Gareth Southgate has made England likable again but slackness remains | Richard Williams

The manager has brought decency and modesty back but even a 4-0 win in Kosovo showed defensive quality is still lackingTo these eyes, at least, it was not in a stadium that the saga of the England football team in the modern era reached its lowest point. It was not Kevin Keegan resigning in the Wembley washroom in 2000, or Steve McClaren watching helplessly from beneath an umbrella as Croatia denied his team a place in the Euro 2008 finals, or the stumbling capitulation to Iceland in Nice three