England international Kyle Walker has asked to respect Gareth Southgate in theongoing Euro qualifiers. Walker was asked if his own work is appreciated or not? “Maybe not”, Manchester City player replied. Moreover, it was Gareth Southgate whom Kyle wanted to highlight and ask fans and media to put some respect to his name.
Walker speaks on the booing for Southgate
Walker had been alongside Southgate at media conference before Italy game. He also heard the booing for ex-Liverpool player Jordan Henderson when substituted. Walker says,
“We are more concentrating on the boos and what we haven’t done rather than what we have achieved.
“With the documentary for David Beckham, it’s not easy to qualify for a competition. Have they become used to us just qualifying? If we didn’t qualify, God knows [what would happen]. I wouldn’t leave my house, I’d just have to stay indoors. Because we are qualifying and it’s still difficult to leave your house.
“I don’t see the balance of it. We are doing well. Any manager in the world would love to manage this team and instead of actually appreciate it, we are trying to, I feel, pick the negatives.”
“You’ve seen great teams before with great players that don’t perform on the field,” Walker says.
“Nowadays, everyone can play football but sometimes, especially at international level, you need to form a bond very quickly. There’s only a certain amount of days before a game.”
“So I feel what the boss has done and what the boss has created … I don’t feel like he gets the credit for it, at all. It started with him because the older players were here before he was here with [Roy] Hodgson. I don’t think we were as close [under Hodgson] as we are now.”
“I would hate for any of the younger ones to come up and feel they couldn’t speak to any of the experienced ones. I know there’s no hierarchy. There’s no ‘he’s above [him]’ or ‘he needs to get on the treatment bed first’. It’s first come, first served. That’s how it is. If I was to see it [a hierarchy], I wouldn’t have it.”
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