15 Jul 2026 22:09:53
As much as Argentina are basically Team Evil, it is good to see a manager get punished for trying to sit on a 1-0 by putting on around 7 center backs.
Let's hope for a Spain win on Sunday though.
15 Jul 2026 22:23:12
Agreed, taking off a confident goal scorer and attacking outlet felt like a very schoolboy error there.
15 Jul 2026 22:23:22
Tuchel made a right balls of that.
15 Jul 2026 22:28:49
No, I disagree. The players weren't told to sit back. They naturally did that themselves. Dan Burn, I have no problem with if there was a set piece. Toney should have come in, though a lot sooner. The conditions are zapping. Rice was poor, Oreily coming on, no problem.
England do not have midfielders to come on and dictate the game.
Anderson is England's best midfielder. Rice is decent for England but Anderson has been a level above.
England have some very good players but we lack top quality in some key areas against the better opposition.
15 Jul 2026 22:48:16
"The players weren't told to sit back"
Mate, when Argentina scored their goals, England had Spence, O'Reilly, Stones, Geuhi, Konsa and Burn on the pitch. That's 6 defenders. On what planet is that not sitting back?
15 Jul 2026 23:30:00
We stopped trying to win and reverted to our standard way of playing - trying not to lose. At the very highest level - like a World Cup semi-final, 99 times out of 100 you'll get found out.
I remember winning it in 66 and the impact it had on the game in England.
I was hoping we'd win it and it kick starting the PL, which has been increasingly average in the past two or three years. Shame we bowed out with a whimper.
15 Jul 2026 23:47:44
Tuchel is the coach, Ron. He decides on tactics, formation, starters and substitutions, game management. The players do what the coach coaches them to do. This is all about Thomas Tuchel. All of it.