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    Quote Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn View Post
    But, but….we don’t reward failure in this country
    Sir Bobby Robson didn't exactly sweep all before him.
    Southgate did better than any other England Manager in my lifetime. They're the only finals in my lifetime (shut up, lioness fans, you know what I mean).
    No issue with him getting it - I mean, in comparison with other people who have.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    Sir Bobby Robson didn't exactly sweep all before him.
    Southgate did better than any other England Manager in my lifetime. They're the only finals in my lifetime (shut up, lioness fans, you know what I mean).
    No issue with him getting it - I mean, in comparison with other people who have.
    I agree. By the standards of other knighthoods he deserves his.
    Putting the laughter back into manslaughter

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    Sir Bobby Robson didn't exactly sweep all before him.
    Southgate did better than any other England Manager in my lifetime. They're the only finals in my lifetime (shut up, lioness fans, you know what I mean).
    No issue with him getting it - I mean, in comparison with other people who have.
    Robson did at least win things

    FA cup with Ipswich in 1978, UEFA cup in 1981

    League titles with Porto and PSV

    Cup winners cup with Barcelona

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    Quote Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn View Post
    Robson did at least win things

    FA cup with Ipswich in 1978, UEFA cup in 1981

    League titles with Porto and PSV

    Cup winners cup with Barcelona
    Fine. That's not why he was knighted though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    Fine. That's not why he was knighted though.
    He was knighted for services to football, if it was simply for getting to a semi with England. Terry Venables would have got a knighthood

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    Quote Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn View Post
    He was knighted for services to football, if it was simply for getting to a semi with England. Terry Venables would have got a knighthood
    I think getting England to two finals, including the first one in our history on foreign soil, is worthy of recognition.
    Whether it deserves a knighthood...well, that whole system is so silly anyway then it's impossible to be objective about it, but compared to other people who have got it I think it's fairly reasonable.

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    Maybe it's one thing of should he be knighted at all (and yes the whole "honours" conversation anyway, for which lets be honest who fucking cares) but also should he be getting it now?
    If it's essentially a lifetime achievement award, which you can kinda argue it is, he's still theoretically midway through his career. Like when people release their autobiography aged 30.

    Maybe that's him done. Can't have a knight of the realm battling relegation with Wolves. Or eating Kangaroo anus in the jungle. He'll probably have an FA job lined up, then be Lord Southgate of Wembley or some shit in 10 years time.
    Last edited by Shaqiri Is Boss; 17-12-2024 at 03:50 PM.

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    Me personally, I’d have knighted him for service to his country by resigning

    Because If he hadn’t, the FA would have kept him in post…squandering our potential

    Much like, I fear….the squandered potential if Arteta isn’t sent packing in the summer

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    Quote Originally Posted by IBK View Post
    He should ask for a refund.

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    Southgate knighted.

    Our country man.

    Utterly ridiculous.

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