Gareth Southgate - The only candidate being interviewed. Stroll on!

[mune ni kamome]

I'm underwhelmed by this. Obviously been decided the day after Alladyce went.

 

[albionfan37]

The fa certainly know how to give England the best possible chance of World Cup glory......

 

[essbee]

That ain't legal is it (to interview just one person)?

 

[BN9 BHA]

After the massive balls up Alladyce made, the job will go to a mr squeaky clean yes man, and Southgate fits the bill.

 

[hitony]

Have to be honest, and I REALLY hope i'm wrong, but I DO NOT think GS is the man for the job, far from it in fact.....but time will tell I guess....

 

[portslade seagull]

Guy needs a job

 

[BensGrandad]

That ain't legal is it (to interview just one person)?

Surely if you have earmarked one person for the job it is ok to just interview him

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

Have to be honest, and I REALLY hope i'm wrong, but I DO NOT think GS is the man for the job, far from it in fact.....but time will tell I guess....

I don't know,the job remit merely entails an exit at the group stages.....

 

[dazzer6666]

That ain't legal is it (to interview just one person)?

People hiring can do what they want. If they've had other applicants and don't think they're good enough they don't have to interview them.

 

[Medwayseagull]

My suggested first interview question - " why the hell do you keep picking Raheem Sterling ?"

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Guy needs a job

So does Gus.

 

[The Merry Prankster]

He'll probably fail the interview thereby making himself the ideal candidate for the job.

 

[Sheebo]

Have to be honest, and I REALLY hope i'm wrong, but I DO NOT think GS is the man for the job, far from it in fact.....but time will tell I guess....

I feel the same. However, the performance vs Spain was very encouraging so hoping I may be proved wrong on some level. Thing is, what constitutes success these days? Last few tournos we've not made the 1/4 finals - would a 1/4 be deemed a successful WC campaign I wonder? Difficult to say. I'd say a 1/4 is upper average for England. Anything else is failure. Anything beyond is great sucess. Just my opinion like - as I always say, only one team can win the WC or Euros every 2 years/4 years depending on how you take that sentance.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

It's not even the biggest/best job in the country - why do people expect we would get the best candidate ?


Add the bizarre want for an Englishman and that leaves very view options

 

[portslade seagull]

So does Gus.

Poxy predictive text

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Pards is yer man. Big AL would sort it.

 

[Postman Pat]

What are they going to ask him that they don't know already? He has been the U21 manager for ages (which I assume he had an interview to get), and been interim manager for 4 games. Just give him the bloody job and let him get on with it.

 

[portslade seagull]

Pards is yer man. Big AL would sort it.

He would probably jump rather than be pushed

 

[Statto]

It's not even the biggest/best job in the country - why do people expect we would get the best candidate ?


Add the bizarre want for an Englishman and that leaves very view options

Spot on. I completely agree.To be fair who else is there that it could be? There's not exactly a list of expirenced decent english coaches out there. I can only name about 4 in our top flight! The fa have said (wrongly in my view) that they wont go foriegn. Little option.

 

[studio150]

If the FA are only going to interview Southgate, why did they need to build a selection panel which got Howard Wilkinson, Le Saux and others. i would have thought that with a panel at least two other possible options would have been interviewed.
At the very least this would have given the FA a greater insight into possible replacements for Southgate in the future.