England love a Palace Manager 4 out of the last 12 England managers have also managed Palace plus Southgate being Palace born and bred. Southgates win record compares favourably with most predecessors and his record in competitive matches is excellent. So give it a rest.

Edited by Bexley Eagle (13 Jun 2021 11.01pm)

Isn’t it more true that Palace have sought out 4 failed England managers. I don’t remember any of them winning anything…ever.

All England managers have decent records because they play a load of crap teams in qualifying but then flop as usual when the real competition joins in.

Whether Southgate becomes a consideration now or at some time in the future I would like to make just 2 points -

a) The England job exposes the manager to some of the best facilities & support people / processes at national level - Globally

b) We are often on here complaining that our scouting network doesn't see the up & coming from other countries whilst they are still affordable, well the National team manager sees loads of other countries up & comings in these meaningless friendlies.

Just saying -

Absolutely that is quite possible. But our other targets may still see us as an upgrade on their current situation. NES quickly switched to Everton once that opportunity became apparent. Dyche has opted to stay put. I don’t know if Howe is a possibility after he jilted us before.

So that leaves Lampard, who is surely the next best but of limited experience if you ask me. Thing is, he seems vain enough to be bothered by being 2nd choice. Others seem to have more risks- ie. not been in the PL at all.

I'm surprised by all the anti-Southgate sentiment on here. He was relatively green during his club management, so I'd afford him some slack there - everyone needs to learn their way around a new role.

And I'd say that his learnings and observations have helped him take the England team forward and assemble a very capable and together group of players. I'm impressed with the squad psychology and mindset that he's created, which had made us a strong and balanced team. It's been a long time since an England manager has been able to do that.

My advice to people losing their sh1t about our lack of manager would be to chill out and watch the Euros. The Palace manager will be appointed when they're appointed.

There's no chance of Southgate being our next manager anyway, he'll be taking England to the World Cup next year - and he's the right man to do that.

Edited by Frickin Saweet (14 Jun 2021 10.28am)

Quite.