10 Men. Will never forgive Southgate for messing up both euros final with His stupid substitutions and stupid tactics in both finals.

[@user-lj6jp8qp7z]

@Highlandwarrior-rh7rn We paid to get to the final?? Would expect a Scottish fan to say something like that. Your country can only dream of getting to a final. Your country has never ever been to the KO stages of any major tournament in your entire history let alone dream of getting to a final.🤣😂 Our senior national team are failures. I will admit that. But at least our U21s, U20s and U17s teams can win trophies. Your country can't even win any trophies at junior level. That's how bad Scottish football is. 🤣😂 A Scott laughing at us English is like a virgin laughing at another Guy getting rejected by a Woman. 🤣😂 🔔end

[@user-lj6jp8qp7z]

@Highlandwarrior-rh7rn Hahaha a Scott trying to mock us when your country has never ever even smelled the KO stages of a major tournament let alone dream of getting to the final. I will admit that our senior team are failures. But at least our U21s, U20s and U17s teams can win trophies. Your junior teams can't even qualify for a tournament let alone win anything at junior level. That's how terrible Scottish football is. A Scott laughing at us English is like a virgin laughing at another Guy for getting rejected. 🤣😂 🔔end

[@misomiso8228]

Ironically the Italian National team would be a great fit for him I think.

[@iandavis8047]

Pearce living in cloud cockoo land no decent PL side or National FA will require the services of that Turkey

[@jlhus5615]

Only clowns will defend Southgate his had the easiest route to every finals with piss easy teams and still has bottled it plays the most boring football in the world and makes our players look like championship players even my great nan will do a better job than him

[@Cedisdead]

He is the best manager in your sad sellout countries history, its you drunk fans who are shambolic and pathetic

[@user-lj6jp8qp7z]

@@jlhus5615 Not defending Southgate and I have been Southgate out since He bottled euro 2020. But Germany and The Netherlands are not easy teams. That is an ignorant thing to say. Everyone said Germany would beat England at euro 2020. Same against The Netherlands at euro 2024. This is the problem with England fans like you. You look down on your opponent and are so entitled into thinking we should beat every team we come against at a tournament. These teams just like us qualified for these tournaments by merit. Switzerland are not an easy team either. Switzerland KO the then world champions France at euro 2020 and they took Spain to a penalty shootout aswell in the next round.

[@abelovedsonofGodinwhomHeis35-6]

Maybe with friends like Stuart you dont need enemies, however the conversation happened a while ago and maybe he was not so kiss arsie in the actual conversation, I say maybe as I think he probably was VERY kiss arsie, people dont want to offend and so lies replace truth as the kind truth, but its not kind it's deluded, Southgate thought he had done a great job all alone and stay for 8 years because of liars like Stuart, Yes the atmosphere improved and less cliquey, but his job like any manager was to get the best out of the players available, which he failed to do after the first chance lost of winning. Safegate was England's biggest problem and that was completely down to Southgate.

[@MrJevman]

Gareth Southgate is our version of Roberto Martinez and Belgium. Wasted a good generation of talent.

[@davidwilliams5378]

A new fella comes in? Maybe it will not be a fella !!!

[@stevenbissett]

Maddie will come home before any trophies.

[@R-E-X-]

Germany WC 82 Final LOST ❌ Germany WC 86 Final LOST ❌ Germany WC 90 Final WON ✅ England EC 2020 Final LOST ❌ England EC 2024 Final LOST ❌ England EC 2028 …. IT’S COMING HOME!!!!!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@vinnievegas3765]

Pearce has zero credibility