Why so much negativity with Southgate ?
Is it because he bottled it V Italy in Euros ?
Or just general bottling it ?
To defensive ?
One club managerial role at Middlesbrough where, over the equivalent of just under four seasons (just over 150 games) he had a win rate of under 30%.
Added to which this role ended way back in 2009.
These factoids alone are more than enough for me to rule him out.
For the statistically minded, this sort of return would place us in the bottom half at best and (if my maths is right - it probably isn't!) sailing close to or below the trap door once every three years on average: below is a list of every relegated club since 2009 and the win percentages of the relegated manager for that club in that season.
2008–09 (relegated 2009)
Newcastle United — Joe Kinnear
34 matches, 10 wins → 29.4%
Middlesbrough — Gareth Southgate
38 matches, 9 wins → 23.7%
West Bromwich Albion — Tony Mowbray
38 matches, 8 wins → 21.1%
2009–10
Burnley — Brian Laws
19 matches, 4 wins → 21.1%
Hull City — Iain Dowie
9 matches, 1 win → 11.1%
Portsmouth — Avram Grant
27 matches, 5 wins → 18.5%
2010–11
West Ham United — Avram Grant
38 matches, 7 wins → 18.4%
Blackpool — Ian Holloway
38 matches, 10 wins → 26.3%
Birmingham City — Alex McLeish
38 matches, 8 wins → 21.1%
2011–12
Bolton Wanderers — Owen Coyle
38 matches, 10 wins → 26.3%
Blackburn Rovers — Steve Kean
38 matches, 8 wins → 21.1%
Wolverhampton Wanderers — Terry Connor
13 matches, 2 wins → 15.4%
2012–13
Wigan Athletic — Roberto Martínez
38 matches, 9 wins → 23.7%
Reading — Nigel Adkins
13 matches, 2 wins → 15.4%
Queens Park Rangers — Harry Redknapp
24 matches, 4 wins → 16.7%
2013–14
Norwich City — Neil Adams
17 matches, 3 wins → 17.6%
Fulham — Felix Magath
12 matches, 2 wins → 16.7%
Cardiff City — Ole Gunnar Solskjær
19 matches, 4 wins → 21.1%
2014–15
Hull City — Steve Bruce
38 matches, 8 wins → 21.1%
Burnley — Sean Dyche
38 matches, 7 wins → 18.4%
Queens Park Rangers — Chris Ramsey
13 matches, 2 wins → 15.4%
2015–16
Aston Villa — Rémi Garde
20 matches, 2 wins → 10.0%
Norwich City — Alex Neil
38 matches, 9 wins → 23.7%
Newcastle United — Rafael Benítez
10 matches, 3 wins → 30.0%
2016–17
Sunderland — David Moyes
38 matches, 6 wins → 15.8%
Middlesbrough — Steve Agnew
11 matches, 1 win → 9.1%
Hull City — Marco Silva
22 matches, 8 wins → 36.4%
2017–18
Stoke City — Paul Lambert
15 matches, 3 wins → 20.0%
West Bromwich Albion — Darren Moore
7 matches, 2 wins → 28.6%
Swansea City — Carlos Carvalhal
26 matches, 7 wins → 26.9%
2018–19
Huddersfield Town — Jan Siewert
15 matches, 1 win → 6.7%
Fulham — Scott Parker
10 matches, 3 wins → 30.0%
Cardiff City — Neil Warnock
38 matches, 10 wins → 26.3%
2019–20
Norwich City — Daniel Farke
38 matches, 5 wins → 13.2%
Watford — Hayden Mullins
2 matches, 0 wins → 0.0%
Bournemouth — Eddie Howe
38 matches, 9 wins → 23.7%
2020–21
Sheffield United — Paul Heckingbottom
8 matches, 1 win → 12.5%
West Bromwich Albion — Sam Allardyce
18 matches, 5 wins → 27.8%
Fulham — Scott Parker
38 matches, 5 wins → 13.2%
2021–22
Norwich City — Dean Smith
25 matches, 5 wins → 20.0%
Watford — Roy Hodgson
18 matches, 4 wins → 22.2%
Burnley — Mike Jackson
10 matches, 3 wins → 30.0%
2022–23
Southampton — Rubén Sellés
16 matches, 2 wins → 12.5%
Leeds United — Sam Allardyce
4 matches, 1 win → 25.0%
Leicester City — Dean Smith
8 matches, 2 wins → 25.0%