Gareth Southgate told he 'should have done better' as England boss

It’s been almost 56 years since Sir Alf Ramsey guided England to their sole major tournament win at the 1966 World Cup. Since that famous victory, nobody has come closer to repeating that success than current Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate.

The former Aston Villa and Middlesbrough defender led England to their first World Cup semi-final in 28 years in 2018 when they were edged out by Croatia in extra-time.

The 51-year-old went one better last summer, guiding England to the Euro 2020 final on home soil. On that occasion, his side were cruelly denied on penalties by Italy after the two teams couldn’t be separated over 120 minutes of action at Wembley.

Despite not being able to get England over the line on either occasion, Southgate was recently voted the second greatest Three Lions manager of all time (behind only World Cup winner Ramsey) – and has also been awarded an MBE for his services to English football.

One man who has not been as impressed with Southgate’s accomplishments, however, is talkSPORT analyst Simon Jordan.

The former Crystal Palace chairman launched a scathing assessment of Southgate’s reign following England’s 3-0 friendly win over Ivory Coast on Tuesday evening, arguing that the nation should have secured at least one piece of silverware over the last four years.

“Let’s just look at what we didn’t win,” insisted Jordan. “We lost in the World Cup when we had a passage through it that no one believed we were going to get and we missed an opportunity – we did the same in the European Championship.

“We should’ve won that European Championship and putting players on the pitch that hadn’t even kicked a ball to take penalties (in the Euro 2020 final) was poor,” Jordan said of Southgate’s call to bring on