Next England manager – Interesting reaction from bookies and punters after latest Gareth Southgate negative failure


 
 
 
 
 
 

The latest Gareth Southgate shambles unfolded on Sunday night.

A tournament that England had stumbled through, with unconvincing performances and so much luck, despite playing poor to average opposition time after time.

Gareth Southgate going with the same negative approach for the final, trying not to lose, rather than attempting to win in Berlin.

This time, Southgate’s luck finally ran out, as England played the first quality team they’d faced in the competition. Well actually, that’s not exactly true, as Spain should really have won by a few, so Gareth Southgate did get lucky right to the end.

The thousands of traveling England fans, dismayed by the clueless team selection and tactics which were all too familiar, for a seventh match in a row in Germany, including Southgate somehow thought it was a great idea to play a plodding Harry Kane.

So many players who are so highly regarded when they play for their clubs, turned into struggling shadows of themselves thanks to Southgate’s ultra-negative tactics and team set-ups.

On the eve of the final, I heard plenty talk about how whatever the result, Gareth Southgate should stay on…

Well, anybody who was talking that nonsense, surely last night it became crystal clear (yet again!!), that this 2024 Euros tournament, has to have been Southgate’s last.

He has had one of the best groups of England players for many a year and experienced massive luck with easy qualifying groups and opposition drawn against in finals.

Yet as soon as England plays a quality opposition, as always, we know what will be the outcome with Gareth Southgate’s England.

So who will replace him?

Well, the bookies and punters have reacted after the shocking England 1 Denmark 1 match.

These are now the best prices generally available across the various bookies as to who will be the next permanent England manager after Sunday’s defeat:

5/4 Graham Potter

7/2 Eddie Howe

9/2 Mauricio Pochettino

12/1 Lee Carsley

14/1 Jurgen Klopp

20/1 Pep Guardiola

33/1 Thomas Tuchel, Steven Gerrard, Jose Mourinho, Frank Lampard

Well, so long as it isn’t Eddie Howe (for selfish Newcastle United reasons!), I would be more than happy with many of these towards the top of the market. If Graham Potter is up for it then he should be a no-brainer, he would be getting far more out of this England squad than Gareth Southgate.