My post was answering SAC that a lot of NSC posters don’t support England because Southgate played for Palace.
My point was that a lot of us rated TV as a far superior manager( ex Spurs, ex Barcelona) so fully supported England, to Southgate ( ex Boro, and, errr that’s it actually) and...
Terry Venables, ex Palace manager and attributed ( wrongly) to be a large reason for our rivalry with them up the road,, went on to manage England in one of our most exciting periods.
His England team had my full support.
Southgate, a lucky, over promoted yes man, with little footballing nous...
Alf Ramsey never picked the 11 best English players, and then played some out of position just to fit the system, he picked the best 11 players to fit his system, hence Jack Charlton, who admitted himself, wasn’t the best central defender played a pivotal role.
Southgate picks out of form...
Personally, I’m hoping Southgate keeps his job for quite a while.
Only because I think the FA may be seriously looking at Graham Potter as his replacement.
And let’s face it, we’re not likely to win any tournaments any time soon.