Rick Edwards
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Do you think that this tournament's legacy, the legacy of that team and what Gareth Southgate built has kind of lived on so long?
Or is it now just started to ever wear a little bit?
I don't think anyone quite knows where they are before this World Cup for all manner of reasons.
How about you, Seb?
I think the legacy, I think you've got to look at the legacy of what Gareth Southgate went and did afterwards as well.
I'm not taking it purely from a football perspective.
England to get into the next two out of three finals, I think that's an incredible legacy from on the pitch stuff.
Of course, we've talked about the many good things that have happened off it, but I think there's a real genuine football legacy there.
And like what Dan said earlier on,
We're not used to England players being like the best.
I remember Gazza being the best in the world in 90, but I don't remember Harry Kane is arguably the best striker in the world.
But we're more conditioned to that a bit more now, certainly on the pitch.
But again, it goes back to the amazing, incredible leadership that Southgate did on and off the pitch throughout his time.
And I think I remember talking about walking out of stadiums or despondent.
I wasn't necessarily that despondent in Moscow.
Of course, I was gutted to a point.
I was fuming when I was walking down Wembley Way, but that was for different reasons.
But when walking out of Berlin, there was a real anger and discredit.