Right time for 'legend' Southgate to go - Anderton - video Dailymotion

Former England midfielder Darren Anderton believes it was the right time for Gareth Southgate to step down.

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00:00I think so. I think it's, he's been getting a lot of stick. He's been involved, you know,

00:10since what, 2011 with the FA and then now, you know, eight years as the manager. I feel

00:17like he's more negative within the job. The pressure of it, I think, is what causes that.

00:25And I think, you know, from what he's, where he took over, we're in an incredible place.

00:34Fantastic players. Yeah, there's, you know, there's been a lot of negativity and I think

00:39rightly so. I think, you know, the standard and the style of foot wasn't been what we

00:44would hope or what it was when Gareth first took over. So I feel that he's done a great

00:52job and, you know, as he said, time for a change. You know, people always say it's the

01:00hardest job in the world and he's, you know, he's had a right go at it and been very close

01:05to creating history, but he has great history. I mean, two finals and that's what he'll be

01:11remembered for. I mean, at the moment, I think everyone's very negative about it, but I think,

01:15you know, as time goes on, he'll be, he'll be remembered as a, you know, a legend.