First time in my life, I'm seeing a last name that goes by the name of Southgate. Sounds like a name for a bridge.
Yeah, Gates, Bridges and Fields are all somewhat common suffixes/prefixes in last names of Anglo-Saxon origin.
I often see coaches/managers get scapegoated for a team's struggles, when it's clear that the coach was far from the problem.
Impressed at your understanding of this, as what you say is undoubtedly the case in modern European football.
Managers are frequently held responsible for teams underperforming or just not meeting unrealistic expectations set by club owners (especially in the
EPL). But this phenomenon hasn't come about randomly; it basically stems from clubs' economical understanding that it would be financial suicide to replace a whole (or most of) a team. Far easier/cheaper to just placate fans by replacing a manager, who may (or may not) make impactful changes, via transfers and tactics, over time.
And even then, sacking/replacing managers isn't always a move of desperation by a club in trouble. It can, and has, been adopted as a successful tactic by some club owners; like
Abramovich for example. Simply put, a
Chelsea manager has lucked out if they make it more than two seasons in Abramovich's employ; because the club's recipe for success has essentially been a revolving door of managers (practically a new one every season) for the last ten years.
Personally, I dislike this tactic, and prefer a club like
Burnley's approach (despite their recent relegation), where they invest in a manager and allow them to grow and become familiar with the team. But I accept it has it's benefits, as it frequently changes the formula of a team and keeps it's style of play from becoming familiarly predictable.
Is he really the problem for England's woes though?
All that said (above), in this case, yes,
Southgate is the problem, and it is high-time he left.
He is a weak man, and subsequently a weak leader.
He is also a professional loser
who is well known for choking when not choking really matters; hence the
UEFA Euro 2020 Final, where he completely froze and made a series of utterly incomprehensible decisions (at the point he finally did).
So no, I have no respect for the man and I don't really care who his successor is, as long as they have a backbone, and crucially, put a stop to the
BLM "taking the knee" nonsense at the start of every game; which has been a perfect example of Southgate's doormat approach to management.
Politics has no place in football, and it's very inclusion is divisive and destructive to the cohesion of a team (no matter what the British media say/have said about this being "the most united team ever").
At the end of the day, all this man should have on his mind, is
how to win a game,
not "educating" people around the world on (his views regarding) racism.
Like I said: weak man, weak leader. This year's tournament is going to be an embarrassment.