Southgate: Most important thing is getting behind the team

You said something like you can't keep standing in front of them with the same message because they don't want to keep hearing it. So I just wonder what you mean by that when you say you understand what the way they feel towards you. To be honest, it's irrelevant. The most important thing is the support for the team and what I said the other night was to try to make sure that we get the sort of support the team got in the stadium in the second-half. Simple as that. My job is to create the best possible environment for the players to fight the cause at the right times, to take responsibility at the right times. And yeah, the team need the fans, so they they should never underestimate what a lift it gives to the team when they are like they were in the second-half against Slovenia. And I'm certain going into this knockout phase, they're going to be the same. They're going to be right behind the team and he gives the team such a lift and that's all that matters. Hi Henry, Winter World Soccer. Harry, a question for you if I may. What what is your message on the back of what can I have to just say? Well, what is your message to the England fans? Thank you. Well, I think if I'm totally honest, I think 99% of the fans are behind the team and the manager. I think of course, both as a player and as a coach, you're going to have times where people voice their opinion and that's part and parcel of playing for England. That's the bottom line. But I think like the boss said, they're the second-half in that game especially was one of the best atmospheres I've been involved in and it shows how much the fans care about the team, care about us trying to win the game and, and that's all that matters. You know, we're a very strong group, not just players, but staff as well. We know what it's taken to achieve, what we've achieved in the last kind of six, six years or so or or longer. And we know it's going to be, you know, a very tough journey from now until the end of this tournament if we want to go all the way. So that's what that matters is fighting for each other on the training pitch, on the match pitch. And that's what we'll continue to do. And and I know the fans are behind us with that. Hi, Gareth. Hi, Harry, Jerry Lawton, Daily Star. Massive day tomorrow, but 21st birthday is pretty big for somebody today. I was just wondering how you managed to balance Jude's 21st and the joy that often most people see with the professionalism about preparing for tomorrow's events. Well, we didn't go crate a beer out this morning, that's for sure. So it's also Eberetti as his birthday today and obviously Phil Foden. There's another addition to the household as well in the last few days. So there's been a lot to celebrate and good feel about the camp. I think the players have enjoyed some time together, not just training. You know, we had a day where we were able to get off the get off their feet and not think about football. And I think that's important in the tournament. You know, you're surrounded by football. Every conversation can lean that way and guide that way. So I think to have a couple of days where they could play golf, they could play paddle, they could do whatever they wanted to do. There's no science behind that. There's no data behind that, but there's something about enjoyment that you have to remind yourself and I think that's the crucial part of a team. Hi both, good luck tomorrow. James, Ollie from ESPN Just firstly, is everybody available to start tomorrow? Gareth? Well, Luke wouldn't be available to start, but we'll have a chat with the medical team, see whether he can play a part or whether it's, you know, whether he could do with a little bit more training first. Everybody else, Kieran, Phil, Foden, all good. Yeah. And at the last two tournaments the the performance level seemed to go up quite significantly in the first knockout round, beating Senegal and obviously beating Germany at Wembley. How much confidence can you take from that? And is sort of the reality that nobody will really care about the rights and wrongs of the group stage if you get it right from here? Well, that is the reality and of course we have to deliver it. So, but the the fact is you go into a different mental state. It's everybody knows that knockout football is jeopardy. Everybody knows that on a on a given day, an opponent can make it really tough for you. You know that the quality of the opposition left is high. And so it changes the mindset. It's about how far can we go? You know, we're trying to achieve something exceptional, but it's step at a time and, and tomorrow is a chance to improve aspects of our game, but to show composure at the moments the the game will take us in different directions at different moments. And you've got to be able to respond and react in the right way at all of those moments. So yeah, we, we, we have thrived in those challenges in the past and we're looking forward to tomorrow.