‘England job Southgate’s to lose’

The England manager job is caretaker boss Gareth Southgate’s to lose, according to the Sunday Supplement panel.

The England U21 coach has been appointed to take charge of the next four games following Sam Allarydce’s decision to leave the role by mutual consent following revelations in the Daily Telegraph this week.

Southgate’s stint includes three World Cup qualifiers – one against Scotland at Wembley – and a friendly with Spain at the end of November, with a job well done potentially sealing the job on a permanent basis. 

“I think they will end up giving it to Gareth Southgate if these four games go reasonably well. I’d say seven points would be enough to get him the job and I think that is what will happen,” the Mail on Sunday’s chief football writer Rob Draper said on the Sky Sports show.

“We’ve just been through this process and been through the English candidates and Sam Allardyce emerged top of that. I think the other candidates we’re talking about, such as Eddie Howe, I do think I would be much too soon for him and much too young.

“At which point, you end up with ‘okay, let’s go with Southgate and see what he can do.’ It would be foolish to think that somehow this might be our Joachim Low and convince ourselves that everything is going to be really good under Southgate because he does have limited experience. That is a risk because he could get exposed.

“Equally, I don’t agree with the culture of a super manager for England. You can appoint a reasonably good coach or manager and if he gets the atmosphere of the …

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