Gareth Southgate: How do you lead a team that’s not performing?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Some fans are disappointed with the lacklustre performances and have vented their anger towards Southgate, who has responded by calling for continued support of the team. “I understand the feeling towards me, but back the players,” he said. “It’s crucial the fans back the players.”
On this episode Niall Paterson is joined by Rob Harris, our sports correspondent, and Andy Brassell, host of The Football Ramble podcast, for a debrief on the challenge Southgate faces in managing his team amid the criticism.
Producer: Soila Apparicio
Editor: Philly Beaumont
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| 1:04.4 | I'm Neil Patterson. Welcome to the Sky News Daily, where on this episode, we're talking performance anxiety. Not mine, I hasten to add, |
| 1:13.2 | but that of England's footballers. They entered this year's Euros as tournament favourites, |
| 1:17.9 | having not long ago been the number one team in the world. Not that you'd know it by the performance. |
| 1:23.8 | Yes, they have moved on to the next round, but in a group you don't have to be Scottish to view as pretty easy, |
| 1:30.7 | after a 1-0 victory against Serbia and two unconvincing draws against Denmark and Slovenia. |
| 1:37.0 | The knives are out for manager Gareth Southgate. |
| 1:40.9 | For despite having a squad sprinkled with Stardust, he's struggled to get the best from his players. |
| 1:46.8 | Boothed by the fans, blamed directly for the lackluster performance, he has begged that the |
| 1:52.2 | travelling support focus on him and not his team, frankly with some success. So ahead of their |
| 1:58.3 | round of 16 match against the mighty Slovakia, we are asking, |
| 2:02.9 | how do you lead a team that simply can't seem to perform? |
| 2:08.0 | Joining us, our sports correspondent Rob Harris, also Andy Brassel from the Football Rabble |
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