If you polled a 28,000-strong crowd at Molineux after this historic humiliation, Southgate would be packing his bags and negotiating a pay-off this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That will not and should not happen, given that such talk seemed completely out of the question just 11 days ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Southgate is England’s most successful manager since Sir Alf Ramsey, having led the team to a World Cup semi-final and a European Championship final. He has a lot of credit with his employers and players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, with only two games remaining before the World Cup in Qatar, this is England’s worst run of form since Roy Hodgson’s disastrous campaign in Brazil in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remember the one where they were knocked out in five days before they even finished their malaria treatment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes, it is getting that bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
England was booed mercilessly long before the end of a dreadful performance. Harry Maguire was even booed ON when he came on as a late substitute after John Stones was sent off, with the Three Lions already three down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was England’s worst home defeat in nearly a century, dating back to a 5-1 thrashing at the hands of Scotland’s ‘Wembley wizards’ in 1928.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And it was their heaviest defeat since 1964, when they lost to Pele’s Brazil at the Maracana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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