Gareth Southgate v Didier Deschamps




Gareth Southgate

Gareth Southgate       Trumps
Style 5
Do I need to say more than that waistcoat? The day Southgate becomes a fashion icon is the day we should all give up on clothing.
Media Work 9
Had the media eating out of his hands. For a football manager he would make a fine PR man.
World Cup Performance 5
Beating the mighty Panama and Tunisia was the zenith of his coaching career. What more can you ask of an England manager than a penalty shoot-out win? Ok so Belgium's reserves and first team battered them and Croatia beat them, other than that it was great.
Tactics 3
Continued the impressive work of Sam Allardyce with little creation in open play but deadly from set pieces. Big Sam would be proud to see his legacy continue.
Luck 9
Just look at the run to the semis and you will see he has fantastically good luck. Maybe it is like Napoleon said? Is a lucky manager better than a good one?

Gareth Southgate

Gareth Southgate       Trumps
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Didier Deschamps

Didier Deschamps       Trumps
Style 3
It would not matter what he wore, he always looks somehow crumpled up and like he has just rolled out of bed having slept in those clothes all week.
Media Work 4
Never managed to get the media onside, only winning the World Cup has kept the knives from his back.
World Cup Performance 8
Won the whole thing, if they were never exactly exciting or attractive to watch, a win is a win is a win. And they deserved it overall, as they were the outstanding team of a very poor quality bunch.
Tactics 4
Bland, overly defensive and failed to really use the attacking talent at their disposal properly. Sometimes it felt like they were winning despite Deschamps, rather than because of him.
Luck 8
Deschamps lucked into a massively talented squad, what more luck could he need than that?

Didier Deschamps

Didier Deschamps       Trumps

 

 

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