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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Mark Critchley

England manager Gareth Southgate would go ‘bonkers’ if he listened to World Cup criticism

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Gareth Southgate believes he would be at risk of going “bonkers” if he chose to engage with the noise around England’s performances and the criticism of his selections and has maintained that he will keep doing things his way.

Southgate’s critics have grown louder over the past year, with England winning just one of their last eight games, and his side were booed at full time of Friday’s drab goalless draw with the United States.

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