Gareth Southgate is a living god

Gareth Southgate is a living god. The England manager is rightly venerated. There will be statues and churches. And then they will be smashed. He will be ordered to get three hence. We will see him again on a World Cup magazine show, in which he will provide a great anecdote about how waistcoats gave him purpose. The Times sums up:

 

 

Elsewhere in the Times, Southgate is called “awkward and ordinary”, “the most timid of Englishmen”, “an International Man of Non-Mystery” and and his side a “secret order of style-conscious executive pillocks with flat caps and art chat”.

Amen.

Mike Kritharis

Posted: 26th, June 2018 | In: Back pages, Sports | Comment

Gareth Southgate wants the England job he says he’s unqualified for

With greedy Sam Allardyce defenestrated, new England manager Gareth Southgate has four matches to prove himself. If he does well, the England job could be his for keeps. And he wants it. In today’s Times, we read: “Southgate eyes England job full time.”

Gareth Southgate wants to be the next permanent England manager and is viewing his four matches in temporary charge as an opportunity to stake a claim for the job on a full-time basis.

This is the same Gareth Southgate who opined on September 5:

“I can see the logic in terms of the odds but it wasn’t a route I felt I was ready to take. I’m pretty clear on what I’m comfortable with but also I know to take that role wasn’t something I think I’ve got the experience for. I think it’s one of the ultimate jobs and you want every skill set possible when you go into it. Sam obviously has years and years of experience. I think with England there are one or two other things that I would want to have had experience of before I took that role”

One new thing he experienced is Sam Allardyce getting caught in a newspaper sting. What else Southgate’s experienced in the past 24 days is for him and his priest.

Anorak

Posted: 29th, September 2016 | In: Back pages, Sports | Comment