Southgate; "I should never have been Middlesbrough manager"

[boro_boy]

"We are slightly obsessed with the ex-player who has just finished playing going into management," he said.

"I had it myself. I went into a job when really I should have started at the bottom and worked up.

"I took my first job in the Premier League, without having coached any sort of team.

"Now I'm doing it in reverse. I've had three years managing in the Premier League and now one of the beauties of this job is seeing how people work at grass-roots level. I help coach an under-nines team, too.

"I'm glad I managed Middlesbrough but it was not the way to do it. Really, it was remarkable that I survived so long, especially with what was going on at the club at that time.

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Yeah but I rate him more than Strachan

[jcasper]

i agree, he gave it his best but he lost the dressing room

[Norn_irish_stu]

Fair play to him for being so honest about it all, its true it was too much too soon they should have brought someone else in with experience and made southgate his assistant that would have been a good education for him and a help to the manager having someone who knew the team.

[B6.82]

He had no cjoice i dont think, it was an offer he couldnt refuse IMO, a cheap option, and a wrong one at that. Big nosed cunt..

[Norn_irish_stu]

Cheap option is right why pay a manager when you have a player who will do it so short sighted its unreal

[itownvillan]

man if only Boro had a nickel for every manager who said that

kidding of course. i admired him a lot as a player, but as a manager he left a lot to be desired. great player doesnt always = great manager.

[B6.82]

Solid defender, shit gaffer, stick to ITV..

[boro_boy]

Solid defender, shit gaffer, stick to ITV..

He's ok on the TV like better at that than managing, why would you want to go into the stresses of managing a club when you can sit in a studio and talk footie!