Gareth Southgate
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Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
We go to a penalty shootout.
For us, in that moment, it was about the process that gives us the best percentage chance of winning.
A friend of ours had looked after the dog, and he's thrown up all over the bedroom floor.
Now, bear in mind, the Spanish manager's currently in Madrid on an open-top bus.
I go over to support the fans.
They're lobbing beer at me.
If the joy's gone, then you're going to find it hard to give that feeling that you need to give the players.
I'd got to a stage where the FA were very keen for me to stay.
They offered me a new contract.
I didn't think signing a new contract before the tournament would be a good idea because I'd seen Fabio Capello do that years earlier and it created a tension.
Well, why is he getting a new contract before the tournament?
It should be after and...
Actually, I thought it increased the pressure on the team.
So, okay, what will be acceptable performance?
Well, that's hard to judge, but I knew anything less than winning it.
And, you know, we're one of the favourites, but still only, even as one of the favourites, there's a 15% chance statistically of winning it.
But if we don't win, I just know the narrative will be a desire for change externally.
And then during that tournament, we didn't play as well as we'd have hoped.
We couldn't find a rhythm.
We had players with injuries.