Quote Originally Posted by jackal2 View Post
Pretty much my sentiments. It's been a bit like asking a taxi driver to drive a Formula One car. Elite players need an elite manager to bring the best out of them, and Southgate was never that. People will point to his tournament record but I don't think I'm alone in thinking that's a tribute to the current generation of players who were still able to produce magic moments despite the manager's tactics, rather than because of them.

Of course, if we appoint an elite manager like a Klopp and we don't win something, Southgate could reasonably claim in hindsight that he was better than he got credit for, but I certainly won't miss watching the way his teams played. It was scarcely believable that you could take that array of talent and make them look so dull.
I don’t think you need to be an elite manager at International football and my reasoning is none of them go into international football.

Did anyone know who the Spain manager was before these Euros ?

Klopp won’t take the job in a million years and nor should he after all the sh*t our media gave him if I was him I’d chill in Marjorca like he is doing.

The smart money is likely to be on Carsley.