This is England’s time. If Gareth Southgate and his players — a very, very strong group — want to be remembered as more than the bridesmaids they have become, they have to win next summer’s European Championship.
Can they do that with Southgate as manager? Yes, if he takes the handbrake off and allows a team who are good enough to beat anyone to go and do so.
Southgate has done a good job in seven years, but he could have done better. England could have been the bride at both the 2018 and 2022 World Cups and Euro 2020.