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Originally Posted by hibsbollah
Your initial point was; ‘Southgate did a great job as England boss. Arguably the best ever. Doesn't seem outrageous to me that he's been honoured.’Quote:
Originally Posted by He's here!
Wow really interesting read and incredibly inspirational guy. Are you able to say why he turned it down?Quote:
Originally Posted by McIntosh
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Originally Posted by He's here!
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I don't think he was being serious.
This!Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
…probably putting up with all the bile and ***** the English press throw at him. Don’t know who would do that job and enjoy it.Quote:
Originally Posted by NAE NOOKIE
Think this is a bit of fake news - he got all the way up to the last stage of opening the letter but at the final moment, just before victory, shat the bed and curled up into a ball.
What has he won as a manager 🤔
your brother in law is an amazing person, truly inspirational. Thanks for sharing.Quote:
Originally Posted by McIntosh
haven’t you heard? The revolution starts 2pm sharp outside a Pink bus shelter day after tomorrow ( according to the stats) :na na:Quote:
Originally Posted by lyonhibs
as regards honours list, wasn’t Jimmy Saville given one,( an hounor that is!), (but you never know with that family), by HRH and later the Pope? Says it all really, would not want to be on a list with Sir James Saville on it.
Well deserved Sir Gareth, the best England manager in my lifetime so far.
Has to be a case for Sir Anne Budge
He will probably be annoyed at me mentioning it, but in for a penny, in for a pound. To his great credit, he turned it down to the then Government's policies in relation to the environment. In the week he turned it down, he was actually sounded out about joining the same Government, and that would have meant a peerage!!!!!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by 18Craig75
The then Government's environmental policies, particularly micro plastics, it has been well established that they are now in the food chain and now are in human beings.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimBHibees
I find the disrespect constantly shown to him baffling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
As someone who doesn’t particularly want England to win anything, I’m glad he’s gone. He was getting very, very close, and in the modern era managing to keep a group of egotistical (albeit talented) young dafties pointed in the same direction and co-operating with one another really shouldn’t be sniffed at.
History will judge him favourably imo.
The only player ever to captain The Boro to a major trophy!
Sir Gareth's recognition is well-deserved, but it should have been 20 years ago.
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Originally Posted by McIntosh
thanks for sharing.
He is absolutely correct, micro plastics are now found in breast milk, most probably getting there from a seafood diet or from drinking water.
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Toulon tournament. 2016Quote:
Originally Posted by gbhibby
Arise Sir Gareth...
In fairness. He's without a doubt their best modern manager. Time will tell whether he over or under achieved though. Imo, it falls under the latter
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Originally Posted by McIntosh
It's an anti-England thing, that's all. Guy did a great job.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartie
I lose respect for anyone who actually accepts an “honour”.Quote:
Originally Posted by hibsbollah
The English and their honours system is very weird though nothing compared to the Scots who buy into this complete nonsense.
Ha, let them eat cake, what a crazy system when some cannot even afford to put heating on.
He did a decent job but surely a knighthood, if you place any weight on such things, should be reserved for those who actually achieve tangible success? Bob Paisley won infinitely more than Southgate at the highest level and got an OBE, Bill Shankly likewise.Quote:
Originally Posted by He's here!
When you knight a guy for losing in 2 finals and reaching the WC semi and quarter finals then you leave no scope to go anywhere should an English manager ever actually have any notable success again (which admittedly looks a long way off with the current crop but you never know). 'Well done mate, here's the same honour as that guy who failed before you'. One of them actually winning their domestic league would be a bigger achievement than what Southgate achieved given Howard Wilkinson must be about 125 now.
In that case I give you Jock Stein.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Imagine they’d actually won something under Southgate…would he have been installed as 3rd in line to the throne?
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Originally Posted by overdrive
I have often wondered whether he declined a knighthood, although he did have a CBE.Quote:
Originally Posted by A Hi-Bee
I don’t think Sir Tom Farmer will lose any sleep.Quote:
Originally Posted by overdrive
They would have gave him the throne by popular vote, down with the Germans the English would have said.:greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by easty