Sadly, we are in the last weeks of Gareth Southgate. The holiday from The Usual England is nearly over. JohnnyTheNic says he must produce one final act of bravery.
Sadly, we are in the last weeks of Gareth Southgate. The holiday from The Usual England is nearly over. It’s been a great love affair with so many hot memories, so many highs and only a few lows.
For the anti-Gareth mob, he has not used the most talented group of players in a generation to maximum effect. But that’s not true. The supposed world-class England squad is, in reality, thin on top-notch quality. That’s not an opinion, that’s just counting. It’s easy to excuse the players and blame the manager for poor performances but any analysis of the squads available to other big European countries rather puts England in the shade. How many England players would get into A Greatest Hits of Europe 26-man squad? Yeah, exactly. Not many. Perhaps it is not insignificant that one who would is playing in Germany for Dortmund. The fact remains we have overachieved with talented but limited players and that’s down to Southgate.
It’s remarkable how quickly The Old England mentality has reoccupied the real estate of the national psyche. English exceptionalism needs little provocation to flex its thick neck. The players are crap, the manager is crap and Nothing Good Will Ever Happen Again. The English are built to moan about the English, it’s much safer than being positive, especially when it comes to football. It requires less commitment and given the very nature of football, you’re likely to be proved right more often.
Things can go bad quickly, as we’ve seen, but it works the other way too. One good performance can transform the mood. Caution already defines the Southgate legacy, and it has served him, the team and country well, but there is no value left in that now. Those cheques have been cashed.
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