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The FA needs someone in charge who is harmless, dull as dishwater, boring, says the right things, ticks the right boxes, has zero personality and no sense of individuality so from that point of view Southgate is the perfect man for the job.

For anybody over the age of 60, over the years they have witnessed the FA appoint 'yes men'.... and Southgate is one of those. Southgate's has two weak points - he is too loyal - picking players that aren't in form and when it comes to major tournaments he acts like a coach, not a manager - he can't react to the opposing teams tactics.

I don’t agree, Southgate invented the most popular, synchronised kneebending.

Matt is an intelligent man whom speaks with honesty, passion and integrity, hence why we don’t see him on TV

Le Tissier was pure entertainment on the football pitch an original. His class and skill and individuality was a joy to behold and he was never big headed ! He just took everything in his stride. A true legend of the game , if you love football you have to watch how Le Tissier used to play the beautiful game and I know you will smile.

He is spot on about Gareth Southgate.

Matt is absolutely spot on about Southgate. I wish more ex players would stand up and say what a lot of fans are thinking.

Having watched England for many years, England's problem had always been to try and sit on a slender lead, instead of always trying to score more goals.

Matt is right about Southgate. Under him we never beat a team we're not expected to beat and he has the ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The fact that he is still there is a sad indictment on the FA.

Agree about Southgate. Any manager that picks 4 full backs, 2 centre halves and two holding midfield players in a game shows he's more worried about losing than he is of trying to win.

Southgate is more of a football politician than a manager. The FA persevere with him for that sole reason. Matt is on the mark here.

Matt is 100% right about England.

Jose would win us something. Don't understand how he wasn't sacked after the euros. To bring not just one but two young lads who hasn't kicked a ball all game was crazy. He pretty much went out his way for us to lose that game from a winning position. No tactical nous

He saved thousands from taking kill shots, legend on the pitch, and off it..🙏🏻❤️👍

Matt is a legend... always like listening to his words of wisdom.. Forest fan

Just to make his point so correct, Southgate goes to watch Henderson play for Ajax as soon as he arrives, the most uninspiring players ever to pull an England shirt on .

England are just absolutely boring to watch, almost painful, particularly under Southgate.

He is spot on about Southgate.

I agree with Le Tissier’s view of Southgate but the same applies to most previous managers with England. Over and over again we have seen England fail by not being adventurous enough and sitting back.

As usual, England only ever settle for mediocrity at best, what did they expect, look at his record as a club manager. Never had an easier route to the World Cup. Le Tis was quality and loyal, one club man who didn’t chase money, he is a principled man.

Good on him for speaking the truth on a lot of issues.

I love his comment about women's football being pushed up our throats and I agree with his criticism of Southgate.

At last someone is saying publicly what most of us have been saying ever since that failed championship manager who couldnt get a job sneaked into the FA and was the vanilla option to get the England Managers job.....and failed every time he came up against a decent team despite the most favourable draws in the history of tournament competition.

I like Matt. Straight forward and forthright in his views

Love listening to Matt. Great views from one of England’s most talented players

Le Tiss is right about Southgate. It's not just about the squad full of quality players we have now, it's our relative position in comparison to other international teams which is more the issue. There's only France, on paper, who arguably have a better squad and first XI than us. This has never been the case with past England teams. Even with the so called 'Golden Generation' there were much better international teams than us around. Southgate brings no value and, in fact, I would argue his poor decision making, lack of tactical awrenesss and rabbit-in-the-headlights mentality in high-pressure scenarios completely handicaps us. I think he's actually stopping us winning these tournaments because if we actually possessed a manager who's abilities matches the players, we would have won something over the last 3 tournaments. It will be the same excuses this Summer. Southgate should be nowhere near the England set-up now. Should have got sacked after Euro 2020 and most definitely after those 4 ridiculous Nations League back-to-back results in the Summer of 2022, culminating in a 4-0 home loss to Hungary.

Agreed.When it comes down to the biggest games he's afraid to lose and it stops them from playing to win.

I can’t understand how Southgate ever got the England job in the first place, his only managerial experience was getting Boro relegated from the P.L it’s madness.

Well done Matt, southgit got away lightly there dont know if i could have been so unscathing.

Legend on the field 🙌 Legend off the field 🙌

Southgate got the job because he was a relatively safe pair of hands after Allardyce’s misdemeanours. Thanks for that, Sam

Alf Ramsey's team won the world cup with home advantage, whilst eschewing possibly the best natural goal scorer in Europe in Jimmy Greaves. Since then, the FA have chosen " safe" thinking Managers, with Terry Venables possibly being the one who at least picked a few entertainers and flair players.

If Pep or Klopp had been in charge England would have won some silverware, no question

Terry Venables was a football genius who made the best of his players. Harry Redknapp was brilliant at Spurs. The FA don't like mavericks who bring the best out of the flawed geniuses. 'Mike Bassett, England Manager' is just as relevant today. Southgate is a useless tactician.

I love Le Tiss. Top player and would be talked about like they talk about Henry or Cantona if he had played for a more fashionable football team.

cheeky dig at women's football at 01:15 glossed over by Ben spot on Matt!

What's the quickest way out of Wembley? Southgate.

This is the most underrated situation ever, I've watched football all my life, not only has Southgate got the best group I've ever seen, he doesn't have to face, Ronaldinho, R9, Henry, Zidane, Viera, Romario, Baggio, The Germanz as a real unit, Ruud Guilet, Seedorf, Pirlo, Buffon I could bloody go on.

It is SO refreshing to hear unfiltered opinions from an iconic sportsman. Even the notoriously straight-talking Roy Keane is too scared to say a bad word about women's football. From all the proper football fans out there, thanks Matt!

Matt is bang on the buck here. Southgate is a play it safer , We have the best squad we've ever had but he's not a winner, every time he plays Maguire we slow down to pedestrian pace, we can all see the faults, but he seems to not notice!!!

Look at the technical footballers England have to choose from today, Foden, Grealish, Maddison, Saka, Kobbie Mainoo, Cole Palmer, Ruben Loftus Cheek, Jude Bellingham, John Stones and Harry Kane, even Jadon Sancho as well when he returns to form. And yet Im sure Henderson will still start at 35 years old.

Need to get Jurgen Klopp as the England Manager.

I agree with Matt regarding Southgate he’s not got the killer instinct It’s been shown now on three occasions, Croatia, Italy, France, bottled every match

Matt is spot on, Southgate will never win anything. He is a defender at heart and will always want to defend a lead rather than go for the jugular and kill off a game. Just look ahat he did against Italy in the Euros, with the crowd calling for Grealish, he brings on his mate HENDERSON!

Couldn't agree more, Southgate is a coach by numbers product of uninspired coaching system. He coaches by number and has no style or flair. He is more concerned with not conceding goals rather than scoring. The players he doesn't favour sit on the bench whilst he relies on players who played like him. If he keeps picking these favourites we will not win anything, but his runner up record will continue. I hope the FA board reflect and think about winners,not nice guys, next time. The FA also need to look at themselves and change their processes regarding the national team and how they perform.

Great to listen to Matt on this 👍

There are times that he has played eight defensive players against week opposition. His best runs have been scraping through POOR groups via penalties and set pieces. Any half decent team turns us over. He sticks to favourites who don't perform. Shocking that he is still in post.

Southgate wont let the players argue with the Ref. And that led to Croatia kicking us off the park and Italy kicking us off the park. France got away with that Saka foul too before their goal. We need to harass the Ref just to balance the game. Football is a tough game - see France v Argentina - but Southgate wants us to play nicey nice football.

I can’t believe the Southgate literally told the FA when he will step down from the England job. He should have been sacked after debacle at Wembley in the Euros

Up with the old school. Always 100% honesty

Very honest and too the point. I agree about the pundits 👍

I met Matt Le Tissier once. I was serving in a petrol garage. I think i said "Youre Matt Le Tissier" 30 times in 2 minutes in awe. He left feeling extremely awkward. I chased after him holding his shopping that i only realised after he left i was still holding. The non english speaking girls i was there training on customer service started greeting the next few customers with "Youre Matt Le Tissier".

More English fans need to remove the blinkers and wake up. A few decent finishing places over the past few tournaments have allowed the wool to be pulled over too many eyes. Guess what? Like it or not, England have never defeated an adversary under Southgate in a high stakes fixture against another big team of equal or greater stature. And will continue to be that way as Southgate is too negative and cautious in his approach against such opposition. So we can either begin striving to actually win one of these tournaments and get rid of him or, we can just be content with 'not getting embarrassed or shown up', but even that's not guaranteed these days.

Fkn love Matt he’s a great guy who has value for himself as an individual 👍 a real man of honour and integrity

Matthew Le Tissier is a true legend, on and off field! Practically no one else is a legend outside the pitch, and that is sad. Cheers from Liverpool and Free Speech + Rationality -fan.

Women commentators and pundits in the men's game. Sports personality a woman footballer..Big push in the media for the women's game...When will Saudi start a women's league or get criticized for not doing so?

Growing up watching Le Tissier play made me want to be a Southampton fan.

He's spot on about England under Southgate. They've beaten the teams they would be expected to beat, but lost to higher ranked teams despite going ahead. England could still win the Euros this year, but I feel that might be despite of, rather than because of the manager, as they have such an array of talent at their disposal.

Could not agree more with this legend. GS does lack bottle, we were by far the best team in the first half vs Italy and by the end we had two old CB’s stood in our own half and we couldn’t get out. Pathetic management

Matt, start warming up, I'm bringing you off 😂😂😂😂

Matt, a great footballer & a great man.

Totally agree with Matt there’s no excuse because of the good young players we have we should have won something

I’ve said it after the first Southgate tournament, he’s in over his head and hasn’t got a clue!

Southgate is more interested in his woke views than the football side

great talk with Matt ,one of the most under championed players i loved to watch playing football. simply respect. hope e and family are still going well.the sky sport thing i cant comment on as at that time ,and still am in australia . hey if at this stage in his life wants /needs to talk football ,he needs to simply create his own platform on the media outlet he chooses .

Gareth is not a top class manager. He lacks tactical acumen. But the FA love him and he can stay as long as he wants. This crop of players should win the Euros in spite of Gareth

Southgate’s already been a success, we had an England team no one wanted to play for and no one wanted to watch ..

he is right about Southgate. One of the worst managers ive ever seen.

So glad you mentioned Jamie C re commentator. Totally agree to the extent when he's on if I watch the match at all it's with the sound down 😢

I can't stand this guy, but he's actually 100% bang-on about Southgate and why we didn't win either of those two tournaments.

Mat totally right look what happened to Paul Gascoigne was huge then finished with one bad tackle

Southgate is one of the worst managers I have ever seen. Completely out of his depth.... No club will hire him after he fails this summer.

Clough in his day should have been the national team coach, however, was too outspoken for the FA. Always the same type chosen, a safe yes person not a football manager.

4 qualifying tournaments and top of the group in all 4. 3 tournaments and: semi-final, final, quarter-final. If that is 'failure' then what do people realistically expect?

''Big Sam' has a 100% win rate as England manager.

He snuck that woman's football comment in didn't he lol 😂

As a avid follower of watching paint dry i love southgates managerial nous he displays

Couldn't agree more. Southgate is average at best, get Jose in.. we win a tournament.

Have a look at Matt le Tissier's goals, if you haven't already done so. He was magnificent!!!

Great interview, Le Tiss was a great footballer.... and he is 100% right about Southgate Just subscribed!

Totally agree with Matt Southgate won nought and done nout but still sticks with his boring old guard when we have gifted youngins waiting for a call

I LOVE that he openly tells us he essentially only listens too people he agrees with, bar neville, such a closed mind

Wow I've been saying the same myself, Southgate lost us that euro final against Italy, his second half park the bus tactics on a 0 to 1 lead let Italy back into the game. His world cup failure is a lack of belief, he walks around looking like he swallowed a wasp, supported the Marxists blm which tells you everything you need to know about Southgate, why don't he resign when he's failed twice? The team do well in spite of him not because of him.

Le Tiss says Southgate is too cautious / pragmatic and believes a more adventurous manager would be better. A manager who would go for the win and try to force a positive outcome. I find that a bit of a strange view coming from someone who done the exact same thing himself. Big clubs would have taken Le Tiss, and there were chances to move during his playing career. But he remained in his comfortable surroundings at Southampton, where he was the big fish in a small pond. Rather than be adventurous and testing himself elsewhere. I remember the links to some of the bigger clubs where he would have played with better players and, undoubtedly, would have had a better chance of winning some medals. Im old enough to remember Le Tiss during his whole playing career, and there were periods when he was simply unplayable, a pleasure to watch. But he could have done so much more.

With the players we have its a chronic shame we have a coaching team who do not match also picking some ordinary plodders with too many caps gratefully aware themselves of their limitations.

SPOT ON ..........When it comes to a final he changes to defence and we lose

You could say that about every England manager since 1966. They were all lacking something.

Mat always speaks sense

I think beating Italy 2-1 in euro qualifying at home in Naples is a genuine achievement. Yes Italy are a bit rubbish at the moment, and we should have beaten them at the Euros final, but this match was an achievement. The global standard of international football at the moment I think is the lowest it has been in 20 years, and there is a huge opportunity for England to make their mark.

When England scored in the second minute against Italy in the Euro 2020 final you could see England shrink in real time. Yes Italy did respond well but only because England allowed it. England had pace to burn, Italy are terrified of pace but Southgate treated the match like a group fixture. It was from that point I couldn't see England winning anything with him in charge.

We’ll done, Tiss! You’re basically saying that Southgate is shit but doing it in a nice way!

I have always liked Matt Le Tissier. I am a huge Graeme Souness fan, too. And I like Simon Jordan. I have subscribed, Ben. Nick

Southgate did a great job steadying the ship and for a manager of his experience he has out performed. That said, he is unable to take England up another level to where we need to be. As soon as we face decent teams we come unravelled.

England have the best players at this moment in time that we’ve ever had. Southgate has completely ruined our chances of winning a big tournament. I’ll be glad to see the back of him.

Gareth Wokegate 😒

Southgate has done a great job. Some idiots can’t see that but then they couldn’t catch an under 7’s team.

Most managers would have won at least two of last three major tournements with that team, Southgate is useless

Well said Matt

The FA appointed ron greenwood instead of brian clough because he was safe and like southgate and abit of a brown noser as far as the FA is concerned .iam a leeds fan by the way so know what happened with clough at leeds in 1974 but southgate is so woke more concerned with social signalling than any thing else