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natfan
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Saint Gareth Oct 8, 2016 14:47:42 GMT

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Post by natfan on Oct 8, 2016 14:47:42 GMT

Don't know how the other papers have handled it, but The Times today has devoted most of its front page to the story of Rooney's tax avoidance scam involving film finance with two part columns on page two. Tucked away in the five line penultimate paragraph on page two is the information that Gareth Southgate is understood to have been issued with an upfront tax demand. The badly written article does not make it clear if it is for the same scam as Rooney's or another one involving film finance.
My point is that had it been Sam Allardyce (and I know he is no saint) the press would be stressing the England manager's involvement.
Let's hope that Glenn who could not wait to sack Sam does the same for the press and FA establishment pet, Southgate. I'm not holding my breath.

whitesince63
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Saint Gareth Oct 9, 2016 7:13:58 GMT

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Post by whitesince63 on Oct 9, 2016 7:13:58 GMT

The press would have got Sam one way or the other you can bet but they don't hate Southgate anywhere near as much so they're unlikely to set him up in the same way. Last night illustrated exactly why we did need Sam, what a boring load of garbage. We might as well have kept Woy, same players, same boring set up and no thought of filling the team with players who can actually run at and take on defenders instead of trying to go round them. I mean it wasn't obvious that Malta would park the bus was it?

OohMac
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Saint Gareth Oct 9, 2016 9:16:45 GMT via mobile

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Post by OohMac on Oct 9, 2016 9:16:45 GMT

Uninspired choice. Southgate will be demonised in the press, he doesn't deserve that job and every fan in the country knows it. Just the guys in the suits have played it safe.

Alvin Martin on TalkSport showing what an idiotic view he has on football "think it's for the best(Sam leaving) that style of defensive football doesn't get played anymore"

What was that thing in the summer called again, the euros? Didn't Greece win that relatively lately. Italy won the World Cup? No, that sort of organised at the back and disciplined style has gone out of the window.

Utter rubbish. What would Sam have achieved? We will never know but I'm fairly confident with Southgate we will do the same as ever, get there(probably not as comfortably) and bottle it. Rooney playing left back.