Remarkable
He's beaten Wales, Iran, Senegal, Tunisia, Panama, Sweden and Colombia on pens. What's remarkable about that?
Best in my lifetime was Sven. Lost to goat Brazil team with Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Cafu, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo after a goalkeeping error, and lost on pens v Portugal twice after a goal wrongly ruled out in 2004. He also beat Argentina in a foreign country, which no other England manager has. But the xenophobic media slated him while fawning over Southgate.
Hoddle and Venables could've been good but were gone too soon as they weren't yes men.
So in citing Eriksson you refer to his loss in 02, loss in 04 and loss in 06? It's not exactly inspiring. What was Eriksson, Hoddle and Venables track record in winning knock out games? As the "only beat easy opponents" one is constantly levelled at Southgate, I'm interested in the litany of great wins by his predecessors.
