Gareth Southgate

[Red Army]

Sacked last night after 2 - 0 win and only point off top of championship - football as gone totally crazy

[George Dawes]

thats mental, i thought he was buliding a good young team there

[marky]

I think some of their heavy home defeats contributed to the decision. Despite being where there are in the league, they've not been playing well.

[Dazzer]

That would suggest to me that there has been some sort of fall out behind the scenes.

[eggchaser]

SSN are saying this morning he was sacked for the low attendances at the riverside, against derby they had the smallest ever crowd of just over 17,000... if this is the case then surely they should be sacking the commercial department and not the manager?
the worlds gone mad
always liked Gareth Southgate he was one of the only managers not to hide behind excuses and said it like it was, another young english manager out of the job.

[durhamshrimp]

Probably more to it than meets the eye. Gibson doesn't usually go sacking people.

[NeilG]

Probably more to it than meets the eye. Gibson doesn't usually go sacking people.

Not until reduced gates affect his revenue streams, then I would guess he's as ruthless as any other money man when those are under threat. Someone will snap Southgate up, excellent young manager with loads of integrity, Boro's loss in my opinion.

[heysham_mfc]

SSN are saying this morning he was sacked for the low attendances at the riverside, against derby they had the smallest ever crowd of just over 17,000... if this is the case then surely they should be sacking the commercial department and not the manager?
the worlds gone mad
always liked Gareth Southgate he was one of the only managers not to hide behind excuses and said it like it was, another young english manager out of the job.

no they didn't say he was sacked because of low attendancesthey were just making the point that they have not had many sell out crowds in the last few years even for the big games. Middlesboroughs chairman has said today that he was sacked because of poor performances and that the table is not a true reflection of the performances. Wonder how many of us would rather we played crap and got wins than play some good football and be near the bottom

[eggchaser]

Wonder how many of us would rather we played crap and got wins than play some good football and be near the bottom

Lke Man utd do year in, year out!

[heysham_mfc]

Wonder how many of us would rather we played crap and got wins than play some good football and be near the bottom

Lke Man utd do year in, year out!

if only they could play Burnley away every week

[mrpotatohead]

I would be happy if we had burnleys home record

[mrpotatohead]

Usually when a manager at boro is not up to the job, gibson doesnt sack him, he employs a former england boss to give him a hand