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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
Southgate seems to be the favorite
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Arry doesn't like him and I agree with Arry.
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Gareth Southgate being favourite to succeed Roy Hodgson as England manager is "scary", says Harry Redknapp.
Hodgson resigned on Monday after England were knocked out of Euro 2016 in the last 16 by minnows Iceland.
But Redknapp said Southgate was only seen as a favourite for the job because he had won a "second-rate tournament" with England Under-21s in Toulon.
"Why should he get it in front of Steve Bruce and Sam Allardyce, who are proven managers?" asked the former QPR boss.
When it was suggested that Southgate knew the way the Football Association (FA) worked as well as the English "system", Redknapp responded: "Knows what system? The losing system? He knows the losing formula?
"I like Gareth Southgate, he's a great lad, but what's he done?"
Redknapp, speaking on BBC Radio 5 live, said former England boss Glenn Hoddle, 58, was a more suitable candidate.
"I think he had an idea of how he wanted to play," said Redknapp. "He would have come up with a system that we all know how we're going to play."
However, he said he did not "have a lot of faith" in the FA making the right choice.
"Look at what they've done in the past," he said. "We've had Sven-Goran Eriksson. It's scary. They are going to make a right decision one day, but I probably won't be alive to see it."
Redknapp also suggested former Tottenham and Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood as a possible option.
"He's got passion, enthusiasm, I'll come and work with him all day," said the 69-year-old. "He's young, enthusiastic, knows the game."
But he played down suggestions he might finally get the England job after missing out to Hodgson in 2012.
"It was a long time ago I was one of the favourites," said the former QPR, Tottenham, Portsmouth and West Ham boss.
"I don't fit. I would love to manage England, but I'm a realistic person and I realise I've got absolutely no chance."
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http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36648824
The bolded red bit is telling, but confirms what most people have always known. That they tend to shy away from individuals that like to speak their mind preferring safe candidates that will toe the line.
It's an old boys club and to become a member you must follow the rules and do as you are told.