Southgate sacked? Do his critics know there are only three trophies he could have won?

Jeff Powell was a regular on these pages in the 2000s. Jeff used to be called Rowley Birkin QC. Gareth Southgate's England lost the World Cup.

Gareth Southgate was sacked because England didn't win a major tournament. England reached the World Cup semi-finals in 2018. They also reached Euro 2016 and Euro 2020 finals. They came within penalties of winning Euro 2000. The team that won Euro 1960 was better than the one that came to the 2018 World cup semi finals, but they still lost to Croatia. Colombia and Sweden were better teams than England. Germany came close to winning the Euro in 2020.

Gareth Southgate has failed to capitalise on the three best opportunities to win a major football tournament since 1966. The 2018 World Cup in Russia, last year's Euros and now Qatar offered open doors to glory through gift draws. Each time England have fallen short against the first half-decent team they come up against.

Southgate was sacked because England didn't win any of the three trophies he could have won. Jurgen Klopp didn’t have the chance to win Liverpool”s first title in 30 years. He didn before Sir Alex Ferguson. Benzema didn play in the France team that won the World Cup in 2018. Kante has played three times for France since Euro 2020. Aurélien Tchouameni plays in a similar position to Paul Pogba.

‘Once can be an accident, twice a coincidence and three times and the game should be up for any manager. Especially since this one keeps bleating on about all the super-stars at his disposal.

Gareth Southgate's England team played well in Qatar on Saturday night. Didier Deschamps was without Karim Benzema, Paul Pogba and N'Gono Kante.

Southgate could have won three trophies if he had played with Paul Pogba and Bukayo Saka.

Southgate's critics say he should be sacked as he could have won only three trophies. Iran's performance was disappointing, while the United States hit the bar and Wales were awful.

Southgate's critics say he should be sacked as he could have won only three trophies.

Southgate's team lost to Senegal. He could have won three trophies.

There were echoes of disappointments for the past decades. For some reason, the nation's jeers have turned to cheers.

Powell criticises the team and the manager. He thinks England are not man enough, arrogant or English enough. England did not lose to France because Southgate got his substitutions wrong. They lost to them because France are good and England not as good. England missed a penalty and they dominated possession and shot count. Sami Mokbel wrote that the decision to use a conventional back four allows England to name an extra attacker. The accusation is ludicrous. It's not relevant. There are questions to be asked about the substitution. English players looked dangerous down the right through Bukayo Saka.

Harry missed a penalty and Southgate was brought to his knees by it.

Southgate is a nice man but sometimes too nice. He gave the last seat on the plane to James Maddison, but he was never played by him.

Southgate's critics say he should have won more than three trophies. The big ones came at the weekend.

Southgate's critics say he should be sacked. He could have won three trophies.

England lost the World Cup to France. The referee gave England two penalties. Raheem Sterling was sent on despite long flights to London and several days of training missed. Jack Grealish was brought on in the 98th minute. Brazil's midfielder, Marcelo, might be given Sunday's final.

Southgate has given England a better run than many other managers but has failed to get them over the line. Dele Alli was hailed as the future of English football but his future is going up in smoke in Turkey.

A new manager will not be able to bring in his own crop of youngsters.

Southgate could have won only three trophies. Bellingham is already working on the Emma Raducanu scale of advertising and sponsorship.

Powell believes that losing a Champions League final makes you a far worse candidate than a man who won the Championship seven years ago. The odds of winning Euro 2024 are 7/1, but the criticism for ‘failure’ will be far greater.

Southgate won only three trophies. Howe is not happy with Pochettino taking over.