Not just Southgate. By all accounts the FA finally got its act together. Loads of praise, even before the WC matches, of the base in Russia - location, media access, players treated like grown ups, fun activities.
JT was a class act from day one. Abusing relatives of the 9/11 dead an early example.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1341356/Chelsea-four-fined-for-drunken-abuse.html
I don’t think it was for the want of effort or love for their country. But a combination of awful FA/manager management (either remote camps and not allowed to see WAGS with Capello, or freedom to see WAGS in a free environment with Sven), plus all the players tensing up on England duties. The...