RUMOURS: Southgate rules out replacing Hodgson as England manager

“You don’t have players day in, day out”.

In the wake of Hodgson’s departure from the England set-up, the FA have set a six-week window as the target for finding his replacement.

His loyalty to certain players cost him, and it cost England. “But I can assure you there has been no contact”.

The vote was ultimately passed 19-1 in his and Middlesbrough’s favour, with Gill casting the only vote against due to his belief that the requirement for managers and coaches to fully qualified should not be compromised.

The Raheem Sterling situation was freakish.

Iceland, a country of 330,000 people, is featuring in its first ever major tournament. It made no sense to not play Rashford. “If I were to pick a foreign coach I don’t think that would change anything materially or somehow lose face”. So I’d be very surprised if his position was not under threat.

“I don’t need to apologise for Harry Kane taking a corner”.

Gareth Southgate has been named as the early frontrunner to replace Roy Hodgson as England manager following the 68-year-old’s resignation.

Gerrard – who captained England during their disastrous 2014 World Cup campaign that saw Hodgson’s squad fail to get beyond the group stages – feels the “hysteria” around England takes a toll on the players.

“What the likes of Trevor Bayliss and Eddie Jones have demonstrated is that if you have the right man in charge of the talent it can come together quickly”. So the options aren’t great.

While critics agreed that England played appallingly, they disagreed on just how badly the defeat ranked in England’s sorry history of underperforming at major tournaments.

Capello’s problem was that he refused to adapt to the English mentality and way of life; he wanted to change us to his way.

He took to Twitter and said: “Never said those words, in fact they were vert respectful and majority came over to shake our hands”. His issue was the way he alienated the players, rather than anything tactical.

Some when as far as making death threats, with one terrible fan tweeting:”I will pay someone £10,000 to kill Joe Hart”.

“I’m sure that these players will get better and better”.

But the FA’s inability to take decisive action is not new. Southgate has done a great job for the U-21 side, but that’s not the same. There is no connection between the two.

English former footballer and manager who played as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur, AS Monaco, Chelsea and Swindon Town and at worldwide level for England. “I think my statement last night was sufficient”, he said in an terse address.

“I’m not saying we should have an English manager”, he told the Daily Telegraph.

Iceland’s man of the match Ragnar Sigurdsson, who scored Iceland’s opener, said England’s over-confidence was behind their humiliating defeat.

He has been with Iceland since 2011, during which time he has groomed Hallgrimsson to succeed him after announcing his intention to step down at the end of Euro 2016.

“I know one thing: if I was the manager coming in I’d be very excited”. A lot of things can happen in a year which may undo your plans.