CHRIS DUNLAVY SAYS CRITICISM OF ENGLAND BOSS GARETH SOUTHGATE’S CONSERVATIVE STYLE IS WIDE OF THE MARK - AND THE THREE LIONS WILL ONLY IMPROVE WITH EXPERIENCE...

SPEAKING in the aftermath of England’s cathartic 2-0 victory over Germany, Gareth Southgate gave short shrift to any interviewer lauding his tactical nous.
“If I’d played that team and we’d lost, I’d be dead,” he said, staring into the middle distance as if visualising an alternate reality where the tabloids photoshopped his face onto a turnip. ITV, BBC, talkSPORT; all of them got the same answer.
Defeat to Italy in the final did n...