Southgate

Pampered? I think he saw Grealish and Foden’s performances on Saturday and felt it was a no brainer to play them. And they both were plus points last night. It was Mount for me who disappointed. Yes I understand you stick to your principles and he probably will for Albania.
He could have played them both in forward positions and still played Rice and Henderson as holding players.

Mount was a 5.5, Foden a 5.5, Grealish a 7.5

The real bad games last night were Shaw and Walker for me, they were uncharacteristically poor.
 
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made him the man he is today. Steve gave him his first opportunity - who knows how long he might have waited for another chairman to give him that shot? he owes steve gibson a debt of gratitude - as do we all - and im sure southgate acknowledges steves formative role in his development
 
made him the man he is today. Steve gave him his first opportunity - who knows how long he might have waited for another chairman to give him that shot? he owes steve gibson a debt of gratitude - as do we all - and im sure southgate acknowledges steves formative role in his development
Yeah, watch his interview on The High Performance Podcast. He said that Gibson told him he'd probably feel relieved in a few days, and he said Gibson was right. That job taught him what he likes about football management - developing young players - and that's what he's done at England.

We're only part way through the plan that the FA had with youth development and it'll probably be the another 5-10 years till we see the real rewards.

It's rediculous to say that Southgate is underperforming. Nobody would have seen this group of players getting anywhere near the semi finals in the two previous tournaments. He's changed the entire culture around the England team and I think the next manager will really benefit from the work he's done - both as manager and in his involvement prior to becoming manager.
 
Next manager, whenever it is, is going to be vital to take this new group on. As you say, the whole ethos and team spirit, plus relations with the press, are so different from the awful 'WAGS' & galacticos teams of the early 2000s
 
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