[hibeejim21]

Assuming HibeeJim is right and England will probably have Southgate as manager for the rest of my sad and lonely days, the only option is to bring in assistants for those areas in which he is more than weak.

Yesterday in the Mail Clive Woodward suggested Matt Le Tissier as penalty coach. Yes yes yes, he spent hours honing his simple technique, in which he said there was only one thought in his head as he took the kick - go left or right - a decision he left until the very last second. I think he only ever missed one! So Matt can masterclass the whole squad on a regular basis, whaddya think?

And yes yes yes, Southgate needs a voice in his ear from a manager who wins things, who can see if his team set-up has stopped working ........ and knows what to do. At the moment he obviously DOES have a voice in his ear that HE trusts, unfortunately I think it must be telling him stuff he wants to hear.

Why we need to do this? Because I, for one, cannot possibly live long enough to see us have such a collection of potentially world-beating players available again. Now I wouldn't say these young lions are being led by a donkey, but is there anyone around who seriously thinks they are being led by a lion?

They clearly aren't.

Southgate was clearly unable to implement any sort of attacking style or strategy. His process was all about fear of losing,With the players you have I'm not sure thats getting the full monty.

Remember other nations aren't going to just sit still before Qatar, Spain are very close to being a top side, Germany will have a new coach and have a number of very good young players, even Italy will likely get another tournament out of those CBs and have replaced one of the best goalkeepers ever with a very able young man who is only going to get better. Italy will also probably have Pellegrini and Zaniolo fit, and their excellent LB Spinnazola who got injured. France aren't going to be that careless again and then you have to add the South American nations to the mix.

What I'm saying is that i'm just not sure that England are any more than a solid quarter final type team under Southgate at the next WC. Southgate always seems to freeze at key moments. Like you say he needs a calm voice in his ear....I'd go for one from outside England.