As the Euro’s are now over I wondered whether a new thread to discuss the resignation of Englands manager and his successor might be more appropriate.
Thank you Gareth for dragging the country up from the trough created by Big Sam and for taking us to two euro finals. With luck you’ll be Sir Gareth before the year is out.
Now who to replace you;
My choice would be Pep, if he wants a bit of time before taking over then Mr Lampard to take the reins on a temporary basis.
Can’t see past Neil Warnock myself, with Paul 'Eckingbottom as his enforcer.
Let’s get rid of the tippy tappy “t’you, t’me, and back t’you again” nonsense, and scare the living daylights out of our competitors with some proper football.
Quality start to the thread. Big Sam. 100% win record with an injury time win against Slovakia. Sounds vaguely familiar rather than a low. Found to have not committed any crime. Just a bit foolish. Might want to remind yourself of the history of England managers and indeed captains. Allardyce was a long long long way from the low point. Svens similar interactions were far worse. Hoddle brought us faith healers and a belief in the disabled being punished for a a former life. Several England captains demoted for sleeping with the wives of their fellow players but only England could promote one who had done so to be captain and then punish the players who protested.
The rest of this will be hilarious. A series of people who England will never get in a million years thus highlighting the entitle<ent once again and that allied to a list of people who possess exactly the same managerial qualities as, er, Gareth Southgate. Potter and Howe being the standouts in that respect.
Think your starting point should be Gareth’s observation that England under Sven need a Churchil but got IDS. Ah, the layers of irony.
I think Sarina Wiegman would do an excellent job at not taking any whiny nonsense from the players. Can’t fault the job she’s done with the women’s team.
Probably very unfair, but I always felt that Sven’s dedication to the England cause was such that as the whistle blew at the start of each game he would turn to his assistant & say “just remind me, which colour is us?”.
A pundit or a football journalist, they keep telling us they know all the answers.
Now is the time for one of them to step forward and show the country what they are made of.
I’m not sure who gets my vote but cannot really see a plausible alternative. It could be him or someone out of leftfield.
I suspect Lee Carsley will get it on an ‘interim’ basis. The FA will then scratch around for a bit and then when the next ‘big’ name becomes available they’ll have him.