3 reasons why Gareth Southgate shouldn’t become the new England manager

Lack of managerial experience

 Photo: Marc Atkins / Offside.

Photo: Marc Atkins / Offside.

Despite his success as England Under-21 manager, where the Young Lions won the Toulon Tournament back in May and have easily qualified for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championships, Southgate’s only other managerial post came at Middlesbrough.

After Steve McClaren was appointed England boss, the Premier League side drafted in their defender to take over the reins in June 2006.

But, this was despite Southgate not having the necessary coaching qualifications to manage Boro, which the club had to defend until the end of the year.

Nonetheless; Southgate remained as manager at The Riverside, before leading his former team-mates to a 12th place finish in the top-flight, which included a hugely impressive 8-1 mauling of Manchester City.

However, his second season in charge went severely downhill. After 151 matches as Middlesbrough manager, he was sacked in October 2009 following the club’s relegation from the Premier League, finishing 19th in the standings, despite being given the chance to try and secure an instant return to the top-flight in the Championship.

It took almost four years for Southgate to return to management, so it is fair to say the 46-year-old is largely inexperienced compared to his predecessors, such as Sam Allardyce, Roy Hodgson, Fabio Capello, Sven-Goran Eriksson and so on…

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