England Under-21s manager Gareth Southgate has no interest in succeeding Roy Hodgson, according to reports. I have been to lots of tournaments. I want to thank the media for the support you’ve given me for in the last four years. If one of those one-off events you don’t turn up, even an opponent that are not entirely fancied like Iceland can beat you.
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“I think I should be the last person to say it’s got to be a national”.
“They weren’t convincing in any of the previous three games”.
“Unfortunately, they are one-off events”.
“They were inept, hopeless, with no team pattern”.
“It is not 24 hours since we got knocked out of the tournament”.
“How anyone can get excited about the England team at the moment is beyond me”.
“Yes, we won all of our qualifying matches, but when it came to the crunch, we failed miserably”. We shared medical records too but it’s clearly not enough.
Football Association chairman Greg Dyke has admitted the organisation faces a battle to convince top managers to take the England job.
Although the Manchester United man opened the scoring, Todd was unimpressed.
Hodgson: I think so, players are more resilient. I have no complaints.
“He should be given a free role off the striker and use all his energy to try to hurt the opposition”.
However, former England and Liverpool defender Carragher believes the players should take their share of the blame. Before last night’s game the performances haven’t given me any causes for concern bar taking our changes. I will be of assistance to them if they would like my help.
“I know we are in the results business”. If there were the ideal English manager you would pick them. “We’d like to get one for the first World Cup qualifier, but if we won’t we have an interim plan in mind”.
We are out of the Euros so now is the time for someone else to oversee the progress of a hungry and extremely talented group of players.
Hart, whose starting spot is coming under question after two high-profile errors in France, has seen England falter on the big stage before and seemed bereft of solutions for the side’s repeated under-achievement.
The finality of his dressing room announcement meant no players tried to get him to reconsider his decision to quit, with the 68-year-old leaving saddened and confused by England’s sorry exit.
“So what I am saying is it is hypothetical”.
Wenger would be a prime candidate if the FA could tempt him – so would the FA wait a year for any manager, not necessarily the Arsenal boss, to see out a deal?
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“As far as I’m concerned, I’ve come today”.
