5 reasons why Gareth Southgate should not get the England job

Is he really that ruthless?

Southgate’s decision to drop captain Wayne Rooney has been deemed by many as a ruthless one which illustrates a side to the 46-year-old that many didn’t know existed.

Yet, surely this was a decision that was long overdue?

Getting the best out of Wayne Rooney has been an issue for a number of managers in recent years, and there are and have been players in the midfield area who are and have been in better form than the Manchester United man, so he shouldn’t be in the starting eleven.

Ruthlessness should also translate into the games as well.

He waited too long to bring on Andros Townsend and Marcus Rashford against Slovenia the other night in a game that was crying out for energy, directness, and pace.