Sir Gareth Southgat...
 

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Sir Gareth Southgate

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apparently there’s a vicious rumour that he’s going to be knighted for services to football, does not winning anything count


 
Posted : 07/12/2024 3:12 pm
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I'm not really a fan of the honours system, but if we have to have it, I'd argue he's more deserving than most.


 
Posted : 07/12/2024 3:15 pm
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Agree with ransos, it’s a nonsense but he’s far more deserving than plenty that get one. Second most successful England manager and only a penalty shoot out away from being the most.


 
Posted : 07/12/2024 3:19 pm
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Yeah, not a huge fan of football, the honours system or the monarchy in general but I do feel he's actually done genuine good for this country and so if they're going to knight anyone it may as well be him.


 
Posted : 07/12/2024 3:23 pm
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From pizza hut adverts to coming sooo close as manager, I'm happy with him being knighted.

Just seems a bloody nice bloke as well.


 
Posted : 07/12/2024 3:35 pm
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…or achieved more than any other England manager for over 50yrs.
The honours system is a nonsense, his selection for it isn’t.


 
Posted : 07/12/2024 3:40 pm
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The honours system is a nonsense, his selection for it isn’t.

I kind of agree, but struggling to see how both parts of that sentence to be correct.


 
Posted : 07/12/2024 4:03 pm
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If you can begrudge Gareth Southgate an honour, then you're likely to be getting a visit from three spirits on Christmas Eve....


 
Posted : 07/12/2024 5:36 pm
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Second most successful England manager and only a penalty shoot out away from being the most.

…or achieved more than any other England manager for over 50yrs.

England MENs team manager.


 
Posted : 07/12/2024 5:38 pm
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He should presumably get an English honour not a British one… 😉


 
Posted : 07/12/2024 6:49 pm
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Better than knighting Sadiq Khan for services to knife crime and ripping off motorists.


 
Posted : 07/12/2024 7:16 pm
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Better than knighting Sadiq Khan for services to knife crime and ripping off motorists.

The Daily Mail is over there --------------------->


 
Posted : 07/12/2024 8:13 pm
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He has come closer to winning stuff than anybody else. I imagine his success has brought extra revenue into the economy.

Also he has brought a different culture to coaching in football

+ he lives in a right nice old house near Otlley ie not a footballers house


 
Posted : 08/12/2024 2:59 pm
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He's Crawley's second finest export....


 
Posted : 08/12/2024 4:02 pm
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as above really - took an absolute shower of a team, rebuilt and got to two major finals, supported young players in the face of some disgusting racist abuse after a penalty shootout; did a good job

the UK honours system is a pile of xxxx - order of the british empire, knighthood urgh; needs dumping in the same bin as the HoL and the monarchy and all the private schools


 
Posted : 08/12/2024 9:24 pm
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Just another example of how pointless the honours system is. Another reward for failure no doubt to deflect from the even more dubious ones


 
Posted : 08/12/2024 9:50 pm
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Another reward for failure

I didn't see his tenure as a failure.


 
Posted : 08/12/2024 10:49 pm
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