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    How Gareth Southgate FIXED England! | Explained
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    How Gareth Southgate FIXED England! | Explained



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    When Gareth Southgate took on the role of England manager in 2016, the national team was at one of its lowest points. They had exited that summer’s European Championships in humiliating fashion at the hands of Iceland, taking the country’s wait for a victory in a tournament knock-out game to ten years, and had just seen Roy Hodgson’s replacement Sam Allardyce leave his post after one match following allegations of improper conduct.

    Almost five years later, and he has surpassed the expectations of many who doubted his appointment, becoming the first Three Lions manager since Alf Ramsey to lead the side to consecutive semi-finals at major tournaments, taking them to a first major final since 1966, and blooding a new generation of talent which has not only reinvigorated fans’ support in the team by delivering on the pitch, but also become excellent role models with their actions away from it. But how did such a seemingly unspectacular manager end up changing the culture of the England national team? Let’s find out.

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    45 Comments

    2. david on

      Southgate has the most creative players an technical players for attacking football but uses park the bus tactics

    15. Leigh Dean on

      easy… he let all the other EU countries retire their major stars and start going through a transition period. really good timing. and as our stars are developing with this experience, we have a bright few years, but id still change manager in a few years regardless of if we win the cup or not.

    29. roshand matabick on

      IN YOUR OWN WORDS FD
      Not big enough for the task at hand 😭
      Favoured conservative approach 😭
      Just as good a listener as a speaker 😭
      We can't make all the decisions from the sidelines 😭

    35. Nicholas Leow on

      He will be in high demand regarding international football when he stops coaching after the 2022 world cup! Denmark, Wales, Norway, or any top nation will look for him!

    38. Carly Bishop on

      I watched this video 3 months ago and have just come back to it to say thank you! 🙂

      It has led me down a very interesting rabbit hole. I love that this video finally mentions what Southgate did prior to 2016. It feels like that iceberg anology is very relevant here and it is a pity that most people are not aware of his influence across the whole FA with his and Brooking's 10 Year Plan. Two days before the Euros final Sir Trevor Brooking discussed this plan more openly than ever before, so maybe it will start coming out in the open soon enough.

      Not only is Gareth Southgate arguably the best Manager England has ever had in creating such a turn around, but I think it can be easily argued that he is probably the most influential individual in the history of the FA.

    40. Swen on

      he hasn't fixed shit. It's just the Squad of Players and the players avaliable have got better. Look at the players we have now compared to 6 years ago if this England team has a great manager they can be WC contenders.

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