00:03By now, England were deep into their golden generation.
00:07David Beckham, Stephen Gerrard, and Frank Lampard
00:13were all instrumental in their club sides
00:15winning the UEFA Champions League.
00:17But at international level,
00:19the whole was always less than the sum of its parts.
00:24Sven Jorgen Eriksson, England's first foreign manager,
00:27was seen as too relaxed.
00:30Then Fabio Capello was too regimented.
00:33Around them, Kevin Keegan, Steve McLaren,
00:36Roy Hodgson, and Sam Allardyce
00:38proved that while England's playing stocks
00:40might have been at an all-time high,
00:42the coaching fraternity had yet to catch up.
00:51So little was expected when Gareth Southgate
00:53took charge in 2016.
00:55But the modest player with an underwhelming coaching CV
00:58caught the mood of the nation.
01:00like nobody since Ramsey.
01:05He connected with the young multicultural squad
01:08and he made England competitive
01:10at four consecutive major tournaments,
01:13missing out on Euro 2020 glory
01:16in another agonising penalty shooter.
01:20But the post-Southgate future is bright.
01:27England's youth system is more productive than ever.
01:31Coordinated since 2012 at St. George's Park,
01:34English football's long-awaited centralised hub.
01:37The second major trophy is surely an inevitability.
01:43The second major trophy is surely an inevitability.
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