Gerrard mentioned the England team when he was a guest on the "Rio Ferdinand Podcast". He blamed the failure of the "golden generation" on England's team culture, and praised Southgate's efforts to build a better culture and team environment for the England team.

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Gerrard said: "I think the connection that Southgate has established with the England team is underestimated."

"Because in my opinion, the talent has always been there and the good players have always been there. We were playing at a level where we should have achieved better results than we actually did."

"I think we were a little unlucky in terms of penalty shootouts and so on. We have to take responsibility, but I always look back on the England career with deep regret - we always It was a failure to do better. "

"There are a lot of compounding factors behind this, but I think one of the key points is that we failed to gel as a true team. We were just a bunch of talented individuals at the time, and that approach was never going to work. "

Southgate coached the England team from 2016 to 2024, leading England to participate in 4 major competitions, finishing fourth in the 2018 World Cup, runner-up in the 2020 European Cup, top 8 in the 2022 World Cup, and runner-up in the 2024 European Cup.