The England manager's claim that boos for Jordan Henderson 'defied logic' was preposterous. It was beneath someone usually so well-informed
Gareth Southgate has adopted a new combative character. After Wembley voiced its disapproval of on Friday night and in the aftermath of an unremarkable 1-0 win over , Southgate gave a disingenuous performance to the media. The head coach spoke in a manner, as he did when defending , that some would suggest threatens to diminish the goodwill around him.
Over the past seven years, he has built teams in the image of those perceived values. The entitlement and arrogance are gone. There are no autobiographies. The result has been a side the country has an affinity for and one that lasts beyond spikes in patriotic fervour. His England have actually been admired. In 2021, during the , Jonathan Liew wrote in The Guardian that “these young men represent the best of us: honest, selfless, tireless, compassionate, moral”.
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