Following England’s poor run of recent results, manager Gareth Southgate is under scrutiny from fans and the media.
This disappointing England camp culminated in a 4 – 0 defeat to Hungary at home at Molineux.
Gareth Southgate has been so successful in large part due to the work he has done in mending relations between the England team, fans and the media.
It is a monstrous genie to try and keep in the bottle, however and even Gareth Southgate isn’t safe when results aren’t satisfactory.
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“We picked a young team with energy and when the game started to go against them, it started to look that way. That’s my responsibility in the end.
“I said to the players, our four matches is my responsibility. I have to balance looking at new players, rest players. We couldn’t keep flogging out our experienced players.
“It was an important experience for lots of young players in these games. We’ve learned a lot in Germany and Italy games. Hungary are a good side and we knew that. I gave them too much to do tonight.
“Tonight was the sort of night that my predecessors have had. It’s important to stand. I’m not going to say it doesn’t hurt.”
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With the international fixtures done with for now, England only play two more games before the World Cup in Qatar. Southgate will hope the start of the Premier League season allows for enough of a reset to get over the current blip.
“I knew the role before I took it. It’s happened in ten days, not eleven months. But I’ve seen other England managers go through that – the great Bobby Robson was, and look how he was judged in the end.
“Football is emotion, and if the flak comes my way, you have to expect that. You can’t be England manager and have the run I’ve had for the last five years without also having some tough times.”
